JUNE 25 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
LATEST CROP REPORTS. 
Continued from page 428. 
Dundkk, Yatea Co.—Wheat la not much more 
than halt a crop ; dry weather In April hurt It— 
Clawson. More rye has heen sown than In a good 
many years ; It looks well, Barley and oats never 
looked better; two-rowed barley and Probsteter 
and “Summer sulf’oats. About the same acreage 
of corn as last year; It la Bmall. Grass tine- what 
there Is or It. Apple crop light. Peach trees are 
loaded with fruit. Of berries there will be an 
abundance. m. s. 
Fisher's,O ntario Co.-Wheat acreage 20 per cent, 
of the farms, or about the usual amount; probably 
less than half a crop—Clawson and red. oat and 
barley acreage 10 per cent, of farms; prospect 100 
per cent. Bye Is a fair average, though hut little 
la sown. Corn and potatoes, the usual amount 
planted—about, to per cent, of the farms to each— 
but It is too early to report on them. Appleprospeet 
very poor; many orchards are ruined by the Army 
worm. But little is done In small fruits, p, a. w. 
Norton Hill, Greene Co,—Crops hereabouts look 
well, except corn which the constant rains have 
kept backward and without cultivation besides 
preventing a larger seedlDg. Winter wheat la 
badly lodged; but oats look splendid. Grass is a 
line crop and new seeding la excellent. Orchard 
fruits will be almost a failure; what was set has 
generally dropped off on account of the rapid 
growth of the trees. w. h. i. 
Open Meadows, Chautauqua Co.—Winter wheat 
was very badly winter-killed; It will not be over 
from one-half to two-thirds of a crop—Clawson 
and Treadwell and a little Log Cabin. Oats and 
barley are very fine. Grass never was better. 
Corn looks very bad Much of it had to be re¬ 
planted on account of the seed not germinat¬ 
ing. Apples and small fruits abundant. No 
peaches. a. n, i>. 
Palermo, Oswego Co.—We live In a dairy sec¬ 
tion. Very little wheat Is raised ; not over 50 acres 
of Winter wheat In our town, and that rather light. 
Owing to the early Winter t here was not as much 
rye sown as usual; a fair crop la expected. Oats 
are looking very fine. The prospect for corn is 
very fair; more planted this season than last. Ap¬ 
ples will be a light crop. Small fruits an average 
one. w. a l. 
New Jersey. 
Patten bubo, Hunterdon Co.—Acreage of wheat 
about same as last year; outlook not so good; but 
the prospects are good for rye and oats. Good 
prospect for corn, with about the same acreage as 
last year. Small fruit crops good. Apples, pears 
and other orchard cropa light. a. s. m. 
IViiiiHyl vnnln 
Belle Vernon, Fayette Co.—Wheat la a good crop; 
acreage larger thuu usual—Fultz mostly, outlook 
for oats good; acreage smaller than usual. No 
barley, and very little rye. outlook for corn not 
very encouraging; an overabundance of rain, and 
tears arc entertained that the corn on all low 
ground will be drowned out; more than that, the 
corn did not. come up well; acreage smaller than 
usual. Appleprospeet not very encouraging fall¬ 
ing off badly Cherries very scarce. Good pros¬ 
pect for raspberries and straw oerrles. Good pros¬ 
pect for a heavy hay crop. m. m. w 
Brookfield, Tioga Co.—The acreage or wheat, 
both winter and Spring, is about on an average 
with previous years; outlook for Winter wheat 40 
per cent, better than last year; for Spring wheat 
about so per cent, better. Oat acreage 10 per cent, 
less than average; prospect 40 per cent, above tast 
year’s. Winter wheat—Clawson, White Diehl; 
Spring wheat Bearded and Mammoth. Oats good 
—White English and Frobsteler. Barley, acreage 
20 per cent, above average; prospect 80 per cent, 
better than last year. Scarcely any rye Is raised. 
