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THE RURAL MEW-YORKER. 
North Carolina. 
Cary, Wake Co.—Doublelast year’sacreage 
in Winter wheat and oats. Rye and barley 
not grown much. Grass and corn prospects 
very good, also potatoes, Irish and sweet. 
Apples and peaches abundant. Pears, not 
many grown. K. r. 
Clevet.a nti Mills, Cleveland Co.— Wheat 
acreage 25 per cent more than in 1881 ; pros 
pect good. Rye, but little sowed. Oat acre¬ 
age large; prospect fine. Indian corn acreage 
large; looks well. Potatoes better than ever 
before. Apples only scattering. Pears a full 
crop. Cotton acreage large; but not half a 
stand; there cannot be more than one-third of 
a full crop made in this and adjoining coun¬ 
ties. F. Y. w. 
Fayetteville, Cumberland Co.—An in¬ 
crease of 35 per cent, in acreage of wheat 
and the crop a good one. The same increase 
in oats and the crop very fine. No increase in 
rye and barley. Corn in condition about 
the same as last year. Sweet potatoes and 
apples have 50 per cent, increase over former 
years. Cotton looking bad; a poor stand 
and not growing owing to continued cool 
nights; crop fully three weeks behind last 
year; the yield canuot be more than two- 
thirds of a crop with favorable seasons from 
now out. j. k. 
Goldsboro, Wayne Co.—Wheat, rye and 
oats very fine. Barley, grass and potatoes 
none. Corn very inferior. Apples and 
peaches fine prospect. c. 
Mar’s Bluff, Marion Co.—Increased acre¬ 
age and best crop of oats since 1S65. No other 
small grain planted to any extent. No hay. 
Fine prospect for fruits. a. a. 
Statesville, Iredell Co.—The acreage of 
Winter wheat, rye, oats and barley fully 25 
per cent, greater than has been sown in the 
last ten years and promises to yield 35 per 
cent, larger crop. Grass for hay never bet¬ 
ter. Immense crops of peaches and apples; 
some pears. No Spring wheat sown in this 
county. j. l. F. 
Sourli Carolina. 
Asheville, Buncombe Co.—Acreage of 
wheat larger than usual and the prospect ex¬ 
cellent, The hay crop promises finely. Indian 
corn kept back by cold weather. Prospects 
for potatoes very fine; also for apples and 
peaches. A large increase of acreage in to¬ 
bacco, our most important money crop, \v. G. 
New Road, Colleton Co.—Prospects good 
for grasses and hay. Corn and potatoes are 
good. G. F. B. 
Walhalla, Oconee Co.—Winter wheat, 
better than average crop and more acreage. 
Spring wheat none. Rye good, and oats never 
better with increased acreage. Barley and 
grasses small acreage. Corn looking well. 
Fruit crop promises fair. j. j. s. 
Winnsboro, Fairfield Co.—Winter wheat 
very fine; acreage less than last year. Some va¬ 
riety little rust on blade. The oat crop is a max¬ 
imum one and we are now in midst of harvest 
Red rust-proof is the kind grown almost exclu¬ 
sively. Acreage two or three times that of 
last year. Lucerne and Orchard Grass fine. 
Swamp meadows our main dependence, very 
promising. Barley, corn, potatoes, apples 
and pears are doing well. Cotton doing « ell 
and a good stand on red lands. On sandy 
land the cool weather of last few days injured 
it a little. Fairfield County never had a better 
prospect. J. H. c. 
Georffln. 
Atlanta, Fulton Co.—Acreage of Winter 
wheat five per cent, increase; prospect best 
since 1857, owing to improved method of land 
preparation. Oats the same. Rye and barley 
cultivated for grazing or soiling, generally in 
small patches of one to ten acres. Grasses 
splendid, but only limited; but increasing area 
of them. Indian corn acreage increased 10 
per cent; outlook good, Pears, apples and all 
fruits simply superb; best yield in years. 
Grain crop will be phenomenal. Cotton, an 
average. Sweet and Irish potatoes never 
as good. Crops clean. Weather exuctly 
right. a. n. h. 
