New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-14
THE GRAIN CpoD

Reports upon the coming cro,o -
reading this Summer. Papers fron, r. ."eeriul
North, and South, letters from ,,'a.. .-"', West
losions' specim reports from observing t'.,
ers' grave estimates from the Bureau aAyel'
riculture, all send up loud notes of S"r As-
fornia papers predict an average - s'y' Can
than 80 bushels of wheat to the ac,o ~ nos less
plump, bright, clear, and upcommo., ,ue Derry
to the measured bushel. In one ". heaVy
yield Is estimated at a million h~',y the
Georgia, the growing corn was nev ae@ In
since 1860. Kansas declares that tbs -, ~ GOOD
of drouth in their State is a dustv t'' u ,saFy
that the moist constellation of ae vaasunOn,
been over them for three months. Thu r.n !.
of the Upper Mississippi has suffered ,Sley
from excessive rains, but the corn. tbOrahIasA
is OF deep color aud now growing wondeTtDn0
Iowa has had too much moisture. but il no.
rapidly recovering from that embarrassn,on.
Indiana thinks she will cut twenty bushels :.
wheat to the acre; her corn is LITTLE hool,
ward, but good. In Ohio, old wheat 60,
which 81 was refused, is now offered AZ a "a
and the hay crop is very large Arkapsa,
says her soil is giving most beautiful Weld .,
all kinds; wheat and barley On the green ana
Marcellus shales of Western New-York show,
vigorous and even growth. If there is anything
to fear it is that moist air and cloudy skies NAV
develop more straw than head; but we baya
seen wheat little west of Syracuse that will
not fall much short of forty bushels TO thu
acre, and barley that will yield full fifty. In
New England the hay crop is very large
Many fields cut as early as the 25th of Jupe
yielded two tuns and half 70 the acre. Com
made little show by the last Of June, but th,
month the blades have brOadened and taken on
a deeper emerald, the stalks grown thick, the
tassels sprouted at the bottom of green sups.
and in some fields suggestion of silk appears.
One joyful writer at the West, in view of such
wide spread generosity on the part of old Moth.
er BOuntiful, thinks that one grand thanksgiv-
ing jubilee ought to be sung all over the land
Were the agricultural relations of this country
the same that existed in Jackson and ante.
jackson times, these heavy haryests would load
us with a plethora of breadstuffs and mako
very low prices. Will the grain quotation 20
so low as to rob the farmer of a just reward
for his toll If the foreign crop were as full
as ours, this danger would be imminent. But
all over Northern Europe they have had re-
markably late, cool Summer. In England fires
were lighted nearly every day in June. The
weather was rough and wet, and retained an
ungenial character till the 25th, when Summer
broke out, and Overcoats at last went into
closets Such weather can but give England a
harvest late and light, and correspondents OF
The Mark Lane Ga=ette are advising all who
have reserved their wheat to hold their own
and have the pleasure of putting into then
pockets ten shillings or twelve shillings pei
quarter more than they had expected. Some
accounts from Southern Russia, Hungary, and
France look the other way, but the harvest il
these countries will probably not be enough Il
affect markets much. The conclusion is nov
safe that the European grain yield will bs
quite below an average, as much so as the
American is above the average.