Corn acreage below last year s; prospect not good. 
Apples and pears promising. Beach buds killed 
in Winter. Small fruits little raised; what there Is 
looks promising. Grass crop will be nearly doable 
that of last year. jb, h. 
Columbia, Lancaster Co.—Wheat and rye look 
well, the late rains having brought them forward 
wonderfully. Corn la rather short and irregular, 
but It is Improving fast. Potatoes look well—never 
better. Grass is good and growing better, p. b. 
Dalton, Lackawanna Co.—We have had a very 
favorable spring although a little too wet of late. 
Crops are generally very good for this time of the 
year. Grass Is above an average. Wbeat has an 
Increased acreage; mostly Clawson and Fultz; It 
Is looking well. Corn 1s backward on account of 
the wet weather, but It came up well; acreage 
about the same as last year. Potatoes have an 
average acreage; they are looking well with a 
prospect that they will outgrow the bugs, oats 
are looking very One. Kye better than tor several 
years; some fields lodging badly. Apples a fair 
crop but not as large as last year. Pears and 
cherries full crops. Strawberries a large crop; 
other small fruits not cultivated to any great ex¬ 
tent. w. a. n. 
Farminoton, Fayette Co.—Tne acreage under 
small grains 1 b about the same hereabouts as last 
year except wheal, of which a somewhat smaller 
amount was sown—mostly Clawson, though a sort 
called “ White Irish” 1s becoming quite popular. 
The prospect tor all small grains is fair. The out¬ 
look for corn is poor on account of unfavorable 
season and bad seed. Grass, our main crop, Is fine 
and promises an abundance of bay. Apples enough 
for home consumption; peaches a failure, c. p. 
Delaware, 
Milford, Kent Co.—Wheat and corn are the 
principal orops; the acreage of both la equal to 
that of last year The yield of wheat is supposed 
to be short ono-thlrd; many fields arc badly win ¬ 
ter-killed—Fultz and Amber principally. Corn is 
*ooklng,well. Peaches a total failure. Pears a 
small crop. Old apple orchards are full; young 
bearing orchards have a scanty crop. Strawberries 
an over crop; raspberries a fine crop. h. r. k 
Maryland, 
Cambridge, Dorchester co.—Acreage of wheat 
about the same as last year, but the outlook Is not 
so good. Not much oats, rye or barley. Wheat 
and corn are the principal crops. The acreage of 
corn Is about the same as last year; It Is not as 
far advanced as usual; but It la looking well. 
Peach trees along the river are full, but away from 
the river there are none, Plenty of apples, and 
also or small fruits. s. d. a. 
Easton, Talbot Co.—Acreage of wheat about- 
the same as last year. Probable yield about 95 
per cent, of last crop, Longberry and Fultz, the 
chief varieties. Oats, barley, rye, etc., do not 
rank as crops here. Corn looks well; acreage 
about as usual. Peaches will be a light crop. 
Home trees winter-killed. Apples promise a fair 
yield; small fruits will average as usual, h. s. 
Marlboro, Calvert Co.—About the usual acre¬ 
age of wheat and rye; both badly winter-killed. 
Fultz la the most popular variety of wheat. No 
barley. Oats are looking first-rate. About one- 
half of the arable land we plant to corn—nearly 
all the rest to tobacco. Tobacco la followed by 
wheat or rye with clover or, by oats. Com is 
growing finely. Apple and pear trees are heavily 
laden. No peaches and few cherries. Other small 
fruits abundant. w. 21 c. 
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SOUTHERN STATES. 
Virginia. 
charlemont, Bedford Co.—Wheat acreage about 
half as large as last year ; crop poor—mostly Fultz 
and Lancaster. Oats good; area, an average one; 
rye,- ditto. Prospects for com good; a larger acre¬ 
age than last year. Grass not much over half a crop. 
Tobacco acreage very large—all planted, orchard 
and small fruit prospects excellent. 0. b. m. 
