JUNE 17 
4©2 THE BUBAL fNEW-YOBBCEB. 
Fairhaven, Rutland Co.—Season very- 
backward. Apple trees not yet in blossom. 
Corn half planted. Potatoes show increased 
acreage. Grass well on old meadows. New 
stocked will be nearly an entire failure on clay 
and loam owingto the open Winter. L. H . s. 
Manchester, Bennington Co.—Spring 
wheat acreage, 110; prospect 100 per cent. 
Rye and oats, about 100 per cent. Barley, none 
raised. Corn just planted, acreage say 110 
per cent. Potato acreage, lli5 per cent. 
Apples, prospect 110 per cent. Pears, pros¬ 
pect 110 per cent. Grasses rather backward; 
not badly winter-killed; prospect fully 100 
percent. G. G. b. 
Newport, Orleans Co.—Spring wheat us¬ 
ual amount sown, looks well. Winter rye 
very good. Spring sime. Barley very lit¬ 
tle grown. Grass started slowly, but now 
looks well and promises average yield. Corn 
rather more than average area on account of 
high price of Western. Potatoes, very large 
area foolishly planted on account of present 
high price. Apples, prospect of an average 
crop, trees just in bloom. Pears, uone grown 
here. ' T. n. H. 
Shelburne, Chitt. Co.—The prospect for 
grass and grain is good at present, although 
Winter wheat was winter-killed in some cases. 
About an average acreage of small grain has 
been sown. This may also be said of corn. 
The acreage of beans and potatoes is exceed¬ 
ingly lai'ge; some are putting in from 12 to 
16 acres of each. Last year’s b'gh prices 
created the fever. There is a fair outlook 
for fruit. w. U. It. 
Troy, Orleans Co.—We are having a good 
rain for grass. Corn about the same as usual. 
Potato planting will be fully as large as usual; 
the vines that are up have a healthy color. 
Apples are not in blossun yet; in fact, the 
seeding is so late here that there is not much 
prospect yet, only hopes. »- a. b. 
Vernon, Windham Co.—Season is late, cold 
and wet, which assures a good crop of hay. 
Tfcis is not a wheat-growing section, rye and 
oats being the principal crops. About the 
usual acreage sown, the former looks well, 
the latter is late. A large acreage of potatoes 
planted, also of corn. Apple and pear trees 
just begin to show their blossoms in abun¬ 
dance. J. C. A. 
Wallingford, Rutland Co.— Winter 
wheat but little sown; badly winter killed. 
Spring wheat acreage la. ger than common. 
Rye good. Oat acreage large. Birley av¬ 
erage. Grass fair. Corn acreage larger than 
common. Apple and pear prospects good h. h. 
Mussncli iiscIIh. 
Amherst, Hampshire Co.—Rye and oats 
very backward, but look well. Prospect for 
a large hay crop never better. Corn is now 
being planted, two weeks later than usual and 
a larger acreage than last year. Owing to 
the high price of potatoes the past season, 
the acreage this year is much larger than 
last; many have planted double the acreage. 
Apples are blooming heavily, and if blossoms 
mean anything, there will be a very early 
crop. Pears promise a fair crop. x. 
Cambridge, Middlesex Co.—Prospect of 
abun iant pear and apple crops. Peach 
buds killed. E s. 
Great Barrington, Berkshire Co.—Spring 
has been very backward. The crops seem to 
be ab ut ten days late. There is a large 
acreage of Indian corn, but the weather is so 
cold aud wet that it is impossible to tell as 
yet whether the crop will be good. There is 
a large acreage of rye with a prospect of a 
good crop. A large acreage of oats, looking 
very well. There is no wheat or barley raised 
in this vicinity. Meadow bottoms are looking 
well. A large acreage of potatoes, but it is 
too early in the season to express an opinion 
on the crop. A very favorable appearance 
for fruit of all kinds. J. B. M. 
Lock’s Village, Franklin Co.—No wheat 
or barley raised. Prospect for hay very 
good. Little fruit raised here for market. 
