CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBEE. 
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7 KVTfl.lt )' IJiKli*.—-The Rrtmic - \ Short HUlorjr of lltr Tntrodnr- 
lion of IIm* Rnmif Into |hv United (lllu»trnt<'<lh.454 
Thu Swim firm. Swine Munttgement; Qv^er Hog Fnitoner; 
Urnrm for Dr coding Mog*....4Vt 
I* a km KrnxitMr. Note* o»i Mo*vAn t Tfdilm ntttl Rikn ; Mod¬ 
ern IrrigrtK m , Hoju) on the FVirm. firoln nt Ui»- Wot j 
I*;n»' v hnlo (lll»i»Initial ;> t!'lr*:iring fwind of M'ooli; l'nrf»*r- 
dr,lining Adnintiiiif’i ; Tile Dratu*; (!KinuliiTlibtle«; Cement 
>VhK r fH|»o , l.tTTn Kiln } <>ik shingle*. . .. .451 
III I I* I'mir, Clover i Do** Wheat Pasture*; 
White Dntf.fi C'lowr..... , . 4 M 
Bmi kh IIi hium»hv !>»<*«« Wool by Sniftjdo*—Shif^vtn" WmoI 
K«'t; AriH'T.i iind Kilt India Wool* ; Salniiha; Pyieoji*; Sheep 
Shelirliii; .. . ...,4)1 
Tur ||»»h*i_»i*v —Rr#nV|ng f*r>ft* ; Sore florldioil llono; Trnia- 
linc ll'ir***! ; frcventiv*' niitl Roinedy lor l.'ollr *r» |lor*e». , 
Drem hing llor*?* - J'o I'm enl n Abn* lifeuklirg her llr*lt« f r.. .455 
Til a Hkihnman. l)jA> MMMt Cuttle Kernedy ■ • Chuff from i‘iatl*' , n 
Ky* » Milk Frier; Own tlennlng; llnhit In Anium)*; An 
Ailing Ox; t«<iiii|i« In t tW’i Tuxbi.. ,.455 
Fomouwicai.. Trie llaxitboy SlrxwlMrn -Frapirtn Klntlor fII- 
Kotrnted ;) The Sruppeniong Crape . Tltf *J wo Li»*t St nw her- 
ri«*x . 'l i iuinnh of A In prim SlravrWrry ; Tumor** Snodlinn Straw 
berry’ The Mutlldo Strawberry <JYIu»lr«Ud ;| The |lr>noe Appiv.45$ 
J‘Miitici Tree feOBidi; Agar** Aoirrimnn ; JV-rn^ntiRK 
Uom-*..... 4,% 
A MHOBicn.Ti'ttt. -MilSAloyt Frpro nr no Kerifc tledrea; For 
'i ice PJnuti re i Tfinlmviit or P#n«h Trt«*i j I'lill l'inntiiiff 
Tr * 1 ** . , . .451;, 457 
Tiik O.tiUfKMtn.—>oto* on J'eft* ; nuggv Pi»iw nnd I’olnfrtei ; 
Late Sown IVm IY.ui in ^llignuy wid C'nttiujMtgue Co*., N. V.457 
Irivri whio>k, S'oy York farmer** Club t;|«wlto-Kg« nmt Rut 
t*M Prenervprj., Koohng Piiikt, pip in bavin, l*nni>'iig In prfit 
for an Acru of I.amt, The Too Hour Svatem, Striped jtugv. Cut* 
ting nir .Strawberry Runner*. Taney nod Uorrr*, An A \ Crhol 
lug Mv Ksti i lolnatoi, T he Rnoth. f'Mittitry Plant, Yu«*m Fil.» 
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“PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
1 'ondtiottiig Editor and Proprietor. 
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lug m Second CV<|j of Potuto”*, M ilnadefs,*^ Direntm v*. 
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tntno*. Halt Shingle*, Karlv (ioodrUh and Knriy Itonn I'otMoca, 
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Kara Door* on Roll.rt, Miing Jlail; IndiittrUI Sodctlo*; Th« 
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tiaivtl J'iic spirit of Juviiitiuii; Sorrow ; S'lrtuaaiid BLuowIrtljp^ci 
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gnilo. H'ji ,i Cnroliiin, Vlovulo. I'liil.imm, Ki-uliiekv. 
