JUNE 17 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Keeling, Hayward Co.—Winter wheat 
acreage 100 per cent, greater and prospect of 
yield per acre 100 per cent, better than for 
several years. The yield in some Helds in this 
neighborhood is estimated as high as 25 bush¬ 
els per acre. Oat acreage 100 per cen t greater; 
prospects of yield per acre 50 per cent better 
than last year. Only small lots of rye for 
grazing milch cows. Grasses very little sown 
Corn acreage greater than for years; pros¬ 
pects very good. Potatoes just enough for 
family use in Summer. Apples two-thirds of 
a crop. Pears very few they blight so badly 
that there are very few trees. Peaches a very 
good crop. Cotton is our money crop; i. e. 
we spend all the money we make to make cot¬ 
ton and it is looking bad. It is very back¬ 
ward and the cool nights we are having 
now are killing out the young cotton 
very much. Unless we quit cotton and raise 
more grain and grasses we will all be bank 
rupt in a few years. R. L. M. 
Horace, Sullivan Co.—Wheat (Winter, no 
Spring sown here,) acreage about 105; pros¬ 
pect, 100. Rye but little grown, 100. Winter 
oat acreage, 95; prospect, 110; Spring oat acre¬ 
age, 90; prospect, 90. Barley very little cul¬ 
tivated; acreage and prospect, 100; grasses for 
hay, 100; prospect, 110; Indian corn acreage, 
100; prospect, 105. Potato acreage, 105; 
prospect, 109. Appies, 100. Pears, 50. Peai-bes, 
80. The above is the estimate compared with 
other years, 100 being the average. This is 
for Sullivan and Hawkins Counties. Spring 
has been cool and wet. Stock thriving 
well. J. W. G. 
Johnson City, Washington Co.—Winter 
wheat, acreage more than in 1881; prospect 
fair; rust on blade, none on stem yet. Rye, 
none of any account sown. Winter oats, large 
acreage, prospect good. No barley. Grasses 
excellent; best prospect for four years. Corn 
good; best stand known; large acreage. Po¬ 
tatoes, average area; prospects good. Fruit of 
all kinds in abundance. Weather cool and wet 
latterly. H. L, 
Humboldt, Gibson Co.—Winter wheat, rye 
and oats larger quantity sown than usual; 
quality good. Corn, potato, apple and peach 
prospects never better. Few pears. No barley. 
Hay badly damaged by Army-worm. j. a. e. 
McDonald, Bradley Co.—Acreage and 
prospect for wheat, 100; rye, 99; oats, 80; 
grasses for hay, 80; Indian corn, 95; potatoes, 
100; apples and peal's, 95. J. w. M’c. 
Strawberry Plains, Jefferson Co.—Wheat 
increase of at least one quarter in acreage; 
prospect good. Harvest to commence from 
5th to 10th of June. Rye splendid; ready for 
the reaper in ten days. Oats look good, but a 
little late on account of cold rains. Barley 
but little sown in this section, but promises 
fair. Meadows fine; both clover and Timothy 
never promised better. Indian corn is small 
but growing rapidly; farme-s a little late 
planting, on account of wet weather. Pota¬ 
toes fine and large for time of year. Apples a 
fair crop; early varieties injured by late frost; 
late apples a good crop. Pears a medium crop. 
Small fruits abundant. a. r. m. 
Wartrace, Bedford Co.—Wheat acreage 
largest known; prospect good. Rye, little 
sown; extra prospects. Oats, avfrage acre¬ 
age; good prospects. Barley, little sown. 
Grasses for hay, acreage small; will be a fail¬ 
ure. Indian corn, average area. Potatoes, 
few planted; medium prospects. Apples and 
pears abundant. No spring wheat sown. Cpm 
very small, owing to cold weather. H. A. c. 
WESTEBN STATES. 
Ohio. 
Alexandria, Licking Co. Wheat looks 
very favorable. Corn not one half planted on 
account of web weather; too wee for oats; 
very few planted; meadows are very favor¬ 
able. Potatoes not planted. Apples are 
plenty; pears and peaches all killed. Spring 
is very backward. A. M. 
