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bug have considerably injtfct,' tho late ones..
ur.-grain-dealors -havo- commenced buying
wloat to bo delivered In fov days.

vhoat to, bc delivered In fow days.
~, i::Cor1sspgnd ~ Ths Ghteaao Tftouna ~
oiaity of Meadots afo In a botte@r @ @een,itlon hit
they are In most OF tho graiu-growing aectionB :.
Of tlltnois. Oats arc good In quality, and tho
Yield Will bo about an average Wheat Ia below
The area Gown e barley wau much Ioss ihan lsat
year: Tho quality Of the grain 10 good, and tho
yold por aero will bo 1itt1o bolow the average.
Corn h suffering for want ot rnln. Tho stalks
Its present state Of maturity. Should tho woath-
or from now Onward be Of tho most favorable
description, thore cannot bo full crop. .y,.
AZ you 60 sonth, on the Illinois Central nail-
From Lasaiio to Minonl, iti,ey aro no bettcr;
and, from thoro to El paso they arc still worso,
especially corn, which doeB not promise moro
than half crop: Tho stAlks arc short aud small
full.groun stalks Of corn, TINT Tom Thumb docs
to = fall.Erown man. Eaatward from 81 paso to
tho Btate limo, tho folds look parohod and dry.
Some OF the corn is tasaoling olt at Q feot high.
sparks from The ongiuos have sot II on firo in
several places, burning quito large strps, aud
tho farmers have ploWod furrowa botweon tho
railroad and t}lolr grain to protect 1t from fro
Warsaw nailrosl tho corn looks atill roreo.
Ny informant said that some Of the fields would
not produce ii; eRr Of corn.
kFrom tho stato.line to Remington, Ind, tho
eofn ia splendid: A larger arc" was planted Than
averago, II not moro. THIS ratt Of tho corn
region seemB to have boon particularly favored
this ycar. This epr1ng waa not too wet to pro-
won't tho farmors' from .gctting the sood In tho
Time, warm Woathor, accompanied with plonty of
rain, has produced tho most satisfactory results
to the corn-crop.. But not 50 with suaall grain,
which has made but a short growth Of straw,
Branch Of tho Illinois Central lallroud, from
Gilman to Chicago, nnd from Chicago to Men-
dota, tho appearance Of tho crops Is about
the Same an fron, Mendota 70 ll paao.
s circuit 0u ot aSout zoo miios, hail
In tho hoart Of tho oorn-reglon, whore q surplus
or deficiency will gonerally hayo decided efroct
on tho general yield, There ia comparatively a
small amount of old corn On hand, and that Is
Within markos-rango OF Mondota thero Ia about
80, 600 bushels, at Minonk about 1000, and that
u all there ia on the lsne Of the railroad betweon
sublests md Kenlsnd, Ind; distance of 140
! milpb.. , -..
TO sum up tho result Of my observations,
should Say tint, under thc most favorable cir
cu1nstances, there cannot DO more than two.thlrda
Of an average crop. SOMETIMES small stalk 81
esoe,p s pf5uss 5 Ss tS as Spy wss1a,
nhodld continue much longor, tho yiold will be
no better than It was last ,year, which was cst
mated as q little over half crop.
| EDTft41l07lGtf1cf 4f Ih1 EAtcaq0 1T10HHt.
WELLINGTON, ILL.,, July 28.--1n the vicinity and
! west OF Wellington tho corn-crop Ia being cul
| very short by tho excessive drought, TIC not hay.
ing had any rain worth naming Tor a number ol
wooks; and, unless oopious showers OF rain shall
fall soon, our corn.crop will be nearly or quito
failure. understand that, north Of uB, at Wnt
gokA, considerable rain hns fallen, aud iB qdttt
seasonablo; also, at Buckley, west Of ne. The
rain that doob fall In tho country appears 10 fol
low tho larger streams and woodlands.
| Correspondence q The Chicago Tribune.
NASHVILLE, ILL.,, July 27.-The wlioat.crop IL
Washington County is genorally thought to bt
bettor than that Of former yenrs. There have
been good raina. and corn promises weA. Ale!
ons, potatoes, and gardeu-stu1r are plenty
Peaches arc beginning to como ill.,.
| Cbr4tspo,,dcnee Qf The Chtcnqo 1tribune.
whcat-crop Of jackson County, including d
nuoh Of tho Ttenpenulesu Valley IS lies soutl
aud vest Of the county-lino to the MHsissipp
| River, distance Of BONG 95 miles, and onbrno
| lug some Of tho best whent-lnnds In tho State
wifi DO failure to the extent Of one-hnlf .
that usually harvested. Drought, chinoh-bug
hnd weegil arc tho. oausss. Corn ueyer, prom
isod better. Tho potato-crop will DO much bot
I tor than last year. Tho oranbofry-crop Of TIL
county now promises TO bo more thaa an ayerag
| StOD.