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good as last year. A dry May hurt the 
clover. h. b. p. 
Pickwick, Clarion Co. — Wheat acreage 
about the usual average—Fultz, Clawson, Lan¬ 
caster, etc. Oats late, about the usual acre¬ 
age. Corn, the outlook very discouraging on 
account of poor seed, as nearly all had to be 
replanted. Acreage about the usual average, 
but some fields will be sown with buckwheat; 
Apples about half a crop'.; very few peaches; 
small fruits about half a crop—perhaps a little 
better. n. m. d. 
Sinwamahoning. Cameron Co Acreage of 
wheat and the outlook are a full average—oats 
the same. Fultz wheat. Corn acreage above 
average; condition average. Apples promise 
a full crop. Peach trees mostly killed with 
hard freezing. Grape-vines somewhat killed. 
Grass crop is promising. Potato bugs more 
numerous than ever; acreage of potatoes 
large. 3 . b. 
Vosbubg, Wyoming Co. Th8 acreage of 
wheat is unusually large, and the prospect 
good. Oats extra-good. Rye better than an 
average. Corn was planted late, but it prom¬ 
ises well; acreage about as last year. The 
crop of apples, cherries, etc., veiy short. Po- 
toe6 well started ; about an average acreage; 
bugs more numerous than ever before. Grass 
unusually promising. i. o. s. 
Watmart, Wayne Co.—No wheat or barley 
grown hereabouts. Acreage of oats about the 
same as last year; outlook good. Prospect 
for corn good; acreage a slight percentage 
overlastyear. Thislsan " off" year for orchard 
fruits; small fruits but little cultivated, but 
that little in excellent condition. o. m’n. 
Whitb House, Cumberland Co.—Wheat in 
Cumberland Vallty la looking well; continued 
rains prostrated many fields, but it has recov¬ 
ered, and with good weather we will have an 
abundant harvest. We have never had better 
prospects for oats. Corn has been very hard 
to get started, much of tfce seed having been 
damaged ; one-fourth of all our corn has been 
replanted, but now it is up and doing very 
well. . 3 . g. 
Delaware, 
Camden, Kent Co.—Wheat acreage about 
the same as last year—chiefly Shumaker. 
Fultz and Mediterranean. Oats and rye are 
raised only to a small extent. There is a 
larger area planted to corn than last year, 
and it is looking well. Peaches are all win¬ 
ter-killed. The prospect for apples is better 
than for years. Cherries and plums are 
scarce; so are pears. Grapes are loaded and 
growing finely. Strawberries are in abun¬ 
dance—more and better than for several years. 
Blackberries and raspberries are badly win¬ 
ter-killed, bnt there will doubtless be a fair 
crop. H- M. D. 
Harrington, Kent Co.—About one-fourth 
more wheat sown hereabouts last Fall than in 
any previous season. Some early-sown fields 
are looking quite well; late-sown are light. 
Wheat will not average to the acre more than 
two-thirds as much as it did last year—Fultz 
principally. We have sown Clawson, Medit- 
errauean and some other varieties, but we 
think Fultz does best. Rye, oats and grass 
will be average crops. The usual number of 
acres have been planted to corn. The pros¬ 
pect at present is not very flattering for a good 
crop. A great deal of seed failed to come up, 
and moles and worms took a great deal of 
what did. Many fields had to be replanted. 
Tbe prospect is that the crop will be light. 
Peaches almost a total failure. A few orchards 
near large bodies of water will bear small 
crops. The prospect for pears and grapes is 
good for average crops. The apple crop 
will be the largest we have had for several 
years. Small fruits will be about an average 
crop. yfi B . 
Church Hill, Queen Anne's Co.—Wheat 
promises well. The sowing here is generally 
late and last Fall it was not finished till 
Nov. 10, having been begun Oct. 10. The first- 
sown tillered better than that sown later, but 
was somewhat injured last Fall by the Hessian 
fly. Owing to the Winter having closed In too 
early and the Spring having opened out too 
late, wheat generally is thin from insufficient, 
tillerlDg, but the heads are unusually large and 
many farmers expect a full average yield. 
