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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JUNE 25 
cutrworm Is working fast among it. No 
peaches; some pears and plums ; apples a fair 
crop. a. a. 
Tuhner’b J unction, Du Page Co.—The out¬ 
look for wheat is poor; for rye, fair; for oats, 
good. This being a dairy county, corn and 
oats are the main cropB. The prospect for 
corn Just now 1 b not very exhilarating owing 
to cool weather; acreage the same as last 
year. Orchard and small fruits complete 
fallnres. a. f. a. 
Volo, Lake Co.—The acreage of Bpring 
wheat is about one-third of last year’s; it 
was a month later before the land could be 
werked. Winter wheat was killed and plowed 
up and the land put to Spring wheat or corn. 
Winter rye (no Spring rye) badly hurt- Oats 
about three-quarters of last yoar’B acreage. 
8pring wheat mostly White Colorado and Lost 
Nation, which are taking the place of the old 
varieties. The acreage of corn will probably be 
one-third more than ever before, the Spring 
having been so late. A great many farmers 
are putting most of their arable land into com. 
Some have got through planting; some will 
plant UDtil the middle of this month. Apples 
a light crop—about enough for home use. 
Cherries a small crop; peaches none; other 
small fruits promise well. Potatoes, early 
(planted fore part of May), look fine. No 
beetles. Grass is as forward as last year. We 
raise more stock than grain hero. Most of the 
butter and cheese factories here run all Win¬ 
ter, so that between cows, horses, hogs and 
sheep, we use up a large quantity of the grain 
we raise. x. D. 
Michigan. 
Battle Creek, Calhoun Co.—Wheat not 
over one-fourih of an average crop—mostly 
Clawson. Oats look fine. Most of the corn 
had to be replanted owing to bad seed ; acre¬ 
age about the same as last yoar. Grass flue. 
Fruits of all Borta short. a. c. b. 
Blibsfikid, Lenawee Co.—Wheat acreage is 
increased about 10 percent.; outlook poor, 
from a cold Winter and dry May—Fultz, Claw¬ 
son and Lancaster, Oat acreage an average 
one; prospect good. Barley little grown. Ry e 
acreage decreased ; outlook poor. Corn acre¬ 
age slightly Increased; some complaints of 
defective seed: prospect fair; stand good. 
Apples and pears look fair; peaches and 
small fruits poor, with the Bingle exception of 
grapes, which have a fine ouilook. t. s. 
r. T.AKK NnoN. Calhoun Co.—The wheat crop 
will be not more than from out-half to two- 
thirds of an average; while east, west, north 
and south of us it will not be over from a 
quarter to half a crop. Oats are dried op. 
Com we have had to replant, but It Is now 
thriving. Potatoes look w T oll. j. p, 
Hudson, Lenawee Co.—Wheat will not be 
more than hall a crop ; many fields have been 
plowed up, acreage about the same as last 
year. Luncastei wheat we found the most 
hardy of all. Oats two-thirds of a crop. Of 
corn, if the rest of the season is favorable, we 
may get a fair crop. It was often Blow to come 
up, but late rains arc pushing it. 0. b. 
Jefferson, Hillsdale Co.— Wheat got a 
small start last Fall, froze up with snow and 
was winter-killed. We had no rain since the 
frost went out till the first of June and It was 
again damaged by drought and frost and in the 
adjoining county there will not be over a 
quarter crop. The acreage is abont the same 
as last year—chiefly Clawson, Lancaster and 
Fultz. Oats are backward; acreage light. 
Corn backward and a poor stand; acreage 
abont an average crop. No peaches. Small 
fruits scarce. J- Pi L* 
Lboni, Jackson Co.—This township raised 
last year 3,814 acres of wheat, which averaged 
about 30 bushels per acre. There is now on the 
ground about the same number of acres with 
aproBpectof from six to eight bushels per 
acre. Clawson and Diehl are the leadiug vari¬ 
eties ; quite an amount of the Fultz wheat was 
sown'last Fall, but it is generally a failure. 