Barnesville, Pike Co.—Acreage in wheat 
more than average: complaint of rust; more 
than an average crop made. Thrashing com¬ 
menced 25th of May and all will be thrashed 
by June 15, whi« h is 15 days ahead of usual. 
Increase of acreage of oats and crop will 
“ pan out” double the usual amount, s. J, w. 
Blooming Grove, Franklin Co.—Wheat, 
oats, corn, hay and potatoes have about the 
average acreage. Prospect for wheat very 
good; that for oats, hay and potatoes good, 
Too wet for corn at present. Apples a 
moderately fair crop. Some pears, c. F. H. 
Cedar Town, Polk .Co,—All crops are very 
fine up to date. Winter wheat is being har¬ 
vested about two weeks earlier than ever be¬ 
fore and it is better than for years, Oats 
very fine. Our prospects are good. w. A. r. . 
Dublin, Laurens Co.—Very little wheat 
sown in the county but the yield is good. 
Some rye has rusted, but will make an aver¬ 
age crop. 40 per cent, more oats than ever 
before and the yield is very heavy and fine. 
No grasses for hay. Indian corn about an 
average in acreage and growth. Prospect for 
sweet potatoes good. Not much orchard fruit 
but a fine berry crop. g, s. h. 
Fairmount, Gordon Co. We have a splen¬ 
did wheat crop. Rye, but little raised but 
that little is good. Oats, a fair crop only. 
Grasses good. Indian corn has a very small 
acreage and a bad stand. Potatoes fair. 
Apples only a few. Pears fair. We have had 
a very cold Spring, favorable for wheat but 
not for corn, cotton and the like. J. g. b e, 
Herndon, Burke Co.—The conditions of 
crops to date, are, taking 100 per cent, as the 
average: wheat, 100; rye, 75; oats, 125; In¬ 
dian corn, 130; potatoes, SO; apples and pears, 
90. Small grains in our State over the aver¬ 
age. Fruits bountiful on loose sections. Sea¬ 
son very propitious, and prospects to date 
much better than year previous. w. B. J. 
La Grange, Troup Co.—Average being 100, 
present crop of Winter wheat is 125; no Spring 
wheat. Oats 130; rust proof variety badly dam¬ 
aged by rust. Southern-raised barley and rye 
125. Corn prospect good. 1 rish potatoes fine, 
never better. Medium crop apples. Grasses 
not cultivated. Bermuda Grass fine. C.W.M. 
Marietta, Cobb Co.—Our acreage in Win¬ 
ter wheat, oats and corn is considerably 
larger than last year, with unusually good 
prospects. Fruits of all kinds and Irish]'eta- 
toes are unusually fine. Rye, barle 3 r and haj r 
are very little raised here. d. w. c. 
Savannah, Chatham Co.—Wheat not 
planted on the immediate coast. Oat acre¬ 
age and yield largely in excess of last year. 
Rye but little planted. Indian corn, good 
stand larger acreage, and promises to be the 
best yield for three years past. Irish pota 
toes largely in excess of any previous year in 
acreage and yield. Peaches, apples and 
pears throughout the section visited by the 
hurricane of last August will be a complete 
failure. Many trees not yet in bloom. T. K. 
Washington, Wilkes Co.—Acreage of 
Winter wheat a little greater than last year; 
prospect good. Oats are finer than ever 
known; acreage fully 25 per cent, greater 
than ever before. Very little rye sown. Bar¬ 
ley acreage about the same as heretofore; sown 
almost entirely for tally Spring feeding; crop 
fine, which has either been fed away or 
housed. Grasses for hay little sown. Indian 
corn acreage large; prospect good. Potatoes, 
best crop for several years. Apples and pears 
notafull crop, _ J. c. D, 
Florida. 
Welaka, Patnarn Co.—No wheat; no grass 
for hay. Some rye and oats for pasture. 
Vegetables of all kinds raised; melons, straw¬ 
berries etc. raised for Northern markets. 
