Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-30

lie NelOS ana farms everyWner(
look fine. The fruit crop of Cas-
County this year will be enormous
unless some untoward accident oc
ours to the trees after this writing,
The heavy rains early in June de
! layed the corn somewhat, farmer,
not being able to pillow for the wet
the weeds set up q monopoly IL
some places but it is all right now.
-CPlattsmouth Herald.
Wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, etc.
continue to flourish well. The pes.
tiferous bug is going for the potato
vines in solid phalanx, but is gen.
erallv strictly watched and murder.
ed instanter. Gardens look well,
and radishes, lettuce, peas and new
potatoes r abundant. We surely
will have a fine crop of small grain,
and a very large breadth has been
sown. Wild grapes, plums and cur.
rants are plentiful. -[Republican
Valley.
Wheat looks well, and farmers
say there will not be as many BUSH
els to the C r a there was last year,
but they say it will be of better
quality. Harvesting will commence
in about three weeks. Corn looks
well and is now growing finely, the
late rains giving it a new start. We
noticed fields that were already too
high to cultivate. One farmer told
us he thought there would be no
trouble in bringing corn down to 10
or Is cents per bushel this fall, such
would be the supply.|[Graud Is
land Times,
All along the course of the Wa
hoo, corn and wheat fields were SUBJ
merged, causing a great destruction
oflarge and promising crops. The
Cottonwood and other tributaries of
the WahOo also Overf1owed at many
places; about ten miles northwest of
town an unusually large area of the
low lands was covered with water.
The rain was very bad on corn in
low sod, but on the high land it
will not injure it i'm the least.
1t is estimated that no less than
six thousand acres Of corn and
wheat, in this county, were de-
stroyed by overf1ows. In some
places the ground was covered to
the depth of eight feet. In very
few places were any traces of the
crops left remaining. -[Saunders
Republican,
Wheat is looking well, and more
Of it was sown this year than
before. Oats are good, with about
the usual average.
Corn is looking better than usual
at this time Of the year, with about
the same amount planted.
Potatoes are looking well, and
about double the average of last
year. The potato bugs came in
great numbers the first of theseason,
but have been so thoroughly picked
that they are less in number than
people supposed they would be.
The grasshoppers are doing some
damage to the small grain on the
outsides, but not of any account,
only In the gardens, which they
have mostly destroyed. Some of the
early hoppers are getting wings,
and are preparing to leave.-[Burto-
Man.
We hear some talk about cutting
some of the early sOwn wheat next
week, and considerable barley will
be ready by that time. Those that
have tried flax are in high glee
over the present condition of it, and
are fully confident that it will
prove a success. Corn looks healthy
and rank, although some fields r
a little late, they now show evil
dence of a thrifty and rapid
growth. The potato crop so far, is
very promising. But few bugs have
ma lie their appearance, we are
told, and these are doing but little
damage. Early potatoes are nearly
out of the way now, and the late
ones are growing rapidly.-IHebron
(Thayer Co. Journal.
Corn has a fine healthy color;
stands about two feet high, and of
even growth and Is gaining every
day.
Wheat looks splendid; just COM
mencing to bloom; straw will prob
ably be short but promises to head
well, and nothing but hail or rust
can prevent a good crop.
Oats, like wheat, is rather short;
the dry weather, a few weeks ago
injured it a little, but a good crop
is promised; the amount sown how
ever is not SO great as in former
years, owing to the scarcity of seed.
Flax looks nice; straw will be
short, but the stools are heavier
than last year-mOre stems from a
single seed, and the stand is good,
with a prospect of a heavy crop of
grain.
Barley and rye are well advanced
and indicate a good crop. Barley
Is almost ready for the sickle.
Potatoes look better than for
years. Bugs were disposed to favor
q few patches with their attentions,
but have about abandoned the work.
The diet-Paris green-not being
very palatable TO them. We may
safely count on a good crop of pOta-
toes.
Prospects for grain of every kind
were never better, and our farmers
look happy as kings, while mer-
chants, mechanics and every class
Of human beings wear a cheerful
lOok.-[Schuyler Register.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.