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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JUNE 25 
Neptune, Mercer Co.— Wheat acreage 25 per 
cent, lees than last year: looking well—mostly 
Sea TBland, which yields about 40 per cent, more 
than Fife or any other sort, Oata about the same 
as last season; looking fine. Very little barley 1 b 
sown here; what there Isis doing well. Of corn the 
acreage will be reduced perhaps SO or 40 per cent, 
on account of lateness of season. Potatoes a larger 
acreage and looking well No fruit of any account 
grown here. a. s. 
Tiffin. Seneca Co.—Wheat acreage larger than 
ever before: outlook very good; yet it was hurt 
much by the May drought—Fultz is the best yield - 
er, but we also raise Lancaster, Amber, Glpsey, 
etc. Barley la so little ratsad that II we wanted 
to sow some, we would have to send off for seed. 
Rye ditto—a little raised for the straw only, used 
for tyt eg corn fodder. Oats are an average. Our 
prospect for corn Is very poor; the acreage is 
about the same as last year, out owing to the 
drought in May and poor seed much of it is not 
up yet—June 20. We shall have a fair crop of 
hay. Apples soarce. Peach trees full. A good 
prospect for pears and cherries. Gooseberries and 
currants are leafless—stripped by the worms. 
Blackberries mostly killed. Raspberries are 
good. J. s. 
Twhnty Mile Stand, Warren Oo. Wheat acre¬ 
age two-rbtrds of last year’s; the outlook portends 
a falling oil of one-third In yield also. Some wheat 
fluids were plowed up and sown to rye which crop, 
though small, looks well. Some corn fields are 
looking fine, but some were still unplanted at the 
middle of June -fully half the Crop had to be 
planted over once or twice. Oats look tolerably 
well, but are very short In leaf. Barley will be a 
quarter of a crop; two- thirds of the average acre¬ 
age was sown. During the hot, dry May mead¬ 
ows were nearly burnt up; now we are having 
an excess of rain which prevents corn cultiva¬ 
tion. J. D. 
Indiana. 
Butler, DeKalb Co.—Acreage of wheat, corn 
and oats about the same as last year; outlook or 
wheat about one-third of a crop—Fultz and Lan¬ 
caster mostly. Oats a full crop. Corn ditto; late 
on account of the drought; farmers had to re¬ 
plant. Hay half a crop. Apples a full crop. 
Peaches, none—trees killed by the hard Winter. 
Small fruits one-fourth of a crop. w. o. a. 
Franoesvillk, f ulaskl Co. — An increase of 
wheat; one-fourth winter-killed; the remaining 
three-fourtha will mature about 10 bushels per 
acre it It fills rlght-Fultz and Lancaster; the lat- 
ter does beet. Oats good-common white and 
Norway; the latter by far the best. No barley. 
Rye very good. The prospect for corn Is good, 
fully to per cent, better than last year. Orchard 
products a failure; so are strawberries; other 
small fruits an average crop. w. m. 
Franklin, Johnson oo.—An average acreage ox 
wheat and oats: but a poor prospect for a good 
yield. We shall probably have an average orop of 
corn. Orchard and small fruits scarce, j. m. p. 
Kingsbury, La Porte co.—Wheat ouilook bad ; 
notwithstanding earlier reports. Winter wheat 
will not average over three bushels per aore in this 
county. Not much rye. Oats and barley are poor 
now owing to late severe drought. Prospect lor 
oorn not flattering. Grub-worms and out-worms 
are doing their oesi ana much of the crop will 
amount to but little The acreage will be larger 
than usual owing to the winter-killing of wheal. 
Apples will not be very plentiful. Pears not 
grown to any extent. No peaches. Small fruits 
will be abundant. w. k. h. 
Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co.—Wheat a lull acre¬ 
age, tU mgh the yield will not exceed 25 per cent, of 
last year’s—Fultz. Oata a large acreage; outlook 
very good. Rye a small acreage; outlook good, 
The prospect for corn was never better. Orchard 
and small fruits, a poor prospect. l. k. 