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Tii. Mmikaia. - .Money oml Stock.; l*rt,4nce nnd I'rovWoim; 
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JULY TO JANUARY. 
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Agents and all other earnest friends of the Rural 
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PIuiiUtb lu almost every section of the Union, the 
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value, we present the claims of this Journal to all 
who linuvv uud approve Its character and objects. 
-w.- 
Local Club Agents. -VVc want a live, wide-awake 
agent for the Rural in every town whore there is 
none. Reader, It you cannot act as such, please 
induce your P. M.or some influential friend to do so. 
_BUSINESS NOTICES. 
DR. GOURAUD’S ORIENTAL CREAM, OR 
MAGICAL BEAUTIFIER. 
Tut; 1 preparation has Required a reputation 
which makes It sought after toy Indies coming 
from or going lo the most distant countries, for 
it Iris no equal or rival in its beautifying quali¬ 
ties. Like till other of Dr. (Jouk.vud’s prepara¬ 
tions. tins has extended its sale until It has 
become a specialty by its own merits, and is not 
thocreature of mere advertising notoriety. It 
is reeomrnonded from one customer to another 
on actual knowledge of its value and utility. 
Prepared by Dr. Felix Goukauo, 48 bond 
street, removed from 153 Broadway, New York ; , 
and to be had of ail Druggists. 
wMmm 
I SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1809. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Serloiin. Mo.. Reaper nnd Mower Trlnl. 
This trial commenced June 22. J t was a t borough 
find well conducted trial, according to the fosti- 
mnny which has reached us. The following arc 
iho points given to tho respective competing 
machines toy the committee. These points are 
based upon their comparative merits ns ma¬ 
chines adapted lo tho work they are designed to 
do, and upon the ea«o nnd style with which they 
did their work under tho direction of the eoin- 
mtttee. One hundred points is perfection. Those 
getting tiie highest number of course received 
then wards. 
Sdf-Italics, Champion, 8l\ ; John 11. Manny, 
10 1-7; New-Yorker, 01 0-7; Auburn Harvester, 
71’< ; WoodV 9.7 V ; Kirby, 77 li ; John P. Manor, 
(13; Dodgg, 66)$. 
Dropper*. — Champion, 931-18; World, 75.V ; 
Russel, fiTfi ; Cayuga Chief, 808-0; Clipper, 921-18; 
Excelsior, toO.V; Dodge, hi i-<t ; John I’. Man¬ 
ny, flfl.V, 
Combined MarhincR.- Champion, 77 4-7; Kirby, 
7(5 3-7: lixoel.'Hor, 78 3-7; Dodge, B1 J-7; John P. 
Manny,OflOs ; Wood,782-7; Clipper,901-7; World, 
8S5-7; Auburn Harvester, 733-7; Cayuga Chief, 
78 3-7. 
Slntfle Mowers. —Champion,913-7; Young War¬ 
rior, 6(13*7; Kirby, 810-7; World, 87 3-7; Ilnsscl, 
89 2-7; Wood’s 91; Climax, 08 3-7 ; Cayuga Chief, 
78 1-7; Dodge, 71 1-7; Clipper, 93 6-7. 
Hand-1 takers-— John Manny, GO 4-5; Clipper, 
93 4-5; Klrliy, 72; Excelsior, W 1-5. 
proper correction, and Dielytra was announced 
as the proper rendering." 
By reference to my herbarium, I find that in 
1850 my native specimens of that genus are la¬ 
belled “ Dielytra or Dicentra," from the best 
botanical authorities t hen attainable. In Wool's 
B otany, of the edition of 18.71, before the species 
upcclalyiU* was known in our American works, 
that genus is named Dielytra. “Foots rush In 
where angels fear to t read.” A. 11 CRD, Kcminer, 
111., June, 1809. 
-M*.- 
Spnro the HIM*.--This is the time (July 4 () 
when cherries are ripe, audit is rather trying to 
our feelings to see the birds eating them, espo- 
eially so small a crop as we have about here. 