Batavia, Clermont Co.—Prospect for wheat 
and potatoes good, notwithstanding the heavy 
freeze some weeks ago. Rye, oats and barley 
fair No pears, but a fair crop of apples. This 
is getting to be a great tobacco county, heavy 
crops are raised and it comnmids from 12 
to 20 cents per pound. A big crop expected 
this year. J. at. 
Caaibbkllstow.v, Preble Co.—Wheat acre¬ 
age about an average; prospect fair; many 
fields destroyed by the ttylast Fall. Rye but 
little grown; looks well. Oats, large acreage; 
looking remarkably well. Barley acreage 
small; looking well. Grasses look well except 
clover. Corn not all planted; acicage very 
large; prospect fair for a good set, but the 
Spring is too cold and wet for this crop to 
thrive. Early potatoes looking fine; large 
acreage. Good prospect for apples, pears, and 
other orchard and small fruits w. p. ar. 
Canal Fulton, Stark Co.—Wheat com¬ 
pared with June 1, 1881, 75 per cent.; dam¬ 
age by frost since April 1, 1882,10; rye com¬ 
pared with a year ago, 100; oats, compared 
with a year ago, 90; corn, per cent, planted 
June 1, 90; corn, probable acreage com¬ 
pared with one year ago, 100; timothy 
meadows, compared with one year ago, 100; 
clover meadows, compared with one year 
ago, 75; pastures, condition, 00 potatoes, 
acreage, t(.)0; apples, piospects compared 
with crop of 1880, 80; peaches, compared 
with 1880, 15; grapes, compared with crop of 
1880, 40 per cent. G. l. 
Cardington, Morrow Co.—The wheat pros¬ 
pect never was better; the acreage is fully up 
to the average; no Spring wheat sowed. Oats 
are in excellent shape, and an average crop 
has been sown, As to grasses, old clover 
meadows have been nearly all killed by freez¬ 
ing last Winter; new clover meadows are 
doing well, but cannot equal la9t year’s yield 
per acre. I think the hay crop will be fully 
three-fourths less than last year. Timothy is 
thickening up nicely in the last two weeks, but 
cannot come up to last year's yield but will be 
an average crop. Rye and barley not much 
raised, but where sown they are good. c d.w. 
Castalia, Erie Co.—Acreage of wheat 
larger throughout this comity than usual; 
prospect is very good. No Spring wheat 
sown. Ry o is not much raised, but looks well. 
Oats lookiug well and the acreage is larger 
than last year. Barley is quite extensively 
raised and looks well. Grass is thickening 
up, although clover heaved out badly. Corn 
is coming on slowly. Potatoes are making a 
good growth, for the bugs are not as bad as 
usual, and the acreage is larger than for sev¬ 
eral years. Apples are raised quite exten¬ 
sively and the prospect is good. Pears not 
much grown, but poaches quite generally. R. 
Cjrcleville, Pickaway Co.—Never in my 
experience have we had such a cold, back¬ 
ward Spring. We shared all the disadvan¬ 
tages and drawbacks of the April freeze, of 
which you had ample reports. Much of the 
fruit was killed but we will still have plenty 
of apples, late cherries, some currants and 
small fruits. My currants are blooming the 
second time, and here and there through the 
orchard I see applejblooros alongside of fruit 
the size of my thumb. The contiuued wet 
weather has put a stop to all farm work, and 
the average farmer looks blue and is inclined 
to profanity. It rained for 10 consecutive 
days some weeks ago, and hundreds of farm¬ 
ers have not struck a lick or turned a furrow 
since the beginning of May. It is now taper¬ 
ing off, raining about three days in a week, 
keeping the soil in a perfect slush. My farm 
is about an average, naturally rolling and well 
drained, and yet I have been able to work 
with a team only four days in the last thirty. 
Many hundred acres are still waiting to be 
broken. Very little corn is planted, and the 
small acreage that is up looks weak and sick¬ 
ly. Wheat is out in head, and with fair 
weather we shall have more than an average 
yield. Barley looks splendid. We raise very 
little oats; what is sown looks well. We 
turned sto.-k out to grass too soon, conse¬ 
quently grass is compa ratively short. Stock 
thin but healthy. No piuk-eye; no hog 
cholera. J. h. w. 
