THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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RURAL CROP REPORTS. 
(Continued from page 407.) 
Homer, Calhoun Co.—Usual acreage of 
Winter wheat; no Spring wheat. At least 50 
per cent, better in condition and prospect 
than a year ago. Oats generally backward 
and corn clear behind. Apple and peach trees 
blossomed very full, but some damage has 
been done by late frosts. Clover and Timo¬ 
thy meadows seriously injured by the White- 
grub last Pall and clover suffered some from 
the Winter. Potatoes just coming up. c. c. w. 
Hopkins, Allegan Co.—Spring backward 
and cold. We had two frosts at the close of 
May that killed potatoes that were up and in¬ 
jured strawberry blossoms. Peaches on bud¬ 
ded trees in this vicinity are pretty much all 
killed; enou-h left on the seedlings to make a 
fair crop. Prospect for apples good. Pear 
trees quite full of buds. Oats and com will 
be late. Wheat, except where killed out on 
low land, about twice as good as last year, 
though not so forward as common. The pros¬ 
pect for clover is poorer than for many years, 
owing to heaving out last Wiuter and the 
failure to get a “good catch” last year on 
account of hot, dry weather at time seeding. 
A good many are sowing millet and Hun¬ 
garian to make up for the deficiency in the 
grass crop. Rye is coming into favor for pas¬ 
ture and soiling. H. 
Hubardston, Ionia Co. —Acreage of wheat 
is about an average. On sandy and rolling 
land wheat looks very fine; on flat and low 
land it is winter killed badly. All Winter 
wheat here. No rye. Oats look well. No 
barley. A largo share of clo\or was ruined 
by being heaved out. Timothy good. One- 
third larger acreage of corn this year than 
common. Potatoes about as usual. App’ea 
and pears are blossomed as full as could be, 
and pears are loaded with sets. Cherries and 
peaches somewhat hurt by frost. o. s. 
Hudsonnille, Ottawa Co.— Wheat, aver¬ 
age acreage; prospect better than in ’81. Oats 
good. Barley, not much grown; rye do. 
Grass prospect not good. Com late; not 
much up yet. Potatoes same as corn. Apple 
prospect good. Pears, not many raised on 
account of blight. Early peaches killed by 
frost. All crops backward. H. h. c. 
Ithaca, Gratiot Co.—The acreage of wheat 
(all Winter) is greater than usual and there 
will be about half a crop. No rye. Oats 
promise well with a full acreage. No barley. 
Grapes were injured much by the open Wiu¬ 
ter and frosty Spring. A large acreage of 
corn is being planted; likewise of potatoes. 
Pears promise a light crop; apples a full one. 
Peaches still uninjured. w. H. B. 
Lapeer, Lapeer Co,—The acreage of Win¬ 
ter wheat in this county was never greater 
than this year; prospect a good average. Rye 
not raised hei e and but little barley. Oats, 
com and potatoes are average in acreage. 
Hay crop will be light. Clover more or less 
winter-killed and meadows have been pinched 
by late frosts and dry weather. Apples, pears 
and all fruits promise now a crop never ex¬ 
celled. Season late. r, l. t. 
Linden, Geuesee Co.—The prospect for 
Winter wheat is better than an average. 
Com and oats are starting slowly, but with 
increasing warmth will no doubt give average 
crops. Grass is coming on very fast and will 
be an abundant crop. Potatoes ju9t coming 
up; more than the usual acreage planted. 
Apple blossoms very abundant; there will be 
a large yield. c. b. 
Lowell, Kent Co.—Wheat is fully an 
average acreage l.ut its condition is not satis¬ 
factory owing to a dry, cold.backward Spring. 
A hard frost on May 23 it is feared hurt wheat 
and fruit No Spring wheat here. Oats 
about an average. But little rye or barley in 
my neighborhood. ^The prospect is that there 
will be a light hay crop. Of corn and 
potatoes a good acreage is being planted. A 
good prospect for apples. Other fruits dam¬ 
aged by frost. j. h. a. 