Everyone starting orange trees, as a grove is a 
sure thing; 18,000 boxes shipped from this 
county alone this season. All crops satis¬ 
factory. _ J. w. D. 
Alabama. 
Auburn, Lee Co.—Wheat acreage not in¬ 
creased over previous years; all harvested; 
very fine, perhaps yield will be 12 bushels per 
acre; no Spring wheat. Oat acreage greatly 
increased; crop nearly all harvested; yield 
enormous. Rye and barley grown in small 
quantities. Potatoes—Irish all matured; none 
marketed; sweet just planted; increased acre¬ 
age. Apples and pears grown only for pri¬ 
vate use; prospects good for fruits. w. c. 
Anniston, Calhoun Co.—We have in north¬ 
ern Alabama the largest acreage of wheat 
and oats perhaps ever sown, and the yield 
will be better than for ten years. Wheat all 
harvested and in prime condition, But little 
rye or barley sown; none for market, only a 
small area in grass—the acreage yearly in¬ 
creasing; very good. We have the largest 
peach and apple crop known for years. All 
kinds of fruit plentiful; oile quarter more 
corn than last year; too early yet to judge of 
crop; but it is looking well. Cotton has fall¬ 
en off in acreage; is small and backward; too 
cold. Taken all together, we have not had 
as promising an outlook since the war, or in 
15 years. c. A. s. 
Clanton, Chelton Co.—Wheat prospects 
good -about 15 bushels to the acre. Corn 
nothing extra. No hay raised here. Oats 
very good. Potatoes fine. Very few apples 
and pears. Very little rye and barley 
raised. r. m. 
Long Island, Jackson Co.—Wheat more 
than an average crop; oats a good crop; grass 
very little in this vicinity; corn and potato 
prospects good; peaches and apples promise 
good crops. Not many pear trees in this 
county. c. g. d, 
Mississippi* 
Vicksburg, Warren Co.—No wheat or bar¬ 
ley planted in this vicinity. Oats about two 
per cent, over last year. Very little grasses 
for hay. Of potatoes about enough has been 
planted to supply the early demand; they do 
not keep. Apples, pears and peaches the 
same. Corn about 20 per cent, better than 
usual. s. H. p. 
Water Valley, Yalobuska Co.—Winter 
wheat fine; acreage small. Oats good; large 
acreage. Millet, which is the principal hay 
crop, is not doing well; the weather has been 
too cool for it. Corn small but looks well. 
Potatoes fine. Apples in abundance. Peaches 
fine. C. h. r. 
West Point, Clay Co.—Not a large breadth 
of Winter wheat sown, though what is sown 
is good, No Spring wheat. Of oats fifty 
per cent, more has been sown this year than 
last, and they will be a good yield. We are 
beginning harvest. No rye or barley. A 
greater quantity of land sown to grasses for 
hay. Of| corn 25 per cent more has been 
planted this year than last—late and small, 
but looking well. Potatoes good. Apple and 
pear crops good—in fact all fruits are doing 
well. H. H. H. 
Texas* 
Dallas, Dallas Co.—People iu this section 
are generally jubilant over good prospects for 
bouutiful crops of all kinds. Winter wheat 
(no Spring wheat sown) acreage about an 
average; is now being harvested; yield good 
and grain of good quality, except the Early 
May wheat, injured by worm and rust; gen¬ 
eral yield will be from ten to thirty bushels 
per acre. Oats more than an average crop— 
about half the crop fall sown; yield sixty to 
one hundred bushels; Spring sown forty to 
sixty bushels per acre. Rye and barley good, 
but little sown. Corn acreage fully an aver¬ 
age, and in fine condition; good stand in most 
localities. Cotton not 60 far advanced; acre¬ 
age a Bttle less than average and staud gen¬ 
erally considered good. Apple crop only 
moderate—not much fruit grown here as yet. 
Peaches abundant, and of fine quality. Pas¬ 
ture good. Cattle, horses and sheep on the 
prairies all in fine condition. The season is all 
we could desire. Prospects have never been 
better. f. r. r. 