College Corner, Butler Co.—The prospect 
for wheat, rye, oats and barley was never 
better. Grasses for hay good. Apples and 
pears injure! by frost, and not in very good 
condition. Potatoes good. J. ar. 
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit Co.—No Spring 
wheat grown here. Average of Winter per acre 
last year, 20 bushels, W. I. Chamberlain es¬ 
timates this year’s crop for this county at 
535,000 bushels. Last year’s, 600,000. Wheat is 
not in j ured in any way yet. Rye, none grown 
to speak of; only enough to furnish straw for 
binding corn-fodder. Oats backward on ac¬ 
count of late, cold Spring; looking well oth¬ 
erwise. They are grown extensively, as there 
is a great demand for them in Akron, our 
county seat. Barley is not grown in this 
vicinity. Meadows and pastures are in good 
condition. We have had so much rain that 
grass is unusually good. Corn is not all 
planted j ot. The earliest is just coming up. 
Of potatoes more than usual are planted this 
Spring, as is always the case when seed is 
scarce and high. Bugs scarce. Apple pros¬ 
pect very good; uninjured as yet. Pears are 
damaged somewhat by frosts. Peaches nearly 
all gone. Grapes uninjured. Strawberries 
very promising, although some of the first 
blossoms were killed. w. c. 
Dora P. O., Belmont Co.—The acreage of 
wheat in this part of the country is consider¬ 
ably larger than last year. The stand is re¬ 
markably good, though some places are too 
rich. Not much rye or barley raised, Oats 
very good. Grasses for hay tiue. Indian corn 
is small for the time of the year, and on 
account of too much rain all has not 
beeu planted yet. Apples and pears 
good. Cherries and peaches were mostly 
destroyed by the last frosts. Potatoes are as 
good as for many years, and there are fewer 
bugs. Weather remarkably cool for the 
East Liverpool, Columl iana Co.—Acre¬ 
age of Winter wheat in our county is larger 
than usual, and the prospect for a good crop 
was never better. The acreage of oats is 
about an average; crop looks well. Corn, a 
large acreage, and, as a general thing, a good 
stand. Rye and barley but little raised. The 
fruit crop will be an. average. e. r. 
Greersvillk, Knox Co.—Winter wheat 
has about an average acreage and an extra 
fine prospect. Oats have more than an aver¬ 
age acreage; prospect excellent. Grasses for 
hay good on about average acreage. Indian 
corn just planted; not much up yet; looking 
rather bad; about usual acreage. What pota¬ 
toes are np look splendid on about double the 
usual area. Apples end pears very light, 
owing to late frosts. Peaches very nearly all 
killed. J. w. b. 
Hicksville, Defiance Co.—Winter wheat, 
acreage large; prospect good for half a crop; 
no Spring raised. Oats, a fair acreage and 
prospect good. Grasses for hay good. Indian 
corn, small acreage and not all planted yet, 
owing to wet weather. Of potatoes a largo 
one has been planted. Apples, one third to 
one half a crop Pears, do. Some peaches, j.d. 
Hyatts ville, Delaware Co.—Winter wheat 
in acreage and prospect more than an average. 
Rye very little raised. Oats, very few sown 
this year. Barley, none. Timothy, good 
prospect; small acreage. Clover acreage 
small and nearly all killed by frost. Corn, 
very little planted; too much raiu. Potatoes 
not a specialty; few planted at present. Ap¬ 
ples, not average; prospect, half crop of late 
fruit. Pears, few grown; prospect poor. c.h.b- 
Kingsville, Ashtabula Co.—Wheat in 
good condition; prospects good for an average 
crop; acreage increased by 10 per cent. Oats 
mostly sown late, early-sown looks well; 
acreage increased by 50 per cent. Corn not 
all planted, owing to wet weather; earliest 
planted just coming up; acreage increased 10 
per cent. Meadows good ; old meadows, 
which were mostly burned out by drought 
last Summer and Fall, were broken and sown 
to oats or planted to corn, so that the acreage 
has decreased; but I think the deficiency will 
be about made good in the increased yield of 
the newer meadows. Prospects for apples 
good in orchards that did not bear too heavily 
last year. Pears, peaches and small fruits 
promising. Weather cool and wet. L. J.w. 
