LATEST REPORTS, 
NE W YOR K. 
North Lawrence, N. Y., Aug. 14. 
The corn crop in this section is good, it is well 
cared for. and pi onuses now to give a good yield 
of sound corn. Wheat and oats have done well in 
this section. The yield of hay has for the moBt 
part been very heavy. The potato, of all crops, 
has all through the season given the most un¬ 
easiness; the ixtreme earhuessof the season led 
some to plant in March and April, and those 
fields were hilled by fioet in May, a great many 
potatoes also failed to germinate, and bad to be 
replanted. The beetles came early, and so nu¬ 
merous were they, that people have had to work 
hard to save the crop. Some hand-pick, or 
knock them off, while others use Paris-green, 
but the hug doesn’t care which way we try to kill 
him. It is very uncertain how the potato crop 
will turn out in this section. We have had a 
great deal of raiu within the past month, and all 
lands, whether high or low, are wet; hence it is 
feared that potatoes will rot badly. The apple 
crop is very good, and we have good plums, we 
used ashes on our plum trees. Pastures are &b 
fresh as they were in June. It is very warm, 
and we don’t see any signs of fair weather. 
_ A. H. 
Carlisle, Schohaile Co., N. Y., Aug. 14. 
The hay crop was above an average in quan¬ 
tity, but the quality was not as good as usual; 
rainy weather ripened much before made, and 
much was damaged after being out. Winter 
grain was good. There were many nice fields of 
wheat iu this county. Spring grain of all kinds 
is below an average, spring rains having dam¬ 
aged tne crops a good deal, and the rains in July 
causing them to rust. Potatoes will be a very 
poor orop—not that the beetles have injured 
them, lor that is not allowed—but the season 
has not been right fur them. Corn looks well; 
the growth of stalks is heavy, but the corn is 
two weeks later than last year. Buckwheat looks 
fine at present. Hops are not half a crop in 
quantity, and many are complaining of rust on 
them already, I saw one yard to-day looking as 
though it was honey-dewed ; small fruit were a 
failure. Tiiere will be a fair crop of apples; 
Borne orchards are quite heavily laden, while 
others have but very few. Eutter is seliiug for 
twelve and fourteen cents per pound. Cheese 
nets t he patrons of the factory between six and 
seven cents per pound. h. j. s. 
Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y., Aug. 18. 
The crops t-ken as & whole, in this section, 
are consid red above an average, as compared 
with the last five years. Oats and grass are con¬ 
siderably above an average. Corn a little late, 
but an average; an early frost may injure it. 
Potatoes, a light crop. Barley, heavy kerne), 
and an average growth. Apples, very wormy, 
rather small, and a light yield. Pears a light 
yield. These Delaware hills are a dairying re¬ 
gion ; comparatively little corn is raised here. 
Hay has to he stacked out this season on account 
of the quantity of it. a. t. m. 
Orient, Suffolk Co., L. I.. Aug. 14 1878, 
Crops here, are for the most part good. A 
large yield of wheat and t ats, plenty of apples, 
bur few pears. Late potatoes are looking nicely, 
early ones are of fair size and of most excellent 
quality. Corn is very promising in this im¬ 
mediate locality, but westward through South- 
hold, Peconic and at other places on the east end 
of the island, the Grub-worm is doing an im¬ 
mense amount of injury, insomuch that some 
fields will not yield over 20 bushels per acre. 
One farmer rtcently took 66 of these worms 
from one hill of corn. A. j. b. 
New London, Oneida Co., N. Y. Aug 16 1878, 
The corn crop, barring some accident, will 
be above the average. Potatoes rather poor, 
especially the early planted ones. The late 
ones may do better with favorable weather. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
West Greene, E.le Co., Pa , Aug. 10,1878. 
Th». corn crop iu this vicinity promises to be 
fair; it is of larger growth than it has been for 
several years past. Wheat and grass, good, 
both more than an average crop; wheat about 
26 bushels per acre. Apples and potatoes are 
nearly a failure; potatoes very small and but 
few in a hill. Oats about an average crop. 
