, 1875-08-13

WISCONSIN,
MADISON, Wis, Aug. 12.-There have been
showcrs horc and horeabouta to-day, Interfering
with harvesting somewhat
Nttraukes Sentinel, Auo, II.
Our crop reports cover oyer tllirty OF the most
impo1tant countioH In tho state. aud come at 4
time when thoy ara to bo accepted ~ rocordB Of
tho gathered crops. Harvest 10 far RI it relates
to tho 1noat important cropa u fairly begun, md
i'll sou,e places nearly completed. No clroun,-
STANCES arc likely to arisc to change tho result,
except u to corn, and almost nuy change must
bo favorable From theBo reports, made up
from personal observation and interviews with
loading farmoEB with our correspondent, It ap-
pears slst, notwithstanding the dry Weather, thu
cttuoh-bug, aud the eraBsho,'per, tile year Ia one
OF tho most abundant I'll the history OF tho State.
The acreage OF wheat sown III Wisconsin Ia
somewhat loss than that Of last year. The high
price OF "feel" during tho winter. nnd tno
comparatively low price Of wheAt, induced tho
farmers to devote moro than tho ti8uai amount
Of soil to osta. Yet in nplto Of this, ths aggro-
gata Of wlIoas ratsed will 10 creator III quantity
from 1.-Two to twelve buslola o, wheat to The scre
waa tho rulo, thia yoRr slo9s from ton to twen-
ty-lye, aud oven thirty. Tie Insertion can DO
aafely veutuzad that the winter wheat crop will be
nearly doabIo that Of last year throughout tho
entire B!ato. OF spring whoat tue yioid will bo
somewhat above the AxertRc, Many fields have
boon attacked by Tho clinoh-hug. but other dellB
in tho Same vicinity have compensated for tho
loss 1y hn unusual growth.
Oats, II will ba sesn from the reports, will
Yinu enormous results. Not only las greater
ao1e&go beon sown, but tho growth haa been
prodiHious It will bs an expensive crop To hRr-
yest, having gEowu 10 snnk as to lodge badly.
l3arIsy will perhsps show up loss than usuAl,
having bsoa BetIousy damaged by the bugs.
ST. the difference batTeen tho crop of this year
aud iast will nut b remarkable, Hay, ~ anokhor
ar&icls of "feo1," lH = very heavy crop, probably
henyier than over wss known i'll the State. Tho
dry weather TINT has been b2d for some otlor
RtoHshs has been peculiarly favorable for lay-
making, and Tho largo fields have all boon Well
secured. Coru In tie most aisooar&giug Of al
tho fluid crops, yet tha prospect Is BY no
u,nana gloomy. II iH ovorywh0re Into and haa
sulteled greatly for rain, yot with few woeka OF
Propas woAtlter will yiold richly, lotatoes In
many localities laso boeu i0juIoI by tito bugs
and tho drought, but taking tho St,ts Is Whulo
the crop PROMISES to be not only large, but Ll-
nlense. Fiax, Of which consider able IL esown III
l!aeino County, IL almost II, entire failure. Tic
arMy.WoTn coutincl ita operations 10 this crop
aid did etfeatiso eekyico.
Thu outlook for otA,Iborries is not encoufaR-
Ing. III uroeu Lake County cslsoiss-
~ the marshes are expected to ylold, ut beat.
uct over one-lhlld of = crop. in HAuk County
Tho prospect IL botter but further north, again,
the bug Shows acesyo work. Hops bave been A.
ficted With Ileo to : slnsl extout aud tho avcr-
ago will not be moro than rsalixeA.
1t will he Bocu Wy this SUMMARY that tho moro
important crops are iu splendid contlitiou, and
that ths Wisconsin farmer has every rcsaon to
congratulate himaolf on lis years. work.