This country doesn’t appear suited for oats, 
and very little indeed is raised here. They come 
light—not more than 18 pouuds to the bushel. 
Rye thrives fairly well and witl be a good 
crop. Barley is not known here. Corn looks 
well, thongh backward. Usually we plant it 
from March 10 to April 1, but this year scarcely 
a grain was planted before May 1. owing to 
the lateness of the Spring. The peach crop— 
our best crop, our money crop—is a total 
failure, except in a few small patches of 
country especially favored. Here we haven’t 
enough for home use; indeed, thousands of 
people in this peach region haven't seen a 
peach blossom thiB year. Other orchard fruits 
are doing well; pears have bloomed heavily; 
apples are abundant, thongh they never ma¬ 
ture properly- j. g. 
Cockeysville, Baltimore Co. The acreage 
of wheat is about the same as last year with 
a small decrease in oats and rye. The out¬ 
look is somewhat worse than in 1880, if there is 
any difference. Fultz is generally sown, having 
been found hardier and more productive than 
red or amber varieties. Prospect for corn, poor, 
only an extraordinary season can produce even 
an average crop. Owiogto the seed rotting 
in ground several replan lings have been neces¬ 
sary and the ravages of cut-worms have been 
extensive. Orchard promises very small. 1 . 1 , n, 
Denton, Caroline Co.— The acreage of 
wheat is larger than ever before; it looks 
moderately well, but it is two weeks later than 
usual. Fultz is chiefly sown. Acreage of 
corn about the same as last year; a poor stand, 
but fully two weeks late. No peaches in this 
immediate section ; but there will be a partial 
crop in salt water situations less exposed than 
this region. j, w. . 
Linkwood, Dorchester Co.—An unusually 
large acreage of wheat was sown last Fall. 
Drilled wheat looks much the best, but will 
not be more than an average crop—chieliy 
Fultz Oats are looking well. Corn looks 
flue and about the usual amount was planted. 
Apples, pears, and cherries and small fruits 
are giving promise of full crops. Peaches 
near salt water all right; away from water, 
killed. B a. 
Moline, Rock Island Co.— L title or no 
wheat sown—principally Odessa: looks well 
bnt has suffered from drought. Ditto rye. 
Oat prospect very poor. No barley. Grass 
a very 6hort crop. Cora has about the same 
acreage as last year which was one-quarter 
larger than usual. Much yet to plant and re¬ 
plant. That planted will not average more 
than three-fourths of a stand. Bat few apples 
and no other large fruit; strawberries a fail¬ 
ure—drought. Raspberries good. Snyder 
Blackberries all winter-killed. Rye crop 
short. w. c. w. 
Ru8Sum P. O., Wicomico Co. — Acreage of 
corn and wheat larger than usual. Corn late; 
wheat much winter-killed. Wheat — Fultz 
and Blue 8tem ; white mostly. Oats and rye 
good. Outlook for small fruits good. Apples 
and peat8 plenty. Peaches very few—in this 
section not one. Spring late ; all crops ditto. 
Common potatoes good. We are setting out 
sweet potatoes and tobacco. Have had a fine 
strawberry crop ; good prices. w. o. m. 
Westovbk, 8 omersel Co.—The following is 
the average acreage and probable yield of our 
crops as compared with a fair average :— 
Smyrna. Kent Co.—The acreage of wheat is 
rather above last year’s with the prospect of a 
full average crop—Mediterranean and Fultz, 
mostly the former. Oats do not yield well 
here, therefore there are not many sown—none 
for shipment. No barley or rye. The hay 
crop will be under the average; grass seed took 
very badly last year owing to the dry weather. 
Acreage of corn about the Bame as last year; 
standing not good , cut-worms have been very 
busy and the weather unfavorable. Peaches 
were all killed—the trees did not even blossom. 
