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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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worms working pretty busily; but an average 
in acreage and outlook. The grass crop made 
a poor Btart on account of drought; but late 
rains insure a heavy yield. e. o. l. 
New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co.—The 
acreage of wheat is about the same as last 
year, but the yield will be fully one-third less. 
The Talley will yield nearly a full crop ; the 
hills not over half a crop. Fultz, Lancaster;. 
Blue Stem, Clawson and French Mediterran¬ 
ean are chiefly sown. Oats look fair. Owing 
to the lateness of the season only half the 
acreage of last year has been sown. What 
little rye and barley there is looks well. The 
prospect for corn is fair although much had to 
be replanted as the seed did not germinate, 
having been injured by the cold Winter. The 
acreage is about the same as last year. There 
will be about half a crop of apples and a large 
crop of peaches on the hills, but none in the 
valleys. All the small fruits promise well, ex¬ 
cept the grape, which has been badly winter- 
killed, the Concord even being greatly in¬ 
jured. There will not be one-fourth of a crop. 
There will be a better crop of hay than for 
several years. e. l. t. 
Newvillb, Richland Co.—Wheat acreage 
less than last year’s; prospect not as good— 
Fultz and Amber. Barley good ; not much 
sown. Oat acreage small; prospect good. 
Rye poor ; little sown. Corn prospects poor— 
cut-worms and poor seed; acreage less than 
last year. Light crop of orchard fruit; “off” 
year for apples. The small fruit prospect is 
good. I. P, 
Pleasant Corners, Franklin Co.—Wheat 
will be about three-quarters of last year's crop- 
Corn is small and backward ; not a good stand, 
but we are having good rains which will help 
it out. No rye, oats or barley. Will have 
some fruit. w. m. t. 
Pulaski, Williams Co. — Wheat acreage 
about average; outlook for about one-half 
crop, chiefly Fultz and Clawson. Oats very 
backward and not looking well.—about two- 
thirds of an average crop. Rye, three-quar¬ 
ters crop. The corn prospect is pretty fair, 
but the crop is very backward. No apples, 
pears and peaches; and about half a crop of 
small fruits. I. P. B. 
Pomeroy, Meigs Co.— A poor prospect for 
wheat in this county; some ground will not 
yield the seed sown. None will average over 
five or six bushels per acre. This year I will 
not harvest more than six or eight bushels per 
acre; my usual average is 28 to 30 bushels of 
Tappahannock. The varieties chiefly sown 
are Tappahannock, Red Lake and Mediter¬ 
ranean. Oats are short and some will not be 
worth cutting; barley ditto. Rye Is not much 
sown; what there is looks well. Grass has a 
fair outlook and a prospect of a fair crop. 
Corn is very backward on account of poor 
seed, a late Spring and drought. A num¬ 
ber of fields have been replowed, and the rest 
is mostly a poor stand, averaging about one 
stalk to the hill. The late rain will give some 
relief, but the outlook is poorer than last year. 
Apples and small fruits, average crops. Pears 
and cherries will fall quite short. j. m. t. 
Tontogant, Wood Co.—It is but a few 
years since there was scarcely enough wheat 
raised here for home consumption ; corn was 
the principal crop, but now farmers are rais¬ 
ing more wheat and less corn. Up to the 1st 
of April wheat looked very well, but from that 
time until the 1st inst., we had no rain of any 
account and many pieces are nearly ruined, 
the late-sowH suffering most. Oats not bo 
much sown as usual, and crop short; but they 
may yet make a fair crop. Barley and rye not 
grown here to any extent, Corn is far behind 
what it was at this time last year ; it has come 
up very unevenly ; a great deal of the seed 
swelled and dried up or rotted, there not being 
moisture enough in the ground to make it 
grow. I have a piece of soil that has been 
planted four weeks, and three-quarters of 
the Beed Is just Bprouting. Lots of replant¬ 
ing, some fields being planted over entirely. 
