Vol XLT. No. 1690. 
NEW YORK, JUNE IT, 1882. 
PRICE FIVE CENTS, 
S2.00 PER TEAR, 
[Entered according to Act of Congrena, to the year 1882, by the Rural New Yorker, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
What will the Harvest Be ? 
WHEAT. 
Acreage as large as in isso. Cron fully as heavy. A 
probable increase of 75,1 'MI.IICKj to 1U0,000.000 bush¬ 
els over last year. Season very favorable to 
Winter wheat and destructive to 
Chinch bugs. Unusually Bniall In¬ 
jury from Insect posts. Latest 
reports from Spring wheat 
region highly promising. 
CORN. 
Owing to cold, wet weather, planting very late. Con¬ 
siderable replan ting on account of rotting of seed. 
Acreage as yet undetermined; probably 
greater than last year. Latest Reports 
more favorable as to condition and area. 
BARLEY. 
A somewhat larger acreage and crop. Increase 
clileily in California, Iowa, Wisconsin and Da¬ 
kota. Total crop probably 43,000,UUO bush¬ 
els, against 41,000, Out) in 1881, and 
44,0X1,000 In 18S0. 
POTATOES. 
The largest acreage and probably the heaviest yield 
ever known. The Rckal’s prediction that po¬ 
tatoes will lie n drug in the market, 
likely to be fulfilled. 
GRASS. 
A fair crop everywhere, hut rather late. An abun¬ 
dant hay crop. Clover short, owing to 
poor catch last Fall. 
COTTON. 
A considerable decrease In acreage, owing to floods 
and a poorer condition than usual, owing to 
cold rains. Aggregate yield probably 
500,lAiO bales less than last year. 
TOBACCO. 
An increased acreage and a fair stand. 
OATS. 
An Immense yield ; probably 420,000,000 bushels. 
RYE. 
The largest acreage and heaviest crop ever raised. 
Probably 25.(HiO,fi‘ 0 against 20,ooo,(X)u last year 
.und 15,000,000 the year before. 
EASTERN STATES. 
Maine. 
Damartscotta, Lincoln Co.—Acreage of 
wheat about the same as last year; prospect 
favorable; no Winter wheat in this region. 
Rye and oats little sown. Barley more sown 
than usual; seed barley scarce and high. Grass 
for hay is looking well, and but little winter- 
killed. Indian corn about the same acreage 
as last year; not up yet. Potatoes a little 
larger acreage than usual; early planted just 
coming up; no beetles yet. Apple trees have 
not blossomed yet; not many buds on them. 
Pears looking well; not many raised here. 
The season is very cold and wet; no one is 
done planting. Cattle will hardly get their 
living on the pastures. c. b. w. 
Dknnysville, Washington Co.—No Win¬ 
ter wheat sown here. Spring wheat has an 
average acreage. Oats average acreage- just 
sown. Barley just sown, acreage double last 
year’s. Corn not planted. Potatoes not up; 
average acreage. n. o, a. 
Elliot, York Co.—Area of wheat in the 
town about 30 acres; rye 40 acres; oats 50 
acres, lorley 70 acres; Indian corn 00 acres, 
potatoes 150 acres. Pear trees have blossomed 
well. Baldwin apple trees have very few 
blossoms. The prospect for hay is good; also 
for all other crops, excepting apples. Q. a. h. 
Herman, Penobscot Co.—Winter wheat 
not grown in this section; Spring wheat but 
little sown. Grass for hay is our main crop. 
The average yield per acre for the State is 
about nine tenths of a ton per acre. Indian 
corn not much grown. Potatoes are second 
only to hay in importance; are just being 
planted. They average about 250 bushels per 
acre Oats rank next in importance. A 
very large acreage has been sown; average 
yield 35 bushels per acre. Apples in this sec¬ 
tion will not be much this year, it being the 
“odd” year. Pears not many grown. This 
has been a very cold, backward Spring, 
though grass is looking well for this time of 
the year. It is too early in the season to judge 
what the prospect is for crops as many farm¬ 
ers have not finished planting yet. F. 0. B. 
Lagrange, Penobscot Co.—Spring very 
backward. Much sowing and planting not 
yet done. Acreage of wheat small. Spring 
wheat sown May 1, is up and looking well. 
No Winter wheat. Oats sown and up; look 
well. Barley sown late in this section. No 
rye sown. Grass looking well. Corn not 
yet all planted; none up. Potato acreage 
small. Apple trees just leafing out. m. n. 
Skowhegan, Somerset Co.—Not as much 
wheat sown this year as last. Probably not 
half the farmers have sown any, and those 
that have, not enough for their own use. 
