New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-21
THE FARMERS OUTLOOK.
REVIEW or CROP REPORTS.

A REVIEW OF CROP REPORTS
| CONDITION or GRAIN AND FRUITS AT THE END op
| wINTER-DAMAGE DONE by THH APRIL FROST
BKEADTH OF SPRING WHEAT sOwS-AMOUHT Oy
SMALLER PRODUCTS THAT WILL NJ RAISED.
IRON An ocCA srONAL CORRESPONDENT OF tn. TRIBUNE
GREELEY, Col, May q, 1S75.-Recently both
and fallen aburdanty between the east
face olthe Rocky Mountains and the Missouri E"r'
giving moisture than that country has received
This will amply sufficient for bringing
forward small grain In the DegbborhoOd of the Mis-
towns Of Omaha Leayenwortb, and Kansas City.
the Winter wheat is good, and especially tmbefed
land but ont the prairies much Winter killed.
aud some destroyed by cold winds Southwark from
Kansas City the prospects for this grain much moro
favorable. II had been expected that there
would be only a little fruit In this region: re-
cent Investigations show that there will DO fine o
apples and that far good share OF the peach buds
arc alive. IL pretty well established thst
what have been thought tho local species OF grsss
hoppers which have been Matching out, are really
the offspring Of the visltants Of last Fall. They
appeared q month earlier than over before. AID
there il now doubt but that whatever dam3gs
these scourges can inhct to DO felt They began to
appear Central Kancas about the LIST OF April and up
to the 18th OF that month In many widely separated
places-a west OF the Missouri well as IN some parts
OF Minnesota They require only about 80 days To grow
wings and then Is they leave their birth
place but whittier they co. and whether they aiglt
near or far, IA unknown. During this period
OF 30 days they destroy every green thing
wherever they come but tho experience tins
far has that they do not tho entire surface
Of the ground and whole fields and many part u
fields left The general destruction OF gardens pe
culiarly annoying. But it seems now that II thee
present broods fly as they get wigs, they
will depart only u little time after corn Is plantei
40 that in this all the crops they can destroy
will be Winter wheat. In view OF tho frequency ~
their visitations ingenuity OF inventors should
be called into activity TO devise some cheap chemc i
solution gas destroy them. In Southern Russa Tire
farmers catch the grasshoppes IN nets but this refers 70
those full grown the smaller ones are Mt first almost n
visible, and they confined TO quito limited patcbca.
ana IL IL while in this state that wholesale desruct n
might be made complete by some such means do alDyo
Winter wheat in Southern Minnesota IL highly prom.
isng and large area of Spring wheat has been sown
Inn S nonen Rar loS' sGa ~ AMI oa"
breadth grain Will be this year than before
remarkable Perseverance, and they have been wond
fully successful Fifteen years ago WI, con-,dIci
they have advanced so far ia to Raise urge qime-.
THIS has been accomplished by payias ue coSeo aticn
pan-that IT, TO select from trees Passed from So
for quality SO valuable are new seedlings such cioo
apples survive the rgOrs OF the climate that this yea.
or 81 100 600 frao ' onncSs he" have died ts wn mi
also pears but some peach ree'tayc survived ami u IA
may yet DO raised in that cold Northern State.
CONDITION or THE WHEAT CROP.
II ia now positively asserted that the amount Of wheat
remaining hand among the farmers OF Wisconsin and
of the ncighborng States less by vast number Of bush
els than has been stated any the sowing choice
Northwestern Spring wheat Will be large The general
statement IN regard to Winter wheat in the States
Iowa, Missouri, "sconSn n, LUNGS, Mcls3n and ini
on prairie ground the prospect is that the crop VIII
not exceed bushels TO the acre. but on tmo3ri
land, that is, land which once was cleared ana "pch
naturally suited wheat, tho Yield may reach
bushels But again. south OF 39, which Is prcperly,
mated at ten bushels, and this embraces re southern
part Of the states of Missouri, n!inol5. In
| see, &c. Recent warm rains have been OF great
advantage, though since then heavy snow
effects not marked However, south OF the Ohlo the
frost greatly njure special crops and
in cases fruit bs. i'll Ono and Western Ncw-York
Winter wheat is looking considerably better lan many
the coatngs of ice ii received On knos and on poorly
tiled fields, the prospects unayOrdDc. Parts Now
farming operations delayed. In Central Ponn
ylyania and other parts OF this state fruit and buds
In the purely agricultural regions of the West prices OF
food gran ana 'i.SS nave st'adiy adYIced and reti
irosts OF last winter entered thousands OF cellars LAT
well far beyond the great rivers the agrc-ae o,s
must reach millions Of bushels. Meanwhile work crowds
with pressing force, and men and able with
stand the protraccd toll because they have long been
idle. The Winters cold is now said TO be eAcrcs.n:
beneficial influence, since result arises similar to what
arises from thorough drainage, whetby The sJ bcoOes
and and therefore IL II predicted. AM With
reason, that with anything Ike favorable se1son tic
corn crop VIII DC nmensc Indeed, some say tat there
will be good crop whether or 10. because the porous
soil will exhalc moisture from below, in the absence
| above, or il viii absorb an excess.
has been rather cold and dry, but in
has been favorable aud work is well advanced. Every
worked Labor Is satisfactory than hitherto. aud
immigration from the North steadily increasing Other
States such as Tennessee and Mississippi, report lair
accession OF migrants indeed. grafton To tho
South may now be expected TO continue for many years,
since the extreme West ceased to the
| that the middle West SO long presented.
The prices OF beef cattle are likely 10 advance since the
feeding grounds of Kansas, Iowa, anu Illinois have
supu, of corn and the price OF the is higher than
IL has been for several years The ainont OF cattle rom
Texas coming North is stated 10 b. less than ia former
years and IL reported that the supply Is falling of, for
II Is alleged that the kansas drove TINS year VIII not
ceed 10000 head In 1871 the drOva OOO,OOO ead.
many cattle directly TO the Missouri River, thai II larger
number cross the mississippi at New Orleans and
Orado. Wyoming, and Montana STU H., receipts
OF fair cattle the Missouri viii be light
ranges, especially the Upper Arkansas ana In
dian Territory, Is good, the average falling of LAYING
more northern ranges, as in the South Platte and It's
tributaries the Lodge Pole, Chus Water ami on tlo
ing of tue herds great distances 10y protIacfcI winds.
the sheep interest has suffered disa,t,r and the
stock OF wool a the manufacturing centors light
prospect for the coming clip is decidedly e,Ouia ing.
ON the whole the country seems 10 bc coming ont O ne
terrible Nlner with far resources and witA Wel0undcd
expectations for the future.
The reports the great ross in April are stl 10 the
effect vi wide destruction OF tho buds OF peaches.
cherries, and of the small fruits, but apple tr,.s
seem 10 have escaped, their buds less developed
In OF the fruit sections OF the West tho nuts
had suffered severely before The tobacco intest OF
Kentucky is said 10 have received serious blow in the
destruction OF the plants, but the prices OF tobacco
not TO have been affected thereby Indeed seed could
| have been sown again with reasonable prospect Of
furnishing sul.abio plants Meanwhile, Connecticut
Valley farmers quiet and is probable that IL ih.re
shall he short crop in the South ard SOuthNes' they
may recover from the cmbarIassments into which they
fell last year it IS well TO note hele that California; "a
| rising III Importance as tobaccoraslns State.
aud 1t may not be long before her Drop
will have power in the market, especially
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