Probably many have wished them dead ; but re¬ 
member i hat for every dollar's worth of fruit 
(hey out they save us two, other ways. They eat 
tt vast amount of Insects and worms that would 
prey upon our produce of different kinds. T 
have watched the sparrow on the boughs of my 
evergreens picking off the tittle (lies or lice that 
were increasing on the leaves; also, the oriole, 
of beautiful plumage, has made a nest on a tree 
in m.v door-yard, the nest hanging on the under 
side of a limb, much resembling a satchel or 
work basket. 1 oneo saw this bird alight on the 
side of a post; in a cavity was something she 
pecked at a half u minute, and then flew away. 
Curiosity Jed rne to examine it, and there was a 
caterpillar in tin* chrysalis state, nicely housed 
up m its cocoon. Tiie bird had opened one end. 
sna tched but the insect, and left the shell.—A 
Wilson, MarccRw, JY. r. 
THE SEASON. 
TWe desire to receive items concerning the season 
crops and crop prospects, with market prices of farm 
produce, from all parts of the country for publica¬ 
tion under this head.— Eds. Rural. 
Tower Dill, Delaware Co., Iowa. June 2G.— 
Wheat and oats never looked better; corn back¬ 
ward, not. more than six inches high; has been 
very cold and rainy, —p: n. s, 
Huntsville, Ala,, June 2S. Wheat is a very 
good crop,but our crops are all late. Thespring 
lias been cold. Peaches nearly all killed ; about 
half a crop of apples; small fruit nnd grapes a 
full crop; cotton small and a.poor stand.— j. m. m. 
Fort Smith, Ark., June 25,-The wheat crop 
in Northwestern Arkansas is better, I think, 
than ever before. Corn and cotton are back¬ 
ward because of extreme wet. Bands cheap; 
country healthy.—j. c. 
Burnsville, Krloto Co., O.. July I.- Harvest 
has commenced. Weather very wet. Wheat 
good; barley thrashed; corn growing finely; 
apples and peaches abundant, though tho apples 
arc falling off badly. Grapes havo commenced 
to rot.—j. w. 
Enpecr, Mich., June 28. -We have had a very 
cold, wet season; everything very backward; 
corn very small; wheat, looks well, also grass; 
wo have promise of abundance of all kinds of 
fruit; the wool crop Is light compared with the 
last lew years.— g. w. a. 
Horer*.-! havo a young orchard of five hun¬ 
dred trees, eight, or nine years oid, just begin¬ 
ning to bear finely, and I discover this spring 
that they arc to&ug destroyed by borers. Some 
of the l rocs are perforated at and just below the 
surface ol' the ground like a sieve. I have tried 
a great many remedies but without effect. Will 
you or some of your renders inform me through 
the columns of the Rural what to do?—(J. P. 
Morrison. 
Ve*. Take a sharp wire, watch your trees 
regularly, and dig out the borers the moment 
you see signs of their work. Haul the <audit, 
stubble, grass, and weeds away from the crown 
of tho root so that it will be exposed, and you 
can see the enemy whenever he makes a mark. 
Time of Ripening of Early Potatoes. What is 
the time—maximum and minimum—of “early” 
potatoes, from planting to maturity?—s. j. 
From sixty to ninety days. Wo have had 
early potatoes ripen in lirty days, but ihc season 
was favorable. Another season, the same vari¬ 
ety, planted on the same land, did not ripen un¬ 
der seventy-flvo days. Wo should not. call a 
potato very early that didn't ripen under sixty 
days. 
Mareellus, X Y., July a. Tho weather here 
has been very wet. Corn backward and small; 
grass, an extra crop, but only now and then a 
for lmylng; hixy all fhiuiajorotl; ground very 
wet, and hoeing suspended; 'wheat, oats and 
barley middling; Truit, a small erop.-j. w. 
Topeka, Raima*, .July i. -Season cold and 
backward; up to date, not more than one week 
real warm, summer weather; yet vegetation 
looks finely. Plenty of rain; the ground is now 
saturated with water. Wheat about ready for 
the harvest.— b. s. d. 