Lebanon, Boone Co.—Wheat will fall a quarter 
short of last year’s crop, corn good on an acreage 
larger than heretofore. Oats poor. .t. r. c. 
Nappaneb, Elkhart Co.—Acreage of wheat oO 
per cent, below last year’s—a fair stand. Area or 
oats TO per cent, less-a good average outlook. 
Acreage of oorn about TO per cent, of last year’s— 
a good prospect. Potatoes an average acreage and 
outlook. Early apples a good orop; lat6, a mid¬ 
dling one. Small fruits a moderate crop. o. b. o. 
Plymouth, Marshall Co. — Acreage of wheat 
about the same as last year; outlook poor—ltcan’t 
possibly make more than half a crop—mostly 
Fultz. Oats middling. Rye Is below an average 
in area and condition. A tolerable outlook for bar¬ 
ley. The acreage of corn its about the same as last 
year; but it Is very backward, and the prospect la 
less encouraging. The outlook for orchard and 
small fruits Is below the average, a. a. l. 
Westville, La Porte Co.—Wheat acreage much 
enlarged, but It Is almost a total failure; will not 
ralte our seed—Egy ptlan and Fultz. Oats look bad. 
No baney and very little rye. Poor prospect for 
corn, though more has been planted than last 
year. Outlook for orchard and small fruits 
gloomy. c. w. o. 
Illinois. 
Alexis, Warren Co. — The acreage of Fall 
wheat Is about the ssme as usual; but the yield 
will not be half an average one. The ordinary 
amount of Spring wheat was not sown on account 
of the lateness of the season; what there is looks 
well. More than an average acreage or oats which 
look wen. Corn is late and its appearance is not 
very promising. Not over a third of a crop of 
apples and halt a crop of email fruits. c. n. t. 
Ashkpm, Iroquois Co.—corn, oats and flax are 
our principal crops; a large acreage of all, and a 
far bitter outlook than at this time last year. 
Grain of all kinds is •* booming ” just now. Prices, 
good; farmers in fine spirit*. m. b. m. 
Du Quoin, Perry Co.—Wheat half a orop—mostly 
Fultz; acreage about the same as last year, Rye 
same as wheat; not much sown. Oats promising. 
Barley, none, corn looks well. Late fruits are 
P°° r - J. E. 
HfLL8Bouo, Montgomery Co. Wheat not over 
one-fourth of a crop; this county was the second 
In the state last year. 'We sow seven-eighths 
Fultz and one-eighth Mediterranean, Prospects 
for corn good; one-half more than last year. Ap¬ 
ples good. Peaches none. “ o.” 
Kankakee, Kankakee Co.—An average acreage 
or winter wheat; it, was injured by the severe 
WiDter and me drought in May, so there will not 
be more than a half crop. Rye came through the 
Winter In good condition, but owing to the drought 
It will not be more than half a crop. Oats and 
grass light, owing to the same cause, corn prom¬ 
ises well on an average acreage. Apples a light 
crop; strawberries fair.- currants and raspberries 
about half a crop; blackberries, none; grapes a 
very light crop. j. M . 
Mazon, nrundy Co Wheat, and barley are not 
raised in this section. The acreage of oats and rye 
Is, I Judge, llii; the outlook for them, owing to an 
early drought and recent rains, is not over 90. The 
prospect for corn, except where the land la too 
low and wet, la very good; the acreage, compared 
with last year, 90 The farmers are converting 
this Into a dairy country ; hence they plant less 
corn and seed down more each year. We have a 
good crop or strawberries, but the prospect tor 
other small rruits is poor, and for orchard fruits 
very poor. The trees blossomed well, out for some 
cause the rruit failed to set . n. w. p. 
Metamora, Woodford Co.—Oats, barley and rye 
are looktng well, Not. much spring wheat sow n. 
Winter wheat looks well, but not, so heavy as last 
year: chiefly Mediterranean, Prospect for corn 
good; the early planting la splendid • tue late 
planting not so good on account, of dry weather 
and cub worms, but the rains of the last week are 
going to make the late corn all right; acreage 
fully as large as last year. Orchard fruits scarce; 
cherries, ditto; berries a ralr crop ,i. p. 