Lewisville, Monroe Co.—The wheat crop 
looks very promising at present, and I think it 
will be more than an average y ield; the acreage 
is also larger than usual. Of rye very little 
is raised hero, but what there is looks well. 
Meadows that were pastured through the Win¬ 
ter and Spring look bad, while those that were 
not look well (Will people never learn to keep 
stock off of their meadows in the Spring). In¬ 
dian corn came up better than for years, but 
is small yet. Potatoes look w ell. R. G. 
Lithopolts, Fail-field Co.—Acreage sown 
to wheat equal to or above last year; pros¬ 
pect for crop unusually good. Rye, oats and 
barley very little grown. Meadows good; 
acreage diminished. Corn prospect gloomy; 
very little planted; ground in bad order, 
caused by excessive rains. Potatoes about 
the usual acreage. Fruit of all kinds injured 
by the recent frosts. p. s. l. 
Mahoning, Portage Co.—Prospect of a large 
yield of wheat. Oats the same. Rye not 
enough sown to speak of. Barley, but little 
sown; looks first-rate. Corn, very little up yet; 
good prospect of its coming on well. Potatoes 
the same. Apples and pears good. Acreage 
for all crops larger than last year. e. a. 
Middletown, Butler Co.—Winter wheat 
acreage larger by 20 per cent, than usual. 
Oat acreage small; prospect extra. Barley 
acreage average ; fair prospect. Clover not 
good ; Timothy fair. Indian com acreage 
large; prospect not very good owing to cold, 
late Spring. Potatoes fair. Apples about 
two thirds killed. Pears killed. Plenty of 
blackberries. F. M. 
Mt. Vernon, Knox Co.—The acreage for 
wheat, potatoes, corn and grass is about the 
same as last year. We raise very little rye 
and barley in this vicinity, and no Spring 
wheat. The prospect for wheat and oats is 
good. Very little fruit. F. c. 
Niles, Trumbull Co.—Acreage of Winter 
wheat and oats a full average. Prospect for 
Winter wheat, oats and hay very fine; rye 
and barley not grown much; corn behind 
time and ground still very wet. Potato 
acreage full and outlook flue; apple trees set¬ 
ting a wonderful amount of fruit; pear trees 
alive and full of blossoms; small fruits, w here 
not entirely killed by last year’s drought, are 
promising very fine crop. N. w. 
Oakdale, Belmont Co.—Wheat, 130 per 
cent., os compaied with Jun-, 1881; no Spring 
wheat. Timothy meadows, 150 per cent.; clo¬ 
ver, 50 ; pasture, 150; potato acreage, 200. 
Corn doing only moderately well, owing to 
cold, wet weather; but there is a considerable 
increase in the acreage over last year. Of 
apples some think there will be 25 per cent, of 
a crop; I would put it about 40. Other fruit 
scarce. D. i. H. 
Ontario, Richland Co.—Wheat acreage 
fully up to the average, with prospects equal to 
or perhaps 10 per cent, better than last season’s. 
Oats doing well, prospects for a full crop with 
a full average acreage. Corn acreage about 
average. Barley, none raised. No Spring 
wheat. j. H. a. 
Raoersville, Tuscarawas Co. — Winter 
wheat acreage same; prospect one-third bet¬ 
ter than last year. Rye very iittlo sown. 
Oats good. Barley, none raised. Grass good. 
Indian corn very poor; not all planted. Po¬ 
tatoes late, but nice. Apple? good; pears 
nothing. Plenty of corn to be planted. T.M. 
Rdcki’Ort, Cuyahoga Co.—Wheat, acreage 
100 per cent.; prospect fair. Oats, 75 percent.; 
crop backward. Hay, 75 per cent.; will bQ 
light. Indian com, 100 per cent,; very back¬ 
ward. Potatoes, 100 per cent.; fair prospect. 