About the usual acreage of corn and potatoes 
has been planted. F, s. m'f. 
Mattkpan, Suffolk Co.—Prospect for hay 
is very good. Apples and pears will be large 
crops. Early seed potatoes have rotted in 
the ground largely. Small fruits promise 
well. J. C. 
Milton, Norfolk Co.—No wheat raised in 
this section except for soiling aud only very 
little for that. Rye used for same purpose, 
each farmer having two to three acres, some 
more. Tnose who have silos put in from 
ten to twenty acres; crop looks well, 
but the season is very backward. Grass 
looks very well. Corn just above ground 
and may be good with warm weather. Ap¬ 
ples aud pears just in bloom, look well aud 
promise good crops, especially of apples. 
Peaches none. G. A. F. 
Needham, Norfolk Co.—No wheat grown. 
Rye, oats and barley just being sown on ac¬ 
count of late season. Grass looking well. 
Corn and potatoes being planted. Apples 
and pears commencing to blossom, probably 
good yield. Seeds sown, such as beets and the 
like, will have to be resown on account of wet, 
cold season. K. f. 
Farmer, Hampden Co.—No wheat or bar¬ 
ley raised in this vicinity. Rye backward 
with small acreage. Corn and potatoes nearly 
the same acreage as last year. Grass is 
very late. This is the bearing year for apples 
and a good crop is expected though they are 
late in blossom. Pears look fair. H. d. f. 
Sandwich, Barnstable Co.—No wheat 
worth naming sown here. Coin not yet 
planted. Season three weeks later than usu¬ 
al. Rye, oats aud barley of usual acreage 
aud looking well. Potatoes planted largely 
in excess of last year. Grasses look well; 
prospect good. Apples aud pears promise 
fair crops. H. G. K. 
Sheffield, Berkshire Co.—Season two 
weeks later than usual. Pear trees in full 
bloom. About as much wheat and barley 
sown as usual, which is very little. More rye 
(perhaps 20 per cent), looking fair; same for 
oats. Grass very short but thick-set: places 
badly eaten by white grub. Acreage for corn 
aud potatoes rather larger than last year: 
wire-worm at work at early planted. L. H. B. 
Swansea, Bristol Co.—No wheat grown in 
these parts, but a good deal of rye is raised, 
which is looking splendid, now in full head. 
Acreage fully up to former years—grown 
more for the straw than grain. The straw 
brings $20 and more per ton at the city stables. 
More oatssown than usual ; are look ng well. 
Very little barlry grown here. Prospect for 
a hay crop is favorable, late rains have started 
the meadow's which are looking well. Pota¬ 
toes are the principal crop. Owing to high 
prices a large amount has been planted. 
Prospect for apples aud pears good. R. R. M. 
KImmIo ImIiiiiiI, 
Ashaway, Washington Co.—No wheat, 
Spring or Winter. Little barley. Of Indian 
corn and potatoes a full acreage. Apple pros¬ 
pect good. Few pears. Strawberries a small 
crop. Hay a short one. P. w. B. 
Coventry, Kent Co —Of wheat there is 
little or none sown. Barley is not much 
raised. Prospects for rye, oats and grasses 
good. Corn and potatoes are being planted 
over again. Seed rotted. Outlook for apples 
is good. Pears are not promising, a. f. s. 
Westerly, Washington Co.—Winter wheat 
has a good start, and is doing nicely. Rye 
and barley not much raised. Oats doing 
nicely. Grass is very poor—wiuter-killed. 
Potatoes are planted and up; bugs thick. Fair 
prospect for pears and apples. I. H. c. 
Connecticut. 
Bridgeport, Fairfield Co. —Wheat and bar¬ 
ley not much raised here. Rye backward hut 
promising. Oats backward aud growing very 
slowly. Grass will need much rain and warm 
weather for an average crop. Corn and po¬ 
tatoes just coming up, some pieces not yet 
planted. About average acreage except po¬ 
tatoes of which more than usual. Bugs abun¬ 
dant. Apples in full bloom; promise an 
abundant crop. Pears, scanty bloom; off 
year. Spring was dry and cold. Grapes full 
and peaches very scanty bloom. s. D. 
