, 1873-08-16


Countloa, 1t ia as bad ns through this region !;
down tho west side OF tho gtato It Is ditto, In faok
tlioro arc not ton oountieH In tho State that will
1ayo an nyernge crop Of oorll."
doctor tells mo ho waB out tn tho country /;
asked farmer how his crop looked. First-rato,
wh1 tho answer prospect good for good crop,
How much corn hayc you in7 Eighty acros.,
Whore is It? Twonty aoroa here, and sixty
How m,,oh will thlH turn7 Fifty bushels per
aero, I roolton. How muoi will that yiold, do
yon thiuk7 o, l don't know; not near as much.
Do you think that Bixty aores will bo worth a.
wouldn't swap thla t,yontv acrop for u!xty aorou
like that. And yot thia man reported bis crop
Thts illustrates the groat inequality thoro is in
the crop, and also accounts for many Of tho f.
tcs tho crop is looking we'll, aud tho yield will
be mp to tho average OF forfnor yoarB.
A. gentleman from the Fox River region Says:
'The crop is fully up to last year, but tho
llavo no doubt but tloro are many such 1ocalt-
tics, but their aroa in tho aggregate covoEa but
small part Of the Slate, md that whore the sur
plus for market Is always small.
tine Igo TIT ma
tho bulk Of tho corn gooe from for market, (and
think It was noarly or quito correot) and tho
greatest shortage 4oiN DO IN hose regions:
In view Of those facts still bold to the opin-
Avn oAtAHbdJN HQlI0 klA4o p4A4No bAAt AA4AUl6
cannot. possibly produce one-half na much NOR
chantablo corn aa last yoar, ovcn (as ono OF
our senators Baid recently J II frost holds OF
till Christmas" And. aa tho Same causes pro
tho result will bo similar wost Of the htlBsiBsipp
70 at oil evon. Whore o man
has fair pieco of corn, gonorally ho has four or
five times as much that Is exceedingly doubt
also doubt vory much tho statements We SEQ
occasionally that there are such everlasting
amounts OF corn in tho country.
Up to this time tho receipts In Chicago arc
about ,000, 600 bushels loss than last year, and
tinuo through tho year.
Thoro Ia large amount Of old corn In tho
country-thore always Ia at this eonson-but
not one IN hundred Of tho farmers las any
corn corn OF II (thero lacks great doal Of boing
i. The lsto spring nocessitated four TO sir wcoka
longer fecdiDg-the inoroaaetl quantity of cattle
aid hogs took corn to do it-and large amounts,
too.
I know farmers who have fed their last years
corn and tho surplus loft over from 1871.
From sixteen yoara' experience In Illinois I
have learned two things that farmers aro apt
to cry ont before they aro hurt, and also that
over-ostimated, and I fully believe That very
many will DO greatly disappointed In their corn
crops.
Tho weather for mouth past haa been very
bad for corn-at timos cold nighta and TOW
cool days, then q hot day occasionally, good
riponing weather land also good aguo woather)
and ! think tho offoct hna been to check the
groVth, Of stalk tho filing Of tho grain,
and induced an effort Of the plant to ripen. So
that, whatever tho Weather may DO tho rost Of
tho aoaaon1wet or dry, hot Or old,-at tho very
best We can't have half-crop. could rofer to
tho experience Of 1858, and also Of 1868, to provo
TINT tho efloots Of wet spring run through tho
entire scaBon I could also rofor to many farrn-
ors scattered over n torritory 100 mileB aorose,
who testify to similar faots--of shortening Of
what they thought would make good crops
month ago. OIL account Of tic ripenlng ofrccts Of
tho Eoather, silks drying up while the cob ia
forming; but porlaps have aaid enough.
IRoQuo1B.
LATEST.
In tho afternoon wheat wab notive md declined
14o No. spring sold at 31.1Y1s@1. .189i sollor
the month, closing at 91.1BIGD1.18 md nt
a1.12ll@ 1875 Bellor septombor. Also quotable
nt 81 os aellor tho year. Corn was only fairly act
I've, and steady, closing at 400 casl, 1870 seller
tho month, and 3056@901o seller September.
A'Ao OF 4014o eollor October. Oats sold at $50
seller tho month. Provisions wore quiot also
Lake froights.