Acreage not as large as last year, as wheat 
seems to be growing in favor. Fultz, Clawson, 
Mediterranean and Gipsy are the principal va¬ 
rieties, with Fultz ahead. There will be some 
apples but no peaches, and many of the trees 
ware winter-killed. Cheirles abundant; cur¬ 
rants, ditto, if worms do not destroy them, of 
which there Is a fine prospect at present. Straw¬ 
berries, a short crop on account of drought. 
Colorado bugs by the bushel. Q. a. K. 
Indiana. 
Barnard, Putnam Co.—The acreage of 
wheat is hardly so large as last year—mostly 
Fultz which has proved the most hardy and 
prolific. Of oats and other 6mall grains but lit¬ 
tle is grown. The prospect is fair for a good 
corn crop. The acreage is up to or above last 
year’s. Orchard products a failure, i. s. h. 
Bourbon, Marshall Co.—The acreage for 
wheat is quite large; but owing to the ex¬ 
tremely diy weather the yield will be some¬ 
what smaller than last year—perhaps not 
above 13 bushels per acre throughout Northern 
Indiana.—Foltz and Glpsey. Oats will be 
very short j on account of drought but little is 
sown throughout this part of the State. Corn 
looks tolerably well: about the same amount 
planted as last year. Orchard fruits will be 
less than last year ; so will Bmall fruits. Peach 
trees are badly winter-killed, s. b. t. 
Crown Point, Lake Co.—The outlook for 
all the different crops is unusually encourag¬ 
ing. Both Winter and Spring wheats do poorly 
here, consequently very little is raised ; only 
an occasional farmer has the temerity to at¬ 
tempt It. Now and then a field was sown last 
Fall, but the severe Winter, together with the 
dry Spring weather, has about finished it. 
Oats promise an abundant harvest. The severe 
drought in May shortened the stalks and the 
late rains give the fields a vigorous, healthy 
look. The acreage is about the same as last 
year. Old-fashioned black oats, the chief 
variety. The prospect for corn has not for 20 
years been better than it now is. The acreage 
is something larger than last year. This is not 
a fruit region, and what fruit trees we have 
were more or less injured by the severe Win¬ 
ter. h. c. o. 
Decatur, Adams Co.—Wheat acreage about 
equal to that of 1880 ; outlook not as favorable 
by at least 30 per cent.; owing to dry weather 
in May straw will be very short. Fultz and 
Mediterranean ; no Spring wheat sown. Oils 
owing to dry weather look bad, recent rainB 
may bring them out somewhat. Rye looks 
well; but little, however, is sown. Corn on 
stubble ground is good ; on sod it is damaged 
by cut-worms; a great many have planted 
the third time; acreage equal to last year’s. 
Orchard and small fruits not over one-third of 
a crop. d. c. w. 
Elkhart, Elkhart Co.—Oats are doing pretty 
well; if the weather is favorable we Bhall have 
our average crop—40 bushels per acre. w. a. 
Hall’s Corners. Allen Co.—Wheat acreage 
10 per cent, less than last year's; outlook not so 
good—Lancaster, Tappahannock, Clawson, 
Todd, Mediterranean. Area under oats 25 per 
cent, less; outlook fair. Corn acreage about 
the same as last year; prospect very poor. 
A dry May and poor seed caused much re¬ 
planting and a poor stand. Good outlook for 
apples, cherries and small fruits. No peaches. 
Currants and gooseberries nearly all destroyed 
by insect pests. w. h. h. 
Harrisburg, Fayette Co.—The acreage un¬ 
der wheat is an average one; but the yield 
will not be over eight to ten bushels per acre— 
the stand is short and thin. Oats are not a 
good crop. About the usual area of corn has 
been plauted, and with a favorable season 
henceforth there will be an average crop. Ap¬ 
ples in fair supply; many trees killed: no 
peaches; trees nearly all killed. Small fruits 
plentiful. Our present opportune rains will 
better the chances for all crops. w. w. t. 
Lagrange, Lagrange Co.—Wheat acreage 
large; yield, less than one-half a crop—mostly 
Foltz and Clawson. Oats fair. Of barley and 
rye very little sown. Corn acreage large; 
outlook excellent. Apples a light crop; 
peaeheB none; cherries plentiful; grapes an 
average crop; blackberries badly winter¬ 
killed ; raspberries, abundant; also, straw¬ 
berries. Potatoes look well, but are yeiy 
buggy. n. a. 
