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THE RURAL 
WEW-YORKIR. 
JUNE 17 
not raised. Hay, prospects for a good 
yield. Pears all killed. Apples bid fora fair 
crop. w. c. 
Chandler, Warrick Co.- A larger acreage 
of Winter wheat than ever, with a fair pros¬ 
pect of a large yield per acre. Osts are looking 
splendid. Rye and barley nearly neglected. 
Timothy and Red-top are onr principal 
grasses, and both are nearly ruined by the 
Army-worm. Indian corn looks rather poor 
by reason of the continued cool weather. 
Potatoes apples and jienrs are looking first- 
rate. We ore having a very wet Spring, j.tt. 
CrjiTRUBtrsco, Whitley Co.—Winter wheat 
acreage equal to last year’s; prospect fair. Oat 
prospect good. Old clover all winter killed; 
young B.nd Timothy a medium crop. Owing 
to heavy col 1 rains corn planting was very 
late; outlook uncertain. Early potatoes were 
cut hy fro crop u icertain. Apples almost 
a total failure. Pears one-half a crop, p 9 r- 
haps. j. m. d. 
Clovfrdale, Putnam Co.— Wheat acreage 
laTge, 110 per cent; prospect never better. 
Oats good on average acreage; meadows poor, 
not over 50 per cent. Of corn a large acreage 
is planted, but it is backward. Potato 
yield will be more than an average, still only 
few are planted. Apples 50 per cent. Pears 
all killed while in bloom. l. a, s. 
Elkhart, Elkhart Co.— Winter wheat, 
acreage full; prospect not good for a full crop 
on account of frost. Spring wheat not raised. 
Rye acreage small. Oat acreage full, prospect 
good. Crass acreage full; prospect not good. 
Indian corn acreage full; coming up good; 
prospect all right if the season is favorable. 
Potato acreage small: prospect good. Apples 
and pears, prospect not good. j. b. o. 
Goshen, Elkhart Co.—Wheat acreage 
about average: prospect for this county be¬ 
low average but equal to last year. Rye, very 
little sown here. Oats backward but prom¬ 
ising fairly. Barley same as rye. Grass be¬ 
low average and very backward; an unusual 
amount, of Hungarian and Millet sown. Po¬ 
tatoes frozen by late frost, but may make a 
fair crop yet. Corn, si me as potatoes, r. t. 
Grkknsburo, Decatur Co —The acreage 
for coru, oats, rye, barlpy and grass about as 
usual; for Winter wheat and potatoes acreage 
considerably greater than usual. Prospect 
for wheat, oats, rye, barley, grass and po¬ 
tatoes is very favorable. For corn prospect 
is not so good. Pears and early apples nearly 
a failure. For late apples the prospects are 
fair. w. H. p. 
Indianapolis, Marion Co.—Wheat beads 
which were barely discernible a week ago 
are almost full size now, and certainly prom¬ 
ise as good a crop as in any year, not except¬ 
ing 187!!. Corn is not so hopefully situated; 
but little above ground, within three miles of 
city. The ground is like a inortar bed, and 
seed does not sprout; it is quite as likely to 
rot. Oats promise fairly. Grass ditto. Po¬ 
tatoes will probably turn out an average 
crop, bugs permitting. Apples and pears will 
be light crops. w. H. 
Ladoga, Montgomery Co.—Winter wheat 
acreage over an average and project never 
better, Oats good. Grasses for hay short. 
Prospect for corn very gloomy; not all 
planted. Potato prospect good: a large crop 
planted. Fruit a short crop. Weather cold, 
wet and rainy. s. 8. m. 
La Porte, La Porte Co.—Acreage of win¬ 
ter wheat about the same as usual; no Spring 
wheat: prospect above the average. Of oats 
aboutjthe usual amount, is sown; prospect fair. 
Grasses for bay are backward and not look¬ 
ing well; many pieces are showing sorrel on 
account of cold weather. Corn is backward; 
just coming up on about the usual acreage. 
Potatoes have been frozen twice; about the 
usual amount planted. Apples and pears be¬ 
low the average. 8. w. n. 