Dalkville, Botetourt Co.—Acreage of wheat 
about an average; some good fields ; some sorry 
ones; seems to be filling well, but can hardly be a 
full crop—Lancaster, Fultz and Light-chaff Amber. 
Oats very poor on account of seven weeks’ drought. 
Corn an average acreage; very late. No peaches 
except In a few favored localities. Apples and 
small fruits short. T. c d. 
Fancy Hill, Rockbridge Co—The quantity of 
grain sown m this section ts about a usual aver¬ 
age; prospect for wheat, medium; oats, bar¬ 
ley aad h&y, very short. Great trouble in getting 
a stand of com; prospect tor a good crop not good. 
Acreage of all crops about as usual. Lancaster, 
Fultz and Amber wheat chiefly; Lancaster pre¬ 
ferred. Orchard and small fruits good. w. a w. 
Genlto, Powhatan Co.—some fine wheat, but 
much has been damaged by the fly; not an aver¬ 
age crop. Fultz la the principal variety, oat 
crop much retarded by cool, dry weather; has Im¬ 
proved since late rains. Outlook tolerably good 
tor au average crop. No barley ; very little rye. 
Apple and cherry cropa are quite abundant. 
Peaches scarce. No small trulta cultivated for 
market, small decrease in the acreage of corn, 
out considerable increase in tobacco. t . l. n. 
Moore's stork, Shenandoah co. The outlook 
lor wheat has never been so good; acreage larger 
than last year—principally Key a Prolific, oats 
good. Rye ditto. Barley very little sown. ProH- 
pect, tor corn very favorable; acreage larger than 
last year, orchard and small fruits almost entire 
failures. Grass very fine. 11 The rain it raineth 
every day,” and everything looks very promising. 
D. S. A. 
Norfolk, Norfolk Co. — Corn fair for a late 
Spring. Oats short from dry weather. Apples a 
medium crop. Peaches plentiful. Pears short, 
Chickasaw plums abundant. Strawberries the 
largest crop ever grown. j. b. 
Oakley, Mecklenburg co.—The acreage of wheat 
is about the same as last year; but the outlook is 
about 25 per cent, worse tor a good yield. Nine- 
tenths of our seed Is Lancaster and Fultz and of 
this three-fourths are Lancaster. Of rye and barley 
little is sown, and the outlook tor both Is poor. 
The prospect for corn is bad owing to the late sea¬ 
son and the use of poor seed; acreage a little less 
than last year. The prospect for orchard fruit 1s 
extremely bad. t. b. l. 
VVeat Virginia. 
Ckkedo, Wayne Co.—Acreage of wheat about 
two-tbirds of last year's; prospects poor. Oats about 
one-quarter of the acreage of last year; an entire 
failure. Prospects very poor for corn; many fields 
have been replanted two or three times. Acre¬ 
age about the same os lost year. Orchards do 
not promise much. Grass almost a failure. In 
the middle of June we are in our sixth week 
without rain enough to wet the ground half an 
Inch deep. p. h. 
Farmington, Marlon Co.—The wheat crop ot this 
section Is about 10 to 16 per oent. short ot last 
year's, but the acreage Is Increased about 10 or 16 
percent. Oats are looking extra-fine on last year's 
acreage. Ennooled Oats and White Elephant Po¬ 
tatoes are doing very finely; potatoes generally are 
booming. Farmers had generally their corn to 
plam twice, on account of bad seed, but they have 
a good stand now, andfit is growing rapidly; the 
acreage is slightly Increased over last year’s. 
Apples and pears have a fair prospect. No 
peaches-only a tew trees in this section. Straw¬ 
berries, a good crop, and a fair prospect for all 
small fruits. a. m. t. 
Philippi, Barbour Co,—Wheat Is looking well 
on new land; on worn-out land it is ot;uttle account. 
About the same acreage as last year; but the total 
yield will be from 10 to 20 per cent less than then. 