Fort Worth, Tarrant Co.—Acreage of all 
small grain increased over last year. W heat 
half a crop. Oats and barley splendid crop*, 
Native grass abundant. Indian corn usual 
acreage, with prospect so far good. Only 
sweet potatoes are raised here as a field crop; 
acreage small. Only garden patches in Irish. 
No pears or apples. Peach crop good. Ex¬ 
cept wheat, none of above are shipped. 
Twenty thousand bale* of cotton will be 
raised in this county. e. j. 
Handley, Tarrant Co.—Old Dame Nature 
is making up for last year’s failure in crops 
here. All cereals, vegetables and fruit never 
promised better iu this portion of Texas. 
Early May Wheat was injured by rust, but as 
the acreage w r os larger than usual, the crop 
will be over an average. Peach crop splendid; 
grapes and plums do. Apples do not succeed 
here. Potato crop will be unusually large. 
Yesterday’s heavy rain will secure us a great 
crop of corn. m. w. v. 
Lancaster, Dallas Co.—Winter wheat is 
now being harvested; early wheat badly 
damaged by the worms; late kinds good; 
acreage moderate. Rye, acreage small; yield 
moderate Barley, acreage small; y ield good. 
Oat acreage large; yield heavy. Corn, 
acreage largB, prospects flattering. Peaches 
and plums almost without limit. The ear¬ 
liest varieties now ripe and of finest quality. 
Other fruits not numerous. F. m. w. 
Lawrence, Kaufman Co.—Wheat acreage 
not large; but will be a good yield mostly 
Winter wheat. Oats good; average acreage. 
Corn good. Potatoes ditto. Grapes very 
good. Blackberries and peaches good. R. H. 
Leon Springs, Bexar Co.—Spring wheat 
mostly planted. Winter wheat rusts. Nicar¬ 
agua wheat fast taking place of others; acreage 
about same as last year; prospect good for 
yield of about 15, 12, and 20 bushels respec¬ 
tively. Acreage of oats increased about one- 
third; good prospect for average yield of GO 
bushels per acre. Prospsct for corn best we 
have had for five years, looks good for an 
average of 35 bushels; acreage decreased from 
one-third to one-fifth less than last year. 
Grasses for hay looking better than for several 
years. Potatoes, Irish, having a wonderful 
season; little planted though. Sweet potato as 
always good, and more planted Rye, barley, 
apples and pears very little planted; season 
exceptionally fine; not a large farming district 
because of its usual clryness and also its unre¬ 
liability. L. H. 
Pittsburg, Camp Co.—Wheat is harvested, 
and an average crop. Oats, both Spring and 
Winter, turned out good. Grasses for hay 
none. Indian corn has a poor prospect. 
Iu all of the above there has been about 50 
per cent. Increase in acreage. Apples an ex¬ 
cellent crop, also peaches aud Irish pota¬ 
toes. w. v. p. 
Arkansas. 
Altus, Franklin Co.—Wheat, oats and rye, 
unexcelled by any former season. Grasses 
fine; potatoes extra fine. Apples good. Pears 
good. Peaches never better. Corn about 10 
per cent, below an average at this season. 
Cotton outlook gloomy. Weather cold and 
wet. Grapes promising. c. h. g. 
Little Rock, Pjlaski Co.—Wheat not much 
raised about here. Rye good; oats do. Barley, 
uone raised hero. Gras*, mostly millet, good. 
Corn prospect good. Potatoes fine. Apples 
aud pears never better; peaches do. Small 
fruits, both cultivated and wild, in abundance. 
Season rather wet in early part but now 
good. w. c. N. 
Kentucky. 
Burlington, Boone Co.—An average num¬ 
ber or more of acres was -sown to Winter 
wheat, and it has the finest prospect that ever 
was known here. About half a crop of rye 
was sown; the prospect is very good. The 
oat crop is an average one, hut it is very 
short now. Hay about two-thirds of a crop, 
mostly Timothy. Corn, a large crop, and 
prospect very good. The prospect for pota¬ 
toes is the best for many years; not many 
planted. Apples about one-fourth of a 
crop. w. g. r. 
