New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-05

mated that the food Ia ebblng slightly. Yhave been out
n0 ss LOOK
places g in water couple Of feet deep Much Of
the wheat rOttng aud the new wheat from TWO 70 SIX
inches high growing from the shocks Some farmers
have abandoned their CROP Where the shocks have been
ground tho interior . in tcierabis Condition. and
1T, thrashed by machinery as soon as the rains nar
ton Of the crop may DO saved MOI half the oats has
on is
crop Is g1wng up In good fields me oats nave
cut Just before the rain set in steadily lying swath,
and will not be fit for use The agricultural situation IS
season IN which tho rain did 80 much damage as this
season. The tobacco will he sorry crop generally. That
upon rolling ground will be good The crop prom.
ises best Tho water is recedng and little apprehension
now felt for our leyees he rains norhward are not
OXFORD Aug 2.-It hls rained AZ days in 90, rnd for
the Last three days almost ncessanty YESTERDAY was
rain too has almost ruined the wheat in shock having
either rotcd spronted it, and foIrfths OF
nearly all standing i'll the field and too ripe to harvest
sa IN oT to o get any Eoo% out Fa III ar s
course was failure and spring Is damaged very much
promises more than an ordinary yield
HOPEFUL VIEW FROM CENTRAL OHIO.
Special Correspondence Of TIE c,ncnn1n Ga'e'e
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. For the first time
clear to-day and AFFORD some relief to the people OF
soon set in and raned ler than ever. There gencr
ally good deal Of eNaggeration ~ To the damage done
by failure OF rain. But to many IL hardly
seems possible To exaggcrae now. and all through Cen
trial ono there IA but opinion namely that millions
OF dollars worth OF properly has been destroyed The
hogs have been turned into hundreds OF fields to make
the best they could of the sproting ara rotinS grain
This is on the high grounds. or course it has
been worse in valleys, for these have everywhere
been submerged. AMI not only the wheat but al other
crops have been drowned ont or washed up and Heated
away. Along the iiockins ths Sciot". the Licking me
CoShoctOD, the TuScIrawii, amt scores Oh slii'ltr
streams tho same !ugnhlios story ~ repeated un one
wearcs with tho uniform details OF destruction ana loss
What tie effect viii be upon othcr croib thi wheat NOT
CROWN. in the valleys Is more matter o conjecture
and the OutlO0k.is by ans 40 hopeless 30 lar a.
my observation cNtehiS thc corn y !. heP pU p'o,iI
wen with the weeds and grass: II they are rank ana
no reason why il should not continue 20 hoiu itS
and II the continued rams have not cooled u0Wh
there VIII be big yield OF corn N ali tho fields tai nave
not absolutely been drowned oui; ..,,..., .,,
The wet viii somewhat d"tciorh'0 tir pn'niFoi th'
potato crop. nut there wl Dc no ach III q'anli. o,is
undoubtedly threatened Win rum an. SOM Id-
have been ruined by the little black rascal when ms
been called tie army worm should no IA continue
We mag bid gODd-)y to the Ots ~ 'chtitl ono ana
may then look for among other crops. o' tle
worms rs rl,idy as IL dries Of the SELL and
those lolgcdfor days come soon the granarles VII
almost everywhere have plenty of oats The gf"wth oI
g1t s been stimulated To an TX rioiiinary degree ny
the wot The cause has kcp II from rIpeninS sud-
orny ANA the upland meadows are an sure 10 ylcu aplH
dance of nay. Minor crops OF vegetables ETC. turning
ont 10 largely That the market men ARG IN despair on ac
count Of low lricc' Everything conNlcr'n men, tlcf'
will probably be, taking Central and Southern ONO to-
s,incr nothing that can properly b" cald wnoi"'fle
calamity although the floods nave descended WITH crush
ing weight upon myi luals. and been productive 0i
much partial los, and DISASTER or course continuance
of wet weather Tor "a couple OF weeks longer would 80
hglrn and widen and the evil. thrt it would
swell to something like the pro2rtius 81 general ds-
fr thu southern hall oi the HtIo i CON
ccTied. Even this, however, would NOT seriously ahtrt
tie welfare OF thu state. for tho nDrtAern haf hs SUI
fcIrd tic at all from the fsin ana i Dc ,rd
with rich, excellent and abundant hargcst9. Upon INC
Whole. then II oos around iittle We SHAH III lnd
ourselves ~ mtcn hopolG condition in"n at hts