Quite an increase in oats and barley, but our 
recent heavy rains are doing much damage on 
low lands. Grass has made great improve¬ 
ment of late, and although winter-killed in 
some places, it bids fair to be more than an 
average crop. Planting is very much delayed 
on account of the rains; many have not yet 
put iu any corn or potatoes, hut most of the 
farmers have their ground ready, and will 
plant as soon as it dries off. Indian corn not 
much planted; sweet corn for canning taking 
its place, But few are planting potatoes 
more than enough for their own use. There 
is likely to be a fair crop of apples, but mostly 
on young trees. Pear trees—what few there 
are—will blossom very full. j. h, l. 
So. Limington, York Co.—The acreage of 
all grain crops in this section of the State is 
large; prospect good, but season very late. 
But little corn and potatoes planted yet, but 
the acreage will be large. All agree that the 
prospect for hay is not very flattering aud 
predict a light crop. The weather has been 
favorable for apples and pears. s. w. h. 
So. Molunccs, Aroostook Co, —No Winter 
wheat raised here. Grass is just starting 
nicely. There w ill be an extra amount of 
oats and potatoes sown aud planted—but lit¬ 
tle corn, rye or barley raise 1 here. No pears. 
The prospect good for crops, if weather does 
not hold too cold. M, j. 
West Sumner, Oxford Co.—No Winter 
wheat sown; half the farmers sow from one 
to three acres of Spring wheat. O-tts from one 
to five acres per farm. Rye aud barley but 
very little sown. Clover, Timothy, Red-top 
and meadow grasses are grown for hay which 
is the main crop. The prospect for the grass 
and grain crops is good. Corn and potatoes 
from one to four acres per farm. Corn pros¬ 
pect not very good. Apples are extensively 
cultivated; a fair crop expec ted. Pears are 
coming into favor rapidly; good prospects 
for a fair crop. J. E. B. 
Woodford’s, Cumberland Co.—Wheat and 
rye not cultivated here. Oats look well; 
White Russian promise best. Barley, little 
sown. Grass looks well. Season is cold and 
very backward; corn and potatoes not up 
and apples and pears not, in blossom. Buds 
look well. e. c. 
New Hampshire. 
Auburn, Rockingham Co.—Wheat, barley 
aud rye are things of the past in this part of 
the country. A small quantity of oats is 
sown, to be cut green. Grass is thin now, 
owing to the potato worm eating the roots 
last Fall. There is more than usual ground 
plowed, but the Spring has been so rainy and 
cold, not much planting has been done. Apples, 
the very early kinds are in bloom; late kinds, 
have not as ruauy blossoms as in some years, 
Pear trees In full blossom. K. M. p- 
Contocook, Merrimack Co.—Wheat is look¬ 
ing uncommonly well for so early in the sea¬ 
son ; the acreage is nearly one-third larger than 
last year and double that of five years ago; 
nearly all is Spring wheat in this county; there 
are a few very handsome fields of Fall wheat, 
and the number will be largely increased next 
Fall. There is but little rye raised here—mostly 
on the pine plains; it stood the Winter well; 
rye has been superseded by wheat. Oats and 
barley are late, but look well; the barley crop 
is very much increased in the county this sea¬ 
son. The grass and clover crops are very 
promising, although late. Pastures are two 
weeks late. Corn is not more than half planted 
in the county to-day; there will be nearly one- 
half more planted than last year. The corn 
crop has more than doubled iu a very short 
time; high prices have done it this year. Acre¬ 
age of potatoes doubled. This is the bearing 
year iu this State for apples; the trees are 
looking well, and there will be a large bloom, 
the old people say, for the first time in June 
for 40 years. It is the “ off year” for pears, 
but there will be a good show. Peaches are 
an entire failure this year; I had 50 trees killed 
to the ground the past Winter—the first ever 
killed on the place, and peaches have been 
grown here for 50 years. A. F. 
Conway Centre, Carroll Co.—The pros¬ 
pect for all the crops is rather poor, with the 
exception of grass which looks excellent. 
The poor outlook is due to very late and cold 
Spring. We are flooded with rain. Hardly 
any com planted in this section yet. This is 
not a grain section. Apples and pears have not 
blossomed yet. E. R. P. 
Danbury, Merrimack Co. — Acreage of 
Spring wheat and other grains about the same 
as heretofore. Season quite late. Prospects 
of crops an average one; that of grasses very 
good. More corn and less potatoes planted 
than in former years. Usually we have a 
large quantity of apples and quite a variety, 
but vei y few pears. T. a. 
Dover, Strafford Co.—Large acreage of 
potatoes planted ; early planted ones just 
showing. Winter rye, grass and barley look¬ 
ing welL Grass winter-killed in patches. 
Apples will be short. b. b. 
Mason, Hillsborough Co.—Wheat and bar¬ 
ley are little grown in this vicinity. Winter 
rye is looking very well, indeed. Oats are 
hardly up yet, owing to backward season. 
There will be an increased acreage in Indian 
corn aud potatoes. The largest proportion of 
corn will have to be replanted, owing to cold 
rains. Very few potatoes have been planted 
yet, for the same reason. Apples aud pears 
promise well; also grapes, but these are rather 
backward. Grasses for hay are doing exceed¬ 
ingly well, and promise the best crop for two 
or three years past. e. a. h. 
