, 1873-07-29
Total grain, qrs. 4eo7oo 47,77s vi, ,555 4o5, Is

Total grain. qrs 4eo 7oo! 647.77sl ~ 6sb 4o5,le
Tho rat,o Of weakly consumption in 1871 Was Of
e. assa sgns sans ts s7 s' for
THE conN PROSPECT.
To the Editor of tho catcaao Tribune:
! see in tho various publications OF "crop
prospects" that corn is gonorauy reported as
ou thoash a hose arc s bnt
comparative torms, would uko to know how it
| is compared with former years. (Corn is our
ssnplo, you know, and wo feel noHt Interested in
will give you the result Of my observations.
My business has called mo to vorious parts of
Iroquols and Ford Cou1itioa, and am prepared
to express Oh opinion rs compared with former
On the 1st Of July, 1871, rode across roquois
County, from wcst to oaat. Corn averaged as
| high Us the fonceB (somo higher, nnd but Itt1o
my lower). and the plaut very vigorous and
hoa1thy, and standing very ovon. -..,..-..-..
route and saw thousands Of acros Of old stalks
| standing. Moro than half OF tho corn would
! not average moro than from to inches high,
| aud very little stood more than foot Ligh.
On a fow farms fold farms Along tho stroa1ns)
tho crop Looked woll, mud prospects good for "a
| ayerage crop; but tho rule is as above.
both counties. The earlier planting has been
Into corn don't seem to grow" Yesterday r
| drove out twenty miles and saw thousands Of
ncros that was not moro than ono foot high, and
! never saw. corn tasaol out SO short-a very
| largo por cont tassoling out ut not oyor throo
| feot Mgl-much oyon lower.
Corn will commence to tasBol (and the car
starts soon aftor) at q certain season without
| reference to the timo Of planting, to-wit two
pieces planted 4 month apart will not be per-
haps moro than week diGoronce IN commonc-
| ing to taaael, and it needs a hearty, vigorous
| growth before that time in order to insure q
good-aized car, and thin stuntod corn will yiold
| worry short earB.
| henr reports of frost Inst week, and SAW
| some leaves that looked whito aud wiited, as
though it might be the result Of frost, but can't
say. It may be, Us ono said to mo, tho result OF
plowing when tho soil was in bad (wet) condi-
tion, and tho hot sun since.
Some fnrmorB think they have a prospect Of
| an average crop, but doubt it. hnyo aeen
noveral such seasons, and know that after such
| O soaking the ground will not produce good
yieia; tho corn viii not fiji On tic cob.
| Eighteen hundred and sixty-throe was worry
| wet oarly,-up to the last OF April,-but May
was good month for plowing. No rain at all
| the "big" frost In August, with occasional
Showers but no should 1avo had short CROP
without tue frost Aug. So.
woll-formod coba-good length filled one-fourth
| to one-third OK tho length from tho butt, and
| getting quite hard (boginning to dont) aud that
| was all there would have boon-for corn begins
to form tho keInol and fill tho whole length of
| tho cob at nearly the same time.
Aug. 90, 1863 frost killed. oil vegetation Chat
Was killablo). Sept. 10, tho ground froxo half
an inch deep. Oct. %, four inches Of snow--30th
! moro snow, and November and December were
| warm and pleasant to Doc 81.
As "RuEal " says, Stirring our soil when too
| wet locks up tho plant-food and no after culti-
| vation will aet it I'LL right"
Our soil will stand any amount Of dry weathor
If In tho right condition. I layo Heen thirty
n nj m tn Ina arm wit
rain to help 1t; but tho corn planted t0lleib
The ground tcas in fine condition.
When the soil is too wet Rt tho time Of plant
Ing, Il Is absolutely necessary to hayo vory fro
farmer said yeaterday. don't soem to last.
My conclusion il tlls: With warm, growing
wcather and very frequent showers, tho corn
now taaaoling inay yield ono.half as much dis last
year Il would giYo something to bo insured
thirty bushels per aero on my farm, and tho crop
| Is now much bottor than the averaged but with
bad weather (untavorable), tho " average nub-
bin will DO worry small.
count OF froat. Many propheBy another " All
gust frost" like that Of 'G3; and we have had
Several strong reminders OF suoh thing. Our
county papers report frost in localiton lust week,
have good growing weather, With frequent rains,
we may have fair formation of cars but II will
require all the mouth OF October to fully ripon
'tha crop. On tho other hand, II We hayo weathor
W 14poA ~ cA@lJs ~ WILL Eub Bu0rE very largo
per cont 30 that tho outlook is bad at tho
best.
I think wo shall hayo some good corn, with
reasonably late fali but am fully persuaded TINT
tho cast half Of tho stato will not produce half
| aH much morchantable corn AZ last year under
tho most favorable circumstances, and there il
groat danger that 1t will bo very much lesB.
have hoard very many claim that tho PROS
poet ia far hero, but they are not farmers, and
IRE not posted. Yours truly, In0QUO1B.
LATEST.
In the afternoon wLuRt and corn wero active,
| or the month. and closed ut s1,13N seller A1-
gust. Corn was shade higher, closing at 85Y6o
sellor August, and 81 11@379go seller September.
8aloa we're reported Of 200 brls mess pork ut
9l5.46 caah. and 900 brls do at s15.20 eeller
| Septombor. Lake froighta wore quiet.
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