._ B. B. 
Delmar, Tioga Co., Pa., Aug. 14. 
The corn crop iu this vicinity will not be over 
thr>.b fuurths of an average. No fruit, except 
on high ground, a few apples. The hay crop is 
uncommonly heavy. Oats, wheat and buck¬ 
wheat fine. A. H. s. 
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WESTERN STATES. 
Bethel, Clermont; Co„ Ohio, Aug. 14, 
The corn crop will not be more thau two-thirds 
what it Usually is, to take the county over. 
There ure soiue exceptions, of course. The 
weather has been very wuui, and there was not 
suffijieiit iaiu at the right tune to make a good 
crop, but we have no reason to complain for the 
loss of it, as we have had very good crops of 
wheat and oats, and in fact, of almost every 
thing whioh iB produced in this part of the 
country, except potatoes; of them both early and 
late, there will be a short orop. We have had an 
abundance of all kinds of fruit, the products 
being so plentiful, the prices would not pay for 
the trouble of marketing. e. f. a. 
Bennett's Corner's, Medina Co., O., Aug. 16. 
Weather hot and dry. Corn was backward, 
but now bids fair for a good yield. Winter 
wheat and oats good; spring wheat injured by 
the fly. The bug and dry weather in July almost 
ruined the potato; the crop will be nearly a fail¬ 
ure. Apples, pears, and peaches are abundant, 
early varieties deoaying on the trees, j. a. b. 
Chatham, Medina Co., Ohio, Aug. 14. 
The crop of corn in most of the county is bet¬ 
ter than last year, but there has been so much 
rain that the oorn on the river bottoms is badly 
injured, and also the potatoes. The oat crop is 
nearly one-fourth better than last year. Wheat, 
an abundant crop; hay, a very heavy orop. 
_ w. H. M. 
Hanoverton, Col. Co., O., Aug 16. 
Harvest is over. Wheat, a good orop in thiB 
section; hay is a large one ; oats are exoellent; 
corn is a good stand on the ground, but is late, 
not much of it in roasting-ears yet. Fruit 
plenty. _ e. b. 
Pknnville, Jay Co., Ind., Aug. 18 , 
The prospect for the corn orop iu this section 
is good. Wheat better than common, average 
23 bushels per acre. The largest oat crop ever 
raised in the county. Potatoes injured by the 
heavy rains for the last four weeks. A heavy 
crop of hay, bat, owing to the rainy weather, it 
did not get saved welL Apples and peaches 
Bcarce; plenty of small fruit; the worms are 
taking the cabbage ; there are several remedies 
given, but none proves effectual. m. o. w. 
La Fayette, Tippecanoe Co,, Ind., Aug. 15 . 
The crops are above average as follows:— 
Corn, 26 per ceDt. ; wheat, 76 per oent.; oats 
are medium ; small fruits are and have been 60 
per oent. above average. Potatoes are an ave- 
age crop. Orchard produce 26 per oent. below 
average. l. k. 
'Colon, 8 t. Joseph Co., Mich,, Aug. io, 1878. 
At this date the corn orop never bid fairer for 
a large yield. Apples—abont half the orchards 
are full; some badly injured by May frost; fine 
quality; no worms this year. Wheat crop is 
good ; farmer’s price, seller’s, $1 per bushel. 
Oats is a fair crop. Southern Michigan is hard 
to beat, hardly ever a failure in any orop. Some 
peaches; plenty of pears; only a few grapes, and 
these only where protected from frost. Farm¬ 
ers in general are going into mixed farming, 
raising wool, hogs, peppermint, etc. w. h. o. 
Lincoln, Mason Co., Mich., Aug. is. 
The prospects for the oorn crep ere excellent 
iu this part of the county. While riding through 
the county a distance of fourteen miles, last 
week, I noticed a great many fields and they all 
looked uniformly good. But we are having 
some dry weather just now, and if it should 
continue a week or two longer, it would mate¬ 
rially hurt the earing. m. w. 