Marshal, Calhoun Co —Winter wheat 
about the usual acreage sown; prospect of 
light crop. Oats more than usual breadth; 
must be almost a total failure; never saw a 
poorer outlook for grass, many having to turn 
stock into their meadows. Corn and potatoes 
just coming up. a. r. 
May, Tuscola Co.—Winter wheat, atnut 
five per cent, more grouud sown than last 
year; prospect about average. Spring wheat 
very little sown. Rye, very little raised. 
Barley not extensively raised; average crop. 
Oats, five per cent more sown; look well; 
average crop. Grass and clover 30 per cent, 
below average. Indian corn 10 per cent, more 
planted; not up. Potatoes, about usual quan¬ 
tity planted. Apples, a good prospect at 
present for a big crop. Pears very full of 
blossoms; great many trees blighted. Peaches 
favorable for 10 per cent, of a crop. w. R. 
Memphis, Macomb Co. — Wheat acreage 
rather more than usual. Worms ate it badly 
last Fall but it looks splendid now, except 
small spots. But little Spring wheat here. 
No rye. Oat acreage about as usual; promises 
well. Barley acreage small but crop looks 
well. Cora and potato acreage large for 
this country; coming up well. Apple acreage 
large; prospect good. Pears nearly dead; 
probably enough for home use. Cherries and 
small fruits in abundance. Grass acreage 
large. We expect good crops of everything 
we raise. b, s. 
Menomenee, Menomenee Co.—The season 
is three weeks later than in 1881. Wheat is 
just now coming out of the ground; no Win¬ 
ter wheat sown in this county. Very little 
barley or rye. Some of the eight-rowed 
corn is planted. There is a larger area under 
potatoes than last year. Hay is oar principal 
crop, as it always bring #2.00 more per ton 
here than in Chicago; but the prospect is poor 
this year on account of a cold and dry Spring. 
Apples and pears are now in blossom and 
promises to be good crops. Gooseberries are 
loaded with blossoms and so are currants. 
We had an open Winter but fruit wintered 
well. Strawberries promise a good yield this 
year. m. w. 
Monroe, Monroe Co.—Wheat looks well 
with the exception of some on low, wet ground; 
acreage fully up to last year’s. Grass is rather 
small for the time of the year Oats small but 
of good color. Spring wheat, rye and barley 
not much grown, Prospect for com not first- 
rate. Acreage of potatoes fully up to la=t 
year’s if not more, and a plenty of bugs. 
Peaches and pears not more than half a 
crop. w. D. 
Nortiishade, Montcalm Co.—The acreage 
of wheat is greater than last year; will be 
about a three fourths crap. Oat prospect good. 
Corn good. Potatoes good; apples, do. Grass 
not very favoiable. T. F. 
Olivet, Eaton Co.—Acreage of wheat about 
average; looking good. Oats poor; grass 
medium. Indian corn not up yet; too cold for 
it, also for potatoes. Apples and pears very 
full of blossoms; not hurt by frost; prospect 
of big crop. Peaches mostly killed; Hill’s 
Chili and Bernard have stood the frost. 
Grapes aud plums one half crop. A. d. b. 
Ovvosso, Shiawassee Co.—Prospect for wheat 
about an average - . 25 per cent, of tillable land 
sown in wheat. Very little rye sown. Oats 
look well. No barley raised. Grass good. 
Prospects for fruit very good, except early 
peaches. r. g. 
Pontiac, Oakland Co.—Wheat acreage veiy 
large and prospects the best for years past. 
All crops at the present time, especially rye, 
oats, barley and com, never looked better, 
and the prospects for apples and other varieties 
of fruit is immense in this section, c. A. h. 
Plainwell, Allegan Co.—Wheat prospect 
is fine—all Winter wheat. Rye aery little 
sown; hurt by late frosts. Oats small; not 
much sown. Barley not a very good crop 
Grass is light. Corn poor; acreage larger 
than last year Potato acreage double last 
year’s, t'rospect for apples good, and for pears 
poor. Peaches nearly all killed. H. M e. 