Fuliz is principally sown. Not many oats sown 
this year; what there lu look well but they are 
late. Corn la looking bad; it came up looking 
weakly and much did not come at all; the season 
Is two weeks late, some farmers at the middle of 
the month were still planting new land and some 
replanting their old land. Cut-worms worse than 
for yeans. About the same acreage planted as 
last year. Plenty of apples and cherries, r. m. t. 
North Carolina. 
Bkookston, Warren Co.—As compared to last 
year, wheat is 60 per cent, less In acreage and 25 per 
cent less in condition—Fultz and “Little Red.” Oats 
about the same as last year. Barley and rye hut 
little grown. Corn promises well; aoreage about 
10 per cent, less than last year. We have promise 
of a wonderfully abundant crop of grapeB. Fine 
growing weather; all crops doing well. m. b. p. 
Fayetteville, Cumberland Co.—Wheat acreage 
about the same as last year; an average outlook. 
The apple crop bids fair to turn out well, very 
few peaches—too much cold weather. j. x. 
Georgia. 
Griffin, Spalding Co.—Acreage of wheat much 
smaller than last year; yield will be good. Oats 
very short m consequence of drought; not over 
half crop. Barley and rye but little sown. Pur¬ 
ple Straw red wheat and red rust-proof oats 
chiefly grown Corn very small but healthy ; the 
long drought damaged It. Acreage 20 per cent, 
larger than last year. But little fru It aside from 
apples which will be abundant. Cotton very 
backward— 30 per cent not up. h. w. mc. w. 
Florida. 
Jacksonville, Duval Co.—No wheat, barley or 
rye. Some rust-proof oats, very little corn raised 
here — mostly Imported. For the principal 
“orchard” crop, oranges, the prospects are favor¬ 
able. Peaches good. Wild pi ums good; ripe now. 
Grapes well set, hut have begun to rot. scupper- 
nong promises well. o. w. n. 
hantr fb, Bradford Co.—No wheat grown here. 
Oats are an average crop. Corn is a good crop. 
No apples are grown here. Peaches, plums, 
quinces are good; small fruits splendid, and our 
orange crop now la good. j. w. d. 
Tallahassee, Leon Co.—No wheat or barley 
raised here. Oats fa lied last year owing to rust; 
few sown this year ; these about all harvested; 
yield light through drought. Rye same as oats. 
Rather more corn planted than last year. Owing 
to late cold in April, followed by eight weeks of 
drought, the crop looks bad. The late rains will 
improve It. Orange trees were either killed by 
frost last Winter or so badly damaged that there 
will be no crop. Very few apples or pears grown 
here; peaches promise well; Le Conte pears are 
now being planted quite extensively. Strawber¬ 
ries about done bearing. Crop short on account 
of drought. j. p. a. 
Alabama. 
Sand Sprino, Limestone Co.—The acreage of 
wheat oats and rye la somewhat larger than in 
former years, (or the cotton growers 01 this coun¬ 
ty are beginning to see the necessity of raising 
their own bread and stock feed. One planter m 
my neighborhood Who lias been putting out 
nothing but cotton and corn each year tor the 
past 30 or 40 (except during the war', baa this 
Spring taken a uew departure, ana sown so 
acres ot oats and the same to Red Clover. The oats 
are now fine and the clover a good stand, and a 
great many others are doing likewise. Wheat 1 s 
better than It has been m the past three years 5 
no rust or fly to hurt; but It la rather thin on the 
ground; we are now in the midst or June and of the 
wheat harvest. The varieties chiefly sown are 
Bowden, some Fultz, and some Mediterranean. 
The prospect for corn la better than usual; acre¬ 
age about the same as last year. Apples and 
peaches are about half a crop. Plums, straw¬ 
berries, raspberries and blackberries are abun- 
dant. w, m. 
Miudulppt. 
