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JUNE 25 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Cornwall. Litchfield C>.—An increased 
acreage ot wheat of the Clawson variety. A 
smaller acreage of rye, oats, and barley. Rye 
and oats look well. A smaller acreage of 
corn which is very backward and looking 
sickly. An increased acreage of tobacco will 
be set; planting late. Grass never looked 
better. A heavy frost on the 7-h Inst, on low 
ground killed corn and potatoes. Pros¬ 
pect of abundance of small fruits. An aver¬ 
age crop of pears. Less than an average crop of 
ppples. Peach trees all winter-killed j. m k. 
Danbury Fair field Co.—Not much wheat or 
barley ra sed in this section ; rather more rye 
than usual—looks well. Outlook for oats ex¬ 
tra-good ; but there may be too much straw. 
Usual acreage of corn; backward. Not a large 
crop of apples; trees healthy, however, and no 
worms, so that we have a good outlook for 
fruit. All small fruits will be abundant. J. o. 
Litchfield, Litchfield Co.—The general 
outlook ior crops this year is quite favorable. 
The Winter was very cold and severe with a 
heavy fall of snow, making the Spring very 
backward and cold. The early part of May 
was dry and warm, later wet and cold Rye 
is looking well, having stood the cold Winter 
well; acreage about the same one year with 
another. No wheat is raised in this section 
Oats and grass a fair average. None bnt 
Winter rie sown here, the common white rye. 
Corn and potatoes are locking nice ; acreage 
about the same as last year. Of apples the 
crop will probably be much smaller than la6t 
year. S nail fruits are promising. a. p. b. 
Minoktown, Litchfield Co.—Rye, oats and 
wheat are looking well. Barley is not much 
sown in this section. The grain crops are 
mostly corn and rye; next, wheat and buck¬ 
wheat. The Fultz and Clawson varieties of 
wheat. Corn is looking well; acreage about 
the same as last year. Apples are not as 
abnndaut as last year. Strawberries look well; 
other small fmits not much raised here among 
the farmers. Pears and plums bid fair for 
good crops. c. a.. F. 
North Lymb, New London Co.—No wheat 
or barley to speak of grown here. Rye and 
oats are fully an average crop in quantity and 
appearance. Prospect for corn fair, but the 
weather is rather too coid for it; qnantity 
about the same as last year. Grass looks fine. 
More apples than usual for an *‘ 0 ®’’ year. Few 
small fruits raised. L. L. w. 
Woodmont, New Haven Co.—Wheat and 
barlty are not raised to any extent about here. 
Oats are looking fair. Rye is looking fine, 
with a muchlarger acreage than for years past. 
-By June 9, farmers had but just got through 
planting corn on account of the cold, wet 
weather. About the usual amount has been 
planted. Potatoes are looking well except on 
low or moist ground, bnt there they did not 
come up well on account of the wet weather ; 
bnt there is more than the usual amount 
planted and with a fair season we shall have a 
full average crop. Potato beetles plentiful. 
The prospect for apples, cherries and straw¬ 
berries is good. Peaches are a failure on ac¬ 
count of late frosts Pears blossomed and set 
well, but there is complaint of their being 3n- 
jured by insects. The grass crop is good on 
new meadows; but old meadows are light on 
account of drought last season ; bnt there will 
be more tone of h&y than last year. b. b. 
MIDDLE STATES. 
New York. 
Afton, Chenango Co.—Corn planting very 
late; acreage a quarter more than usual. Much 
less wheat sown than last year; it looks well; 
so do oats on an average acreage. Grass is ex¬ 
cellent, and a superior bay crop is assured. 
The nsual acreage of potatoes; a fair growth, 
bat a vast superabundance of beetles, o. b. n. 
Albion, Orleans Co.—The acreage of wheat 
is about the same as for tha last three years, 
and the outlook Is good. Oate have the usual 
acreage, and the outlook is good. Barley 
acreage below the average, and outlook not 
very good. There is an average acreage of 
corn; the outlook is bad. Most of the crop has 
had to be replanted. The outlook for orchard 
and small fruit iB good. 0 . o. h. 
