The Peach Prospects In Ottawa County

Tin: buvllmg of the peach bu. Is aSoids an opportunity í'ur peaoh growera to as oortaín with grcab I oertttinty than here toforo thc groepeote oí' the puaeh crop dunng the prpMitki geason. íbis winte lias been long and bcvcre, but tho cok h;ió beon steady and cuntinuous. The ehanges have uot been sudden, and oí ihc whole the wi'.it!mr has been dry. The suow has boen abundant, but so so. frozen as to bu generully dry, beklom adhering to the trec-s to freeze thoropQ. The reduit appears to bo quits favorabio to the orop. Vu: have colleeted ;i few rt-ports iroiu different jioúits which indícate tlit present conditioa of the erop. Col. Uuiij ymith, oí' TiiluKidge, twenty miles eust of L.ike Jklieliigan, cousid era that thero are buds enough laft for u fair erop. Mr. Joeepli Chapel, wboso orchard. ii ou Grand Uiver, near the mouth of Buss lliver, repurts that his peaoh buds are swelliug in suffioie&t nuinbers to produce a good erop. Mr. Jiuaas Soule, midway Lako Village mil Ftuitjort va Bgúúg LUtv has examined his buds carofully, aui üiids that even his early Crawfords are in ;i promlginL Cüiiditiou, aud he ffels surti oL 11 good etoy ?.!■ mi tor Siivjdgo ,at Spring Lake, ncur tho villugy, lepurts that Mr. Sougrove, bis orchardist, gaya tho prospect of i good erop of peaches. is excellent in Spj'ü::.' Laké. Mr. Thomas Wild, of thu Tovnsh:p of Wright) twenty mileseast of Ii!;, Miuh igan, saya the peaoh erop will bo light in lus -■ 'ód. En Peaioh, Pluimswo understand thoreis a good showiug of henlthy pe:ich buds. In Graad Saven the buds ure also swelliiifj; and promiae a fair average erop. On tho whole, the prospect in this part of the .Foach Belt is gooa, and growera gencr.illy ure in high spirits, us they havo goud reason to be.- Qrand JJuixn llcnthi. The iron ore product of Murquette county, ia likciy to show au inoiviisr liiis raai .'1' 2öD,CK)0 toqf over tbo proiiuct it' 1871, and tho shipraents from Alarnuette will bo lCKyXW toas greater.