Daiuen, Fairfield Co.—Very little wheat 
grown. Rye and oats, about usual acreage 
and both look well. The indications now 
are for a good hay' crop. Corn acreage some- 
wbat larger than last year. Acreage of pota¬ 
toes from one-half to two thirds larger than 
last year. There is promise of a good apple 
crop, but pears will be light. w. M. N. 
Groton, Now London Co.—Prospects for 
oats aud rye very good. Corn very late: 
just up. Potatoes look very well—more than 
usual planted; some complaint about a part 
not coming up. Prospect for hay below an 
average. The outlook for apples and pears 
very good. No wheat or barley to speak of 
is raised in this vicinity. About the usual 
acreage of oats, rye and corn. E. s. t. 
Guilford, New Haven Co.—The acreage of 
gr-* in is less than for years. Wheat and rye 
look well; not much Spring wheat sowed. 
Less oats than last year; no barley. Grass 
begins to grow; mowings injured by drought 
last Fall. Corn doesn’t show—too wet and cold. 
Potatoes grow slowly. Apples and pears prom¬ 
ise well. There were 220 acres of tomatoes 
raised here, which made 70,000 bushels that 
were canned, making 02,400 cans. K H. B. 
Huntington, Fairfield Co,—No wheat or 
barley raised in this section. Rye and oats 
look well. Hay, prospect of fair crop if we 
have continued rains, Corn looks well. 
Main crop of potatoes just breaking ground. 
Judging from the quantity of beetles we shall 
have a hard fight to save the potatoes, The 
acres of the above are about the same as in 
years past, except corn and potatoes which 
have a larger acreage. Prospect of an abun¬ 
dant crop of apples aud pears. Peach crop 
totally destroyed by late frost. 8. H. B. 
Mansfield Centre, Tolland County.—But 
little grain raised here. Prospect for hay is 
good, except whereon some fields the sods were 
killed by worms last year. The promise for 
apples is good. D. c, m, 
Middletown, Middlesex Co.—Spring has 
been very cold and crops are very backward. 
Wheat and rye are looking well. Oats are 
rather small yet. Corn and potatoes very 
backward owingto the cold, wet weather. A 
larger acreage of potatoes than last year. There 
will be about the same acreage of tobacco as 
then. Outlook for the hay crop not as good 
as last year. Apples and pears blossomed 
very full. Raspberries were badly winter- 
killed. Strawberries are looking well. s. w. p. 
Ridgefield, Fairfield Co.—About the 
usual quantity of land is sewn to gram. Win¬ 
ter wheat looks well. Not much Spring 
wheat in this section. Rye and oats promise 
well. Grass is backward. Rather too early 
to judge o* 1 corn, but it is coming up well; 
also potatoes. Apple trees blossomed very 
full ; pear trees did not blossom. R R K. 
MIDDLE STATES. 
New York. 
Adams, Jefferson Co. — The acreage of 
Spring wh ‘at, oats, barley, corn and potatoes, 
twenty five per cent, larger than last year; 
all looking well. Winter wheat and rye not 
more than two-thirds the usual amount sown. 
Grass is very poor : winter killed—nearly 
all last Spring seeding plowed and reseeded. 
Prospect for fruit good. b. s. 
Albany, Albany Co.—Wheat not so large 
acreage as last year. Rye larger, and looking 
well on saudy soil. Hay good on new mead 
ows; old, poor. Corn about the same as last 
year. Potatoes a large planting; more oats 
sown than last year. All fruit trees are 
loaded with blossoms. s. j. G. 
Albion, Orleans Co.—Acreage in this coun¬ 
ty of wheat estimated at 3,0(X). Prospects 
poor. Wet Spring. Prospects of corn, po 
tatoes, apples and pears good. Beans good 
and large acreage will be planted. Season 
indicates good crop. F. P. 