Cane Ridge, Bourbon Co.—Wheat acreage 
about equal to last year’s; prospects for Win¬ 
ter wheal very good; not much loss by late 
freeze. Rye, finest for years; acreage con¬ 
siderably more than in ’81. Oats very prom¬ 
ising; acreage equal to last season’s. Barley 
very good; about same acreage as in ’81. 
Grasses very promising. Indian corn, never 
better stand and good prospect. Potatoes 
more largely planted. Apples about one- 
fourth of a crop. Pears and peaches a failure. 
CuiTants a failure. Gooseberries a full crop. 
Strawberries about one-half crop. Plums 
and cherries very scal-ce. x. 
Crescent Hill, Jefferson County.—Wheat 
and other small grain look very promising. 
Army-worms are plentiful, and very destruc¬ 
tive in some sections. Corn, potatoes and 
grasses are looking fine; we are cutting the 
finest crop of Orchard Grass ever raised. Ap¬ 
ples, pears, etc., are fair. G. s. 
Columbus, Hickman Co.—Wheat strong; 
acreage one fourth of last year's. All small 
grains heavy and promising. Clover and 
Timothy never better. Corn well advanced, 
strong iu stalk and of good color. Potato 
acreage one-half larger than usual and yield¬ 
ing well. Fruit of all kinds very large and 
promising. w. mcic h. 
Foster, Bracken Co.— Spring wheat and 
barley but little grown here; Winter wheat, 
oats and hay have a full average area and 
look splendid Corn rather small and pale; 
cool nights in May kept it back. Potatoes 
good. Apples one-fourth of a crop. No pears 
or cherries. Blackberries beat the world. H.M. 
Greenville, Muhlenbergh Co. —Winter 
wheat raised and no other; about three- 
fourbhsof a full crop sown, but there is a bet¬ 
ter prospect for a large yiold than I ever saw. 
Rye an average crop both in acreage and 
yield. Not more than three-fourths of the 
usual area of oats, but the crop looks well; 
rust is feared on this crop. Corn is one- 
fourth above au average in acreage, but does 
not look well—too cold for it. Potatoes, bad 
stand, but promising a fine yield; a small 
crop. Grasses of all kinds look fine; there 
will be a full hay crop. Apples, pears, peaches 
and small fruits abundant. d. b. s. 
Morgantown, Burke Co —Winter wheat 
20 per cent above average as to acreage. Oats, 
a full crop. Prospects good for good yield of 
oats and wheat. Apples not raised very 
much; three-fourths of an average crop in 
this county. No pears or peaches. Not 
many potatoes. n. b. m. 
Tennessee. 
Athens, McMinn Co.—Winter wheat acre¬ 
age above the average; prospect better than 
for a number of years. Rye, very little raised - 
Oats about the usual acreage sown, and pros¬ 
pect very good. Barley, none raised. Clover, 
very light; meadow grass good. Indian corn, 
fair crop planted—looking vex - y well. Early 
potatoes promise a fine crop; late not planted 
yet. Apples and pears a medium crop. Peaches 
in abundance. J. I. mcc. 
Erwin, Unicoi Co.—Winter wheat about 
au average with last year both in acreage and 
quality; week ago, 50 per cent, better, but red 
rust is about to ruiu some fields. Rye, but 
little raised. Oats good. Barley noue. Grasses 
good. Indian corn good. Potatoes good. 
Apples about half a crop. Pears few. Straw¬ 
berries good. Other small fruit about au 
average. J. B. 
Turley’s Mills, Grainger Co.—Taking 
100 as the average acreage and condition, the 
acreage of wheat is 100; the condition is per¬ 
haps 90, though it has rusted and will have to 
be harvested before ripe—Winter wheat en¬ 
tirely. Oat acreage 100; condition 1Q0. Grass 
acreage 110; condition 100. Indian corn acre¬ 
age 100; generally a good stand but very 
small. Of potatoes, apples and pears, not 
many are grown here; condition about an 
average. w. e. mo’ a. 