La Paz, Marshall Co.—Spring warm and dry 
until this week; raining every day now. 
Wheat will be half a crop—Fultz, Lancaster 
and Diehl. Oats and corn look well. Small 
fruits plentiful; but the currant worm is strip¬ 
ping the currants and gooseberries. Straw¬ 
berries are fine. Apples, pears and cherries 
promise full crops. Peaches all winter-killed. 
Stock is doing finely. Wheat, $ 1. Corn, 45c.; 
oats, 35c.; batter, 10c.; eggs, 10c. e. e. 
La Porte, La Porte Co.—Wheat acreage 
larger than last year; outlook gloomy; not 
much over a quarter of an average yield per 
acre—principally Lancaster, Fultz and Glpsey. 
Prospect for oats fair—mostly Surprise. Corn 
acreage larger than last year; outlook good. 
Apples one-tenth of a crop; no peaches or 
plums; half a crop of small fruits. j. s. 
Mooreyield, Switzerland Co.—Weather 
very dry; no rain for four weeks till 7th inst. 
About the usual acreage of wheat; badly win¬ 
ter-killed; will not make over half to two- 
thirds of a crop. Oate short growth; about 
the usual acreage. Barley and rye not much 
cultivated here. Corn backward; planted very 
late. Small fruits scarce. Apples and peaches 
fair crops. Grass short; will not make over 
half a crop of hay. J. c. 
Pittbbukg, Carroll Co.—Acreage of wheat 
about the same as last year; the yield will be 
only about one-third of a crop, with the fly 
working upon this third to a considerable ex¬ 
tent in some localities—mostly Fultz. The 
outlook for oats and Spring barley was not 
flattering np to first of the month owing to the 
dronght; but Biuce then there has been plenty 
of rain. Winter barley a complete failure. 
The corn prospect is splendid, although in 
some few fields the grub-worm has done con¬ 
siderable mischief. The acreage is at least 25 
per cent, more than last year, Apples and all 
other orchard fruits are failures, except pears; 
the latter promise a bountiful crop. i. T. 8. 
Plainfield, Hendricks Co.—Fully an aver¬ 
age acreage of wheat was sown; but the pros¬ 
pect is poor for an average crop. Of corn 
there is an aveiage acreage; but much of it 
was injured by cut-worms, moles, poultry and 
dry weather; a good deal of replanting. Fultz 
wheat; white oats and dent corn. Fruit pros- 
peclspoor: apple buds killed and wood in¬ 
jured. A small area of oats was put In aad 
the outlook for that is poor owing to the late 
Spring and dry weather. Very little barley or 
rye 16 raised. b. h. c. 
Sandborn, Knox Co.—The acreage of wheat 
was large, but part has been plowed up and 
put in corn—will be from one-third to one-half 
a crop ; shortage due to the fly and freeze this 
Spring. Corn not all planted yet; wet Spriug 
and bad Beed the cause; much replanting to 
be done; a great many cut-worms. This is 
a wheat and corn country, with some grass 
and stock. Little oats; no rye. Fruit enough 
for home use. Prospects gloomy for the 
year. x. H. 
Terre Haute, Vigo Co.—Wheat acreage as 
large as, or larger than, in 1880. Farmers report 
it won’t exceed half the crop of 1880 but late 
rains may increase this—Fultz and Amber. Oats 
not much sown ; prospect poor. Corn acreage 
about as last year ; very backward; bad seed ; 
replanting will have to be done. Apples prom¬ 
ise nearly an average crop ; no peaches ; pears 
very short. Adrougnt has cut off strawberries 
more than half; recent rains will help late 
ones. a. a. r. 
Williamsburg. Wayne Co.—Acreage of 
wheat about the same as last year : prospect 
for not over half a crop per acre on au aver¬ 
age—Fultz mostly. Oats half as much as 
usual sown; prospect very poor. Barley and 
rye are not raised in this section to any amount. 