Alden Erie Co.—Acreage of wheat some¬ 
thing less than last year; prospect very poor; 
acreage somewhat larger than last year. 
Weather very wet ; grass looking well Too 
cold and wet for corn ; little planted yet. 
Apples good for off year ; pears little grown ; 
what there are look well. J S. F. 
Alfred, Allegany Co.—Prospect for Win¬ 
ter and Spring wheat is fair. Not much rye 
raised. Oats, barley, grasses for hay and In¬ 
dian corn fair. Potatoes not all planted. Ap 
pies and peHrs good. w. h. Q, 
Almond, Allegany Co.—Acreage of Win¬ 
ter wUeat large and prospects good Oats 
good. Barley |good. Grasses for hay good. 
Corn just planted. Potatoes double the acre" 
age of last year : apples and pears just in 
bloom and the prospect never was better for 
a large crop of fruit in this county than at 
this time. R M. B. 
Ames, Montgomery Co.—The prospect for 
wheat is very poor; the average will not be 
one third of a crop. The prospect for oats, 
barley, grass and hay D good. It is almost 
too wet at present for corn. The outlook for 
potatoes, apples aud pears is very' good. 
No plums. c. s. 
AnduVER, Allegany Co. — Winter and 
Spring wheat acreage about the same as last 
year; prospects not as good—badly winter- 
killed. Rye, not any sown. Oat acreage 
about as last year; prospect good. Barley 
very little sown. Grass for hay, acreage 
same as last year; prospects not as good on 
account of dry weather last Summer and 
freezing this Spring. Corn notrnuch planted. 
Potato acreage larger than last year; pros¬ 
pects fair. J. c. 
Arcade Wyoming Co.—We had a very 
open Winter; very little snow for this section. 
The first part of April was warm and dry, 
but since April 20 it has been wet aud cold 
most of the time. Our principal business is 
dairying. Our Winter wheat—what little 
we have—looks well. Spring wheat very lit¬ 
tle sown; very backward Barley, very little. 
Grass, owing to the open Wiutor, many pieces 
were badly frozen out, but the lute, rains 
have improved it beyond expectation. I think 
hay will be a good crop, although late. 
Owing to the light crop last year and the high 
prices of potatoes, many have pluuted pota¬ 
toes in place of corn. Apples plenty unless 
we have late frost; not in full bloom yet. 
Pears very few raised; plums none; cherries 
abuudant. Oats are our principal grain crop, 
more have been sown than usual. w. B, 
Akkvillk, Delaware Co.—The acreage of 
grain is about the same as last year. The sea¬ 
son is about ten days later than umal, aud 
there appears to be a good prospect for grass 
and grain. Plenty of rain; rather too cool 
and wet for corn. I hear of some potatoes 
rotting after planting; but those planted later 
will perhaps be all right. Apples and pears 
are hardly in bloom yet; prospect good. A. m. 
Batavia, Genesee Co.—Acreage of wheat 
is below an average. That of oats, barley, 
corn and potatoes above. Many fields of 
wheat were plowed up and last year’s seeding 
was a partial failure, consequently more will 
be put to Spring grain. Acreage of grass 
short, but prospects good for a heavy crop. 
Potatoes not generally planted yet. Corn the 
same on account of heavy rains. Pears and 
apples are blossoming full. Prospects good 
for a full average yield of wheat, oats and 
barley. Eternal vigilauce will be t he cost of 
potatoes; ten liners” are numerous, l. t. 
Baldwinsyille, Onondaga Co —No Spring 
wheat here. Winter wheat doing first-rate 
now; many pieces badly winter-killed. Oats 
and barley doing fairly well—about the usual 
acreage. Rye only raised for soiling. U.-ual 
amount of coni put in; weather too cold for 
it to grow. More potatoes planted than ever 
liefore. Apples promise a very large crop; 
but few pears. Grass for hay and pasture 
very poor. T. M. t. 
Bloomville, Delaware Co.—Of wheat and 
rye not so much sown as usual, and both are 
winter killed. For oats the prospect is fair. 