Saline, Washtenaw Co.—The acreage of 
Winter wheat is 10 per cent, greater than last 
year and the prospects 100 per cent, better. 
Of oats the acreage is less and the prospects 
poorer. Timothy meadows in good condition. 
Clover wintered poorly aud on that account 
a larger acreage of com is being plauted. 
Thero is an increased acreage of potatoes. 
Prospects for apples, pears and cherries could 
not be better. Peach trees blossomed very 
full; but the crop has undoubtedly been dam¬ 
aged by the severe frosts of May 23, when ice 
formed. Rye and barley not grown to any 
extent in this section. The season has been 
very cold, wet and backward. j. f. a. 
South Haven, Van Buren Co.—The acre 
age of wheat is above the average aud the 
prospect for a big crop is good. Wheat passed 
through the Winter in fine condition. Rye 
and barley are not grown here. Outs look 
well aud the prospect for m big crop of hay 
never was better The acreage of potatoes 
will be large. All fruit trees have been loaded 
with blossoms this Spring and would have had 
a big crop but for frost which killed the 
peaches badly; we shall not have more than 
half a crop. h. a. f. 
Iowa. 
Algona, Kossuth Co.—Spring cold and wet. 
Crops veiy backward. Spring wheat, barley 
and oats look well, Corn just coming up; a 
large acreage planted. Grass for hay will 
probably be good, but late. Apples in full 
bloom. Pears, none raised. Plums nearly all 
ruined by the frost of May 21 and 22. Small 
fruits not damaged much. Grapes not in¬ 
jured. j. G. R. 
Amber, Jones Co,— No wheat sown to 
amount to anything. Rye nice and acreage 
small. Oats good, large acreage. Grass 
acreage large, but the growth has Leen very 
small as yet ou account of the cold, backward 
Soring. Cora large acreage, but not very 
forward. Potatoes large acreage and good 
prospects. Apples a splendid prospect, w. s- 
Cambria, Wayne Co.—Wheat, none raised 
in these parts. Rye, very little; looks well. 
Oats, largo acreage and looks splendid. Corn, 
a large amount being planted bat late on ac¬ 
count of cold and wet. No barley. Grass 
paor. Potatoes look well; small acreage. Ap¬ 
ples bid fair. Peach and pear trees few; fruit, 
average crop. T. w. B. 
Colo, Story Co.—Decrease in acreage of 
wheat. Rye 100 per cent. Oats 125. Scarcely 
any barley. Iucrease of Timothy for hay and 
pasture. Com 100 per cent. Potat >es, an in¬ 
crease of acreage as compared with last year. 
Apples slightly damaged by frost. So far 
the prospect for wheat and oats is fair. j. d. 
Corning, Adams Co.—Wheat acreage about 
the same as in ’81; prospect good—the best for 
three years (all Spring wheat). Rve the same. 
Oats good. No barley. Mostly prairie hay; some 
Timothy. Corn coming on good. Potatoes 
look well. Apples will be a good crop. Pears 
none. j. m. r. 
Cromwell, Union Co.—Spring wheat fair; 
acreage small. Rye, increased acreage and 
flue; also oats. Barley very little sown. Grass 
fin' 1 . Corn, good stand but slow growth. 
Potatoes good. Apples, pears and cherries 
badly hurt by frost. Raspberries, blackber¬ 
ries and grapes promise well, w. t. b. 
Davenport, Scott Co.—Hardly any Winter 
wheat was sown in this section last Fall, but 
what little there is has withstood the Winter 
well and looks excellent. The same can be 
said of Spring wheat; acreage somewhat less 
than last year, but condition much better. 
Oats, barley and grasses promise heavy crops. 
All small graios look thrifty and strong— 
much better than last year at this time. Acre¬ 
age of oats and barley is about the same as 
last year. Indian com looks like a partial 
failure, in consequence of the cold and wet 
rains, It is uneven in sprouting; some rotten 
and hardly any above ground. Fruit appears 
to be a partial failure, peaches entirely so. L. 