Okolana, Chickasaw Co.—Very little wheat, 
barley or rye has been sown through this sec¬ 
tion. Oats are sown to a considerable extent and 
generally look promising, especially the Rust-proof 
Red Oat. Aoreage of corn about the same as last 
year, but the plant Is not so promising. Peaches 
are our principal orchard fruit, and they are all 
lost through frost m Spring. Apples, grapes, 
plums, etc., look well. t. s. b. 
Texas, 
Uvalde, Uvalde Co.—In this county there are 
about 400 acres of wheat—mostly Mediterranean 
—that will average 20 bushels per acre; 200 acres 
of red oats, averaging 45 bushels per acre. The 
corn crop Is good and will be fully 70 per cent, 
greater than last year’s. No orchard or small 
trulls except wild ones. This Is almost exclusively 
a stock country. h. n, d. 
Kentucky. 
Jericho, Henry Co.—Wheat not much over half 
a crop. Oats good. Rye and barley only a little 
more than half crops. Outlook for corn good on 
an Increased acreage. Tobacco almost all sec; a 
large increase of acreage; fine appearance and 
ou tlook. Orchard grass is one of the staple crops of 
this country and there Is a splendid stand, t. m. s. 
Paducah, McCracken Ca—From the best infor¬ 
mation I can gather,only from a third to a half the 
usual acreage was sown to wheat last Fall in this 
dtstrlot, including seven counties, and the yield 
will hardly be over half a crop per acre—chiefly 
Mediterranean and Fultz. Oats look very well 
though they are not a large crop. The corn pma- 
proapeot Is very poor: more thru half the tanners 
had to plow up their flr3t planting and replant, on 
account or poor seed; acreage a little larger than 
last year’s. Only hair a crop of apples. Peaches 
a pretty full crop. Tobacco, one or our chief orops, 
la Buffering severely from drought now—only two 
small showers since May 2 till mid-June, and the 
hottest sort of weather; only half the usual 
acreage Is yet set out, and that Ua3 had a poor 
start, o. w. h. 
Pink Grove, Clark Co,—Acreage to wheat 50 
per cent, above average: will be ready for har¬ 
vesting by June 20 ; developing very badly: the 
fly Is rulnlDg some fields that promised a large 
yield; nearly all look sickly. Fultz succeeded 
well till last year; still It 1 h the only wheat worth 
mentioning that we have had for years. Undoubt¬ 
edly the parasites have the best of the wheat 
crop, and we should “go slow” on wheat until 
further developments. With a good acreage and 
promise :ot large yield barley will be harvested 
before this is read. Small amount, of rye sown ; 
a fair prospect as to yield. Oats little raised, but 
considerable used In feeding Short-horns and 
racers. This Is the section that produces $ 10,000 
cows; Maud 8 ; Longfellow; and it furnished the 
blood for the Derby winner. We had a very back¬ 
ward Spring for plowing, causing corn planting to 
be late; It came up poorly, many fields having to 
be planted over the second time: acreage a good 
average. Tobacco promises well the state over. A 
great deal of hemp is raised here; prospect fair. 
Not as much attention 1s paid to orchards and 
small fruits as should be. Good prospect for all 
kinds. 0 , q, t. 
Trenton, Todd Co.—Wheat la in a crlttcal con¬ 
dition on account of rust; so far It Is mostly con¬ 
fined to the blade. A few who have the earliest 
varieties are harvesting tn the dough state: but 
the hulk of the crop is yet too green. Acreage 
five to ten per cent short; all winter wheat—Fultz, 
Odessa, New York, Amber and Boughton. uats 
and hay short on account of drought. Prospect 
for corn good; acreage the same as last year. We 
have an abundant crop of peaches; very few ap¬ 
ples. We give but little attention to small fruits. 
Tobacco is our staple and main-stay. The out¬ 
look for It at the present time is gloomy, t. n. w. 
Tennessee, 
Bell's Depot, Crockett Co.—Acreage of wheat 
small; prospects gloomy—Bearded Wheat and 
Red Chaff. Corn spotted; acreage about the same 
as last year. Outlook good lor orchard and small 
fruit. 3. j, w. 