Apples, pears and peaches overloaded with 
blossoms. j,p. s. 
Sidney, Shelby Co.—Acreage of wheat 
above average; prospect of large crop; no 
Spring sow*. Rye very little raised. Oats 
looking well; large crop. Barley good. Grass 
—Timothy—good;clover poor. Corn backward 
in planting; season wet and cold. The usual 
quantity of potatoes will be planted; fair 
prospect for "beetle” crop. Apples will be 
fair. Pears good where trees stood the Win¬ 
ter. Prospect for small fruits good. m. u. 
Sheffield, Ashtabula Go.—Better prospect 
for wheat than last year. Acreage about the 
same; variety, Lancaster Red Winter. Oats 
acreage about the same as last year; about 
one-haif late on account of wet weaiher, 
and will be light. Barley, very little raised. 
Grasses are two weeks late, but the prospects 
are good for a good hay crop. Corn acreage 
10 per cent, less than last year, but most of 
the ground has been better manured. Planted 
rather late on account of cold rains. Apples 
and pears in full bloom. H. h. s. 
Trumbull, Lorain Co.—Winter wheat— 
larger acreage than usual sown; appearance 
unusually fine. Oats—large amount sown; 
coming on well; more than average crop ex¬ 
pected. Rye and barley none. Cold, wet 
weather a drawback to corn. Grass looks 
well; large crop of hay expected. Potatoes 
late. Apples good: pears, few grown, d h. w. 
Van Wert, Van Wert Co.—The prospect 
for wheat not as promising as a year ago; late 
frosts damaged it and killed considerable small 
fruit. There is more wheat grown here than 
oats, rye and barley combined. The Spring 
is backward. No Spring wheat grown, f, s. 
WADSWORTn, Medina Co.—Too wet for com 
and oats; grass is doing well; wheat is doing 
well and bids fair for a good crop; a larger 
per cent, sown than usual. Oats, a larger per 
cent than usual; also of corn and potatoes. Not 
much rye nor barley. Apples bid fair for a 
large crop. Peaches a medium crop. Some 
cherries and other small fruits. w. 
Indiana. 
Ascension, Sullivan Co.—The acreage of 
wheat is as large as in former years, and the 
crop is a great deal better than last year. 
More oats than in 1881; prospect good. No 
rye or barley. Grasses good, but acreage 
small. A larger acreage of corn than in 1S81; 
prospect good, if it doesn't rain all the time. 
Potatoes good. Some apples; no pe irs. w. d. 
Attica, Fountain Co.—Winter wheat aver¬ 
age acreage, prospect 20 per cent above. Rye 
but little raised; prospect good. Oats more 
than average acreage, backward, bat favors 
able weather may produce an average crop. 
Grasses below an average. Corn acreage will 
perhaps be an average, prospect not flattering. 
Potatoes early crop more than average; pros¬ 
pect only fair, late not all planted. Apple- 
and pears not more than half a crop. l. w. 
Bloomingdale, Parke Co.—Wheat 10 per 
cent, above avearge; good prospect. Rye 
very little sown. Barley, none. Corn not 
an average, Potatoes not largely raised. Ap¬ 
ples, poor prospect. Pears killed by the 
frost. T. h. 
Brazil, Clay Co.—Winter wheat has an 
increased acreage; on well-drained land it is 
above an average; ou wet land badly dam¬ 
aged. Oats look well, but are backward. 
Meadows fine Corn not all planted and in 
poor condition, owing to too much rain. 
Early potatoes promise well; late ones not all 
planted. Apples promise well; all other 
fruits a failure. G. B. 
Cambridge City, Wayne Co.—Winter 
wheat one-tenth above last year; prospect very 
good. Oats hardly average area; look very 
well. Rye not much sown. Barley splendid. 
Grass and hay short. Corn about average. 
Potatoes an average acreage; plenty bugs. 
Apples few. Pears and cherries none. j. k. 
Camden, Carroll Co.—Wheat more than an 
average; prospects very good to date. Corn 
not more than average; prospects bad. Oats 
uot an average; only medium. Barley and 