Delaware, Delaware Co,—No wheat, rye 
or barley sown. Oats looking well; acreage 
not large. Grasses looking well. Good deal 
of corn olanted. Not many potatoes planted. 
Apples, prospect of large crop. Pears not 
raised much. Considerable sorghum planted 
here. C. s. H. 
Denison, Crawford Co.—Spring wheat re¬ 
markably good on a large acreage. Rye good, 
but acreage small. Oats good, small acreage. 
Barley good but not much sown. Grasses good 
but scarce, both tame or wild. Cora looks 
poor at present, owing to cool weather. Large 
acreage of corn. Potatoes late but strong; 
bugs ditto. Apples good. T. D. 
Emerson, Mills Co.— No Winter wheat. 
Spring looks well; about the utual acreage. 
Rye looks well; rather more than common. 
Oats ditto. Barley none. Grasses good. Corn 
backward; complaint about a light stand. 
Acreage fully up to average. Potatoes look 
well some bugs. Apples pi - omise well. Pears 
scarce. r. p. 
Emmettsburg, Palo Alto Co,—Wheat doing 
very well; not as much as last year. Oats, 
rye and barley doing well. Immense crop of 
hay expected. Corn late in being put in; 
acreage large; present outlook not very en¬ 
couraging. Potatoes and apples good. Pears 
none. a. p. 
Grundy Centre, Grundy Co.—The acreage 
of SpriDg wheat is much less than last year, 
but it looks well. More rye; looks fine. More 
oats; doing well. Large acreage of corn 
planted. Fruit much injured by frost. About 
same amount of potatoes planted as usual, w. 
Hopkville, Clarke Co.—Probably about 
two-thirds usual acreage of Spring wheat; 
prospect good, but late. No Win*er wheat. 
Little or no rye. Oats probably fullv usual 
acreage, perhaps more; good prospect gener¬ 
ally. No barley. Hay prospect rather poor, 
owing t. last Summer’s severe drought and al¬ 
ternate freezing and thawing the past Winte. - . 
Probably one-half of the usual amount of corn 
is planted; badly behind, owing to cold, wet 
weather. Potatoes, not many raised but for 
home use. Apple prospect good. Not many 
pears raised here. m. a. t. 
Indianola, Warren Co.—Wheat about half 
the usual area; no Winter raised. Rye, oats 
and barley fair crops. Grass a full crop. Corn 
below the average. Potatoes a full crop. Ap¬ 
ples below an average. Wet and cold weather 
has been injurious to corn planting and fruit 
crops. j. A. 
Keosauqua, Van Buren Co.—Acreage of 
Wiuter wheat 20 per cent, below last year’s; 
prospect good for average yield. Rye in¬ 
creased acreage ; will make average yield. 
Oats, increase of 15 per cent, in acreage over 
last year, with prospect of average yield. 
Corn prospect very unfavorable. We have 
been having heavy, cold rains for the past 
six weeks, which have greatly retarded plant¬ 
ing. Potato outlook very unpromising—too 
cold and wet. Apples promise a very good 
crop. Fears and small fruits will be light 
crops. Grasses promise fully an average 
yield, w. A. h. 
Keota, Keokuk Co.—Wheat raising is a 
thing of the past in this locality; as it seldom 
does well, Very little is raised. Little rye is 
raised but this little looks well. The prospect 
for oats are good, and a large crop is sowed. 
Meadows are a little backward on account of 
the wet, backward Spring; but a good hay 
crop is expected. The acreage of com would 
be large if it were all planted, but on account 
of the snow on the 12th and 22d of May, with 
rain and cold weather, much of the intended 
corn is not planted; and what is planted is 
doing poorly; on flat land it is rotting in the 
ground. But few potatoes are raised for 
shipping; they too are backward. Prospect 
for apples good. Pears are but little raised. 
Plums promise fairly. Cherries are killed. 
Tolerable fair show for small fruit. R. K. 