Alfred, Allegany Co.—The prospect for 
wheat is decidedly poor; acreage about the 
Bame as last year—Clawson and Gold Medal 
mostly. Oats and barley preUy good—Prob- 
steler oats and six-rowed bark y. Corn now 
looks bad. Much has been planted over on 
account of poor seed and cut-worms. Apple, 
pear, plum and cherry trees loaded. Small 
fruits abundant; strawberries ripening, f. m. b. 
Bksembh's Depot, Tompkins Co.—Outlook 
for cropB good, corn excepted. More wheat 
sown than nsnal; looks fine, bat lodged con¬ 
siderably—mostly Clawson and Fultz. Oats 
look well. Very little rye or barley, bnt what 
there is looks well. Common white oats and 
two-rowed barley chiifiy sown. Prospect for 
corn iB slim; did not come on weiL Many have 
planted over. A good many potatoes are 
raised; more planted this Spring than usual. 
Orchard and small fruits almost a failure. 
Grass heavy. b. g. 
Burdett, Schuyler Co.—The outlook for 
wheat Is poor compared with that of last year 
—Clawson, Fultz and Mediterranean. Little 
rye raised in this county ; Spring grain is 
looking well; there will be a good crop of 
straw. The prospect of corn is poor bo far, 
owing to late planting, too ranch wet and cold 
weather—White Flint and Golden Drop Dent. 
Fruit of all kinds will be an average crop. 
Grass is fine, and hay will be an abundant 
crop. 0. M. 
Canaan, Columbia Co.—The prospect for 
a large crop of hay is very encouraging. The 
oat crop looks fine; acreage about a fair av¬ 
erage. Rye is a veiy large growth; many 
pieces are badly down; I fear it will not fill 
well owing to so much wet weather ; the straw 
is thin and weak; quite out-third more is sown 
than last year. Corn is small and yellow—too 
wet and cold for it; about the usual acreage 
planted. Potatoes are having a hard time; 
bags are taking them as soon as they are up. 
Apples will be scarce. The prospect for 
Binall fruit is fair. d. d. 
Coventbyvillb, Chenango Co.—The out¬ 
look for wheat is fair—mostly Clawson. Oats, 
decidedly good. No barky; very lUtle rye. Re¬ 
cent heavy rains and one severe frost have 
made the outlook for corn not encouraging; 
acreage larger than last year's. Applss have 
not blossomed as full as usual. m n. h. 
Eddytown, Yates Co.—Spring-sown oats 
and barley very good. Corn backwaid ; much 
to be replanted. Grass fine; a good bay crop 
sure. Wheat considerably short of a full crop. 
Small fruits, first-rate. Potatoes quite largely 
planted. Apples in some orchards almost u 
failure; blossoms almost all blasted, w. n. o. 
Fkanklinvillb, Cattaraugus Co.—Wh at, 
oats and barley were never better. Corn bas 
a poor outlook, however. Grass excellent, wi'h 
promises of the heaviest hay crop we have ever 
had—a great advantage for this section whose 
chief bnsiness is the production and sale of 
batter and cheese. r. w. d. 
Gkebnport. Saif ilk Co—This farm con¬ 
tains about 100 acres, 50 of which are now in 
grass, 30 In rye, 10 in oats, seven in corn, three 
in potatoes and 10 in pasture land. The larger 
farms containing several hundred acres will 
probably average in proportion about the same 
as the one 1 have giveu in detail. The grass 
crop in this county covers the greatest number 
of acres, and looks remarkably well at present. 
Rye comes next in importance ; the straw has 
become a valuable commodity, being worth 
nearly as much as the grain ; hence the up- 
laud and most of the arable land is usually 
sown in rye, which is more profitable than 
growing wheat, the latter is seldom seen. 
The outlook for oats, barley, rye, etc., is fa¬ 
vorable—for rye and oats better than last year. 
Corn does not look well—too much wet and 
cold. Fully as much was planted as last year. 
Apples and peaches will be scarce, also small 
fruiiB, with the exception of field straw¬ 
berries. B M L. 