Com in 1880, 1,678 acres; 113,000 bushels. In 
1881, about the same number of acres have 
been planted bnt It is very backward. As corn 
did not generally come np and we had to re¬ 
plant, our prospects of a crop are much In¬ 
jured. Oats in 1880, 458 acres, yielding 14,790 
bushels; about the same acreage, but It, too, is 
very backward, the Bpring having been cold 
and dry. Very little barley or rye Is raised in 
this town. Fruit of all kinds will be a very 
small crop. Hay will also be light, the cold, 
dry 8pring having injured grass. Many fleldB 
will hardly pay for running the machine 
over them. 3 - c - 
Mookb Park, 8t. Joseph Co.—Biace June 
began we have had plenty of rain, and corn 
and potatoes look well; the acreage of each is 
nearly double that of last year. The acreage 
of wheat was one-fourth more, yet it is said by 
good lodges that there will not be more than 
seed and bread in thts county ; and adlolu- 
mg counties are not much better. Chief va¬ 
rieties Clawson and Fultz. A good deal of 
wheat Los been plowed up and sown to oatB 
and rye,.and some to beans. These promise 
to be fair crops. Hay very light. Young 
clover all killed. Peppermint nearly all killed, 
and roots so Bcarce that but little was planted. 
There Is one-third more corn planted than last 
year and It promises well. Cherries, peaches 
and plums will be scarce here, and this being 
the “ off ” year for apples, they will not be a 
drug. Bmall fruits a medium crop. u. c. b. 
Mokknci, Lenawee Co.—The acreage of 
wheat is not quite as large as last year ; and 
there will not be more tliau one-quarter of a 
crop—Clawson and Fultz mostly. About the 
usual acreage of oats, but they are very much 
hurt by the drought. About an average acre¬ 
age of com, but it Is very backward ; a good 
deal of complaint about its not coming up. 
There will be a fair crop of apples and Bmall 
fruits. Peaches few. o. c. w. 
Muib, Ionia Co.—The acreage of wheat is 
about the same as last year. The outlook is 
poor—has not been so poor in twenty years. 
Much has been plowed up and the land planted 
to corn or oats. Oats, acreage 20 per cent, 
more than last year, and looking well. Of 
barley there is bnt little raised and of rye none. 
Of wheat the Clawson is mostly sown. The 
prospect for corn is good and the acreage 15 
per cent, larger than last season. Very many 
fields have been planted the second time, but 
the weather has been favorable the past few 
weeks and it is now coming on finely. The se¬ 
vere Winter has done a good deal of damage 
to the orchards. Apples will be about half a 
crop. Peaches very few, and small fruits 
about an average crop. Grapes are all or 
nearly all dead. Hay will be a large crop— 
the best I think for years, w. f. h. 
Oshtkmo, Kalamazoo Co.—Wheat acreage a 
little less than last year; condition three-fourths 
less favorable-Clawson, Fultz and Lancaster, In 
the order named. Oats less acreage; condition 
one-half less. Corn prospect fair where plant¬ 
ed from 6th to 12th of May. before the intense 
drought prevented germination of seed; not so 
good as last year; acreage about the Bame. Of 
apples—Greenings, Peck's Pleasant and Sweet 
Bough—there will be a fair crop, and but few 
of any other kind. Peaches, none ; peara half 
a crop; strawberries a quarter of a crop; rasp¬ 
berries probably a full crop. t. p. d. 
Osbbo, Hillsdale Co.—The acreage under 
wheat and'oats In this country is about the 
Bame as last year; but the yield will be only 
about half an average—Diehl, Clawson, Fultz, 
Egyptian and Lancaster wheats. The area 
uuder com is about the same as last year ; 
much of it Is not up yeU Apples, ont-thlrd of 
a crop; no peaches ; few pears ; ditto plums ; 
n good outlook for small fruits. No rain to 
speak of for two months; so that timothy 
meadows dried up; wheat stopped growing ; 
clover did ditto. Twenty-foar hours ago rain 
began to fall and vegetation seems to have 
advanced more tn the last IS hours than In 
the previous 30 days. a. ft, 
Rockford, Kent Co. -The acreage of wheat 
1» about the average of the last three years; but 
the prospectof a crop is quite poor. A friend who 
has been traveling In this section says it will 
not average one-thU'd of a crop—chiefly Claw¬ 
son, with some Fultz, Lancaster and Gold 
Medal. Oats are quite email yet, but are look¬ 
ing better since the rain. The prospect for 
com is not encouraging; it did not come up 
very well owiDg to the vitality of the seed 
having been injured ; acreage abont an aver¬ 
age of the luBt three years. Bmall fruits are 
quite scarce with the exception of strawber¬ 
ries. The early varieties of apples blossomed 
full; but the fruit Beems to be blasting and 
falling off ; the late varieties did not blossom 
much. Last year there was a very heavy 
crop. j. d. 