Lawrence, Marion Co.—Winter wheat 
acreage average; prcpect never better; now 
heading. Rye, none raised here. Oats, usual 
quantity sown; good prospect for more than 
average crop. Barley, none being raised, so 
far as I know. Grasses for hay, acreage 
rather below average; prospect for good crop 
poor; clover hurt by April freeze. Indian 
corn acreage average; prospect moderately 
good; corn now coming up; locks healthy. 
Potato acreage increased; prospect good, 
though bugs are plenty. Apples, small crop. 
Pears, nearly all killed by freeze. s, C. 
Lima, LaGrange Co.—The late frosts have 
not damaged the Winter wheat in this sec¬ 
tion. Tue acreig3 will be as good as usual; 
between 70 and 80 per cent, of a good 
crop. The prospect for clover is poor. 
Timothy bids fair to be a good crop. 
Oats now look well. The prospect for corn is 
good. The frosts have damaged fruit to a 
coasiderable extent. The peach crop will be 
a failure. Apples stand a fair chance to be a 
good crop. Grapes, with no other drawback, 
will make one-third of a crop. j. s. 
Logansport, Cass Co.— Winter wheat 
acreage up to the average; the prospect better 
than average. Oats same as wheat. Prospect 
for bay good. Corn very late. Potatoes 
average; plenty of bugs. Prospect for apples 
good. Pears half a crop. Prospect for grapes 
good. D. h. w. 
Madison, Jefferson Co.—Winter wheat, 
rye, oats, barley, grass, potatoes, very prom¬ 
ising. Com late but coming along finely now. 
Fruit of all kinds badly damaged; will be 
some late apples. h, e. w. 
Manchester, Wabash Co.—The acreage of 
wheat >s about the same as last year and pros¬ 
pects of ahout two thirds of a crop. Com 
acreage about the same as last yearned pros¬ 
pect moderately good. Rye not much sown 
but prospect good. Oats, increased acreage 
and prospect very good. Potato increased 
acreage and prospect moderately good. Ap¬ 
ples and pears about two-thirds of a 
crop. i). w. m'f. 
Marshalltown, Mar-hall Co.—Compared 
with this time last year, wheat is 25 per cent 
less in acreage, but 50 per cent better in con¬ 
dition. Oats on about the same acreage are 25 
per cent better. Flax25 per cent more sown, 
and 25 per cent better. Grasses 25 per cent 
better. Corn just coming up; looks yellow; 
weather now wet and cool, last year hot and 
dry. “ Rye to the rescue,” was the maxim of 
most of the farmers, and fully 10 times as 
much was sown as in any of the last ten 
years. E . w . 
Michigan Citv, La Porte Co.—Winter 
wheat full average; on rolling and clay land, 
one-half crop. No Spring wheat, rye or har- 
ley raised. Oats, generally fair prospect; 
acreage average. Grasses for hay good. In- 
di.n corn, poor prospect. Apple prospects 
good. Pears very good. c, E. d. 
Moorefield, Switzerland Co.—The acreage 
of wheat is 10 per cent. larger than common, 
and prospects are very good, though it was 
badly frozen in April. Very little rye sown. 
Oats about the usual acreage; and prospects 
very promising. Barley is not sown much, 
but what there is of it Is looking well. Hay 
acreage as usual, but prospects very poor on 
account of drought last year. Corn is look¬ 
ing fair, the acreage about 20 per cent 
larger than common. Some complaints of 
Chinch bug. Potatoes as us ial, Apples verv 
few. Pears none at all. j. c. 
Morristown, Shelbv Co.—Winter wheat 
is looking very fine, with large acreage Oats 
looking fine; small acreage. Grass very good. 
Corn prospect good: acreage large. Potatoes 
looking very fine. App'es, pears, peaches and 
cherries all have been killed, 8. t, 
Orland, Steuben Co.—Taking ten as a max¬ 
imum, Winter wheat stands as to acreage 
10; prospect 10. Rye, none raised. Oats 
acreage 8; prospect 8. Barley little raised. 