Ghent, Columbia Co.—But little wheat sown 
in this county, and that is notdo>ng very well. 
A third more than usual, and a promise of a 
large crop of Btraw. No barley. A larger 
acreage of oats than last year, promising a full 
crop. On account of the potato bug less 
potatoes have been planted, and more 
corn. Strawberries, cherries and small fruits 
are good; apples a light crop. Pears very 
large; plums medium. Peaches promise well. 
An unusual eeason for growth of alt vegeta¬ 
tion. Quite a large quantity of millet sown 
this Spring. G. T. p. 
Kill Bock, Cattaraugns Co.—Veiy little 
wheat or rye is ever Bown here and no barley. 
The same area of oats as last year; it looks 
well. Almost all the corn has had to be re¬ 
planted, and much of it is not up yet. Grass 
is fine—much better than last year. l. t. 
Lb Rot, Genesee Co.— About the usual 
quantity of wheat was sown last Fall and it 
promises to be an average crop—principally 
Clawson. Oats and barley fine. About the 
average acreage of corn; veiy backward and 
a poor stand; much of it required replanting. 
Apple crop light; berry crop good. Veiy few 
cherries and p'ums. w. L. B. 
Lewisbobough, Westchester Co.—The acre¬ 
age of wheat is a little more than usual, but 
owing to the severe Winter the crop will be far 
lees than an average. Clawson is mostly 
grown with some Treadwell. Rye and oats are 
looking well—about the usual area sown, The 
corn has the ordinary acreage and is mostly up 
and looking well; some has been once culti¬ 
vated. Potatoes, the growing of which seems 
to be to a great extent superseded by that of 
onions, are looking well. The apple trees are 
nearly all enjoying a season of rest, this being 
the “ oft " year. Pear trees are well loaded 
with sets. jr. A. w. 
Nunda, Livingston Co.—Spring work com¬ 
menced late. Corn prospect poor. Wheat 
looks well except that on hard clay soil. Acre¬ 
age about the same as last year. Clawson pre¬ 
dominates, though White Michigan and Wicks 
are also sown. No rye Oats look well; more 
Bown than last year. Not much barley sown, 
but what there is looks fair. Apple and pear 
orchards promise well. Few cherries and no 
peaches. Raspberries wintered well. Straw¬ 
berries a small crop. Plums none. d. l. b. 
8ttjyvbsant, Columbia Co.—Not much wheat 
or barley in this section. Our principal crops 
are rye and oats. The outlook for these is 
better than for some years past The acreage 
of rye is larger than last year; that of oats 
about the same. Late rains have made the 
corn crop backward, yet the acreage will be 
larger than last year. Onr apple crop will not 
be very large, but we shall have abandance 
of pears, plums and cherries. Grapes are 
good. B. A. 
Towner's, Putnam Co.—Farming commen¬ 
ced late this Spring, bnt oats are looking well. 
Winter wheat is only raised by a few—perhaps 
by one farmer in ten. It is not looking as well as 
last year. No Spring wheat is raised. Rye is 
looking well; acreage small : abont the same 
a9 last year. No barl ey. Corn Is backward. 
Apples arc good for this “ off" year; pears and 
plums are looking well; peaches not very well. 
Tobacco setting is later than last year. I think 
the acreage will be increased. Our farmers 
are principally in the dairy business ; so they 
do not raise much grain : scarce.y half enough 
for their home use. Meadows are looking bette r 
than they have done in three years, d, o. n. 
West Town. Orange Co.—This is more of a 
dairy than grain-raising section. Farmers 
seldom put in more than two or three acres 
of small grain ; bnt wbat is in looks well and 
promises a good average yield—Mediterranean 
wheat. Corn is backwaid; and much has to 
be replanted. No apples; plenty of pears; no 
plums; an abandance of small fruits, j. j. v. 
New Jersey, 
Bridgeton, Cumberland Co.—Abont the 
usual acreage of wheat; some injured by the 
extreme cold. Promise of f£lr crops of wheat 
and oats. But little barley and rye raised. 
