, 1870-06-09
CROPS.

ILLINOIS. --...
CLINTON. Juno a.-Ihe farmers in Do Witt
and Logan Counties report that they naver
had 30 line prospect for all crops (e1cept
uo) AZ thcy have now. Rye will bo light
not over ten bushels to the acse. Corn is
splendid.
-Jrnsgryu1E, June BIN this immediate
vicinity We bare lad several refreshing show
ers recently, which have been Of great benefit
10 the growing crops, which still continue to
promise tho most bountiful harvest ever
gathered ip this section.
The corn crop in viii County looks mag a.g
uificent, and cannot fail OF q heavy yield.
There are no fields but Lavo been cultivated
once, and many twice nlready-
IoWA-
The editor Of tho Iowa Falfa Sentinel has
been at much pains to make Inquiry Of farmers
in that section, and has received but one and
the same answer, that the wheat waa never
better OF more promising in all respects than
now and go with tho oats, corn, and root
crops. .... ..-...
-WATEnLoo, June B.-The recent showers
havc very much improved the appearance OF
the crops in this general vicinity: Last season
there was very little corn planted until the Ne
lar tas IN % advance Ii last, that The last week in
May witnessed nearly every hill Of corn in tho
country up and at business. The wheat, oats,
and ye crops are looking splendidty-
-CEpAn FALLS, June 6---A large amount Of
corn has been planted tllis year in this and hd-
Joining counties, and 1t IL said to be in excel
lent condition. A greater proportion OF corn
has been planted than in any year previous;
Wheat which was sowp on new breaking and
WAS not well covered, has done very poorly.
The aIcGregor Nesos Of the 5th ssTs ::
+" From every section Of the country theIe
tho crope Everything looks we'll"
Tho Waterloo KepoFter Of tho 4th says !:
HFrop1 extensive observation and inquiry
| f1o1h our numerous agricultural trenas Whe
have called on us during the past few DAYS,
We W, }qdgse that crops of all kinds nFo doing
The Hudson Democrat says: Vegetation
| is nearly or quite as far advanced now as II
was month later last year. Advices from all
parts Of the valley are most satisfactory in re-
gard to crops"
ard wheat crops look well Of late, and nov
there is a prospect Of large yield-e
The Sparta Eagle reports that the hoF
crop in Monroe County ia expected to be I
failure This eeakou. In the early part Of the
spring the vines looked well, and run up OF
the poles eeveral feet. From distance the,
locked as though they were good. but upo1
close examination it Nas discovered that thu
wormg we're faat destroying them Tho wormi
commence from the root and run upon the IN
sidc Of the vine, thus destroy ing them yer.
fast. The late yines have been eaten by tht
WORMS as fast az they came up.
"Mapy Farmers, all over tho State, arc feplant
tng their corn, the drought having made SAT
havoc with the first planting
Tho Lacrosse papers report tho farm crop
about three weeks in advance Of last year
Early wheat has headed out there. ,.,
| The Beaver Dam Argus says: Rain il
much needed, get from observation in Edint
through the country we must say tho crops M
looking well-better than We had supposed
undcrehe circumstances. The chow for frui
is still very good, but q much longer d1ough
must injure that greatly"
Tho Grand RaFids Eagle, Of the 7th, says
Though the prospect fos large and abun
dant yield of wheat is not favorable. we lear
that wheat growers expect yield Of wheat
excellent quality. The straw Or stalk is no
tail OF heavy and stunts rather tmnlY upon prs *
for an excellent quality. 4 farmer Of the tow
\ Of Plainfield, who has m extensive growth o
wheat, predicts that it will bead and I'LL bette
than it has for years past. Tho late rams II
this regard will prove very beneficial. A gen
made extensive observations in this vicinity
| predicts that tho crop will not be largo IN guam
tjty but superior in quality, and that the crol
Of this year will BRING more money than th
crop Of last year."
I
In tho vicinity Of Richmond the drought.hn
already injured the wheat and grass crops be
yond.. redemption. The drought is also se
yerc1y felt in Wppecauoe and 'rontiguou
couuties
Tho wheat crop in Fayetto Township, Wig
County, looks and promises only tolerabl
we'll 4 farmer from that section informs th
TerTe Haute Journal that the yield will reacl
about two-tli1ds Of full crop. In K1le
Township the wheat does not promise b yiel
OF moro than half a crop. -.
"A correspondent Of tho Indianapolis Jour
nal from Putnam County says, the wheat an
Sraes crops in the bottoms are yet promising
hut upland wheat md grass is very short
Oats promise IN average yield. The corn I
coming on finely, and-uas greatly benohted b
the rains which visited the county on Tuesda
aud Saturday Of last week.
81 Most OF the State papers contain walls fo
rain, and accounts Of the partial (and in som
cases cntire) ruin Of ecropa by drought an
bugs"
tinucd dry weather is proving very darnagin
to the growing wheat crop. Unless the show
ers come within few days, the failure OF Il u
crop in this county is almost q certainty. IN
corn is also needing min The dry, parche
ground is yielding no moistu1e-not even whe
we'll turned up hy deep !, P1so"Rag tss REgsor;7o Amer;
can, from Metamora, Franklin County, Say
tGat aThe farmers predict failure Of the ha
} and oat crops. and wheat and other grains II
suffering from the drought There is pro
pect OF liberal yield Of fruit OF every kind
J county, Says: Farmers are complaining OF th
. d1y weather, and, from Appearances, the croI
Of wheat, oats, and grain will be short
: consequence. Occasionally We can see tiel
Of wheat looking fair in this and Fayette Cou,
ty, but large amount Of the ground SOW
viii not yield half q crop. Corn was put in Il
t ground IN good order, but the cool dry woath
Is giving the cutworm advantages, and tht
: arc using It to the destruction Of corn field
, causing some to plant their fields over, AZ