Battle Ckeek, Calhoun Co., Mich., Aug 15th. 
The corn crop bids fair for an average one 
in this section of the country, The fruit pros- 
peotB are very poor. M. 8. b. 
Quincy, Adam’s Co., Illinois, Aug. 18. 
The corn crop in this section seems to be fair 
but rather below the average, A bail storm in 
the spring damaged the fruit crop very much. 
There will be no apples to speak of. o. s. h. 
Salem, Kenosha Co,, Wls., Aug. 13. 
The corn orop will not be an average one, 
owing partly to the drought, but the spring was 
cold, and very rainy, so that it was late in start¬ 
ing a healthy growth. Oats and grass are ex¬ 
cellent, and there were no winds and rains to 
throw them down. Potatoes are very poor, the 
tops are dying, and the tubers are few and small. 
I suppose this failure must be owing to want of 
rain at the proper time. The wheat orop is very 
light in this section, the failure being probably 
due to bo many days of extreme heat. The 
earth is more like stone than like the soil, as it 
Bhould be, for anything to grow. All kinds of 
fruit trees bloomed beautifully, and promised an 
abundant yield ; hut, l.ke many fair prospects, 
there is but a portion of fulfillment, there are but 
few apples. 1 believe the buds were blighted by 
the cold rain, and last winds, and the frost in 
the spring. The strawberry crop was very light 
in this section, but raspberries were very good. 
Dabien, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, Aug. 13. 
Corn promises well, a little withered, but a 
heavy growth and good weather. Southern 
Wisconsin and northern Illinois, promise a large 
orop. Wheat poor, half a crop; oats and barley 
good. Potatoes light, small, and few in a hill. 
Hay crop, heavy. Wheat was injured by 
the extreme hot weather, and heavy showers. 
In some localities it was an average crop, in 
others, hardly worth harvesting. Apples, few 
and far between. The average, of course, I 
think, is less than last year. z. h. 
ahcadia, Trempealeau Co., Wls. Aug. 14,1878. 
Wheat, one-half crop ; No. 2 oats are a good 
crop; barley, good yield but bleached; corn 
looks well now; there is but little grain raised 
here. Fruit was all killed by the frosts. 
F. A. B. 
Pella, Marlon Co., Iowa Aug. 16,1878. 
Cobn and potatoes are needing rain pretty 
badly just now in this immediate vicinity. We 
are on the divide between the Desmoines and 
Skunk Rivers. They are about eight miles apart. 
It has been raining a good deal south of us 
lately, but on the divide it is getting quite dry. 
Corn was put iu in good time and good condi¬ 
tion ; it is a good stand, and I think the pros¬ 
pects are better than they have been at this 
time for three years. t. n. h. 
Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa, Aug. 14. 
The prospeots for our corn crop are most flat¬ 
tering, especially if frost holds off yet ten or fif¬ 
teen days. Wheat is generally a light yield and 
poor quality. Oats fully an average crop. Rye 
good, but little sown. Flax good. No barley. 
OrasB heavy. No winter wheat in this section. 
Fruit scarce because of late spring frost and for 
want of orchards. Farming community gener¬ 
ally in good spirits and prospering. h. b. w. 
Clarence, Cedar Co., Iowa, Aug. 15. 
Wheat,five to fifteen bushels per acre, injured 
by rust and chinch bug. Oats, fifty bushels per 
acre, splendid, Barley, 30 to 40 bushels peraore. 
Corn promises well, where not injured by chinch 
bug. Potatoes poor, small. Apples soarce, 
Small fruit, poor crop; fruit-eating birds, ditto. 
Timothy, heavy on high ground, light on low 
ground. h. b. 
Howard Lake, Wright Co., Minn., Aug. 13. 