Red wheat of some variety generally sown. 
Where the corn has started it looks well; some 
have had to replant. It is said that, owing to 
the extreme cold of Winter when the corn was 
gathered not fully ripe and not well cared for, 
the germ was frozen, hence the failure to 
sprout; acreage is up to that of 1880 Orch¬ 
ard grass and small fruits do not promise full 
crops. 0 . B. E. 
Locktown, Hunterdon Co.—The acreage 
under small grains is as large as, perhaps a lit¬ 
tle larger than, we have ever bad. The on llook 
for wheat and rye is medium ; for oats better 
than for several years past—Mediterranean 
wheat. The prospect for corn yield, as com¬ 
pared with last year, is fully equal; the acre¬ 
age fully as large. The outlook for 6mall 
fruits is very good. Orchard fruits will be 
from one-half to three-quarters of last year’s 
crop. B. M H. 
Orange, Essex Co.—The acreage of wheat, 
oats, rye and corn is about the Bame as in 1880. 
Wheat is not as good as last year ; bnt rye and 
oats look well. Much of the corn planted 
before May 30, had to be replanted. Orchards 
are looking fair; more pears than last year ; 
small fruits about the same. j. w. j. 
Tcbkby, MoHinouth Co.—Of our arable land 
one-fifth is in wheat; one-eighth in rye and 
one-tenth in oats. Silver Straw, Fultz and 
Mediterranean are the sorts of wheat generally 
sown, and black and white oats and rye. The 
prospect is good for average crops. The 
prospect for corn is good, excepting where the 
seed was winter-killed and did not come up, 
which will make the last planting late. At 
least 10 per cent, increase of acreage over last 
year. Apples about half a crop; pears about 
two-thirds of a crop; peaches an entire failure, 
as the buds were all winter-killed. A great 
many of the trees, too, were killed to the 
ground. Blackberries nearly a failure; straw¬ 
berries will be a very large crop; whortleber¬ 
ries will also be plentiful. Cherries about half 
a crop. Grapes look promising. The grass 
crop will be good though the acreage will be 
somewhat smaller than last year. j . h. c. 
West End, Hunterdon Co.—Wheat looks 
bad ; will probably make half a crop—winter- 
killed. Oats are looking fine ; acreage larger 
than last year. Rye an average crop in appear¬ 
ance and acreage. Corn is backward, but it 
stands well. Fruits of all kinds are doing 
finely except peaches which are an entire 
failure. c. o. n. 
Whifpant, Morris Co.—Acreage of wheat 
and rye larger than last year; outlook for both 
good—Mediterranean wheat. Of oats less 
was sown than la6t year, but the yield promises 
to be better. No barlty. A large area under 
corn ; outlook good. Small fruits abundant. 
Pears and cherries lull crops; apples und 
peaches, less than last year. w. o. r. 
Yabdvillb. Mercer Co.—Wheat—Amber, 
Clawson and Fultz—and rye and oats, all 
promise fine yields. Grass is splendid j but 
the hay crop will be light, meadows having 
been injured by drought last year. Vegetables 
plentiful. Peas, potatoes, sugar corn never 
better. Field corn just up is attacked by In¬ 
sect pests. Still all things agricultural are 25 
per cent, better than last year. s. t. d. 
Pennsylvania. 
Airvillb, York Co.—Owing to the long 
and severe Winter the prospect for wheat is 
not as good as last year; moreover a hail storm 
on Miy 31 injured or destroyed many acres— 
chit fly Longberry and Fuliz. Oale look well. 
No barley and bnt little rye. Wheat and corn 
are the principal grain crops. Corn is back¬ 
ward. Acreage of it and of wheat about the 
same as last year. Outlook for orchards toler¬ 
able; for small fruits, good. b. s. 
Annville, Lebanon Co.—Wheat, full acre¬ 
age and prospects of a fall crop. Fultz, Red 
Chaff, bearded; Amber, smooth. Oats, full 
acreage and promise of a full crop. Rye very 
good, bnt not much seeded. Barley, none 
raised in this county. Corn a good stand ; 
usual acreage. Apples, pears, plums, cher¬ 
ries and small fruits medium yields. No 
peaches. w. b. s. 