Somerset, Hillsdale Co.—The acreage of 
wheat in this soctlon is about the same as last 
year. The outlook in the first part of Spring 
was favorable for two-thirds of a crop; but 
owing to extremely dry weather during 
the greater part of April and May we hardly 
expect over one-thud of an average. Clawson 
and Fuliz are the favorites. Oats and barley 
about average crops. The acreage of com 
will be about the eauie as last year; the pros¬ 
pect is not as favorable, owing to dry weather 
more than half of the seeding had to be re¬ 
peated. We are now having an over-abun¬ 
dance of rain, and should it continue, it will 
be as disastrous to our second planting as the 
dry weather was to the first. This is the “off" 
year for bearing orchards in this section, so 
we do not anticipate over one-half a crop of 
appleB; no peaches, but an average of small 
fruits. w. v. v. 
Tittabawassbb, Saginaw Co.—There were 
in May this year 2,435 acres of wheat in this 
township against 2,114 acres last year, with an 
average of 21.59 bushels per acre; but the out¬ 
look for wheat this year is very poor, much of 
it being plowed up leaving perhapB not over 
2,000 acres. At the best estimate it canuot 
yield more than eight or ten bushels per acre. 
Most of it 1 b Clawson. Oats look good; last 
year there were 1,085 acres in this township; this 
year there will be more. Of rye none Is sown 
and but very little barley. The prospect for 
com Is poor; much of it had to be replanted 
and we have had very cool weather for the 
last week and light frosts at night. The num¬ 
ber of acres last year was 782 with a slight in¬ 
crease this year. Grass very light: old mea¬ 
dows mostly killed out. The outlook for 
apples is quite good. I have not noticed any 
trees hurt by the severe cold last Winter. 
Grapes and cherries good. h h. 
Iowa. 
Bentousport, Van Bureu Co.—Winter wheat 
badly killed; acreage about the Bame as last 
year; no Spring wheat sown ; Fultz and rust¬ 
proof varieties of Winter wheat chiefly growu. 
Oats are looking mri/ well; acreage larger than 
last year. No barley. Rye very thin ; did not 
Btool out as it should have done. Prospect for 
corn good; acreage about the same as last 
year. Apples very few ; peaches, none ; pears 
pretty scarce ; cherries, none ; gooseberries, 
currants, raspberries, blackerries and grapes 
abundant. s. r. d. 
Busti, Howard Co.—The acreage of wheat, 
barley and rye is from one-third to one-half 
less than last year; that of oats one-third 
more. Lost Nation, Sea Island and several 
bearded sorts of wheat are sown. All gralu 
crops look well, but there are millions of 
chinch bugs. Three times as much flax has 
been sown as last year, Corn looks fine on 
double last year’s acreage. Few apples raised; 
small fruits abundant. “ h.” 
Dowb, Wright Co.—Acreage of wheat and 
oats about the Bame as last year; barley and 
rye are not grown in this neighborhood. On 
account of the lateness of the seeding, 
crops seem backward, but in other respects 
look well. Of wheat the Fife and Lost Na¬ 
tion are the favorite sorts, but Boa Island 
ie being tried by a good many farmers. Corn 
is very backward and the prospect for it is not 
flattering, acreage perhaps 10 per cent, less 
than last year. There are but very few orch¬ 
ards in bearing iu this vicinity, and these 
Bhowed but few blossoms In the Spring. Cur¬ 
rants and gooseberries abundant. r. s. 