Franklin, >*, II., June 2S.-Th c season so far 
has been cool and backward; rather dry until 
tile 20th, since then wot enough. Corn is low; 
grass promises h meagre crop; pastures good: 
ouf < and potatoes looking well; prospect of but 
small Crop of apples. Small wild rruils furnish 
a good yield, j. w. 
IVI tv Fence.—The best, wire fence we ever saw 
—and wo have seen good durable wire fence 
made— was made by sotting good larch, cedar or 
oak posts llvmlij in tho ground, eight foot apart, 
boring holes through the posts the desired dis¬ 
tances apart to receive the wire, with a horizon¬ 
tal capstan so thut it is perfectly straight or 
butt, nnd driving firmly into the holes beside Ur* 
wire, on each side of the post, pine plugs, which 
had been, previously dipped in oil, tJius dividing 
the strain, at the same time fastening the end; 
of the wire to (lie end posts, by winding it a 
few timas about them mul looping it. A fence 
thus made will last twenty years with far Jess 
repair (no matter what kind or stock it in¬ 
closes,) than any board fence we ever saw. No. 
9 wire is used. Tho distance of tiie wires from 
oaeli other must depend upon the kind ol' stock 
it is designed to fence against. Wo would not 
USe staples if they wore furnished us for noth¬ 
ing. The holes cun be rapidly bored with a 
bit, 
•- 
Potato Inquiries.—I wish (o ask of those who 
have had experience in the culture of Irish and 
sweet, potatoes, whether there is any benefit do- 
rived, by increase of size and early maturity ol 
tubers, by culling off the vines; if so, nt what 
stage of growth should it bo done, and bow short 
should they be cut ? Is there any advantage in 
keeping tiie vines of tho latter from taking 
root on the ground, if not shortened?—A hner 
Winder, Champaign Co., O. 
We have had a little experience in cutting off 
potftto tops. We never derived any benefit 
therefrom. It is well lo provent the sweet po¬ 
tato vines from rooting by lifting thorn up with 
a fork occasionally. 
Huk BhIngle*.—In reply to L. D. Snook in re¬ 
gard In oak shingles, J have made and laid quite 
n quantity of them; nnd on roofs thut were 
shingled twelve years ago, they appear about as 
sound as ever. Saw Hie blocks twelve and one- 
half inches long, split thorn very thin, shave 
them down well at the points, and nail firmly. 
Lay them three and one-half or four incites to 
the weather. My experience has been with red 
oak, but think white oak would be as good, and 
perhaps better, it. a. f. 
Early Goodrich and Early Hose Potatoes. I 
planted Early Rose and Early Goodrich on 
adjoining ground April 00th, under as similar 
conditions as possible. To-day, June 20. both 
are in full bloom. 1 find the Early Goodrich are 
about as largo as a small lien’s egg, while no 
Early Rose is larger than a common liickory nut. 
—15. T. T,, Sedalia, Mo. 
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Monnglns Hen Manure. — Mr. Quinn, South 
New Market, N. II., saves Ills lion manure from 
twenty-eight hens,mixes itwith loam from time 
to time, then piles it up, pours on water, Jets it 
ferment, and applies it to corn in the hill with 
astonishing results. 
Remedy for Striped Bugs.— A. W. writes: 
“The soot from a stove-pipe is a sure remedy 
against the st riped bugs on vines. I have tried 
it, with oiliers." 
Hanging Ilarn Doors on Rollers. — Will some 
Rural reader given “plan," with complete di¬ 
rections, for constructing nnd hanging barn 
doors on rollers?— L. G., Denver Center, Da. 
String Halt.— A correspondent asks if string 
halt in horses can bo cured. Wo have uever 
known it to be cured. 
-■» ♦ »- 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Planting a Second Crop of Potatoes.—M^ill po¬ 
tatoes grown this year, that are ripe, produce a 
second crop?—L. H., Memphis, Tam. 
If ripe, we know no reason why they should 
not. Blit care must ho taken to secure to them 
adequate moisture. Therein, we apprehend, is 
the dllHcuJty. They would need to lie watered, 
or, which is better perhaps, covered with a heavy 
mulch. We have had no experience in this mat- 
tur, but have testimony against tho practice. 
