Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-17

occupied IL is from the standard authority Of
the Chicago crop correspondent of the New
YorE Journal OF Commerce of the eth instant, an
authority we have often quoted and as often
commended for well known accuracy. The
gentleman who complies the information Is at
the head OF a bureau with hundreds of cores
pondents IN the Mississippi Valley extending
from the British possessions 10 the Gulf of
Mexico. All the year round this method Of
receiving and compiling Information Of the
crop Is going on, and to follow it regularly
through the publications made will In foi M an
Augusta couoty producer aud miller of the
state of things " that vast extent OF territory
bearing somewhat largely upon their inter-
ests, but not to the extent similar i4iurmetiob
OF our own locality would. but which is not at.
tainabis. Following ia the extract fro,n the
correspondent referred to.
.'Tne month ofJuly has given US mo;e and
oetter weather Tor al the great crop interests
or the country than we have experienced In
any previous consecutive period since the
opening of the growing season. The iudi,a
tons have been hot and dry; hot weather u eed-
ed to force the corn, help mature the oats, rip
en- up the grass; dry weather for the harvesting
of the winter wheat Certainly there has been
no period when the general crop prospects OF
the country, with the exception of the spring
wheat, seemed to promise SO much as they do
to- day. SO far, owing to wet weather. there
present weather has completely changed the
situation, aud the thrashing machines are all
going and the wheat is beginning to move.
Ihere ie no feeling among farmers to hold for
higher prices, but on the other hand tho era
of low prices which has existed for the last two
or three years reeonciled farmers to accept car
rent rates rather than hold for speculati Vt
values. The new wheat comes into the mar
ket with the old stocks very thoroughly clean
ed up, and the mills In thu winter wheat dis.
tricts very generally are depending entirely on
the new crop for grinding purposes. The corn
crop of the country Is rapidly gaiuing every
q qi,, FaTmers are SIN working their nelds In
ues to send very fattering accounts, not only
of her corn crop but of the general condition OF
the oats aud all the email grain which was
spring sown. The oats crop has all filled out.
is just commencing to turn yellow. and 1t looks
to me now es If 1t would be fully as large as the
crop of 1888. So far the country has been won
derfully favored in this respect, and the oats
have not been subjected to- since they began to
head out. any severe storms OF wind or rain to
beat them down as in former years. The grass
has also improved and Is now being cut. The
only blot to day on this favorable outlook is
the uneven and generally discouraging out
look for the spring wheat crop of Dakota"
NEW SALT SUPPLY.-About eighteen
months ago. extensive borlngs were made in
the vicinity of Hutchinson, Kansas, for natur.
al gas, which was not discovered to the extent
desired. Instead of gas, salt was discovered in
large qantities. 1t is found at the depth of $50
feet. The Investigations made trace the vein
for three hundred miles. 1t is twenty. five
miles wide and forty feet thick.
Eight large salt companies are now operat-
ing at Hutchinson, and others have been or
ganized. and are at work producing salt. The
product already monopolizes the Kansas City
salt market where 1t is sold for ST. per ton.
RAILWAY FoRECLosERs AND RECEIVER
sHIPs.-The Rail,0ay Age makes a lengthy
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