The appearance of the oorn crop, is, that there 
will be an extra one. Have never known it bo 
good in the last twelve years. The prairies, 
doubtless, suffer more from recent winds, than 
we do in the “ Big Woods.” Fruit in this region 
promises only about two-thirds of a crop, al¬ 
though apples in Borne places are bending the 
trees to the ground, other trees have none. 
Grapes are much the same in amount, probably 
an average yield. Wild ones, mostly, if not all, 
killed by that noted froBt in May. Also wild 
plums were killed as a general thing, but ber¬ 
ries have been abundant. Minnesota is remark¬ 
able for its wild fruits and berries. a. a. 
Hopkins, Minn., Aug. 18. 
The corn crop of this section is looking excep¬ 
tionally good; the ears are large and well filled ; 
a very heavy orop is expected. Oats are yield¬ 
ing from forty to sixty-five bushels. Wheat is 
very poor, ten to twenty bushel*), and No. 2 is 
hard to get. A. E. b. 
Brownville, Nemaha Co., Neb., Aug. 13. 
The prospect for oorn in this county is splen¬ 
did. There is a large increase in the area 
planted to this orop and the yield will be im¬ 
mense. Winter wheat is now being threshed, 
and seme has already been sold; spring wheat 
has been considerably damaged by rust, the loss 
being estimated at about one-third. Nearly one- 
half the oat crop will be a loss from the same 
cause. Potatoes, cabbages and all vegetables, 
as well as appleB, peaches and small fruit, are 
abundant. w. l. n. 
Carlisle, Eaton Co., Neb, Aug. u. 
The corn crop in our vicinity is not as good as 
usual. The heavy rams in the spring delayed 
planting, and the severe drought of the last four 
weeks has injured it a good deal. Wheat and 
oats were both good. Wheat not as good qual¬ 
ity as UHual, however. Our fruit prospect is 
fair for peaches, but very few appleB on the 
trees. Grapes were so hurt by tbe frost, that 
they will not amount to much. It is raining to¬ 
day, and the early corn will be a fair crop. 
f. w. E. 
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SOUTHERN STATES. 
Chapel Hill, Orange Co., N. C., AugUBt I8tb. 
The cool, damp weather of the earlier part of 
the season injured nearly all the crops. The 
corn suffered, also, from cut-worms—in some 
places the farmer finding it difficult to get a 
stand. The summer has been very unfavorable, 
particularly to the corn. In much of the State of 
N. 0. In June and July there was a great deal 
of dry weather, and the boat was intense. But 
about the main crisis the rains began and have 
continued, at short intervals, up to the present. 
The Corn was, apparently, much damaged by 
the drought; but the improvement has been re¬ 
markable. Even the early corn shows promise 
of recovering, to a groat extent, from its injur¬ 
ies. The later corn is flourishing. The crop 
has been well cultivated, and hence its rapid re¬ 
covery from the dry woather. There is, at pres¬ 
ent, a cheering prospect of a sufficient yield of 
this indispensable cereal for the wants of the 
whole State, 
The Wheat turns ont very d iscouragingly; 
While it has done exceedingly well in a few 
counties, it will average little, if any, over two- 
thirds of a good crop in the State. The rust 
was a leading cause. The yield of Oats is better 
than wheat, but considerably below a good crop. 
Tobacoo has suffered from drought, and from 
various causes, the crop will, probably, be much 
short of a full one. Part of the best tobacco 
district has recently been visited by a very de¬ 
structive bail storm. Cotton has been damaged, 
but BhowB hopeful growth since the rains. 
From every part of the State the reports show 
an extraordinary product of Irish potatoes. All 
varieties have done well thiB season, remarkably 
well. 
Sweet Potatoes are just beginning to seek 
the market freely. They will be in great abun¬ 
dance. The apples and peaches have disap¬ 
pointed us in both quantity and quality. The 
froBts destroyed them in some districts; while 
elsewhere, a peculiar blight, or insect on the 
leaves, or the “ worm i’ the bud,” or sheer ex¬ 
haustion from last year’s heavy yield, or some¬ 
thing else, damaged (if not destroyed,) what the 
frosts spared. 