Yet we think if the seed is fully matured the ex¬ 
periment might be made .successful. 
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. 
If you would tie beautiful, use Hagan’s Magnolia 
Bui in. 
It gives a pure Blooming Complexion and restores 
Ymu hfu) Beauty. 
Jts effects are gradual, natural nnd perfect. 
It Remove* Bodiless, Blotches and Dimples, cures 
Tan, Sunburn and Freckles, amt makes a lady of 
thirty appear but twenty. 
The Magnolia Balm mnkes the Bkin Smooth and 
Pearly; (he Fve bright and clear; tho Check glow 
with the Bloom of Youth,and Imparts a fresh, plump 
appearance to the Countenance. No Lady need com¬ 
plain of her Complexion, when 75 cents will purchase 
tills delightful article. 
Tiie best article to dress the Hair is Lyon's Iiu- 
tluUron. 
•Renders," a correspondent at A1 Reroton, 
III., write*, “are fast becoming tiie favorite 
harvester with many of our best farmers. Those 
who raise tiie largest Holds of wheat havo both 
reapers anrl headers, since the header must wait 
unti] tho grain is so ripe that tho time ts very 
short in which one can use it. If n man has two 
hundred nnd fifty or three hundred acres of 
wheat he cannot paTcly leave it all until ripe 
enough for heading; so lie commences to liar- 
vest with tho reaper, and, ns soon ns his grain is 
sufficiently matured, changes to his header. We 
t hatch our stocks of headed wheat before night, 
and then feci perfectly safe." 
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Dicentra vs. Dielytra.-I have been a little 
amused at a discussion in Rural of June 19th, 
on the question of tiie true name of our beauti¬ 
ful garden favorite, Dkiytm. or Diventm sperta- 
bilis. if i understand the writer, he claims that 
Dicentra Is the proper name, saying that it was 
changed by a misprint first to Dlclytra; then, 
“some wiseacre discovered that there was u ty¬ 
pographical error, and ns • fools rush In where 
angels fear to tread,’ made what fie thought a 
Management of Fairs. —Is it not possible to 
make the State and County Fairs of our country 
more like English fairs, affording an opportunity 
to buy blooded or choice stock ? It 1ms occurred 
to mo that if at the Slate fair, to bo hold nt 
Elmira, sheep of tho various breeds should bo 
there for u sale, at a reasonable price, tho own¬ 
ers might dispose of them. So of cattle, such as 
Jersey, Alderney, &o., grades or full bloods.— 
C. T. 
While our American fairs are not market 
rairs, as they ought to be, it is true that the 
animals on exhibition are usually for sale—not 
always nt reasonable prices, however. One 
tiling wo may say. If wo want to buy stock 
animals of any kind wc should bo tempted some 
time before we could be induced to buy one at 
a fair. We had rather sco the auimals at home, 
and the stock, they beget or bear. 
Lopcer Co., Midi., Ag. Soc.—The twelfth an¬ 
nual fair of this Society is to be held at Lapeer 
September 29th and 30th, and October I. The 
officers of the Society are President, A. H. Pi¬ 
per. Vice-President—Gardner Dexter. Scerc- 
lary -Ira H. Butterfield, Jr. Trca*.- 0. Nichols; 
also a Board of eight Dlroctors.— g. w. b. 
West Jersey Fruit Growers’ Society.—At a re¬ 
cent meeting of this Society, its President, Na- 
tuan Leeds, William Parry, Jacob D. Shed alter, 
Thomas C. Andrews, Silas Walton and Einmor 
Roberts were appointed delegates to attend tho 
meeting of the American Pomolngieal Society, 
to beheld in Philadelphia, in September next. 