Normal, McLean Co.—Very little wheat sown, 
and that badly winter-killed; will not make more 
than a quarter to half a crop. Corn mostly late 
planted; acreage fully up to last year’s: doing 
splendidly, but will need a late Fall to ripen. Oata, 
rye, grass and potatoes all very promising. Pears, 
apples and cherries nearly a failure. Strawberries 
a fair crop. Blackberry canes Injured on some 
plantations by frost, but where sound they are 
very full. a. d. f. 
Plano, Keuoail co.—Little or no wuear,, elth- 
ei Winter or Spring, and very little rye or barley. 
The acreage of oats la about the same as last year, 
and the outlook is fair. Though oorn Is our main 
crop the acreage is not as large as laBt year on 
account of the lateness of the Spring. Orchards 
and small rnilte u failure. w. h h. 
Stone Ceckch I’. O., Washington Co.—Wheat 
acreage large, but oulook very poor. Timber land 
the best for wheat; several pieces plowed up—Fultz 
and Red sea. Chinch bugs and Hessian fly abund¬ 
ant. Gate looked well, but are drying up. No bar¬ 
ley and rye, except the latter here and there for 
early feeding. Com is suffering for rain; much 
injured by cut-worm: acreage about the same as 
last year. Apples, three-quarters of a crop. 
Peaches, none. Small fruit, ditto. a. m, 
Waterman, DeKaio Co.—No wheat, oat acre¬ 
age one-eighth more than last year; outlook good. 
Very little barley; looks well. Rye, one-twentieth 
more than usual; looks well, oats are our general 
grain orop. Corn acreage about the same as last 
year; prospect very good until recently. .Season 
vfery late We are having a regular June fresnet. 
Apples five per cent, of a crop. Cherries 10 per 
cent. Strawberries will be a fair crop. Raspber¬ 
ries, half a crop. Currants and gooseberries, so 
per cent, of a crop. Blaokberrles, none. j. f. 
Michigan. 
Adrian, Lenawee Co.—The horrible May has 
virtually destroyed our wheat crop and made corn 
very backward. About June 12, the weather became 
favorable and all vegetation jumped. n. r. a. 
Alamo, Kalamazoo Co.—Wheat acreage about 
the same as last year; yield will hardly be over 50 
per cent, of that In isso— Futiz, Clawson and Lan¬ 
caster. Corn prospect good; acreage the same as 
last year. Barley and oats short on acoount of 
drought. b. b. ,r, 
Allegan, Allegan Co.—Acreage or wheat and 
oata about the same as last year. Wheat badly 
Injured ; will yield about 60 per cent, of a full crop, 
chiefly Clawson. Oata look well on account of re¬ 
cent rains. Meadows were somewhat injured by 
the drought In May, but now promise to give an 
average yield. Acreage of corn about the same as 
last year; orop very backward on acoount of the 
late Spring; still we anticipate a full crop. The 
apple crop will be below an average while the 
peach crop is nearly destroyed by the cold Winter, 
except m what is known as the •* Beach Belt ” ad¬ 
jacent to Lake Michigan, which will yield about 
one-third of an average crop. b. k. 
Battle Creek, Calhoun Oo.—We have had a 
backward Sprlug. We shall have about one-third of 
a crop of wheat; acreage about the same as last 
year— Clawson chiefly, corn and other grains 
are looking quite well. Some have plowed up 
Winter wheat ground; more Spring orops than 
usual have been Dut in. Prospects good for a fair 
crop of cherries. A good many pears. Some va¬ 
rieties or apples are full while others, such as 
harvest apples, did not bloom at all. o. b. g. 
Dow&glac, Cass Co.—Wheat acreage about as 
last year—Full z and Clawson : about half a crop. 
Corn looks very well: many had to replant owing 
to poor seed. Oats small but growing finely, 
very little rye or barley. Prospect for apples, 
pears and small fruits good. Cuthbert Raspberry 
wintered finely. b. o. 