Meadows will be very short and thin owing to 
dry weather. Of corn the usual amount has 
been planted; but it came up poor and is 
badly iuj ured by worms. Prospect not so good 
as last year. Fruits almost a failure. Apple 
orchards badly winter-killed. Grape-vines, 
blackberries and raspberries are so badly in¬ 
jured as to cause a failure. w. m. h. 
ZtoNsviLLB, Boone Co.—Wheat stands thin 
on the ground; there will not be more than 
half a crop, although the acreage is larger than 
usual. Oats look well. The acreage of corn 
is much larger than ever before, and It looks 
encouraging. Potatoes promise a good crop— 
a large acreage. Apples and small fruits are 
scarce—many apple trees as well as small 
fruits were killed by last Winter. n. m. 
(IllnoU. 
Ashkum, Iroquois Co.—Little wheat is raised 
here but that looks very well. Oats look well; 
rye good; barley but little sown. The acre¬ 
age of corn is about the same as last year, 
but the prospects are good for much finer 
crop. As a rule the prospects for crops are 
much better than last year. .r. r. v. 
Bailbtvillh, Ogle Co.—Winter wheat almost 
all failed—was injured by dry, hard freezing 
last December, and again by freezing and thaw¬ 
ing in March and April. The ground was re¬ 
seeded to Spring wheat and oats. Considera¬ 
ble Fultz wheat was sown last Fall. Mammoth 
and Fife are the chief varieties of Spring 
wheat. Rye will be thin. Oats and barley 
about average crops. Corn—acreage some¬ 
what Increased; fair prospect if the weather 
proves favorable. Scarcely any apples or cher¬ 
ries. About average of Chickasaw and com¬ 
mon wild plums. w. b. d. 
Chicago, Cook Co.—Very little wheat is 
grown within a circuit of 80 miles of this city. 
Corn and oats are the principal grain crops, 
with some barley. About the usual acreage 
planted with fair prospects—Surprise Oats 
and four-rowed barley leading kinds. The 
country aronnd Chicago is greatly devoted to 
dairying, butter and milk always bringing 
good prices in this market. Have had quite a 
dry spell, but the bounteous rains of the past 
two days, providing we have warm weather, 
will make the crops fairly jump. Apples, 
pears and cherries will be scarce. Although 
many of the trees were fairly filled with blos¬ 
soms they set very little fruit. Currants and 
gooseberries will be fair cropa, but raspber¬ 
ries are killed back to 12 to IS inches from the 
ground. o. P. w. 
Custer, Will Co.—But little wheat or barley 
is raised here. Oats and rye are looking well. 
The large white rye Is mostly 6own. At least 
ten per cent more oats this year than usual. 
The prospect for corn is very good except on 
low ground, which was injured bv recent 
heavy rains. The acreage is somewhat smaller 
than last year’s. Apples, plums and cherries 
are almost a failure. The prospect is good for 
small fruits. T. w. w. b. 
Farmer City, De Witt Co.—The acreage of 
wheat was larger than usual, but the prospect 
Is wretched. The area of rye was cm Bhort by 
hail storms at sowing time; the yield, too, 
will be light- The acreage of oats is very 
large and the outlook good. The are* under 
corn is much larger than last year and the out¬ 
look is fine. Orchard fruit will be scaroe ; 
small fruits pretty abundant. w.L. D. 
Lane, Dewitt Co.—The acreage of wheat ex¬ 
ceeds that of last year; prospect gloomy. Oats, 
rye and barley have a small acreage; pros¬ 
pects not flattering; the chinch bug ha* made 
its appearance. Corn prospect good; about • 
the same acreage as last year. The outlook 
for orchards and small frui ts, with few excep¬ 
tions, is very discouraging. J. 8. 
La Place, Piatt Co.—Ci ops are looking well, 
considering the late Spring and dry hot weath¬ 
er for three or four weeks up to this week 
when we have had two nice rains which have 
done a good deal of good. Corn is all planted 
and up and is looking well, some having been 
plowed twice. Winter wheat was partially 
killed. Rye and oats good Pa-tares excel¬ 
lent. Cattle and hogs fat and healthy, a. L. b. 
Loda. Iroquois Co.— But little wheat ia 
sown here and that Is badly winter-killed. 