'Illinois stote Ag. Soc.-Tlie Fair of this So¬ 
ciety is to beheld at Decatur, III., September 27 
and October 2d, inclusive. For premium lists 
address “State Agricultural Society,” Spring- 
field, III. Railroads carry articles for exhibition 
free, and passengers at excursion rates. 
ly > iclmtourg. Mi**., June 30.- Crops are doing 
flnclj ; cotton lm« a good start, and is promising"; 
md corn looks remarkably well; Micro la an nbuo- 
ion dance of fruit -apples, pears, poaches, figs, &c„ 
iri- me flooding tho market. Weather very warm; 
in- thermometer ranging between eighty-five ami 
l a ninety-five every day. -c. a. n. 
ct y Westmoreland, Oneida Co., .V Y„ July 3. Wet 
lime; rain almost constantly; scarcoly’any lioe- 
ro - ln ff ,lo,lc J°l i corn stands well, and good color; 
ite Potatoes fine, and largo breadth planted; wheal 
to never looked better, but little sown ; grass and 
ns nuts heavy; plenty of fruit; a largo amount of 
, c butter and cheese made of fine quality.-.!. 8. k. 
VC Colon, fit. Joseph t'o., Mich., June 30.— In¬ 
ly. cessant rain; St. Joseph Valley submerged; 
to bridges, mill-dams, fences, “go by water.” Great 
cd growth of vegetation; wheat, oats, grass, extra; 
id corn small and thin, all requiring Ills most, genial 
Solar Majesty’s kind attention in aid of their 
perfection.— s. a. i„ 
I Freedom, \\ i*., July 5.—Wo tiro having a vorv 
wcl - season; grass and fall wheat are doing well; 
nr but it rains nearly every day. Oats and spring 
ib wheal tire beginning to suffer; corn is vefy small 
i'o and yellow, and the ground is so wot that it is 
m impossible to cultivate or hoe it. Tho potato 
t. bugs are here.— e. m. 
.Miraljllc, Caldwell Co., Mo., June 20.—The 
h season has been cool and backward. Huvo had 
n iRhi enough in the last six weeks to do us one 
o year. Wheat was badly winter killed; will be 
it two-thirds of a crop. Outs look well; bid fair 
h a heavy crop; com is small. Potatoes look 
well; meadows will be heavy. Apples and 
Iicacbes good. Reader. 
Vittorio, Ontario, July 2. - Weather quite 
y warm at present, and crops are looking very 
u much hotter for it, as tiie fore part of the spring 
was cold and backward, and vegetation was very 
slow. Wheat looks good, but grass is poor, with 
e few exceptions. Gats and barley growing pretty 
- well, but not forward. Hops are looking well. 
1 Corn and potatoes arc growing tine.- p. o. 
Lima. La Grange Go,, Ind., July 2.- H fi U9 
Mined here almost incessantly for the last two 
’ mouths; and to-day, while I am writing, it 
pours down as if the fountains of tho great 
deep were broken up. Wheat is rusting and 
drowning out on low land. Corn small and ' 
weedy; a good many pieces have not been 1 
worked yet. Clover is dowu and rotting, with 1 
i no prospect of fair weather. We arc having 1 
potato bugs this year for the first time— a. l. < 
Frontier, Midi., Juno 23. -We have lmd an | 
unusual cold, wetunU backward season thus far. ! 
Farmers arc not able in work their corn in con- ! 
sequence of the wet; many fields plowed for i 
turn hnv e not been planted; wheat and grass is 
n largo grow Mi, and is lodging heavily ; outs look ' 
well; wheat is worth at our county scat (Hills- { 
dale) $1.20 to 1.35; potatoes, 25c.; corn, 75c\; , 
oats, 50c.; butter, 20 to 22c.; eggs, 12v e . The 
prospect lor a large crop of fruit is good — ° 
w. a. c. 
Foml dii Lac, lYli., July l—About the 20th ° 
of June we were visited by a severe hail-storm ' 
accompanied by rain that fell in torrents, which 
created a flood that did a great deal of damage » 
to crops. Such a deluge was never known here ' 
tielore. JIail-stones fell of an enormous size. C 
.1 picked up several that, were as large os ham' H 
egg*. But there was little or no wind at the S ’ 
1 ime; consequently it did not seriously damage SC 
our growing crops in this vicinity. In Sheboy- £ " 
gan county it is reported that they had wind S1 
with the bail, and it totally used up fields of 
grain, and they were plowing them up for buck- , 
wheat, &c. XYe have had many very hard show- 
ers since then. Wells are full; also tho water¬ 
courses. In sorno sections, wheat fields are S ' 
flooded so that the grain will not get over it. ?!' 