Many farmers are experimenting with golden 
millet and chufas. As to the former, I am quite 
sure that it does not equal red clover and Or¬ 
chard-grass, on the same land, In this seotion. 
The difference is, In part, compensated by the 
fact that the millet comes so much sooner, can 
be cut Bevera) times in tbe year in whioh it is 
sowed. 
At this writing the earth is thoroughly satu¬ 
rated, and the rains appear to be general. The 
signs augur much wet weather. The planters 
find an unexpected enemy in the abundant and 
rapidly growiDg grasH, but it cannot do bo much 
harm now. The season is timely for the turnip 
orop. In haBte, 
A. W. M. 
Brookston, Warren Co., N. O. 
Seasonable rains are now improving our crop 
prospects. A large area under wheat, with a 
lower yield per acre, made the total number of 
bushels about the same aB last year. Corn is 
now mostly in the milky state, and these fre¬ 
quent rains will insure a full average crop. 
Cotton suffered from cold duriDg May and a 
part of June, though a good stand was secured, 
and the weather beiug favorable for the subju¬ 
gation of grass aud weeds, onr fields are remark¬ 
ably olean, aud the plantB are setting extremely 
full of balls. At this time planters are cheered 
with the prospeot of a fair average crop. Prob¬ 
ably there is not more thau one-fifth the acreage 
in tobacco that there was iu 1877; what there is 
looks fine. Sweet potatoes, beets, turnipB, cow- 
peas, etc,, are doing well. The third growth of 
clover is starting finely. Fruit orop various— 
many heavy crops, though some others light or 
total failures, owing to local causes, suoh as 
neglect, frost, hail, rot, etc. Prioes realized for 
fruit generally satisfactory. m. b. o. 
Alston, Fairfield Co., 8 . O. 
The crops are the best we have had in this 
county for years. n. r. s. 
Boone Co., Ky., August 10,1878. 
The corn orop in this part of Kentucky will 
not be an average one, it ib thought. The ex¬ 
cessive heat dried the silk prematurely, and the 
grains are not filling ont evenly. As to apples, 
the yield is a very fair one, while with the dam¬ 
son plum it is somewhat over the average. 
Trees of the large blue plum, and those of the 
wild red ones, have been excessively laden. 
V. s. o. 
Glasgow, Barren Co., Ky,, Aug. 10. 
Cobn crop in this seotion of Kentucky has 
Buffered for rain; we need rain now. The oorn 
orop will be, perhaps, but little better than two- 
thirds of a good average crop. e. y. k. 
Newport, Campbell Co., Ky., Aug. 13th. 
J ubt now a threatening drought prevails in 
this section. Unless rain should fall plentifully 
In a few days, but little corn will be raised. Ap¬ 
ples and other fruits moderate in quantity. 
Eau Gallie, Fla., August Vi, 1878. 
Hebe, on Indian River, crops have this year 
been exoellent. Orange trees have made a fine 
growth aud the orop will be very large. Pine¬ 
apples are found to do splendidly here and are 
receiving a great deal of attention. Grape cul¬ 
ture also is attracting unusual attention here¬ 
abouts; Roger’s Hybrids doing excellently, espe¬ 
cially Goethe, Bees do well here, gathering 
large quantities of honey from thiH Flowery 
Land, and needing no feeding in winter. The 
cultivation of sugar-cane has lately been ex¬ 
tensively entered upon with very satisfactory 
resultB. Many are alBo planting groves of 
guavaB and bananas, and both are doing very 
well; the banana bunches being vory large and 
the fruit well filled. A very large crop of sweet 
potatoes was put iu, and they are doing remark¬ 
ably well. T. Ht. s. 
Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ua., Aug. 14,1878. 
The oorn orop of this county is but 06 per 
oent. of a good crop at this time ; but in conse- 
