Year: 1867

1t it estimated that the present fine


weather is worth to that State not less


than three millions ofdollars day. On


these accounts there is a much better


feeling in business circles, and conf


dence is int reasing. In Indiana the


reports from most sections ofthe State,


but particularly from the northern part,


give good accounts Of the growing


grain and fruit of all descriptions. They


are claimed to be excellent, the wheat


being the best for many years, and the


smaller fruits uncommonly abundant.


From Illinois, and particularly from


the Northern and Western parts, we


hear that the wheat crop as it now


stands is the best for long time, and


that the quantity Of land planted is We.


ry great. All that the farmers Of that


State appear to ask now is fair grow.


ing weather. AS to Michigan, we are


informed in brief that the fall and


spring crops all promise q bountitul


yield, and that the prospect for fruit is


splendid. In Wisconsin the wheat


looks fine, and will give u large crop.


The breadth ofland in wheat is fully


33 per cent. more than last year. Oats


and corn are reported backward. The


Minnesota farmers are looking forward


to an abundant harvest of wheat, and


have good hopes of their corn and oats,


the acreage Of land planted in the lat


ter grains being the largest for several
years From Nebraska all accounts
justify the expectation of heavy and
splendid crops, particularly from the
Platte district. The cheering news that
the wheat crop never looked better
comes from the farmers Of all sections.
The damage done by the young grass
hoppers is nearly all repaired. The
corn crop, however, is not doing so
well, but is still reported as looking
quite as well as the crop Of 1865 did at
similar period, when the CON harvest
turned out unusually large. The pota-
to crop Of Nebraska is threatened by
the potato beetle. We have nothing
before us from Iowa, and the accounts
from Kansas are very meagre. The
accounts from Missouri do not agree
in all particulars, but the best authori-
ties say that the breadth ofground cov-
cred by the growing wheat and oats is
much greater than usual, and that those
crops are now in excellent condition.
Fruit, also, promises well. With ref.
erence TO wheat, one paper says that
the memory Of man does not go back
to the time when the wheat in that sec
ton looked so hopeful, and that the
grain crop will be the largest ever
known.


The peculiar condition Of the South
ern States this time makes the subject
of promising harvestin that section of
our country a very interesting and
it is a pleasure, therefore, to say that
the reports are very favorable. From
to Alabama theaccounts Of the
wheat crop arc especially encouraging.
Or Virginia it is said that throughout
the whole State the wheat looks well,
and oats, corn and tobacco will be equal
to the average. The Georgia wheat
crop is also of the most promising de-
scription. With respect to the other
crops of this State, particularly the corn
and cotton, the accounts are variable,
rs in some places there is every appear
ance of an abundant harvest, while in
others the reports are doubtful and con-
llicting. In Alabama the corn crop is
especially liourishing, with Il great
breadth of land planted, and the wheat
harvest promises generous yield.-
Oats do not look so well, but the cot
ton promises fairly. In Mississippi the
cotton crop Of the Mississippi bottom
is reported as badly damaged by the
''worm," and farmers are turning their
attention towards planting the same
land Immediately in corn. The Ten
nessee wheat crop is said to be luxuri-
ant and strong, and one of the finest
growing crops ever seen in that State.
The number ofacres planted is also I'M
precedcntcd In East Tennessee the
fruit crop is fine and peaches will be
abundant. In Kentucky also the wheat
crop is in fine condition. The peach.
es, however, were killed in the bud, and
it is feared that the tobacco crop will
be n failure.


We have thus made brief summa-
ton of the principal information before
us with regard to the growing crops,
and our readers Of all classes will be
gratiiied to learn from the statements
given that the summer and fall of 1867
are likely to be blessed with q bounti-
ful harvest of nearly all the neccssaries