, 1875-08-06

upot him. Neither DO Brn tho u4e OK Insisting HAT
the ;ert rains have not materially red The gruw-
inR crops. Tho atatei,cnts tlat "Whcat In Injured
but slightly oss alt ba saved ht tho rcylAe, and
cora tn unnjnrc, though 10 feet under water except
where It s washed, arc hardly warranted by the facts
anl tho cry Of "rcacal peacsl when there II No
peace" 10 hardly proper.
Let ginncc at tho n.ea visited by thcso terrific
rails. Il embraces Ill tic territory In Ohio 1ndsna
1llnois, lows, aud Missouri, on tho parallels Of
Chicago and Cairo. THIS includes srge strip Of ths
rnor-whrAt region Dntt The entIro cort.bcN.
Tint portion Of she great Sorthwcst considered more
particularly ndApcd 10 10 about 1N miles wide
from north to snuht lying between Chicago and Mat
toon, south Of Mattoon the soil being mostly light
clay. II is tsa that south Of this ne on tie bot
toms, ,-sa, for Instance. along ts White, Wabash, and
Ohio llFcrB.-aEGo croIa Falsrd, bn with such o1.
certlons. not grown north or south of ,heao
lines 10 any great extent for commerce.
This great corn-bc furnishes tho surplus for East
crn markets anl for export.
What has bcen. will BE- tbs effect Of The storms IN
thcwin.cswheat rcgou Wheat al1 cut three weeks
ago. and up to last weok hut very uttto VIA IN stack
During a this time Il has stood In shock and seems
to e impossible that any considerable portion Of II
ran be eavrd n good condition After having stood
thete las rains - largo portion srsoutus mud
II Ia clain1ed that the oass be nowed and much
OF the crop saved Ike buy. very large portion Of Tho
cror was down at Tour weeks axo and woods growing
III
Fproutlng i ta conceded hy competent jndgca That
not one-fonrh OF them be saved On all tat ,ana
they arc utterly worthless, md only occasional
saved.
- clai,ea slso That. ruls farmers cry before
they hro hurt. but utuy this They lunI1n, and
Fome .1isposod to lnok on tho dark stc.as they
xon'a 6 aaeEsnt.y smils,si; ri taey IT, sftl.
uIl parts Of the Northwest II the splcnh condition OF
ssnrs,.cor1 , especially ! attempted to cerrocs
whence kHpJG ttn0rtRY lriuattv frnr1,
tin iarncrs. In 1s7A Il tho sanic, anu yet IL IL
o,: no. eoneeded .h.. The crop wa. decidedly short
nearly all tho reporta tho hora sLulowcd that We
will save onr cropa yet. Thoy havo hoen elandrrcd
= e,ss ~ tais they arc II rule d.sposod to look
il il sid, aso that ths hny crop Is no. Injured
much. and s now aeuerally In stack. For four to Ys
weeks there hzs been continuous rains over moro than
l0J. .o s4uars miles Of territory. Not than ons
os .o no. dry dsya at siua lIow Is i posalbo thai
tho buy crop could 10 clre In anch weathcr7 In this
county tlerots hut ttlc hay saved In good condition
and probably Than half Of tho crop ls spoiled Gu.
stttuts eorn folder for tlclr stock. -
Tbs limits Of this article will not permit n,s to 70
Into deaIia in regard to the crop daoront To-
entities, and propose slmIly to make 4 fow general
rsinarks. Ws hAyo hs1 a continual dropping of
1Urta Of tho "splendid" condition where The pros
far as they went. hut not much wan aa,d about tho
poor prospects. and, II refeIenee was made, Il
crop Is expected" Farmers are such gru,nberz5
M.nh has been 1aid Rbont Increased acreage aud
"fepiauted to corn IN arasshoPPcr rsRsons* doubt
such increaHe being as largo In RuEposol. Probably
per cent would IT, hut. setting II at 10 per cunt
DO not taink II safe to count much on II. Tho re-
was neariy Ill done ate n June-so,ue a. lsts =.