Sprinovillk, Linn Co.—No wheat is raised 
here. Oats good; barley little sown ; rye an 
average crop. Early corn looks well; late 
looks bad; average poor; can’t possibly be 
over two-thirds of laBt year’s crop. Apples a 
light crop; currants and other small fruits 
good. o. p. 
Winthkof, Buchanan Co.—Wheat for the 
lost three years having been an entire failure, 
partly on account of the chinch-bug, none has 
been sown. The oat crop looks well; acreage 
about the same as last year. But very little 
barley aod rye sown, and the rye has been 
partly winter-killed. For corn the prospect 
Is very poor at present, the Spring being so 
backward. Most of It was planted late tn 
May. Acreage about the same as last year. 
Currants and raspberries quite plentiful, Ap 
pies scarce o. a. 
Wisconsin. 
Akovlk, La Fayette Co.—Winter wheat bad¬ 
ly winter-killed; Spring wheat looks good. 
Mostly “ Tullabary.” Prospects for corn good 
—veiy late. Small fruits a heavy crop, but 
the apple crop will be light. t. h. d. 
Clinton, Rock Co.—Scarcely any wheat is 
sown by itself hereabouts. We usually bow 
wheat and oats mixed, uuder the name of 
sucitash (succotash ?). It looks well. What 
Winter wheat was sown was all killed out. 
Oats and barley have an average acreage and 
look well. What little rye is sown looks 
well. Only a little more corn than usual 
ie planted on account of the late Spring. It 
is all np, but it is too early to prophesy 
about it. The fruit crop will be very light; 
the trees bore heavily last year, and there 
were scarcely any blossoms this year. Cur¬ 
rant worms busy among the currants and 
gooseberries. j. c. b. 
Db Pkbb, BrowD Co. — There is less wheat 
sown than usual—Fife and White Russian 
Spring; chinch bugs are hurting it quite 
badly. Of barley more has been sown than 
usual, but the prospect is poor. Oats about as 
many as usual, but the proBpect first-rate. 
Fruit is not much raised here, and it is the 
“off ” year. Grass is the best for years, h. p. c. 
Freedom, Outagamie Co.—The acreage in 
wheat is less than last year ; the outlook for 
Winter wheat, bad ; for Spring wheat, good. 
Oats, an Increased acreage; outlook good. 
Barley increased acreage ; ontlook extra good. 
Kye, acreage small; outlook poor. Fife wheat 
and White oats. Corn has an increased acre¬ 
age ; prospect as good as usual at this time; 
some are planting over on account of poor 
seed. Fruit prospect bad- Many trees which 
bore heavily last year are dead. The early 
apples, as Duchess of Oldenburg, Ked Astra- 
uhau, Bops of Wine, 3t. Lawrence, are all well 
set with fruit and promise a fair crop, and so 
do the crab apples. There will be bnt very 
little Winter fruit Strawberries o&me through 
the Winter all right and promise well. The 
Black-cap and Philadelphia Raspberries came 
out all right and promise a full crop as usual. 
We shall have a good crop of hay. All kinds 
of stock are looking well; and prices are sat¬ 
isfactory to sellers—cows from $80 to $45. 
Farmers are going out of wheat and into 
stock. E. N. 
Garden Valley, Jackson Co.—The wheat 
area is one-quarter less than last year; that 
of oats Is greater. Of rye not much is raised. 
Of corn one-third more has been planted than 
last year. The prospect for cropB is good so 
far. Fruit will be half a crop—trees badly 
frozen last Winter ; one-quarter killed by the 
cold weather. a. g. 
Montello, Marquette Co.—Good outlook for 
a better yield of wheat and rye than last 
year; Winter wheat badly lujured; Fife and 
Rio Grande are the varieties chleflv sown. 
Com promises a full average crop. Orchard 
aud small fruila, except, perhaps, strawber- 
berrles, will be much below an average, o s. k. 
