, 1877-05-28
THE CROPS.
Gratifying Notes from the
Farmers of the Great West
and Northwest,
They Report q Cllcorftll Outlook
in tho Grnin.Gr0wing
Regions.
Never Was the Prospect Better
for q Splendid Crop OF
All Kinds.

for q Splendid Crop OF
All Kinds.
ILLINOIS.
EpecIaf Dii1sdtca 10 7At 1f4brnA
MENDOZA, H., May .0.-A lrlva Of n Gool |
mans miles through pottons Of 1aSaltc. Leo, and |
nu,eau Counties, and Interviews with several
farmers. bare giycn youF correspondent cons'fef'
able information on tho condition Of tho crops,
and the stasc OF farming operations generally.
II found complaining all but finished WlIto ia
mIuy rinccs. covering very considerable extent,
,tI4 forward enough to have received the dFst
ee.sc Of cultivation, there others w1Ierc It "a
ocy ns, bcinK put III, such NJ low lands. hut that
II tIc exception, md this week will planting
eou,p.ntctt, far this scctton of tho country IL
concerned. On the whole. farmers arc Of opinion
that tprng work has been got through With not
only earlier by two weeks, but nnler many moro
fsyornlc circumstances than or years. and they
t"ns Ia tasfuctofy results si much satef fines.
enough indeed to hare produced slight ifottt, hut
the rcr!oua .apprchcnsons ~ to the injurious
remit. have fortunately not been se.llzcd ana 70
lion aa belu sown 10 lafecr extent than hitherto
md t,th The tprng e sntt winter crops afe l.okinE
but ,.nlcss The potato.hur can bc got rid Of. 1,y
nothing short Of cx.crninat!.'n. Tho crop Of poin.
% ot aoat to ne The Ss:.h T. tt
NJ ,hnn cyrr lcfurn md nrc nj their work pr ia.
structlon with apparcMt determination to Leave
no frnt t1 sncaE o Tic ints frosts having 10 i
sarrd tic lutls. Whcra sicse wsrc bnshes Of np.
es h '' nrrant" ra.nbpr.cs n,' strawberpics III Viii
lse1pcctcd yleld an average csop. This country
lestinE btat'a % I'D y ~ d;,s fl. tdE tt;Eong + sush
s,uros. % Jssler To-, Muy ~ .o.-Cp 10 Nsy vo
b.i prouaSly one .th1rd q the corn s!ound piewed
Scr male. Corn ID now coming mp and VI 4 good
color. Winter wheat good. Fruit prospects Of all
kinds g00s: R,>c,o, ,x,,o,e. 10 -. rrt.un.
o,,.rv.,, 1,ui,stl "a Nav IN -rhc oniton1.
htou. 10 jook more favorable, Tl,o weasher simec
isth as greatly ngI[eys !t ata tqo, ost o .,o
fruit % crop fsir. Strawberries going forward. '''
Eper4af Dttpotca to 7as 7rtouas.
wAn..w, Hancock C., My s.arao weather
r. s'eaat aa; ~, osI /, t aa cmnct.
ass e' ~ bn can een Il s 'a
%heat, oats, and Ersss never better.
ses||1f tSo Mss %1oTas
tEfnE W!scai ntaa M @ os.s .ooA Heow ana ass ma.erl
ally danasSa by tne wst n, IhG Er9anH ~ bscomo
~ ~ snspendcd. "'' ''S"'"s 'o' = ''1''
"a' '"'ps Tae,ta, n,<,n,c, IN "a, 77,,,,,s.
J4cEsoxy.LlE, ~: Nay ?0.-1hs weather hero
has bssn apsehau% % eTo ea'sc zee aHa @M iasnsss ~
hsea hsa nnn,oj md wLat il alteady 10 il rrowns
finely.
atfe'o -. Estp4se" .1s'a 90 "a ~ 1rou" rssa a
AsnFos;; L. G1, ICY eIGo.n %a SomnE gp
Oats nerer looked better IN My: rotato.bura aro
numerous. Apples tue worst failure for twenty
'sa''' s,xc.o, l,,Da.ea 10 IN 7.,aune
Noa.E. Ktshl.nd g.. htay so.-rhe rains havo
greatly intotfeted WY, ploxang ana planting poGf
prospect T., corn somtng Cats arc lot doing we'll
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