, 1874-08-10
Correspondence n Tie CAitdga Tribune.
1NpraHAroL1a, Ind, Aug. 8, 1874 .

anu Hlxtoon countscs Of Illinois. Tho semaiufn
counties Of Indiana find thor markota in Ohict
20, Louisville, and Cincinnati, respectiyel,
This area Of country produces lie, 900, 600 busl
OILS of corn, 100000 bushels of wheat 1a
ooo'ooo baahols Of oats, and about 1000, 600 q
ryo aud barley combined. OF this yield, abou
Gu pcr cent is surplus, representing a casb
value, at last years. prices, OF eA0, ,ouo. COO. Iu,
III estimating tho cropa Of this yoar. the renort
received here tako In Tho entlre State ratho
than this restricted orritory. aud arc divided b,
geographical location, into north OF and soutI
Of the National nuad
Tho shrowtlost observer Of tho grau-mar1to
we havo-one Thoaa experience runs furthe,
back than most Of liB contemporaries in bust
ness-noW gives 1t as his opinion that the oror
OF wheat south Of tho Road ia
THE BEST Fob FULLY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
DOTH Us to quantity and quality. In tho Lover
Wabash Ya]loy,--aibson, Warriol, Vandorburrb.
Posoy, and Spencer Counties, tho wheat ia ro.
inaFkablo; whilo. In the Middle and Uppor Wa-
Dash counties, tho proportion of excellonoo IL
Teu maintained; but tho palm Of superiority
goes to tho south. Col. Dick Thompson, the
veteran politician and agriculturiat informs mo
That, III tho countios contiguous to Vigo.-his
plaoo OF rosidenco,-tho wheat will ayorage fully
~ acfes to tho buehel while tho quantity will be
a
quality Is per cont better. In tlo 80 por-oont
tnoroaae in quantity III rcokonel s or nor
ooni Increased acreage. Fiftoon bushels to tho
actc may be assumed an average crop; tho re-
porta from all sections Of tho State Indicate TINT
thta average will bo reached, and 1t Ii 1,osshln
me yield Mlll measure u bushels when tho har-
1esi h u a1aay reeorued. In tho central counties
o. me STATE tho yield ia not largo rs In 1863.
put IL Of bettor quality. Considerable tttios
n nsFe alronuy boon marketed, and, Of this, eomo
o. g IL pounds to tho b!lshel is tho general
crossing tho Wabash River in it's NORTHEASTERN
arm, tho wheat ia very Ane. Porter, WLito
bonton, Jaspor, Nowton, and, in fact, all tho
pl1rio-counttes. including tho Wca plaius, west
aud southwest Of Lafayette,
ALL YIELD HEAVILY.
!hero arc no lack Of INSTANCES where 25 and
oo baslolH harc rewarded tile farmers care. nnd
one q" Howard County enthusiast throshed So BUSH
attention Tho Raccoon Valley yields 80 BUSH. |
ely; Marion County will not fall short Of 81.
while Pike, CaBs, aud q few others known nar, |
5eu!a51y 5e aa Thoat counties, will run up fully to
% or ~ bushels. III some counties tho yieid In |
poor. Boone, in tho Whito River country. rn.
ports only II buRholB and there are insta,csu
t where tho crop will not over 8. But these arc
.so,asoa nd eases tue effect OF local causes entirely
tended SECTIONS OF tho State. The chjuch-buc
nae put III Its appearance iu spots, but tho deyas
taton @ has 3, not been either general or severe In
i7h |
~ r. weight and poor in quality by reason Of sho
shinch; but, as q general rule, the kernel ia
heavy, solid and healthy.
r., IN addition to the new wheat orop of Tho
state, tho large amount Of
OLD WHEAT HELD OVER
must bo taken into the account in aimtno NJ a
comparative esti1nato Of tho wheat fnfjinna
could eould' If sho would. market t1is fall. In oyory
~ tii OF old wticat.-ln not few inBta1cos tho
"hold, ,oyor " including tho crop of 1871 M wci1
as that Of 1872 mud 1878. polk County ia vail |
st1Hsed; Wea and 90 is Aarion and the White River
Sl:7o was offered for this wheat by dealers lero
out farmers concluded it would 70 to 81 aud. de-.