Of oats more is sown than last year, and the 
outlook is good. Barley we can’t raise here. 
Rye is a sure crop, but the price it brings 
won’t pay — 40 to 80 cents per bushel, so 
we raise but little. The prospect for corn is 
good; not so mach is planted as last year. 
Peaches, none; apples, only afew ; cherrieB still 
fewer; ail other small fruit, plentiful, a. p. 
Minonk, Woodford Co.—Very little wheat 
raised here, owiag to mach that was planted 
having been winter-killed. The usual acreage 
of oat6; prospect good. Co. n acreage about 
the same as last year; prospect good. Out¬ 
look for orchard fruits very poor; ditto 
for cherries. O.her small fruits moderately 
good. B. D. 
Naples, Scott Co,—The acreage of wheat 
sown last Fall waB the largest ever put Inhere; 
but owing to the severity of the Winter fully 
one-half of it was plowed for other crops. 
What was left is thin on the ground, but the 
heads are large. This conniy will produce 
only about 20 per cent, of last year’s crop— 
chiefly Fultz and Gold Drop. Oats will be al¬ 
most & failure. Rye will be up to the average 
and the acreage about the same as last year. 
The prospect for corn at this time ia good, never 
a better staad and ail of it is clear of weeds ; 
the acreage is more than double last year’s. 
Apple trees were loaded with bloom, but ow¬ 
ing to a protracted drought, tbe fruit has fallen 
badly. Peach buds were all killed, and so were 
some of the trees. Pears and cherries will be 
light; strawberries almost a failure ; raspber¬ 
ries scarce. Toe Gregg appears to have gone 
through the Winter the best of all and will 
make a fair crop. s. m. 
Rockton, Winnebago Co.—Winter wheat 
almost all winter-killed; Spring wheat looking 
well. Oats fine. Rye just middling. Corn is 
very late ; acreage about the same as last year. 
Pastures and meadows fine. Very few small 
fruits raised here. t. a. 
Rutland, La Salle Co.—Winter wheat about 
all killed out. Spring wheat none sown. Oats 
more sown than usual; they look weiL Rye 
looks well; no; very much sown. Oats Is the 
only small grain grown here to any extent. 
The prospect for corn la good, if the weather is 
favorable. It is somewhat late owing to the 
backward Spring, but the ground is in a better 
condition than it has been for a number of 
years, cleaner and looser. Acreage about 
the same as last year. For orchard and 
small fruits the outlook is very slim. Pota¬ 
toes are growing nicely—mainly Early Rose 
and Peachblow. f . w. p. 
Salem, Marlon Co.—The average outlook 
for farm products In this county is as follows: 
Wheat, 20 percent, of an average crop; corn, 
100; oais, 100; hay, 50; apples, 80; raspber¬ 
ries, 100; blackberries, 100; strawberries, 75 ; 
gooseberries, 100; currants, 100. Insects have 
injured the wheat to the above extent and are 
now threatening corn and oats. No damage 
yet from the Army worm. L. m’c. 
8bneca, Lasalle Co.—There Is no wheat sown 
about here this year. Oats have a larger acre¬ 
age than last year and look well. No barley 
and very little rye. There is about 10 per cent, 
more corn planted than last year, and it is 
clean and in good condition, but we have had 
very heavy rains daring the last few days, 
which will delay cultivation nearly a week, 
even if we have fair weather. Very few apples 
and pears; no cherries; strawberries a good 
crop; currants and gooseberries about an av¬ 
erage ; raspberries winter-killed—below an 
average. The Snyder Blackberry is all right. 
Grapes are not more than one-fourth of a 
crop. i*. l. c. 
Stone Church, Washington Co.—Wheat 
generally Is thin and full of chinch bugs and 
Hessian fly. Fultz and Red Sea are the fa¬ 
vorite sorts, the former seeming a little more 
prolific than the latter. It also appears to be 
improving in quality rapidly; three years 
Ego millers would pay from five to seven cents 
more for Red Sea; two y*ars ago they would 
make no difference; last year, they gave from 
three to five cents more per bushel for Fultz 
than for Red Sea. Corn is splendid: but the 