Apple and pear trees were well loaded, but 
are shedding a good deal. Strawberries are a 
full crop ; raspberries will be about half and 
blackberries ont-quarter of a crop ; they were 
badly frozen. "Husbandman." 
_ Acreage. Yield. 
Wheat. no bo 
Rye.loo loo 
Oats.loo no 
Potatoes...lai mi 
Apples... Uk) 
Peaches. luo i, 
Strawberries. loo loo 
Hay.loo no 
Of wheat we raise chiefly Fultz and Amber ; 
of potatoes, the Early Rose and Beauty of 
Hebron. a. c. 
Wilna, Hartford Co.—Prospect for wheat 
good for an average crop; some few fields 
winter-killed—mostly Fullz and Amber ; acre¬ 
age an average. Oats look well. More atten¬ 
tion Is given to tomatoes for canning. Over 
100 factories will be in operation thi6 season. 
Corn is much damaged by cut-worms ; about 
the usual acreage planted. A large crop of 
apples and pears. T. H. 
Maryland. 
Cambridge, Dorchester Co,—Wheat acreage 
about the same as last year; early-sown on fal¬ 
low will te a good crop; that on corn ground 
generally poor, very light; the average will be 
a little less than last year—chiefly Fultz. 
Oats next to nothing; barley and rye none. 
Cora acreage same as last year; prospect bet¬ 
ter than at this time then. Apples a fair crop ; 
peaches a very light crop—In many orchards 
next to nothing. Small fruits good. o. 3 . 
SOUTHERN STATES. 
Virginia. 
Abingdon, Washington Co.—Acreage of 
wheat and oats about as usual. No rain at all 
during the month of May. Oats made no 
growth, but the rains now will bring them 
out. Wheat la generally heading very low and 
short; farmers think It will yield but very little 
more than half a crop. Where fertilizers were 
used and wheat was drilled, it looks fine and 
promises an average crop—mostly Fultz and 
Lancaster (red), some Tappahannock. The 
acreage under corn Is as large as last year; 
bnt the prospect now is the worst for years. 
The crop was mostly planted in the first and 
second weeks of May; not more than one- 
fourth to one-third came up. The land was 
replanted, some furrowing ont and planting 
again (so hard the stand), and it is Just now 
coming up since the rains of the last week. 
Will not get a good stand now. The 
prospect is certainly bad. Peachee, a good 
crop; no apples of any consequence. A large 
crop of tobacco will be planted—setting now. 
Prices low. Currants, a good crop. w. b. k. 
Annandalr, Fairfax Co.—The acreage of 
wheat is about the same as last year, and if it 
sustains no injury from the present moist 
weather the crop will be a full average— 
Fultz and Lancaster. Rye the same. Barley 
and oats not raised to any extent. Grass good. 
Corn has not come up well in consequence of 
drought, but the present copious showers will 
bring up that replanted and give a good stand. 
Strawberries very abundant. Peaches gener¬ 
ally killed by the Winter. Apples an average 
crop. m. s. 
Bufordvii.lb, Bedford Co. — Acreage of 
wheat abont the same as last year; prospect 
bad. On all land inclined to be wet. and on 
light soils, it was badly winter-killed. Many 
crops stand thin on tbe ground. May was very 
dry. The blades on many fields are drying up 
with rnst, and the quality of the wheat will be 
injured. Harvest will be later this year than 
usual. Fuliz and Lancaster are the principal 
varieties. Oats, owing to the dry May and late 
sowing, must necessarily be a sorry crop, and 
much of the grass sown on oats and wheat has 
perished. The acreage of corn is about the 
same as last year. The crop has come up 
badly, and all the farmers complain of having 
had more replanting than they ever had. The 
dry weather was the principal cause of tbe 
corn not coming up well. Clover and meadow 
grass will be a light crop. Our apple and 
peach crops bid fair to be abundant. Straw¬ 
berries dried up on the vine6 and were worth¬ 
less. About the 1st of June we had rain—a 
good tobacco Beason, and planters made good 
use of it; there will be a lar^e V'baceo crop 
Planted in this section wj. >. p. l. 
