Year: 1859




mer year. But the breath sown was unusually
narrow and the result is small comparative crop.
The harvest has commenced in many of the coun-
ties, and the next ten days, should tie weather
prove as favorable during the past week. will see
the whole crop secured. The crop having been so
unexpectedly good, will be the means of seeding an
unusual breath of land this autumn.


WINTER BARLEY.-The growing of this grain has
considerably increased in the wheat region, but
has by no means become general The plant does
not stand our Winters as well wheat or rye, and
hence when there is any reasonable prospect Of a
crop of wheat it will not be sown. The crop is Sc
cured in capital order, and the yield satisfactory


saw some fields to-day in Seneca County that have
yielded over 80 bushels to the acre.


WINTER RYE.-ln many sections the cultivation
OF this plant has been steadily increasing and it
will become one of the leading straw crops as it
can be successfully grown over a much larger ex-
tent of country than either Winter wheat or Win
ter barley. 1t is paving crop any farm almost
and profitable one near large towns and cities
The crops extra good both in the straw and the
grain, and will be secured by the end of the COM
ing week


SPRING OR SUMNER WHEAT.-Owing to the failure
in the Winter wheat there has been steady in
crease in the breadth of land devoted to this CROP
and during the last three years. until the number of
bushels exceeds in the whole State the Winter wheat
Generally the plant has had vigorous growth, and
is heading out strong, and with good color The
hot weather, should we have a few wet days and
close atmosphere, may the rust but should we
escape that the quantity grown will be very large


OATs.-The Oat crop, at best, will only be tolera-
ble-not fair average, as the late-sown are head
ing out very short in the straw, and the dry, hot
weather will not be favorable for their making
heavy kernel


SpRING BARLEY is generally looking well, and the
prospect is now favorable for fair crop-about
an average. 1t is in full head generally and
the plant stands strong, and with fair growth of
straw.


INDIAN CoRN.-There is by at least one-third
more acres planted to corn this year than ever be-
0ksu univ llv CTR nd baolt
and is making rapid growth; but it is up to this
date, from ten days to two weeks later than last
year. Should we escape September frost, there
will be an immense crop secured-all now depends
upon that contingency.


GRASs.-The hay crop is very poor one at best.
In no section will it come up to an average while
In some places, especially west of the Genesee River
1t is nearly a failure. Thousands of acres of old
meadow will not pay for moving. The open win
ter damaged the grass very much, but the dry May
finished the work begun by the winter. knew of
one meadow of about 30 acres in Genesee county,
whose owner would be glad to give all the grass
upon it for two tons of hay, and there thousands
of acres as bad. East of the river there will be
forage enough saved to winter the farm stock, and
the same is true Of the Northern Lake counties west
of it, but in the hilly and dairy counties the farm
ers must sell their stock, or prepare to purchase
their winter forage good corn crop will help,
but IN any event. 1t is hardly possible to carry their
stock through.


Pasturage is everywhere beginning to show the
effects of the dry weather, and in sections the
grasshoppers have begun their ravages which will
seriously, damage the profits of the balance of the
dairy season.


FRUIrs.-Peaches are out of the question, but the
crop of apples will be fair though in some sections
they entirely destroyed.


As whole, should there be good crop of corn
the farmers will go to their Christmas and New
ears holidays worth some millions more than they
were the same time last year.


Crops IN MICHIGAN.--Our accounts from the great
farming State of Michigan encourage us to believe
that the harvest of 1859 will be fruitful one.
The following is a fair sample of MANY letters we
have received, but for which we have no ROOM
They are all, however, to this purport. 1t is dated
Centerville, July 5:


owe are just commencing our wheat harvest
Our crop is good one, the wheat is we'll filled,
and tolerably heavy on the ground. Our clover
is harvested, and is good. Our corn promises very
well, and so do the potatoes. We raise but little
barley or rye in this country, but good deal of
wheat and corn. We had very light frost on the
4th, but neither that nor the June frosts did any
great damage"


TIE Hay CRoP.-In New Hampshire, hay is said
to be unusually heavy this season. We hope this
may prove true, it is not in many other States
In this vicinity, particularly, good many old
fields are found to give light swath, where dit
terent result was anticipated. The difficulty is a
want of thickness in the grass at the bottom.
BENEFIT OF PLAsTER.-But we know one field of
which no such complaint can be made In this the
grass is found to be thick at the bottom that it
gives an altogether unexpected heavy swath. 1t is
an old held that has been moved many years with
out having been plowec, or had single load of ma
nure, and was pastured last Spring late into Nav
The present owner, who then came in possession of
It, did not expect to NOW a swath, but thought he
might encourage little growth of grass BY dres-
sing OF 100 h. of plaster to the acre In was sovn
In the fore part of June. The result is that now
July H. there is beneath the white daisies and scat
tering timothy heads a thick mat of fine grass and
clover, that rolls up swath full as large it will
make without spreading. Without the plaster the
field would not have paid for moving. The s1il is
gravelly, stony loan, in Westchester County,
! New York, not over three miles from salt water


IHE WESTERN GRAPE CRoP.-The fear that the
grapes were destroyed in Ohio by the green frost
Is, so far at least the country about Cincinnati is
| concerned, unfounded. The vine growers there are
most certain OF good crop. 1t is estimated that
there are 1000 acres in grapes in the neghborhood
of that city, which should produce 400 gallons of
wine to the acre-600,000 gallons of wine. If it
can be afforded cheap enough it must affect the i'm
portation of foreign wines.


| POTATOES certainly look extremely promising
yet the yield will be light unless we have copous
| rains Immediately. an


letter from Port Rdgeway, Pike county, Pa,
July s, 1852 says


81 have just returned from trip up the Valley
of the Lackawaxen via the Delaware and Hudson
Canal from its intersection with the New York and
Erie Railroad near this place, to its terminus at
Honesdale in Wayne county. The crops in the vi
cinity look WELL Rye is first-rate, aud ready for
the reaper. Corn though small, has regained a
healthy color during the past few warm days, and
the prospect for fair crop is more encoura ging.
Oats and grass never were better-the latter being
now in the swath or well-cured, and in the barn."
| From Iowa, letter dated in Jones county, July
| 7, says: "Corn is backward for the season, but
of good cCor. Wheat very good. Oats rather
poor. Barley headed out, and heavy. Sorghum
very backward, and not looking well"


From Carthage Illinois, letter says, as follows !:


weather pretty good especially for corn, which
is in reason able condition; but it is too to
give definite idea about a crop. Winter wheat is
now pretty much past injury, except in harvesting
1t will not yield good half crop for any year.
Spring wheat and oats very doubtful yet. We
have had good deal of rain, and if it continues all
crops will be SLIM


The GINSENG BUSINESS OvERDoNE.-The Herald
OF LIE Seur county, Minnesota saws the ginseng bu-
sness has been overdone. Everybody who could
raise Sl00 went into the business, when the article
was worth 81 pound in New York, dried, but it
has fallen to half dollar and hence it has dried up
| the small dealers in Minnesota


CRoP News AND THE WEArHER.-The wheat is har-
vested in all this region, with little exception,
ana there can be no doubt that the quality is very