On the high land, crops of all kinds are doing Ul 
finely, except corn. Potatoes are growing, in T 
spite of the bugs. Wheat is on the rise, bring- : 11 
I $1,10; hay, $13; oats, 55c.; butter, 30c.; eggs, 1 . t .' 
19e.; wool, 40e.—o. b. " 1 
— ah 
Torrcy. 3 ate* Co., N. Y., July 3.-The contin- cl. 
uous rains of the past three weeks have greatly th 
retarded work, and given rise to some anxiety be 
about the wheat crop. Wheat fair; barley and an 
oat> hciiv y, the former getting down; corn very th 
small, with a poor prospect. Wheat (red,) $1.30; s. 
corn, 80c.; oats, 65c.; potatoes, nothing. —New 
Subscriber. 
eason, Memphis, Trim., June 29,-Com and cotton 
it,fie,™ in tll ° neighborhood of Memphis are very good; 
cotton rather small, bnt very fine stand ; corn is 
looking very well. The wheat crop is also better 
26— throughout tho whole country than it has been 
hack- for years, but tho oat crop is a failure. Tho 
been negroes, as a general thing, work hotter th is 
year than they did tho last, and seem to take 
very morc interest in planting.— l. u. 
}| ing Buck tin. Linn Co., Mo., June 29- The spring 
bout has been backward and wet—genorally two or 
ies a three hard rains a week. Corn retains a good 
m. m. color, and is growing; fall wheat nnd rye are 
crop Rhmit ready for harvest, and good. Springwheat 
link, an '* oa, '“ ftnc ’ anil no appearance or rust yet; tho 
ack- ,, v 1,a * ""nod a A-w fields of full wheat in this 
cap; coll, vt.' • " o are getting quite an emigration to 
this point, inosMy Swedes, who are buying wild 
lands principally. Iaite potatoes, planted since 
t s the rainy season set in, arc mostly rotted; early 
neat ones are doing fine. Grass is finer than it has 
Cl ' • been for many years.- Linn. 
iced Lyndon, Cattaraugus Co., X. Y., July I,—Wo 
have hud a very backward spring here; it has 
been quite cold and dry until the 27th of last 
ry month, when it rained very hard through the 
1 _ night, and the streams In the morning were 
’ higher Mum they had been since the fore part of 
ra? ApHI: 11 n,inc 'dalso on the 80th. It. is too wet 
to put in buckwheat; soinehnd sown before the 
wei weather commenced. The ground is tho 
ore wettest for this time of year it 1ms been for 
nil; thirty years; grass late, but growing fast; wheat 
’n a an d oats look well; corn backward; pastures 
cry ar0 doing well ; fruit prospects arc good.— s. b. l. 
<nd Flat Hirer, X. t\, June 30.-Tl,o weather has 
been favorable for harvest. Tho wheat crop is 
md better than Tor twenty-odd years. I heard an 
?ek intelligent farmer pronounce it the best since 
ion , d r ’ 4 33!ere has not been rain enough fora full 
ow oaf crop. It will not tic a failure, but will fall 
for under the crop several yours past. Cora looks 
unusually well. I have never seen the fields so 
far genera!!} dean at this period. Showers huvo 
)ti , been passing up to the present, nnd, though it is 
w . "ow dry and hot, nothing is suffering much yet. 
)(] ! Tobacco has been planted in time, and Is grow- 
uit ing off finely.-w. 
Mi K ”‘ Avon ’ v V„ .Inly i. Weather warm; 
'virul Mouth; prospect for good crops, good; 
w heat hardly as promising ns last year; barley, 
_. " vcr >' growth, promising an abundant 
, ’ cr °P ; l ”' ,s could not be better: gras,* and pota- 
c bves look a, well a., they were ever known to at 
u ! 1,1 is sea.vxi of the year; corn, though it stands 
lu j weI! tei the ground, is very small; strawber¬ 
ries and other small fruits in abundance, nnd 
tho apple crop bids fair to bo a full average. aa d 
ct where then: tiro any peach trees in Western 
o- Now York, there xvill undoubtedly be a larger 
r; crop than for many years.—o. t. p. 
