, 1875-08-23


aptetai Difpdtch 10 TIE Chfcaao Tribune.
BuannoSA. ILL.,, Aug. 22.-Tho crops herca-
bouts nre ia good shape. NcaIlY oscry ono Inns
completed Laylng aud harvesting, With stacking
noarly oil done, aud soon the thrc8lor sill 10
hutnmiug. Grain IN thought to bo IN aTerage
yiod Small fruite arc about q failure. We
Enye recorded worse and ngaiu bottor Aca-
HiA for uur iarn,tng interests, Oh which all 30
depond. Tho weather Is moderate. with quito
supply Of ra!u.
s)tc,at D,spatch IA Tie Chteaao 7r,hnn>.
uEsKY, ILL.,, Aug. 212.-Thc harvest III il.iH scc-
tion Is ended. and most OF tue grain III stack il
III very lair coudi.on contrary to expectations
three weeks ago. Acreage Vt wheat small: ytol1
and quality abont all AVERAGE. 1Ne, uanRl guam
tity sown; yield nud quality above an nssrAso.
Oats, large acreage; yield good, three-fourIAs
IN good eondltIosi. Corn, prospect esory1hlng
that cou!d 10 dosirtsl; ordinary weather fJr the
ucxt thirty daya Will matulo thu largest crop
ever gathered il, Marshall County.
(3rTestoaienre Of n thicd Tribune.
1vEspALE, Champaign Co.. ILL.,: Aug. 2o.-0n
ACCOUNT OF the heavy Winds aud long-contlnlrd
rams. this nud all tho adjoining caunticH bnyo
lost al. Of their oa.a aud vcry lerRo amount Ut
their corn, far molo tAnn was anticipated q fcw
days nfscr the hoayy Fains Of the 31Bs u!t.+
aud lst, I'd aud ID hist After tlieso four dayf,
when tho clouds begin to break a"as. ovefy
heart began to rejoice to Rce the blue skies ouco
more, and expected that in few DAYS tho
natarB would t2!l. aud all nonil be abs to get
into their iietds. to saso q large sharc Of their
oatH 1ax, aud other elnalI graiu +; but, after
about two days OF fair weather. and beaule tho
water had brgun to lelyo, anohsE rain canio,
mud Laa continued to come about four days
out Ut evory Bayen csor Hl1ice, up to
tbs present tins. 10 there Las been
no time since tho first heavy ranH OF July II
to save anv email gram, or even any lay. III good
order. Tho 1elds to-dav, arc au soft tint ntlthor
borBea no. wagons eau get Into them to d, wnrk
of auy kind aud about all Of tho oats aud fax
are still LYNX tas tho gtonud IN mud aud wa
tor, md all are now past doing anything
with. The corn that has boen standing
30 long in uater ia NOW dead aud
Of no usc, winch amounts tu sl,ou-
sands OF acres; and. unlosa wo get como dET
weathcr inside or q woa1s, and Which shall Io-
maip for Ut least one month, tAero will uot be
oae-fousth OF \ corn-crop in Contral 11hnuls !;
for tho corn cannot mature and npon in time 70
got out OF tho way OF fruBt, with 40 much cold
aud wet weather nB Wc aEe now having. All
tho corn Ia at least from two to tlIto
weeks later thAu in most yeara; and, with
= froHt at tue most us,al tinc. ncar
Hept. 10, nud with The n1ost fayorable weather
possible until that time, there would Ia . very
large portion OF II ftoatod, aud it woul1 not 10
morchantahle. Tho potatoes are ruttinE very
fast. and tlloeo planted OH low land arc all Gono.
He nevor had q better or finer prospect lor pu-
tatoea, corn. oats, and tlAk than wo had In Cen-
tral 1lllnola cue month ago and "o uayer ha'e
had aa gloomy prospect "a At present. peyo!
saN tho farmers looking 10 deHpoudent; aud
must say slink they have reasouH for 80 lock-
lug, for thor lossoa are Sad indeed.
WILLIAM II. JouNsoN.