Evabt, Orceoia Co.—Wheat acreage about the 
same as last year; outlook poor. Dry weather 
baa injured wheat and grass badly—wheat, Diehl. 
Gold Medal and Clawson. The prospect for com 
is very poor; acreage below last year’s. The out¬ 
look for orchards is fair; but small fruits were 
very much Injured by the cold Winter and dry 
Summer so far. e. o. t. 
Gagetown, Tuscola Co —The acreage of wheat Is 
much larger this year than ever before; the out¬ 
look, bowever. is poor, as the crop was badly win¬ 
ter-killed and the drought too, has hurt it—mostly 
ClawBon, Diehl and Fultz. Barley anil rye very 
little sown. Oats and peas look bad on account 
of tbe dry weather and cold. The acreage of corn 
la larger than last year, but the prospect Is not 
very flattering. As for apples, this la the •* off ’ 
year and very few are expected. Small fruits are 
not. going to be plentiful. Gardens and vegetables 
of all kinds have been hurt by dry weather and 
severe frosts. J. c, 
Lansing. Ingham co.—Acreage of wheat some¬ 
what greater than last year, hut the prospect Is 
poor for over eight bushels per acre. The usual 
amount or oats have been gown, and though rather 
late, they are looking well. Barley and rye are not 
raised to any extent. Clawson and Fultz are the 
leading varieties of wheat, and the white and 
black oats. Owing to poor seed, corn did not 
come up welL but with favorable weather we shall 
have a fair stand. The acreage will not vary 
much from other years. A fair Crop or apples la 
expected: uo peaches: an average crop of cher¬ 
ries, currants, eto., and an abundant crop of ber¬ 
ries. o s. w. 
Marshall, oathouu Co.—There may be In this 
county to,ooo bushels of wheat, and the best in¬ 
formed farmers estimate the crop at only five 
bushels per acre—Clawson and Fultz The out¬ 
look for corn Is good, and the acreage about the 
same as last year. Fruit prospeets are not very 
promising. e. t. c. 
Marshall, Calhoun Co.—Wheat In this county, 
owing to wtnter-kllilng, is not over one-third of a 
crop—mostly Clawson. Com looks well, but 1 b a 
poor stand; acreage not so large as last year. 
Apples and cherries poor. n. f. d. 
Ross, Kent Co.- The acreage of wheat is about 
the same as last year’sfrom the present outlook 
we shall have half a crop—mostly Clawson. Oats 
will be light, lmt as good as last year. Barley and 
rye are grown only by a tew farmers. Meadows 
fine. The prospect for corn la good, with the ex¬ 
ception of lis being about two weeks late; the 
acreage about the same as last year’s; yellow dent 
generally grown. The outlook tor the orchard and 
small fruits is good. d. v. h. 
Shelby, Oceana Co.—Wheata creage about one- 
fourth more than last year; prospect for about a 
third of a crop—Glpsey and Clawson. Corn about 
an average amount; very backward, chiefly on 
account of poor seed. Oat area the same as usual; 
looks fine. What barley la In presents a fine ap¬ 
pearance. Little rye; poor outlook. An average 
area of potatoes, which look well. Apples and 
peaches one-third of a crop; small fruits two- 
thirds or a crop ; cherries scarce. j. g. p. 
Warren, Macomb Co.—The prospect tor wheat 
Is unfavorable; some farmers have plowed It 
tender and sown the fields to oats or planted them 
to corn; much that Is standing now Is hardly worth 
harvesting; Clawson is chiefly sown. Prospect for 
corn and oats good. Barley and rye not much 
sown. light crops of apples and small fr uita. n. b 
Iowa, 
Atlantic, Cass CO.— Wheat acreage It) per cent, 
larger than last year; appearance excellent for a 
large crop. Odessa, Rio Grande, Australian and 
White Russian take three-fourths of the ground 
sown to wheat. Com Is Bmall and not over three- 
quarters of a stand; acreage 10 per cent, smaller 
than usual. Corn and hope are our main cropB, 
and as the former Is Ukely to be poorer than for 
several years, It la notlmprobable that we shaU 
be In a worse plight than we have experienced In 
that time, so far as crops are concerned, w. c. w. 
