the crop was largely damaged by cut 
worms some pieces being nearly cleaned 
out entirely and nearly all more or less 
damaged by their ravages. Maggots, 
which seem to be on the increase every 
year, did considerable damage to the grow¬ 
ing crop, and smut is always with old on¬ 
ion growing sections, leaving its black 
mark on the young and growing onions. 
The price has started very good; white on¬ 
ions are selling from $2.50 to $3 per barrel, 
red $2.50, yellow $2.50. Growers seem to 
anticipate good prices this year. Most 
growers have houses for storing onions for 
winter market, and our farmers have mar¬ 
ket privileges by water and rail, which are 
not equaled by any other community. 
Farmers seem pleased that after two years 
of bad crops and poor prices, we should 
have a good season again. About 20 acres 
are grown in Norwalks, which promise a 
full crop, that will be largely stored for 
winter prices. 
NEW YORK. 
Onondaga county grows fewer onions 
since tobacco became popular and prices 
low. Woodard grows about 100 acres, 
which will average 300 bushels per acre, or 
70 per cent of a full crop. Fabius has about 
40 acres that will not yield so well. Other 
town in the county report about the same, 
the growers expecting 85 cents to $1.00 per 
bushel. The great onion fields in the Ches¬ 
ter meadows of Orange county are panning 
out below last year’s yield, owing to mag¬ 
got and a new worm pest. Wyoming 
county reports a decreased acreage, yield¬ 
ing 300 bushels per acre and but little dam¬ 
aged by pests. Madison county reports to 
the same effect. Genesee county has 100 
acres, yielding about 400 bushels, though 
blight now striking them may reduce the 
yield. Reports from other counties agree 
that the cold spring and wet season, with 
maggots and other pests, have combined to 
make the ’85 crop a light one, and growers 
want 80 cents to $1 per bushel, though in 
some back country towns 50 cents is talked 
by growers who are not posted. The crop 
about New York is also short. 
ELSEWHERE. 
The onion counties in Wisconsin report a 
decreased acreage and yield, and growers 
want 50 to 80 cents per bushel and will 
hold till they get it; 200 bushels per acre is 
the average crop. But few onions are 
grown in the Miami valley, Ohio, where 
the crop is a fair average—300 bnshels per 
acre. The Kansas onion fields are turning 
out as well as last year. Good reports come 
from Illinois, where crops of 600 bushels 
per acre are frequently mentioned; prices 
80 cents to $1. The Indiana crop is short. 
A specimen report from Yevay, Switzer¬ 
land county, where 150 acres are. grown, 
says the acreage is 25 per cent less than 
last year^pand the yield (100 bush.) much 
reduced. Dealers offer 35 cents per bushel, 
and growers want 50 cents. Few onions 
are grown in the Provinces. 
SETS, SEEDS, ETC. 
The crop of onion sets about New York, 
Philadelphia and in southern New Jersey 
will be very light this season. Onion seed 
in Connecticut and New York will be an 
average crop in quantity and quality. In 
Switzerland county, Indiana, the principal 
onion crop is top sets, which are* almost a 
failure, yielding only about 40 bushels per 
acre, with an acreage less than last year by 
20 per cent. Bottom sets will be an average 
—150 bushels per acre, but not many are 
grown in this section. Onion seed will 
give an average yield of good quality.— 
W. E. Homestead. 
Farmer Jones’s Philosophy, 
He who has nothing to do in this world 
but amuse himself, has the hardest job on 
hand I know of. 
An idler is twice a thief, he not only 
steals his own time, but hangs around and 
tries to steal yours. 
I never knew a man that lived upon hope, 
but that he spent his old age at somebody 
else’s expense. 
When you come across a man that nei¬ 
ther flattery nor abuse will stimulate, let 
him alone, he has gone to seed. 
It is only a fool who would expect the 
wind to be always blowing from the same 
point of the compass. And a real sorrow— 
an old sorrow—I’ve known it to act like a 
ballast. It’s heavy, aye, but it trims the 
boat. There’s many a man wouldn’t sail 
so straight if there wasn’t some dead weight 
o’ that sort at his heart to steady him." 