Kbbdsbubq, 8auk Co.—Winter wheat looks 
well; not much Spring wheat sown this sea¬ 
son. Oats and barley promise fairly. Corn and 
potatoes are Just being planted. Hops are not 
looking very well; most yards were Injured 
In the Fall. In ‘78 Reedsburg was the hop 
center of 3auk Co., every farmer having from 
five to forty acres devoted to bop cnlture; now 
Sauk makes no pretensions, and many men 
have quitted the business altogether. Much 
attention is being paid to dairying and the rais¬ 
ing of cattle, sheep and swine, which does not 
Involve the Bame risks. o. p. s. 
Windsor, Dane Co.—Oats look fine; acre¬ 
age about the same as last year. Barley looks 
well; acreage larger. Rye winter-killed mostly. 
Wheat acreage very small. Corn looks well 
but a great deal of it was planted very late; 
acreage about the same as last year. Fruit 
prospect very poor. s. d. b. m. 
Minnesota. 
Hawlby, Clay Co.—The acreage of wheat is 
about one-third more than last year; a good 
stand, but late—mostly Scotch Fife and Nor¬ 
wegian. Oats grown only for home consump¬ 
tion. Barley not much grown, but yields well. 
Very little corn is raised here. The country is 
too new to know what can be done with or¬ 
chard and small fruits. c. a. d. 
Myrna. Blue Earth Co.—Wheat is king 
here, occupying most of the arable land, with 
about one-tenth of it to oats aud one-fifth to 
corn, and a email percentage to barley. The 
prospect for corn Is not good on account of 
poor seed. About twice as much ground was 
planted to corn as last year; but very little 
of It came up, and the ground was sown to 
flax. What corn Is up looks splendid. l)i 
chard and small fruits scarce. j. w. u. 
Pine Island, Goodhue Co. — The acreage 
ol wheat 1 b 25 per cent less than last year ; 
that of oats, 19 per cent more. Small grains 
are looking bad on account of chinch bugs 
aud the May drought. Some are sowing Balt 
ou wheat at the rate of 100 pounds per acre 
as a preventive of huge. Scotch Fife aud White 
Russian are the chief varieties; Fife being 
ahead. Corn is getting to be the staple grain 
crop here; the acreage has been lucreased 20 
per cent this year; it looks fiae. Although, 
owing to the late Spring, It was not generally 
planted until between May 10 and 15, it has 
made an excellent growth. •* A Subscriber” 
Plain view, Wabasha Co.— Area of wheat 
much less than last year; that of barley some¬ 
what larger. No change in acreage of oats. 
The prolonged drought iu May in j ured all these 
crops. Fife, White Russian and Brook’s are 
the chief varieties of wheat. There's a large 
increase in the acreage of corn, and it looks 
well. Many apple trees were winter-killed. 
No cherries or tame plums will live here. 
Small fruits good, except raspberries, b. c. 
Rice’s, Benton Co.—Wheat acreage 80 per 
cent, larger than last year. Prospect for all 
kinds of small grains, never better. Princi¬ 
pal variety of wheat sown hard Scotch Fife 
and some White Fife. No corn or small fruit 
raised. h. o. 
Missouri, 
Butler, Bates Co.—Acreage of wheat aud 
oats large and prospect average; late wheat 
injured by chinch bugs—Fuliz and Mediterra¬ 
nean. The present prospect for corn is excel¬ 
lent ; acreage one-third above last year's. Ap¬ 
ples a fair crop ; reaches mostly killed—a light 
crop; blackberries, none; raspberries and 
strawberries abundant. b. p. h. 
Jefferson City, Cole Co.—Wheat increased 
acreage 25 per cent; prospect for yield only 
75 per cent., owing to chinch bugs, Hessian 
fly and dry weather. Varieties, Clawson, 
Fultz, Red Chuff, Tappahannock. Oats average 
acreage and prospect. Rye has half last year’s 
acreage and an average yield per acre. The 
prospect for corn is fair, the acreage 80 par 
cent of last year's area. Potatoes, prospect 
good. Apples, one-quarter of a crop ; pears, 
three-fourths; peaches, none but seedlings; 
small fruits abundant. A month ago there weus 