New London, Merrimack Co.—Crop pros¬ 
pects not very good; we have had a cold and 
wet Spring. Seed is not nearly all put into 
the grouud yet, and we have got to have a 
favorable seasou to insure good crop. n. k. 
Pittsfield, Merrimack Co. — But little 
wheat growing here; what is growing looks 
well, but two weeks later than last year. Apple 
and pear trees are not yet iu blossom; more 
than two weeks later than usual. Corn and 
potatoes are not all planted. Grasses looking 
well. Crops are up to the average. E. c. k. 
Portsmouth, Rockingham Co.—Very little 
wheat of any kind sown in this vioinity; acre¬ 
age about the same as last year; prospect fair. 
Rye, oat and barley acreage about same as 
last year; prospect very good. Acreage of 
grasses for hay a little less than last year, but 
prospects better. Acreage of corn perhaps 
one-tenth more than last year. One-eighth 
more surface is planted to potatoes; prospect 
good. Early apples good; Winter fair. Au¬ 
tumn pears light; other kinds fair. All crops 
late. K. O. 
Reed’s Ferry, Hillsborough Co.—Very 
little wheat raised. Not as much rye as in 
the past. Oats look well and quite a large 
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quantity sown. Barley not much sown. 
Large quantities of corn and potatoes planted. 
Grass looks well and prospect good for large 
crops. f. F. w. 
Swanzey, Cheshire Co.—No wheat raised 
here. Rye looks unusually well: an average 
acreage. Oats and barley look very well on 
more than an average acreage. Corn and 
potatoes not all planted yet, as the season is 
two weeks late. Very wet weather all through 
the month of May. Apples and pears very 
late but will blossom more than the average. 
Grass looks fine and promises a good hay 
crop. w. o. b. 
Thornton’s Ferry, Hillsborough Co.— 
Wheat, barley and rye are but little sown in 
this vicinity. There is a largeacreage of oats, 
looking very well, and the prospect is good for 
a fine crop. Grass is very promising, and 
there probably will be a large crop of hay. 
Indian corn and potatoes are just coming up. 
Of potatoes there has been one-fourth more 
planted this season than last, and there is also 
a large acreage of corn. Apples and pears 
are now in full bloom, which indicates that 
there will be a large amount of fruit. The 
season here has been backward—a fortnight 
later than common. Frequent frosts during 
the month of May. McG. w. 
Vermont. 
Brandon, Rutland Co.—Com and potatoes 
badly injured by cold and wet; will need re¬ 
planting in many localities, particularly along 
the valley of the Otter Creek, whose banks are 
now overflowed by the recent heavy rains. As a 
supplementary grass crop, Hungarian is rapid¬ 
ly coming to the front. This rapid-growing, 
nutritive plant, greedily relished by all kinds 
of farm stock, which are said to thrive won¬ 
derfully upon it, is easily grown. A Spring 
like Winter and a wintry Spring have so 
mixed things among the green hills of Ver¬ 
mont that even Dame Nature, vexed and put 
out by the unusual proceedings, failed to get 
herself half dressed, to say nothing of furnish¬ 
ing garlands for Memorial Day. Winter grains 
were sown in the usual quantity, but they 
were injured by alternate freezing and thaw¬ 
ing. The same is true of grass on newly- 
stocked meadow lands, many fields being en¬ 
tirely killed. Spring grains have the usual 
breadth, but they are backward and sickly. 
The White Russian Oats have been sown with 
large expectations. Grass on old meadows 
doing finely. Apples and pears not yet fully 
in bloom, promise well. With a warm Sum¬ 
mer and exceptionally warm Fall, all may yet 
be well; otherwise failure, partial or com¬ 
plete, will be written against the season of 
1882. N. b. 
Brandon, Rutland Co.—The acreage is 
larger than usual for wheat, oats and rye. 
Rye is good, but late-sown wheat is somewhat 
killed. E. F. x. 
Cabot, Washington Co.—About an average 
acreage under wheat and oats. Barley not 
sowed. Grass is very late and winter- 
killed. Many acres of corn and potatoes are 
planted. Apples not blossomed yet. L. c. t. 
East Poultney, Rutland Co.—The season 
is late and backward—some 10 days later than 
last year—and the weather is now wet; our 
low lands itre too wet to work. There is not 
much wheat raised ia this section—mostly 
Spring wheat. Considerable rye, but it looks 
thin and spotted. Barley winter-killed; so 
is grass, but the late heavy rains and the 
cool weather will make a fair hay crop. Bar¬ 
ley aud oats are looking fine and healthy. A 
large acreage of corn and potatoes is being 
planted—fully up to the average in amount. 
This is a potato section; some farmers plant 
as high as 15 or 20 acres, and of late years our 
farmers are raising their own corn for feed¬ 
ing, The prospects for apples and pears are 
good; the trees are full of buds, just now be¬ 
ginning to bloom. J. a. b. 
