The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-07-24
CROP PROSPECTS,

The Chicago Times of Wednesday, with an
enterprise us extraordinary as it is praise
worthy, publishes telegraph reports from
nine hundred different counties in all por
tons Of the country, showing the progress Of
the harvest and the condition of the growing
crops In brief analysis OF these volumln.
Gus reports, covering nearly three pages of
the Times, the following is given as the
result
The wet weather of the past two months
has resulted IN an extraordinary growth OF all
kinds OF grasses. Consequently the hay crop
will be large in all parts Of the west and as
it has been very generally harvested and is
therefore free from all danger of damage,
there need be no fear OF a scarcity OF nay
Wheat has been harvested in the entire sec.
ton lying south OF the torty.tourth degree OF
latitude. In Wisconsin it is much above the
average in quantity and quality. In Illinois
and Indiana some damage has been done to
the crop by rains, bugs, and other causes, so
that the yield will not probably exceed three
fourths of the average. In Kansas, Nebraska,
Minnesota, and Iowa, our reports show that
the crop will be largely in excess of last year;
that in the two first named states the depreda-
tons Of the grasshoppers have been compare
lively insignificant; that unless some unlock
od-for calamity occurs the producers will
realize q far greater return for their labor
than ever before. In Kentucky, Michigan,
| Ohio, Missouri, and the eastern states, there
is every prospect Of far better yield than
heretofore, and the production will be far in
excess Of the consumption. The product in
these states is represented as beng much su.
perior IN quality to that of former years.
1t is notable that for the first time in twelve
years, the south will raise sufficient bread
stuffs for home consumption. This will, OF
course, relieye the north from the necessity
of shipping grain in that direction, and enable
US to supply the deficiency III the European
markets.
Oats promise an extraordinarily large
! crop. In some sections, the heavy rains that
have fallen recently have lodged the grain
somewhat, and the ChinCh-bug elsewhere has
caused some damage; but there Is every ndi
cation that the yield will be at least forty-fvc
to fifty bushels to the acre, and in many sec
tons much larger.
Rye and barley promise well. These crops
are not extensively grown, but there is every
indication that the supply will be fully equal
| to the demand.
Corn is not yet matured in the northwest
In Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and some
| parts OF AIkdusds dIU ltuucSSce, lHt ClOl
has been harvested, and is more abundant
than for many years In Illinois, Iowa
Missouri, Ohio, and Indiana, the plant i:
backward, but unless trosts should occur pre-
vious to the middle of September there is nc
reason to apprehend a short crop. In Min
nesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, the back
wardness of the crop is such that there il lit
tie hope of more than half a crop. But as
these states raise but little corn, the diminu
of the crop there will have but little influence
upon the supply.
Potatoes will yield full crop in all sec
tons. The Colorado bugls only seen to any
great extent in the eastern states. In the Yves
it has disappeared, having been almost en-
tirely exterminated by the heavy rains. Some
complaints of its depredations comes from
points east of OHIO, but none from the west
This appears to indicate that the pest is rap
idly disappearing, at least from the western
states,