fox’* < reck, iYrUoii Co., Ry., J„„o 29—Wo 
!<' arc now in the midst or wheat harvest. The 
J crop, perhaps, is hardly up to 0 ur expectations- 
nevertheless, it is far ahead of any crop since 
1305. Tho straw is almost perfectly clean ; no 
I; smut, or scarcely any; nnd lb© grain is good, 
it About the only objection is short heads and 
l; scab. Corn is doing finely, but backward. The 
,1 13th of May wo had a severe hail-storm that 
ir thrashed off about half of the young fruit, and 
it has been failing, more or Jess, over sinoe. 
y Reaches will do well enough yet, ir what are on 
. the tree will only remain; but apples will be a 
g “ sli, n’’ crop. The oat crop is going to be short, 
U on account of too much min in the spring 
g —J. W. 0. 
0 East Porter, A. Y., Jane 30.-The rain now 
falling is but a contlnuaiion or that which begun 
June 25th. Six daysof rain to begin having and 
j harvest with—rains that huvo filled the ditches 
0 "Hd creeks, swamped low lands and soaked tho 
fields, so that, it is impossible to plow where it 
r Mas too hard on the 24th. Tho crop prospect is 
c dubious enough. Winter wheat has a large 
j ffi’O'vili of straw,very even and well headed; 
corn very poor; barley stands well on the ground! 
and generally speaking is a good growth; oats 
' uro good; potatoes dubious; beans were iato 
r sown ' l,ut hav c come up nicely, and may stand 
r t hto weather better than other crops; apple crop 
- is fluttering, and good prospects for the other 
i fruits; strawberries are of a larger growth than 
usual, though 1 think not quite as good in quali¬ 
ty.—w. B. H. 
Danville, Dodge Co., AVI*., July 2.-The season 
i he,e “teS far has been late, cold and wet beyond 
a precedent. The crops were put in the ground 
half a month later than usual. Last Saturday 
was the wot t est day known boro for years, and 
was followed by heavy showers on Sunday mid 
Tuesday. The ground is filled with water. Wed¬ 
nesday and Thursday of this week were tiie only 
fair days in suoeesslou time we have had for 
weeks. This morning, July 2d, is warm, sultry 
and rainy. Wheat and oats huvo a great grow Mi 
of straw. Corn stands fair on tho ground, and 
is generally of good color, but is very short for 
t he season. Tho prospect for hay is damaged by 
the wet. Other crops are promising, besides a 
large crop of potato bugs and an extra crop of 
weeds. Some farmers have the blues, owing 
principally tn bad digestion nnd alack of faith 
In that l’rovidence that orders all things wolJ. 
Wool is scliiug from thirty-five to thirty-eight 
cents.—i. c. b. 
Council Bluffs, lowo, July 3.-The fore part 
of .Tunc was cold and dry; the 4th, a white frost 
visited the bottom lands, doing a little damage 
to cucumbers, beans and tomatoes; the 14th 
was like a chilly September day; farmers were 
fearful lest the cold weather would ruin their 
corn. About the 16th the weather moderated; 
and on the 18th wo witnessed the hardest rain 
storm we have ever seen here. Tiie rain came 
so fast, the ground could absorb but little of it 
aud consequently a general wash of the hill¬ 
sides and flooding of the low lands was the re¬ 
sult. The damage to this city was about 
?-50,000. One farmer reports that some of his 
bearing apple trees were washed entirely out of 
their places by tho rain; and others report con¬ 
siderable damage to their crops. Up to the 
present, since the 18th so much rain hug fallen ’ 
that the farmers are fearful lest their wheat and \ 
oats will be lost. Some ol’ it is already badly ,© 
fallen, because of its rank growth. The major- jU 
ity of the corn has to be hoed between rains. 
Yesterday the mercury stood ninety degrees /k- 
above zero in the shade, in this city; to-day is , 
chilly, and the air is full of smoke, and rain is <L\ ] 
threatened. Tens of thousands of cabbage have 
been planted in this vicinity and near Omaha, ft* ‘ 
and the prospeot is fine. The potato crop of Ml 
this section, this year, will be enormous.— 
S. D. s. mJST 