Corydon, Wayne Co.—Not much wheat grown 
hereabouts; not as good a wheat county as 
farther north, and cblnob bugs of late years have 
made It au uncertain and unprofltable crop. Oats 
do well and are grown extensively. The Spring 
sowlDg gives promise of a line crop—yield, with 
fair tillage, 50 bushels per acre; acreage about one- 
eight of improved ground. Barley does well but 
Is not grown to any great extent—probably not 
more than one-tenth as much acreage as of oats. 
The eame may be said of rye, only that there Is 
probably twloe as many acres raised as of barley 
Corn prospect fair, though owing to the late 
Spring and the ravages by the cut-worm and wire- 
worm, It is not as good as last year at this 
rime; acreage about the same as then—prob¬ 
ably about one flttb of the land under improve¬ 
ment. This la not as good a com country as far¬ 
ther weBt and northwest In the State; but better 
for grass ; grazing and stock-raising are on the in¬ 
crease. The raising of timothy seed for shipment 
Is also an enterprise that Is yearly commanding 
more attention among farmers. Orchard outlook 
fair to good, though net equal to last year’s. Small 
fruits better than ever before. j. w. 
Cresoo, Howard Oo.—Not one-fourth the usual 
amo'i nt of wheat was sown and it looks poorly— 
chiefly Lost Nation and Sea Island, Oats have 
about double the usual acreage and look well. 
Barley, with about double the usual acreage, is 
looking very poorly. The prospect for corn Is good 
and the acreage one-third more than last year. 
Prospect for fruit very unfavorable. c a. si. 
Dubuque, Dubuque Co.—Wheat nearly all win¬ 
ter-killed and the land replanted with oats and 
corn; consequently there Is a much larger area of 
these two orops than usual, and they are looking 
tine. Wheat, Odessa, Clawson, White Russian, 
etc. Some Russian White oats have been sown 
and are very promising. Corn—Blount, Cheater 
County dent, etc. Rye medium; barley, ditto. 
Apples (this is the “ off ” year) a light crop; 
strawberries and raspberries not, half a orop 
Grapes look well. h. b. s. 
Lost Nation. Clinton Co.-very little of either 
Winter or Spring wheat—not enough for home 
consumption. What little winter wheat was sown 
was nearly all frozen out last WiDter. Spring 
wheat does not look well. The varieties mostly 
grown here are for Winter, Fultz. Grass, Odessa, 
and White Pola—the last named my father Intro¬ 
duced In this part of the country two years ago, 
It Is the hardiest winter wheat I ever Haw. For 
Spring, the White Russian, Odessa and Grass are 
mostly sown. Rye looks well and always yields 
well, but there Is not much sowo. The prospect 
for oats 18 good, We are always sure of a gool crop 
of oats here; acreage about the same as last year. 
The outlook for corn Is not very good, it was all 
planted very late. Potatoes are doing well. Acre¬ 
age a little larger than last year, corn is our 
main crop. Grass looks very well. The prospects 
for fruit of all kinds are very poor; all small fruits 
not covered with snow or otherwise protected 
last Winter, were frozen to the ground, just as 
soon as apple trees are old enough to bear they 
commence to die. B 
Norway, Benton Co—Acreage of wheat about 
one-tentb less than last year: outlook poor. The 
yield of com per acre will not,, most likely, be over 
half as mueb as Usual, and the acreage Is one- 
flfth less. Orchard and small fruits won’t give 
more than a quarter or a crop. c. o. v. 
Russell, Lucas Co.—But little wheat is sown 
here-less this year than usual; prospect not very 
good. Oats have an average acreage, and outlook 
fl ne. Hardly an average bread th of rye; it Is light, 
corn, our main crop, has an average acreage, but 
the outlook for a yield la not encouraging, it is 
late and much of it had to be replanted. Flax 
Is being sown more extensively than hereto- 
o. w. r. 
Stanton, Montgomery Co.—Wheat la late and 
has only a small acreage — Odessa aDd Grass. 
