, 1870-06-30

old wheat, should kaep III from ha7ing IA
desponueucy concerning o1z wheat crop. I'll.
oat crop, as we understand it, is in beEts
condition than tie wheat, aad is now look.
ms We'll, and promises an abundant yisld,
Harvest is near at hand, Winter what il
nearly ready for tho reaper; aud The so7ing
crop, u Southern Iowa, will be com eneo1
upon III len u d..Js or two weexs. Tho Northern
part Of the State has no fall wheat, and it's
spr7ns ya'iet: y generally not ripe clough to
10 cut till the 18th or 20,i, Of July anl even at
! that date, the commencement, as common
tMng, has to be made On 'soi ground cro2i
Taking it all in ALL the promise n it now stands
! and tho reasonable prospect OF its growing
/ better, ne would say. let III one mara Iowa
down for what is called poor yield OF wheat.
the quality better than tho average Com il
stu doing sp!ondiliy, aud is not sulrarins
mucl from tho dry weather. It Is forward
and strong, and has tie advantage of being
much eleanor than common. so that what
moisture tho soil retains is not wasted On
weeds. Should rain not stay OF too long,
there is warrant for ssyiug that this fall Iowa
VIII nave the best corn it erer had, anl the
most OF it Should no disaster fall upon it,
tue crop now growing will give to the statis-
tics Of the government tho authority to ad-
vance Iowa from the rauk Of the third to the
position Of the second or the first corn State in
the Union"
The Detroit Posi- Of the a8th says: ave
publish elsewhere reports from. the principal
State. The yield of wheat to tie acre Is b.
low the average; but the breadth sovu il
larger, which is greatly duo to the cultivation
OF new lands. Thereis still a large surplus Of
LAST year's wheat remaining in the hands OF
farmers go that the marketable product viii
20 quite equal to that OF last year. Tho
quality is tar superior to that Of the previous
year, and probably better than that OF
wheat was winter-hiied. The 9th
e. crops arc full Of promise.
es Co5n, cats, barley, and hay are all very fine,
sensagsd @ FED usssas wsshs shsy VII
weather retarded their soodipg, and thes
drought discouraged their appearance But
Tho Functna1 rain not only saved them from
destruction, but brought tLem up with
tesra a's% aesPnteh =; s The Eetato crop has
that it is doubtful 1t Michigan can be s'li failed
npon for it's usna1 crop Of This useful vegeta-
Bile: Fruit is promising, and there is uo oc-
whole; the agriculturists have been well
served.r
Tho Milwaukee Wisconsin saws: IA
correspondent who has been through the fruit
region in the vicinity Of st. Jo tells Us tina: it
consists Of single strip Of land two miles
wide and running north and south More than
two or three miles from the lake, he saye, the
OF the peach cron ia onnr,nhns Gne nrchs-1
Of ten acres near St. 10 nroi1nces ,nnnailv
enouehto support tleo owners farn;Iy md a. mn
beside. The value Of a good be;r;nc nsacI,
orchard is from $500 70 s1.2 ner acre.
amount than anT trsin r. stocI T., w j., 'ae ~
State. Ono gentleman ;nforme., ~ III ~ nar.n ~ .ne
spondent Tint lands In is c5e,rnr ms 1,o ~ H.
belt sell without difioulty at 500 70 E5on nar 1D
acre as goon ag thoy are set to fr,,it md or for
double that amount when thew commenca enc IN IN
bear, which is in three or fonr yeara 1rorn 10
time Of sotting. The same gentiama,, f,fFerafl
to sell portion Of large fract of 1and at
low price, provided it Should In cIearai nj
once and eet to peaches, and he vonlI wait
for the pay until The first crop of frnit.
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