stocps sptG warnings g to tho contrary od their
araa1 uho Is that they have lost
the Z currency for months. Neyor since that tima
has the market advanced beyond 81. 80 or al an
aaa uicx n1w = the e. r9lt5g rate from to
thnsa ~ ~ a9g eegg to o. remln It is opinion
large proportion OF tho new and old wheat :
WILL. De MANKETED THIS FALL
Farmers : a. desire the money; they havo been In
lebt long enough, mud for year past hayo boa,
struggling to FREQ themselves from tlo ast rcrn.
lants OF indebtedness fastened upon tlem h.
Inc tlood-ti<le Of prosperity and spccnlatio3 T. T.
eysd tst t. e t6s the panic Of ast fall b
u 81, thoy will lot tho whoat go, aud app1y t6o y
proceeds to tho work Of debt-oxtinotion to wbiol,
~ claHHes of people have applied themselves 20
sssItaaouay sIt during tho past wintor and spring.
top; Tho whole country Seems to Inyo bndfiod -
ma o!osaon1cd with plenty, and should thera be- T.
=. olahk 'ofe1gn market our people will share in
u y. era OF cold prosperity. ~
1noro Is neither variAb1oneBB NOR shn1otv ~ | ~
ufnlns to tho corn-roports. It is NJ
oSk cEAsELEss MONOTONE OF PLENTY, 81
af ;.' u tno seven years Of plenty with which ~
g5pt ~ Hsn Sus oeused pTeyios to tho great famine
essful corner" Tho Agricultural Donnrt. u ~
ao 1ont estimates tho increased acroago in corn at ot
oo,ouo acres, ahd tho yield ut l0s These eeti: ~
lever have our bottom-lanis seen anil, a,'nnes ~
undant Zelda Of corn and it is mnossibia IN IL ~
therwlso than to speak in tho same torns ~ rs
o sfd.a0n 0f the ens sate No crop
'atorg propose to do any cornoring Viii pnv ar
oEn, they will layo to oufargo tic a1c]os vas eH
lan evor, ana hold purse That fortunstvvss nvs et'
oha hron Gpvy In 9ter grains tho prospoot may a.
: the National Koad they NAV be- ca3iod itt iit
II, b9t south Of that lino no ~
ssr tS%rt h.xa has ban been t . mado to harvest
Gated Is hay. Hay will he REASONABLY plenty IT, IT,
1t will rule high, hyo and barloy may DO so{ mr.
I'm ~ faiures hut 10 litto Of either Of these IN IN
a,1a Is raised IN tho State that tholr condition sa
ry summer. and tho lack Of plentiful rain r. N@'
ring the lator months, In tho southern half Of
State, account for tho utter failure Of the
crop there. Iho SaMo aate OF atfaira e1tet-
north up to within fow weeks ago, but later lat
~ ~ improved tho prospect. lad
IheHe gonoral stasomonts apply only TO the LY
ate OF Indiana proper. That section Of ILL no,
10 finding it's marIot lore has suffered from ma
olonged and still continuing drought, and the ma
'ps thero, OF oil kinds, hayo suffered severely Of
j., THERE ARE TWO PLAIN REASONS ora
tlo largoly-lncreasod crops Of this yoar, and ssu
y carry with thon1 lesson TINT should not bo the
! tn the future. The Increase has not boon tor
,aan uausea outslay OF and independents OF tho hot
~ A., ~ apcoiA1ty toftultoua Hoather han at ata
on"a @ s.a 5tuM4us grams, but tll0 additional Wal
ore.sa 'ne Gataia cultivation account for dug
hw os. ~ '!a patent remodlon invent but
tou I,ns W inc nano, there wore real
s.ho% st;n.yi wy 1toaaiy aud perbiAtoutly last
'wr, =" e''''''"' ~ pfoalction es tho most glat
4'"' '"N 50 .''' Thi.3 .armars, pos