More oats than usual were sown, and the outlook 
is good. The little amount of rye sown looks 
well. Corn area the same as last year; but the 
planting has been very late. Frulrs of all kinds 
will be more plentiful than usual, except cherries 
and plums, which will not turn out well. j. f. 
Villihoa, Montgomery Co.—The acreage of 
small grains Is a fair average, but, owing to a very 
late and wet spring, with some very hot, dry 
weather, the ground is in bad condition and tbe 
outlook below an average. Spring wheat Is yellow 
with rust, and we don’t raise any of the Winter 
sort. Rye looks fair. Of corn, our main crop, 
there is not muon over half a stand, after most of 
it has been planted two or three times—damaged 
seed the chief drawback. All through this section 
no crops will be raised on low lands. a. 
Wellman, Washington c'o.~ Only about one- 
half the farmers have sown any wheat this year— 
Odessa and Mammoth Tea. More oats sown than 
ever known. Very Httle barley and rye—large 
yields where sown. Prospect fair for all the above. 
Prospect for oorn Is very good-not all planted yet 
in nearly mid-June; acreage very large. About 
half a crop of orchard fruits. Good prospect for 
all small fruits except cherries. k. b. s. 
Wisconsin. 
Arcadia, Trempealeau Co.—An average acreage 
of wheat, which la damaged by chinch bugs. For 
winter wheat we so w Spring Red Chaff tn the Fall, 
and it does remarkably well; tor Spring our chief 
sorts are Fife, Club, Red Chaff, White Russian. 
Oats are a large acreage and No. i in condition. A 
large area Is under barley, but It la being damaged 
by Insects. Corn acreage much larger than usual, 
and the stand looks splendid. Grass never looked 
better; haying begins June 20 . Few orchards 
here; but small fruits will be abundant, f. a. r. 
Beaver Dam, Dodge Co.—outlook for wheat 
good; almost all Wloter; Spring wheat sown 
where the Winter was killed out. Varieties, Fultz 
and Clawson. Oats and barley a large acreage; 
hath look well. A large acreage of corn—more 
than last year; middling outlook. No orchard 
fruits. A large crop or strawberries and raspber¬ 
ries. our currant bushes ware almost all killed 
by worms last year; those that survived have a 
good crop. w. e. b. 
Cascade, Sheboygan Co -Acreage of Winter wheat 
more than double that of last year ; about one- 
third of It has been plowed up, and fully one-thtrd 
more is almost worcniess; the other third Is fair, 
but very late, and in danger from rust and in¬ 
sects. Owing to the failure of Spring wheat tor 
two years scarcely any was sown the past spring. 
White Russian Is commonly Bown in the Fall and 
Fifelntne Sprlog, Acreage of rye three times 
larger than last year; yield about halt as much 
per acre. Area under barley double that or 1880 ; 
prospect, good. Oats ditto, ditto. An average 
acreage under com; owing to cold weather and 
bad seed some had to be planted three times, and 
then plowed up and Bowed to buckwheat. Grass, 
old seeding good; new, scarcely hair a crop. 
Apples rather soarce; cherries plentiful. Small 
fruits abundant, except raspberries, which were 
badly winter-killed. G. L . 
Deansvllle, Dane Co.—Winter wheat looks very 
poor, muoh of It having been winter-killed; Spring 
grain la thin on acoount of the late season and dry 
weather; but with the recent rains the proepeot Is 
fair for a medium crop. Oorn Is late, but looks 
well and bids fair for a good crop; acreage prob¬ 
ably a third larger than usual. Very few apples. 
Small fruits, with the exception of blackberries, 
promise well j. k. p. 
Mequon, Ozaukee Co.—Only the usual number of 
acres were bowh to wheat he reaboutst bis Spring— 
Fife and Russian; It looks well; Winter wheat 
has been “played out” here tor the last 20 or 25 
years, with very few exoeptlocs. Barley, 60 per 
cent, or upward more then last year; looks well. 
OatB (white and yellow kinds), 60 per cent, 
more than usual; promise well. Rye seven- 
eighths winter-killed; but In the best years we 
raise hardly enough for home use. Hay better 