Catasauqua, Lehigh Co.— Last year the 
proportion of arable land under wheat in this 
section was from 25 to 30 per cent-; this year 
it will be more than 30—Early Russian, Claw¬ 
son and old Mediterranean, the last a favorite 
for 20 or 30 years. The rye stand iB flue; but 
heavy rains of late have prostrated most of it. 
Little barlty. It is feared an excess of rain 
will hurt the corn; the first down pour washed 
out acres of it, which had to be replanted. 
Orchards are not so good as last year, especial¬ 
ly appleB. Hardly any peaches. c m’i. 
Everett. Bedford Co.—The acreage of 
wheat is about as usual and the prospect about 
an average provided it fills wall. Tha blades on 
parts of many fields are nearly or quite dead 
from rust, yet the straw does not appear to be 
affected. Oats are also about medium with 
smaller amount seeded. The rye raised is 
much less than formerly ; It is looking well. 
The prospect for corn is poor: much of It was 
planted late, and a large part of it replanted, 
some the second time (or third planting) and 
some are now wailing for an opportunity to 
make a second or third planting. Apples are 
doing well. Peaches very scarce. Pears, few 
raised In this vicinity, a good stand at this 
time. Cherries somewhat Bcarce. Plums, but 
few cultivated. Strawberries more abundaut 
and larger than asual. Grapes just in bloom; 
prospect good. The prospect now is that hay 
and pasture will be abundant. a. w. 
Kidder, Carbon Co.—About the usual acre- 
agi of rye and oats. Rye damaged to some 
extent, but will be about an average crop. 
Oats never looked finer at this season. Of 
wheat not enough is sown to deserve men¬ 
tion. No barley. Corn is rather backward 
on account of cool weather and frequent 
rains; acreage about the same as last year, 
The apple crop is very light, as this is the 
“off” year. No other fruits grown here to 
any extent. t. a. r. 
Miffunbdrg, Union Co.—Wheat acreage 
about the same as last year, and the yield 
promises to be at least one-fourth more 
prospects for a good crop never having been 
better. The only danger now is that it may 
grow so rank as to lodge. Faltz is the princi¬ 
pal sort sown. A number of our farmers have 
also sown Shumaker, which variety did well 
last year. Lancaster has also been sown to 
60 me extent. Clawson has been sown to a 
limited extent, but our millers do not like It. 
Oats look well as we had a good BOaklng rain 
last week. No barley or rye in this coan'y, 
except only in small quantities. Some of the 
corn-fields look well, bat owing to miserable 
seed a number of our farmers had to replant. 
The acreage Is about the Bame as last year. 
Not many apples, this being the “off” year. 
Not nearly so many peaches as lust year. On 
the whole, the farmer here has cause for thank¬ 
fulness for the present prosperous outlook. 
The prospects for a full crop of wheat and 
oats are better now than for the last seven 
years. t. p. 0. 
Northeast, Erie Co.—Wheat is looking 
fine where it was not winter- killed or smothered 
under deep snow. Acreage about as last year, 
but a great deal of it was killed. Some of our 
farmers plowed up every acre and sowed the 
land to barley—there will not be more than 
two-thirds us much wheat In this county as 
last year. The prevailing kind is the Fultz; 
but there is some Jennings and some Clawson. 
We think the Fultz for our Lake Shore soil is 
ahead of any. Oats and barley are now look¬ 
ing splendid. Of rye we do not raise ranch; 
Winter rye i6 good ; it stood the Winter belter 
than wheat. The prospect for apples is good— 
I think never better. Peaches none—all killed, 
and young trees killed to the ground. Grapes 
only a partial crop; a groat many of the new 
canes were killed to the ground. Corn now 
looks hard. Almost every farmer had to plow 
up his first planting, refit and plant again. 
Acres and acres not yet replanted. Seed did 
not germinate. Some Bent to Illinois for seed 
and others to Ohio. The hay crop not so 