July land corn plantea la,s a. Juno 20 cannot
far below ayerpeo on ful hall OF tAis four
Teeks ago In the other haf II places. thy wcse far
he wos below the psospess for erop ea WI
uato where these diaercnces existed, 6ut havo MT
Iopm ln thb; slnte then tle prospects, have not
1t 10 said tha. corn will bear more water or drought
q the pas proves that had tarqs corn crop
IN tsrv set seson. Corr, uee1s but Htlle rain, anil
We have our LKRsst eros IN tho asyest senaons. The
l4Exest crop We ever had. - of lsit-
aiak on tho dF,est Iauds, IND unuaual number Of
eass hare sotswo, three, md four to the stalk but
e% L u: .a s 4 b. b.
Glued 10 think large stalks produce prppostonateIy
large ca and of course two or thsee ears ,re better
farmer Will tell you that cue good nlnlk Ii
preferable 10 attempt It two three, and Ola th0
SEQ that references il bad to tho floods Of ~. Il
think thls hs wo.ss time for tas.ner raised .tsks
is. /. iups grren III through tbe season. ap1 but ~
Usually corn Is OH: Of Tho way Of foats eafy IL sep
graen wlet fros that ye4r w ie foft corn to
all our stock Until they could not rcst; tho balances
rotten that It would not burn. This w4 probably =
the eass tha yeaE Corn 1t. stood sn ios two xeaks
for another neek until tLs ground dfie4, even Ii II
lolds dry, on the bsss lands. All That which za stood
IL watsF during thsss rana y worthless. ~
xe do hAYU dry weather and = hot aun II will VIII
right down, and without dry weather aud sunshine wo
ahal! have nothing.
until tho ut of October later aud DO lear au early
frost. The Eeccut Arctic very suggestive Of
frost We must expect aaother the ss OF thls mouth
anu still another IN September, aud II catch
efrost this mouth think thars u great Jan4es ot 1t
do not like to he cons!tele cd croaktr tut do be-
eyo 10 he propcr 10 prepare for tho tempest It
atr!tcd u.s. II rRInoas to count large crops until
up fcta tuat should have bcen pavns long before
Ihtre " but very little corn left IL forward. l
have heard itestasod at ho.wecn one 4nl Two nili-
tona less still III Iowa AID ess In Illinois. think II
diicuh 70 appEo1mate to Tho amount ~ hts tc, but
should hole Il WV larger than that, because /. Il II
stle for .ome markets. aud eight onshs for export
should satfmats tue probabilities for lta crup
1ssioa mud aonE .he QUO ~hers hsy A.l very % .1xa
yiels hut rear, Il t. anaoss laluru. Throughout
ths south half of the cora hsll rary short crop.
are fsie With good weather. Northern Illinois and
Iowa uot good; corn late md ao1 VEL cultivated.
better, and lndlaua Sill wolse.
Had tbere been much Fa!a 1t Chicago this season
l. sssy u a r y 1 ~ s9
Weather unsettled: tegloning TO sprinkle; every
prospect of anotLer stoEn.. iauFs truly,
tnoQuoIl,
PROVISIONS.
HOG pnopGcTs-wsrs irregular, With little doing
except n pork, aud the speculative artlcea vese
essier though hogs were quoted 53lUc per 1o0 lbs
higher, and product va stronger Ut otter points.
There more deposition to nell, and one prominent
operator unluaded rather largely Of PORK. buyers
held hack when they tbs market weaker uudsr ub
eral offerings.
NESS foak-Was active. and declined 9oo res bsl
Under ffes oHssarGs. chiefly Ade Ly hrn,. Liver.
pool was IL per bsl higher. having Aavlnea " tn
s"o aaSs hut New Yosk Wa easier. probably iu SYM
rsthy with CEleago Ba!es were rsportcd Of 40 hrls
cash ss s2i @02,as; 1920 tsa, seller September, ii
ta.SeaAao; aud sUo hrh. seller the year, Ut alY.s,
Ts.i ill., ss, efl. 1hs n:stet closed ... At s2t.,
lsr; and notnlnally 1t al. 10 for tl.tnh, ta.
1rtns torR VA auotsd II {i4l5 ~'' ~'~''e