, 1870-06-27
DROPS.


A letter to TEE TRIBUNE from Sycamore,
DeKalb County, June "a, enclosas the follow
ing extract from the True Republican: 1.-THE
most terrible drought that ever afflicted this sec
tion of country still has its hot hand upon rs.
The heavens are as orasa The parched esrthis
to speak Of since March. Not one-tenth Of
crop OF grass will be cut, and farmers are ut
terly unable to know how they are to winter
their stock tho pastures are brown and bare
in many places gnawed down to the roots Of
the grasses, aud IL the lowing, hungry herds
food, Only about one-fou1th Of the wheat
and oats will be worth harvesting,
and that which is harvested will be very short
and email crop. The earliest planted corn
looks very we'll, but nearly one-half of the corn
ground is bare Of any crop. On tho newer
Grove, the prospect il less gloomy" Ourc
re c.pondent adds: II am Informed by those
who have travelled extensively in the surround
ing counties, that the same deporatle state Of
things prevai1s in eight OF ten other counties
in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin
90 that. instend Of shipping tn Chicago mill
ions Of bushels Of grain the coming season, AZ
heretofore, we shall barely have enough for
home consumption. Any amount OF rain no,n
would not give us oue-third Of crop Of
wheat, oats, or barley"
INDIANA.
Aletter TO TIE TRIBUNE, from Valparaiso,
Porter County, June %, says: The crops in
iecs an nbnndant weld corn il in e1ceIlent
cordit;on hut praas and onts. IN fl,o nn1ands,
VII be- A litt]o aF1ort Of q full crop. Wa shali
have an enormous blackberry cron in this
county: every bush is loaded with berries, aud
iarmers expect them to ripen At least three
weeke earlier than last year: This market Is
full Of the very best hucklebsIies we have
ever seen brought in. Even the old swampa
or Portar Cout3y. this year, arc throwing dol
lars into .hc pockets Of their happy and in
dustrious owners"
Tlo sn,,tl, Dana nec;x,er ssra that from
present Appearances, ] the2e wi,1 be- large yiell
~ ,eset6a ;1' 81 1oaenh ror1tv this rssr.
" iba pedford iadenenst,t asvs tbst tbc
n.i,o.t h,-yest con1ncnca;' n T,,wranca fonntr
1,st We1nesi7av. and II f1rtnr dyiseff thnt fla
cron viii be- M to the ayera9e.
.Tho Groent'sla ro,,ros,cf,1 e.va that
t-o~ nbo+ + h.s haa, .I1a te ,a.r,, rs racsnl
-n;na and thc snhsaonont farorah,a uesfher
hsTe made decided improvements in crop pros
pcctg. There arc now hopcs Of q fair weld OF
wheat, and corn Will p1obably come M to the
average.
w1scoss4s.
The Waukeslsa Freeman reports that the
prospects for corn in that vicinity is pretty
good atpresent.
Tho Sparta Herald ssyu: "The general
t il becomiug sorious. particularIv in tha
southern portion Of the country, where scarce
II apy rain has fallen since tho latter psrt of
Nav. Corn in many places will be light. but
The grass and grain crops havo fail chanee
set, Il littlo wet weather sets in within q roa-
sonable time"
Tho Jefcrson Comfy fz,,oa s,va ntl.
thourb:the drought ia scysre rt;ii va do not,an-
ticirste any sucf terriLla results to tha crops.
az many of our farmer friends predict. Wo
baye seen considerable wheat Of late in differ
ent parts Of The country, and we notice that it
\ yeeI. Lands tbat have been deeuly nlowed
arc easily noticed Al fIis lime by tf1n srnnrior