Hay, acreage 8; prospect 10. Corn, acreage 
10; prospect 8. Potatoes, acreage 10; pros¬ 
pect 8. Apples, prospect 8. Pears killed by 
frost. Frost and cold, wet weather kept Spring 
crops back. G, k, w. 
Otterbein, Benton Co.—Wheat acreag® 
full; prospect about two-thirds crop. Oat 
acreage full. Hay prospect good. Com bad; 
not one-half planted yet. Good prospect for 
potatoes, apples and pears. j. l. 
Pittsboro, Hendricks Co.—The acreage of 
Winter wheat is about an average for this 
countv; prospect for a heavy yield never 
better. No rye or barley grown. About an 
average acreage of oats which is never large, 
looking splendid. Meadows are looking fine. 
Corn planting has been very backward. 
Potatoes not all planted, a good many have 
rotted iu the ground, whole fields will have to 
be replanted with corn. A fair crop of late 
apples expected. No pears. f. o. 
Rochester, Fulton Co—The amount of 
wheat sown last Fall is a full average—all 
Winter wheat; prospect good. No rye and 
barley sown. Oats and grass prospects good. 
Corn planting just over, delayed by wet 
weather. Potato prospects fair. Bugs plenty. 
Apples and pears mostly killed by late 
frosts. c. A. M. 
Rushville, Rush Co.—Taking the average 
crop for the last 10 years as a basis for per¬ 
centage, I will say of wheat: Acreage, 140 
of 10 years’ average; prospect 120. Rye, 
none but a few isolated fields raised; oats, 
acreage, 50; prospect, 100; barley, 40; pros¬ 
pect, 90; Timothy, 80; prospect, 110; clover 
120; prospect, 80; corn, 80; prospect 75. Much 
of the corn was planted a second time, owing 
to cold and wet. In regard to potatoes, acre¬ 
age, 100; prospect, 110. Apples, the pros¬ 
pect is that they will be nearly a total fail¬ 
ure, owing to cue late freeze. Pears will be 
nearly a failure. Peaches, a total failure. 
We will need 15 or 18 bright and warm days 
in this month, or the figures I give you on 
corn and wheat may be somewhat reduced. 
Our farmers are, nevertheless, very hopeful 
that we shill reap a bountiful crop. w. a, a, 
Selma, Delaware Co.—Winter wheat pros¬ 
pect generally g >od, though some few very 
early fields have been injured by late frosts; 
acreage one-tenth greater than last year. Rye 
and oats are looking well; not so much sown 
as last year; meadows are looking promising. 
Corn is not all planted; very slow about com¬ 
ing up on account of cold, wet weather; acre¬ 
age about the same as last year. The acreage 
in potatoes is double that of last year. Apples 
and pears will be scarce on account of so 
many trees being killed in the Winter of 
1880-81. ,T. L. H. 
Soum Bend, St. Joseph Co.—Prospects for 
wheat good; acreage same as last year. Acre¬ 
age of corn somewhat larger. Potatoes com¬ 
ing up very slowly. Never were bugs so numer¬ 
ous. Acreage same as last year. Pears a third 
of a crop. Apples an average. .r. a. p. 
Union Mills, La Porte Co.—This is a 
Winter wheat county, and but little Spring 
wheat is ever sown; acreage greater that usual 
and prospect good. Very little rve sown. 
Oats about the usual acreage and looking well. 
Clover and timothy meadows look bad—very 
thin, and only about half the usual amount of 
hay may be expected in this immediate 
vicinity. The acreage of com is less than 
usual, and owing to the cold, wet weather it 
is but just coming out of the ground; what is 
up, has been frost bitten. The acreage of 
potatoes is greater than usual; frosts and bugs 
are injuring them somewhat. Fruit prospect 
fair. o, t. 
Illinois. 
Assumption, Christian Co.—Winter wheat 
acreage medium; prospects good. Rye, none. 
Oat acreage large; prospects good. Barley, 
none. Timothy acreage medium; prospects 
good. Corn acreage large; prospects fair. 