Dresden, Weakly Co.—Wheat outlook not very 
favorable on account of drought; acreage unusu¬ 
ally small—Fultz and Red chaff. Oats a wetter crop 
than usual. Rye a medium crop. Prospect for 
corn medium. Harvest prospects poor. Apple 
crop very light, and other orchard fruits corres¬ 
pondingly so. m. si. H. 
Erwin, l'nlcol co.—Wheat looks well; better 
than last year. Acreage about the same as then 
—chiefly Fultz and Lancaster. Winter oats, 
good; spring-sown, light. No barley. Rye light. 
The prospect for corn better than usual; acreage 
larger. Apples scarce. Peaches abundant, small 
fruits good. Harvest will commence about the 1st 
of July. j. b. 
Lincoln, Lincoln Co.—wnear. acreage about the 
same aa last year; prospect at least so percent- 
better—Fultz and Swamp; no Spring wheat. Oat 
acreage 10 per cent, larger; prospect 20 per cent, 
better. Corn prospect generally very good; acreage 
larger than last year. Sorghum acreage much 
larger than last year; prospect mostly good. Ap¬ 
ples eo per cent, leas than last year. Peaches a 
third ot a crop. Grapes a very full crop set. w 3 . 
Roberson Fork, Gilo Co.—Acreage of wheat 30 
per oent. leas than last year—Boughton and Mis¬ 
souri ; yield good. Oat acreage somewhat larger; 
crop looks One. The acreage ot corn Is 20 percent, 
more than last year; looks well where cultivated 
well. A good crop ot peaches. Apples almost a 
failure with all early varieties; a moderate crop 
of late sorts. This is a cotton country; acreage 10 
to 15 per cent, over last year; loots well. d. a. t. 
WESTERN STATES. 
Ohio. 
Bbllefontaine, Logan Co.—The prospect for 
wheat la good; acreage about the same as last 
year—mostly Scotch Fife and Fultz. The outlook 
for com Is not so crood as last season, so many 
planted poor seed. Outlook fair for orchard and 
small fruits. j. e. 
Doylbstown, Wayne Co.—Wheat acreage as 
large as last year, If not larger; the crop la look¬ 
ing very well—as well aa last year—mostly Fultz; 
scarcely any Spring wheat. A smaller acreage of 
oats than usual, on account or the late Spring. 
The prospect for a good crop of corn is pretty fair, 
althougn a good hit of it had to be replanted; the 
acreage la about tbe sameaa last year. There 
will be but few apples, this being the •* off” year. 
Peaches will be a fair crop. Small frult 3 of all 
kinds wlR be plentiful, excepting blackberries, 
which were badly frozen out. f. k. 
Frederlcktown, Knox Co.—Wheat acreage large 
—fully up to last years; prospective yield one- 
fourth to one-third less—chiefly Fultz, with some 
Mediterranean, Clawson, Blue Stem and Glpsey. 
OatB look fine; acreage small. Corn generally 
small owing to wet weather; a large percent¬ 
age had to be replanted: acreage fully up to 
last year’s. Few apples; no peaches; some cher¬ 
ries; no plums; no blackberries; few raspber¬ 
ries. currants and gooseberries; strawberries un¬ 
surpassed la quantity and quality. l. d. w. 
Hartford, Trumbull co.—The acreage of wheat 
la larger than last year, and the outlook Is favor¬ 
able for a large yield. Oats are coming forward 
raptdly since the late rains. Fultz wheat is the 
leading variety, although a considerable area of 
Democrat, Lancaster and other varieties Is sown. 
A great deal of com has had to be re, lanted, and 
cut-worms are badly injuring some pieces; acreage 
fully as great aa List year's Fruit, except pears 
and cherries, Is not plentiful. Strawberries a pretty 
good crop. There are a few peaches ana plums. 
Grapes are setting full. a. *. n. 
