, 1873-05-27
THE CORN CROP,
An GstAHntc tfnt This Ycnrs. Produce
WAiA Not 1ao Much Moro tItnn Half
that OF Inst Xoilr. So -

An !sstAn1nto TINT This Ycnrse Product
VIII Not He Much Moro tIlnn 11nIf
that OF Inst Yonr. 80 -
!osAnaA, H., May IS, 1873.
10 the Editor n Tie Chicago Tribune:
Sins observer" in yo,,r Issue Of tho 91st.
mas Short communication In roeard to tbo
prospects Tor corn crop In aovoral countIos in
this part OF tho statc; md, 30 far as Iroouoia
ana toro, and part OF Livingston and McLoan
uoahs'os' ato concerned. can confirm hts tca~
timony.
I have takon particular caro- to asoortsin. by
observation, and communicating with porsons
whom Know to bo good farmora md mon OF
sound Judgment, the actual condition Of tia
!anu and my own experience as 4. prairie
farmer since 1866 enables mo to tutlpo of thu
valno Of tho testimony.
Throughout this great corn-belt. tho lrn;nana
"a much bettor, along tho streams and bo1ta of
timber, than On the broad prairios and thu old.
cHt settlements and bost improved farms liz AL.
5acont to those localities. The far1na too IN
addition to this better drainage. aro hettor
manured and stocked; henco, planting Ia mnch
moro forward than on tho newer farms with
those old farmore, in many oaaes, two or threc
"ooks suffice to put In their corn crop , and bnt
worry few, Of thoso farmers ever sell anv corn
Oh the othor hand, 1t is very different on the
mower, outlying prairie farms, from which tho
salf Of tho markot-supply .comos. Very few
.uon SOL corn who have mcaus to buy Cattle and
noes TO cat thoir farm-products,
among these now farmers, they count on pnt,.
sing IN from 40 to 80 acrcs Of orona to cach
teah think tito average is nearly 60 acres por
team OF two horses or mulea honco. at liant
forty good working days arc reauirod to mt in
ht IT, fos Sf9p ana among this class of farmers
dato; and all agreo that noarly MI tic blowing
and planting that Inns boon lono Las been foron3
anu premature, or, as they oxproBs It. "Tho
soana satss tu1ns over sticky aud sadke, and il
Many have said to INC. II have n1nntod an
much, but It 10 my dryoat land, and don't tnow ~
1lu when can got on to my Lat land, and that il
H4ofo gat my best corn"
March to June, and every slough mud mt u,a ms
been plowod and planted, and tIs flat 1nn;1 hna
yielded from Bixty bushels por ocro nn,varT
h,s.'a me Inc hgn ands have produced from forty
tho average yield has beon unprocodentedly
large. Nov, Q 1nrge portion OF this land caunot
be planted this year at oil, md much Of what
VII VII DO planted will 10 worked whom too wot,
without doubt, and will not produce much,
It is said BY some Il think I have aeon such
planted to op in ea' Or 2Sfh sfbh Of 7 5ae aa.o
This This is not ny experience though have raaod
ot June; but Il % ,coulG not M Grade 1,s as as
40; the same gear; and, in overy caso (of
such lato sprlpga), but very small por cent Of
fi1n tue crop ever came np to grado (No. .: bo-
eonnao spa .s ao sad Go 1 spn FLIRTING g will will
suaded that not over two-thirds as many aorcs
will be planted In this fifty miloa square Of teri-
tory ~ was planted Inst year, aud the ayorago
Per acre cannot possibly DO moro than two-thirds
tAat q last yoar, as the land that cannot 30
planted OF, II planted will ba put in in bad con-
dltion, is tho richest aud best corn land, and
cannot b. cultivated as thoroughly as hcrcto-
foIo; and boovo this is truo NIL oyor tho State.
oarly, and far1nors had abundant tino to
cultivate thoroughly three, four, or Avo
timos. Tbs year haying and harvest will
come On S9s IN m a tho
thoroughly doubtless, but epen! Of tho massos,
which will bo the rule. This il on tho auppo.
sitioa TINT NO have good weather from this time
on but tho ground ia thoroughly ssturated,-
may bo workodl; but overy ordinary shower will
stop work for days, where, lnst year, tho earth
would absorb 1t as fast ag 1t fell, and work 60 on
M Rnnn AR tho rain oaanod. 49,
think have shown how it happens that there
are such conflicting statements. From the older
settled aectons We hear thatplanting ia progress-
ing finely, whilo, from other sections, nothing
has been done.
diror somewhat from the genorally-accopted
conclusion as to the amount or corn still in tho
hands Of tho farmora. am fully persuaded
that 1t a not as large aa last year 1t this tie in
this part Of tho State ut loaBt. Tho winter has
been longer aud much moro sovoro. Much moro
Las been fed on this acoount, and much has
boen wasted because it WAS 30 chonp, boaidca
yery large quantities that have been burned.
Will corn at 10 to 20 cents per bushel, aud coal
es from eSn an od Mgo from to
to do tho hauling to make tho exchange, espo-
cially % corn La much the nicer fuel
Another cnuse OF waate ia tho large amount
that has lain out Ill winter; I VAS worry much
the field. I am confident that, at tho commence
ment OF this weols, about ns much of the old
crop was standing in tho field rs had boon plant-
cd this spring.
County farmor, to get his opinion, and ho thinks
7 havo "drawn it rather mild !" at any ratio, I
laYe not intended to ovordraw tho picture; !
believe what have written.
More than two havo boon con-
on1y abous PER cont 20 Of thep thp'ose orop; "l,o the
year yen before, loss than ? por cont. The
rest rest .11a has boon consumed at home This
ror cent Of that Of last yoar; but, suppose it
doos amount to two-thirds aB 1argo as last
yoar. 1t will still be hundreds Of millions Of
bushels less than has been consumed annually
in our own country for several yoars past there
fore, I would say to the far1ners SaYo your
corn do not waato it It will nll be needed to
mako up tho deficiency Of tho next crop.
Farmers generally arc at work patching, Us
tSy ms s o ba bs af2ss Ssx sp9s Th 9o
It," as tho "patoheB must DO tended " np
they are planted, which is vorymueh slower than
to mako long rows. In somo places, am told,
tho recent hoavy showers hayo stopped work on
tirely. noQuo1s.
The Pulpit n1fd the Press
10 The Editor ef tho 4vttc York T;nes:
In your paper OF Monday il m article from
Chicago, headed "Tho Pulpit and tho pvoss,"
which closes With tho following statement:
+" The clorgyman's luck Of dignity is severely
commented upon"
That any ono who Inns lived in Chicago for