Potatoes, acreage small for early; prospects 
good. App'es, acreage medium for late; pros¬ 
pects fair. Pears very scarce. A lmost every¬ 
body bad to buy in seed last Fall f,>r Winter 
wheat, which makes the acreage smaller than 
usual; it will be 1 rgethisFall. Owingtocon- 
tinued wet weather, we are only about one- 
half through planting, Ofcornagood deal has 
to be planted over. \y, c. b. 
Atlanta, Logan Co.—No Spring wheat. 
Fall wheat very good. Rye and oats never 
better; barley none; hay good. Corn mostly 
planted and in good condition. Potatoes good 
Apples and pears good; season very wet. e. h. 
Babylon, Fulton Co.—Oats, rye and pota¬ 
toes look well, with more than an average 
aeerage of all kinds. There is a decrease in 
wheat. Corn is in poor condition. Small 
fruits but little grown. M w 
Baileyville, Ogle Co. —Winter wheat and 
rye have a promising appearance, and Spring 
wheat also looks well, but there is only a small 
acreage of wheat in this locality. There is a 
considerable amount of rye, and about the 
usual acreage of oats and barley, whieh have 
a fair appearance. Corn which is the main 
crop, is in poor condition The weather has 
been too wet and cold for com: some that was 
first planted failed entirely and has to be re¬ 
planted; there is an uneven stand; some corn 
is not up yet. Meadows and pastures are 
mostly good. Fruit bloomed profusely, but 
some has been injured by late frosts, w. B. D 
Blandinsville, McDonough Co.—Acreage 
of Winter wheat lesi than usual owing to 
partial failure the two last years; the present 
prospect is very fine. Spring wheat is also 
looking well; acreage somewhat less than 
usual; promising a good yield, that is, if the 
bugs will only let it alone; they are not doing 
it much harm as y et Of rye about the usual 
acreage has been sown here; it looks very well 
and promises a good yield; it isnow just com¬ 
ing iato blossom. Of oats quite a large area 
is sown here; they look very well. Barley we 
raise very little of. Timothy and clover look 
very fine; but our corn does not look very well 
owing to the great amount of rain that has 
fallen and the cloudy, backw r ard weather that 
we have had; 1 should think that about half 
the com land that was Intended for this crop 
has been planted; some of it is up and d es 
not look very flattering, it is of a yellow color; 
although it has all sprouted remarkably well 
If we should have a few days of sunshine and 
fair weather, the rest of the crop will be put 
in and there will be time for it to make a good 
crop yet. 4Ve have never failed in this 
part of Illinois to make corn enough to do us, 
for the last 4fl years to my own knowle Ige. 
Potatoes look well. Apples will be a fair crop. 
Few pears are raised here; their failure is 
owing mostly to blight; 1 have a few Kieffer 
Hybrids, but they are not bearing as yet. 
Early cherries promise a good crop; there will 
be some peaches in sheltered places. Rasp¬ 
berries and blackberries are having a very 
profuse bloom with good promise. Currants 
few aud scattering. All kinds of stuff growing 
in the gardens look well but grows rather 
slowly, h. F. G. 
Bondville, Champaign Co - —Wheat not so 
many acres as last year, but prospect for 
Winter wheat, rye and oats never better; an 
increased acreage of oats. Hay will probably 
be an abundant crop. Com prospect at present 
bad. Potatoes and apples half a crop. Pears 
look well. A. s. 
Champaign, Champaign Co.—Winter wheat 
acreage 25 per cant more than in "81. Very 
heavy growth of extra-fine be’bage in a 
healthy state,with favorable weather hence to 
harvest, there will be a big crop. No Spring 
wheat and no barley. Oats immense acreage, 
30 per cent more than last year—crop on 
whole, looking well Meadows only so so; 
pastures in very bad condition and wholly 
inadequate to the wants of the country; land 
tramped last Winter after severe drought of 
last Summer. Stock turned Id too earlv this 
Spring. Great acreage of potatoes planted, 
and testing very well. Apples and pears in 
this section, immense crops. Indian corn in 
a bad way—not half corn planted, and half 
that half requires to be planted over. Came 
nine inches rain, and very bad temperature 
for May. A warm June would put every¬ 
thing to rights; a wet one, cold or warm, 
would insure not even half a crop. B f. j. 