Lime Springs, Howard Co.—Acreage of 
wheat, both Winter and Spring, very small, 
but stands good. Whatiittle rye there is looks 
well. Oat acreage large, looks well. Cora 
and potatoes have wide acreage, but both 
late on account of cold weather. Hay pros¬ 
pects good. Apple, pear and small fruit pros¬ 
pects good. A cold, backward season. B. p. 
Little Sioux, Harrison Co.—Acreage of 
Spring wheat about two-thirds of what it was 
last year; prospect good. Rye, oats and bar¬ 
ley two thirds of last year’s acreage; prospect 
fine. Grasses an average in acreage as to for¬ 
mer years; prospect good. Corn a good stand 
but small for the time it has been planted; 
acreage one fourth more than last year. Po¬ 
tato prospect good; acreage about the same 
as last year. Apples scarce, the same with 
pears. H. e. 
Morning Sun, Louisa Co.—Winter wheat 
none sowed. Spring one third of usual acre¬ 
age; prospect poor. Rye but little sown; pros¬ 
pect poor. Oat acreage unusually large; 
prospect splendid. Barley never raised here. 
Grasses for hay good. East winds, continual 
rain, two snows in May—one the 12th the 
other the 23d—have caused farmers to plant a 
large amount of corn a second time, and the 
second planting is in a critical condition: 
another week of colt east rai n and it will rot. 
Potato acreage large, but they have been 
frozen to the ground twice, consequently they 
look very bad. Millions of Colorado bugs. 
Apple prospect fair; prospects all round hire 
are quite blue. w. e. 
Wisconsin. 
Argyle, La Fayette Co.—The prospects for 
wheat, both Spring and Winter, are good. 
Rye good. Indian corn backward and some 
rotting in the ground. Potatoes good, but 
backward. Apples and small fruits look well, 
but they have been somewhat injured by frost. 
Grasses good, except clover which was winter- 
killed. T. H. D. 
Dale, Outagamie Co.—The prospect for 
Winter wheat is one-tenth below the average; 
yet it looks very good. Spring one-tenth 
above. Rye is five per cent above. Oats 
have a smaller acreage. In com there is a 
large increase over last year. Barley an aver¬ 
age. All Spring crops very backward, owing 
to dry weather, An increased acreage under 
potatoes. In apples,Jcherries, and pears, there 
is a prospect for large crops; the weather is 
quite dry; have not had any rain of any con 
sequence since last of April. s. m. 
Delavan, Walworth Co.—Winter wheat 
acreage only one-fourth of what was sowed 
in Fall of ’80; prospect extra good. Spring 
wheat acreage less than one year ago; some 
say only one-half as much sowed, prospect 
good. Rye average or a little more: prospect 
extra good. Oats average acreage, prospect 
good. Barley the same. Grass for hay, 
average acreage or more; good but backward. 
Corn acreage one-fourth more than a year ago. 
Potato acreage increased 10 per cent above 
last year. Apples, very heavy bloom and not 
yet out of blossom. Pears in bloom; very few 
grown. E. k. P. 
Eagle, Waukesha Co.—Wiuter wheat above 
the average; Spring good. Rye good. Oats, 
barley and grass for hay good. The Spring 
has been cold and backward. Corn is just 
coming up. Potatoes the same; early 
look splendid. Have seen only two bugs this 
Spring. Apples blossomed very full; not 
hurt by the frost. c. d. w. 
Eau Ci.atre, Eau Claire Co.— A hard frost 
on the night of the 32d inst. killed to the ground 
such corn, potatoes and tender vegetables as 
were up; it destroyed nearly all the plums and 
injured apples aud early strawberries some¬ 
what. Rye looks well, wheat and oats moder¬ 
ately well. Grass is backward. f. r. 8. 
Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co.—Winter 
wheat increased acreage; looks about the av¬ 
erage. Spring wheat and all other Spring 
grains very backward and thin on the ground. 
Corn looks bad; very spindling and yellow; 
about the usual amount planted. Potatoes, 
rather fewer than usual planted. No beetles 
as yet. Apple trace in full bloom. Strawber- 