Herndon. Fairfax Co.—About the usual 
acreage of wheat and the prospect for a good 
crop was never better unless the continued 
wet weather injures it. Fultz and Lancaster 
are the favorite sorts; but some experimental 
sowings of Amber have turned out welL No 
barley. Rye looks very well—not much sown. 
Oats are sown by most farmers in small quan¬ 
tities ; they are a very uncertain crop; the 
drought in May hurt them, but the rain we are 
having Bince June came in is helping them 
very much. Corn came up badly, the contin¬ 
ued wet weather has prevented replanting or 
working and the cut -worms are working on it 
very injuriously. The outlook for a good or 
average crop is very uncertain. Acreage 
about the same as usual. Peaches are killed. 
Apples, pears and cherries will be very light 
crops. Currants, gooseberries, raspberrries, 
blackberries aud strawberries are above aver- 
ege crops, especially strawberries. Grass is 
doing well and the prospect for good crops of 
hay is very flattering. s. s_ 
Lexington, Rockbridge Co.—Wheat is now 
unusually promising; the acreage is larger 
than last year, with a prospect of a bet¬ 
ter yield and a better quality—Fultz and 
Lancaster. The oat crop will be cut short on 
account of the unusual drought in May. Rye 
and barley are uot sown lu this section, except 
to a limited extent; prospect good. The out¬ 
look for corn is not good. Drought and the 
cut-worm destroyed the first planting ; many 
farmers farrowed out and planted the second 
time. Acreage abont the same as last year. 
Peaches to a large extent are winter-killed; 
only a few In favorable localities. Apples and 
pears promise average crops. Strawberries 
abundant and of excellent quality. Raspber¬ 
ries injured by drought, but give promise of 
an average crop since the June rains, i. c. b. 
Nokksvillb, Prince William Co.—The out¬ 
look for wheat is at present favorable for an 
average crop, especially in grain, but short in 
straw, owing to the dry Spring; acreage an in¬ 
crease of abont ten per cent.—chiefly Fultz, 
with some fields of Clawson, Lancaster and 
White Amber. Oats, none sown. Barley and 
rye only In small patches hardly worth report¬ 
ing; but favorable, what 16 sown. The prospect 
for corn Is not very prosperous at present. 
Owing to the dry season and Insects, the first 
planting was all destroyed. The replanted 
corn la coming up nicely; acreage about the 
same as last year. The outlook is good for 
apples for the trees are full of young fruit. 
Peaches are all wlntei-killed. Farmers have 
cut down their entire orchards and arc trying 
to get a new stand of trees. We will have full 
crops of gooseberries and currants, raspberries 
and blackberries. Amber cane is a good stand; 
so are garden vegetables; we have a fine Bet of 
cabbages, sweet potatoes, beets, radishes, &c. 
Grapes are somewhat Injured by the severe 
Winter, but not to a great extent. l. y. a. 
Norwood, Nelson Co.—Wheat acreage not 
large, but about as last year. Outlook for 
wheat and oats poor. A third, probably, less 
of wheat than last year—chiefly Fultz. Oats 
Injured by dry weather; rains of last few 
days may much improve the crop. A good 
deal of Winter oats. The corn crop promises to 
be large; acreage about as last year. Fanners 
now plowing corn. Apples, with present pros¬ 
pect, will be abundant. In many places peaches 
were killed; in others a fair crop. Fine out¬ 
look for tobacco; plenty of plants and excel¬ 
lent season for planting. Potatoes look, prom¬ 
ising. A good crop of grass on lowlands; 
thin on uplands; not much attention paid to 
grass, though it pays better than any other 
crop on James River low grounds, w. h. k. 
Pknola, Caroline Co.—The acreage of wheat 
is an average one. Condition not more than 
50 or flO per cent. No barley. Very little rye. 
