The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-08
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CROPS.
The crops i'm Adams county, Wis,
are looking finely and promise well.
The Geneseo (Tli.) Republic says,
briefly, all crops look finely, aud bid
fair TO yield abundantly.
The wheat and rye harvest is in full
progress in Knox county, I'll. The
yield of both is unexpectedly good.
Oats promise an unusually heavy
yield.
The winter wheat crop OF Warren
county, Ill, of which there is greater
breadth than usual, is harvested, is
heavy and of excellent quality. Oats
promise an excellent yield.
The Lincoln (Neb.) Statesman says
the crop prospects are unusually en-
couraging from all parts of the State:
the Weld of corn and wheat will this
year be much heavier than common.
The Dixon Ull.) Telegraph says:
s'rhe crops are looking unusually fine
all over this part of the country. Corn
is coming on splendidiy, and wheat.
oats, and other grain give a good
yield
The Santa Barbara (Cal.) Press says
that there are at least one hundred
square miles of Government land in
that county perfectly adapted to the
cultivation Of the finest varieties of
grapes, olives, oranges, and nuts.
The Malvern (Mills county, Iowa.
Chronicle says the prospects were
never better in that county for boun-
tifil crop than the present season.,
The yield of all small grains will be
greatly above the general average.
/ The Buchanan county (Iowa) Bulle-
tin says in every section of the county
the crops are in excellent condition.
Small grains are rank in growth, and
the heads long and well filed. Corn
will not be behind the general average
Of previous years. Potatoes look
well.
Crops look very promising in Frank
lin county, Ohio. Wheat turns out u
great deal better than farmers supposed
it would. Corn never looked more
promising than at present, although
Il has been very dry. We had splen-
did rain on tho 9Th, and it is raining
while am writing.
The Missouri Messenger, at Mexico,
Audrain county, says the season prom
ises TO be q bonntifnl one. Wheat has
been partial failure, but the Weld of
oats and grass will be heavier than for
two years past, and corn, of which
there has been a large breadth planted,
promises well. i
The vandaiia (Ill.) Union says the
wheat harvest in that locality is over,
and the crop turns out much better
than was expected. In many cases the
yield is large, and altogether the crop
is considered large. The grain is
plump and of excellent quality. Oats
are being cut, and the yield will be
large. Corn is doing well. a,a
The Plymsutn (Maxshall county,
Ind..) Republican says the average
yield Of potatoes will be mu:h larger'
than last year. The bug has done but
little harm. Many farmers have fin
ished their wheat harvest. In some
portions of the county the yield will be
larger than usnal, and in other por-
tions Il is lighter, but everywhere the
quality is superior.
The Abilene (kan.) Chronicle says
that the wheat, rye, barley, and oat
crops in Dickinson county are nearly
harvested, and are good, being above
the average. Fall wheat was mostly
killed by the severity of the winter,
but spring wheat is very fair. Mr..
F. Ruben, OfTurkey Greek, says that
he will have about thirty-five bushels
to the acre, while his oats win not av.
erage more than forty. As u general
thing, however, the oat crop in this
county Is excellent. The growing corn
prOmiscs laroc.