Meadows are badly injured by the frost and 
many will be light, Indian corn just planted; 
average acreage. Potatoes ditto. The pros¬ 
pect for apples is fair. Pears are blooming 
very full. Plum buds were killed by the frost 
aud plums will be a total failure in this re¬ 
gion. ,r. a. r. 
Cambridge, Washington Co.— Season 15 
days late th's Sprin*; cold and dry. Very 
little wheat sown in this section; large acre¬ 
age of rye, looking very well. Oats and bar¬ 
ley good. Grass not very good at pivsent. 
Large acreage of corn and potatoes. Prospect 
for fruit never better for all kinds, ir c. m. 
Canaan, Columbia Co. — A very cold Spring 
with a number of heavy rains Corn is not 
very good, especially early planted; about 
the usual acreage. Rye and grass are doing 
finely, but we fear neither w ill be an average 
crop on account, of their being killed out in 
early Spring. Oats are very hack ward; those 
sown op sod are about a, failure. Potatoes 
(and beetle-) are doing nicely. Cherries, 
peaches and plums are failures. A few pear 
blossoms are «ei»n. Apple trees are blossomed 
very full. The present prospects are under 
an average for all field crops and fruit, except 
apples. D D. 
Catharine, Schuyler Co.—About the usual 
amount of wheat sowed last Fall (no .Spring 
whea») about one-tenth plowed up this Spring; 
the stand is good and looks well. No rye. 
Oats aud barley look well. More sowed than 
usual. Gras-es for hay look first-rate, exc-pt 
clover which is badly kill d out. Corn not 
more than half planted. Potatoes about the 
same. Prospect for apples good; but few 
pears in this section. l. l. o. 
Cazenovia, Madison Co. — About the usual 
amount of wheat sown last Fall, but owing to 
the very open Winter was very badly ■wiuter- 
killed and will not be over half a crop here. 
But little Spring w heat is sown in this section. 
Rutber more than the usual acreage of oats 
aud barley, and the prospect is fair fo 1 ’ good 
crops. Corn and potatoes are scurcely out of 
the ground. Fruit trees give promise of plen¬ 
ty of fruit. Grass is looking very well, al¬ 
though new seeding was considerably injured 
by the open Winter. b t b. 
Chatham, Columbia Co. — Wheat, very lit¬ 
tle sown in this vicinity. Rye, very large 
acreage, prospect of two thirds average crop 
(winter-killed.) Oats, average prospect. Bar¬ 
ley, none raised. Hay, large acreage, not flat¬ 
tering prospects. Indian corn, average crop. 
Potatoesmore than average acreage. Apples, 
good prospect of large crop. Pears, average 
crop. C. F G. 
Charlton, Saratoga Co.—No Spring w'heat; 
Winter, increased acreage; badly winter- 
killed—not more than one-third of a crop. 
Rye, usual acreage, half crop—perhaps more. 
Outs, promising increased acreage. No bar¬ 
ley. Grasses badly winter killed; new seeding 
very poor; prospect for not more than half 
usual yield of hay; Indian corn increased 
acreage. Potatoes, average. Apples promise 
abundance. Off year for pears. Peaches gen¬ 
erally winter killed. F. d. c. 
Collins Center, Erie Co. — In this town¬ 
ship not far from 200 acres of wheat are first- 
rute, and 50 to 75 nearly worthless — all Win¬ 
ter; not much Spring, rye or barley sown. 
Of oats 500 or more acres are looking first- 
rate. Grass for bay heavy, where not wiuter- 
killed. Potatoes a larger acreage than com¬ 
mon; not many up yet. Our season is very 
backward. Apples and pears bloa-omed full; 
not a single peach blossom; trees half winter¬ 
killed. B. F. B. 
Cowlesville, Wyoming Co. — Acreage of 
Winter wheat about one-fourth less than com¬ 
mon; three-quarters of same looking fine. 
Oats oue-tliird more than usual, looking very 
strong and prosperous; barley same as com- 