Acreage of oats, on acconnt of late Spring, 
lees than 50 per cent. Crop fair. Fultz, Tap¬ 
pahannock and Maryland White are the varie¬ 
ties of wheat sown. Of corn the acreage is 75 
or 80 per cent, of last year’s area. Growth 
small, and it is not In good condition. Apples, 
a full crop. Few pears. No peaches. Small 
ft nits only for home use. T. R, H. 
Winchester, Frederick Co.—Ontlook for 
wheat good—Lancaster, Amber and Fultz. 
Corn did not come up well. Orchards and 
small fruits good. w, s. m. 
Woodstock. Shenandoah Co.—Wheat acre¬ 
age the same as last year. Mach of it sown too 
late, hence short and thin. Three-fourths of 
last year’s crop; but much may be made up in 
the filling; season thus far has teen favorable 
to that end. Fultz. Lancaster, Mediterranean, 
Key's Prolific and Silver Chaff were sown. 
Acreage in oats and rye always small; both 
promise a good yield. No barley. The prospect 
for corn is not as good as last year; acreage the 
same. Outlook for apples good , no peaches; 
few pears ; small fruits abundant. a. m. 
Worsham. Prince Edward Co.—The acre¬ 
age of wheat is about an average one 
and the prospect fair for about two-thirds 
of an average crop, say about eight bushels per 
acre—Fullz, with an occasional field of Wicks, 
Clawson and other varieties. Of oats we shall 
not mak8 more than half a crop, if bo much. 
No barley and very little rye. About the same 
acreage of corn as last year, bnt it has come 
up badly, though there is yet time for improve¬ 
ment. Of orchard and small fruits a full crop, 
with the exception of peaches, which were 
badly winter-killed in all low and unprotected 
situations. g. a. b. 
West Virginia. 
Academy, Pocahontas Co.—Acreage of wheat 
and oats about the same as last year. Wheat 
promises only half a crop—Fultz almost exclu¬ 
sively. Oats promise hardly as well—Probsteler 
and black oats. Corn acreage about the same 
as last year; outlook poor until lately wheu 
splendid weather brightens the prospect. Ow¬ 
ing to bad seed, much replanting has been 
necessary. Perhaps half a crop of apples; few 
peaches, or cherries; all small fruits were bad¬ 
ly Injured by drought which lasted 30 days at 
the critical period. p. a. r. 
New' Cumberland, Hancock Co.—The acre¬ 
age of wheat, oats and rye is larger than last 
year and the outlook is good. Fully half of the 
corn had to be replanted; the first stand la 
doing well. More put In than last year. Mead¬ 
ows and pastures excellent. Orchard fruits 
half a crop; small fruits abundant, s. l. s. 
North Carolina, 
Elizabeth Citt, Pasquatank Co.—The 
acreage of wheat is very small this year—not 
one-half what was sown last year; stand very 
bad ; frozen out; what there Is is looking well: 
Fultz aud Red Russian. Corn is looking very 
well; the acreage is about an average one ; it 
is late on acconnt of a backward Spring. Fruits 
have been cutoff by early freezes; prospects 
poor. H. T. G. 
Greensboro, Guilford Co.—Of wheat there 
is less than an average acreage; early-sown is 
good on fair land; the straw is short from lack 
of rain; the heads are over the average length 
and well filled, and are now beginning to pm, 
on the golden colors for the sickle, and the 
next ten days will finish up the wheat harvest. 
Late-sown does not promise a bountiful har¬ 
vest; the straw Is shorter than that of the 
early-sown, as are also the heads, an<4 they are 
not so well filled. Quite a number of kinds are 
sown: Kivett, Purple Straw. Moten, Fultz, 
etc. The first has taken the lead for eight or 
ten years. Oats, fall-sown, on good land are 
fine; spring-sown will be a failure for want of 
water. Barley and rye are little sown in this 
section. The prospect for corn is the poorest 
I ever saw at this season. It is veiy small and 
a poor stand, after having been replanted two 
or three times. There Is not an average acre¬ 
age, as tbe land got so dry that farmers could 
not finish breaking—not enough rain for five 
or six weeks to break land. Peaches are al- 