Coal Valley, Rock Island Co.—Ryeand oats 
are doing finely. Owing to Chinch hugs very 
little wheat is raised in this vieiuity; the cool 
a d wet weather that prevailed the past few 
weeks has greatly delayed com planting; those 
who succeeded in planting early, are now 
replanting for the second or third time. Fruit 
is greatly damaged by frost. G. s. 
Collinsville, Madison Co.—The acreage 
of wheat crop is about the same as last year; 
the prospect is not good. The Hessian fly 
damaged it considerably; some fields are not 
worth harvesting. Oats are good; meadows 
are ditto. Potatoes are very promising. Had 
to replow and replanted corn three times; 
very backward. Apples and pears would 
have been plentiful but all were damaged by 
hailstones. Pear trees are much injured by 
blight. jj, H . 
Danvers, McLean Co.—The season has been 
unusually cold and backward, and quite wet. 
Early plauted com has made but little pro¬ 
gress on account of wet and cold; a good many 
farmers post poned planting for days after they 
were ready to plant, and perhaps one third of 
the crop has not been planted long enough to 
show itself yet—there have been heavy rains 
since the last planting; no doubt there will 
have to be considerable replanting, so, upon 
the whole, the present prospect for the corn 
crop is not very flattering; as a general thing, 
however, the farmers are still hop°ful, and 
think with June favorable for cultivating the 
cr p is by no means hopeless, for there is yet 
plenty of time to bring a full crop. J think the 
acreage fully as large as last season. The 
pro-pects for an abundant hav crop were 
never better. Notwithstanding the wet and 
cold oats look well, prospect good. Rye ditto. 
No Spring wheat. Winter wheat acreage is 
not large, but what there is looks well Acre¬ 
age of oats large; and of rye considerable. 
Early-planted potatoes are looking well; 
some bugs, but not very numerous as yet. So 
far as my own observation goes and by in¬ 
quiries, I think the prospect good for from a 
one-half to three-fourth, crop of apples, I 
think the pear crop will be short; also the 
cherry crop. There will be some few peaches, 
and about one half a crop of currants, p. r. 
Danville, Vermillion Co.—The acreage for 
Winter wheat is not more than two-thirds as 
large as for the two previous vears and the 
prospects at this time are for half a crop. No 
Bpring wheat raised here. Very little rye, 
barley or oats. Corn and hay are the main 
crops of this county; the grass for hay prom¬ 
ises wall. Potatoes more planted than usual, 
as the crop was a failure here last season. 
Peaches few this season. r. t. l. 
Edwardsville, Madison Co.— Winter 
wheat is the only kind sown here; acreage 20 
per cent, less than last year on account of 
drought. Crop prospects are of the best. 
Very little rye sown, that only for pasture; 
also few oats; they look fine; meadows look 
well, but fear is entertained of the Army- 
worm, which is just making its appearance. 
Corn is very backwards, owing to wet, cold 
weather. We expect to have largest potato 
crop for years past; no bugs. Winter apples 
will be very scarce; all other fruits will be 
full crops. j. r. s . 
Evanston, Cook Co.—Oats, prospects 
good. Grasses for hay, good. Potatoes, good; 
large acreage. Indian corn, just planting. 
Wheat, rye, barley, apples, pears, not any 
grown here. j. s. f. 
Evanston, Cook Co.—The wheat acreage 
is about the same as last year. Spring wheat, 
rye, oats, barley and grass for bay look very 
promising, but potatoes are rotting in the 
ground very badly on account of wet and 
cold weather. Cora is not far enough ad¬ 
vanced to tell what it will be. This is not the 
bearing year for apples. There will be a few 
peal’s. Cherries will be a big crop, and small 
fruit in abundance. c. w. 
Fair View, Fulton Co.—The prospect for 
wheat is very good; Winter wheat never 
looked better; acreage rather short. Rye 
good, although the late frost has injured it as 
