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that we do not think that the fly has damaged 
it much. Its appearance compares favorably 
with that of other years—the acreage is larger, 
J. i>. 
Muskegon, Muskegon Co.—This is a rather 
sandy region and is not affected, like clay, by 
the extreme scantiness of the snowfall the past 
winter. I never saw any llossiau fly or wheat 
midge here, nor do I know of any dxacase or 
insect specially injurious to wheat here. I 
think there is an increase of acreage, but only 
about equal to the increase of the clearing upof 
new land. I’ armiug is not the most prominent 
business of this Lake Shore region, for fruit 
growing is the most important part of our ag¬ 
riculture, aud lumber manufacture the most 
prominent business. a. b. p. 
Orion, Oakland Co.—Wheat hereabouts 
looks well. It was not damaged Boriously by 
the Hessian fly. Ou low lauds it has been 
somewhat lifted by the frost, but the percent¬ 
age of low laud is very small. The general 
appearance is flue compared with other years; 
acreage larger than last year. cl k. c. 
Owosso, Shiawassee Co.—Wheat in this and 
udjueent eounties, on light soils aud ridges, 
looks well; on porous, loamy and uudrained 
soils it is badly heaved out. Many fipots, and 
some whole fields are utterly ruined. Loss, as 
now estimated, one-fourth. Present weather 
aud prospects are unfavorable. Comparatively 
it does not promise so well as a year ago. The 
general opinion is, that the damage done by the 
fly is comparatively Blight. The acreage is 
probably 10 per cent, greater than usual. 
Clover is universally aud badly thrown out, 
therefore the hay crop will be very short, aud 
the subsequent clover seed crop light. 
m. n. r. 
Reading, Hillsdale Co.—Taking 100 as the 
average of condition aud acreage of winter 
wheat here, the acreage under the present 
-P may be put at 110, aud its conditiou at 
Ridgeway, Lenawee Co.—The winter has not 
hurt wheat much ; some pieces that were sown 
early aud on stubble are injured by the fly, but 
it is not general. It is looking flue in most 
places In this county, and wiU compare favor¬ 
ably with that of other years. The acreage is 
nearly one-fourth larger than last year. 
c. c. v. it. 
Sotmi Haven, Van Buren Co.—Wheat in 
this region has come through the wiuter in 
good condition. It is but slightly browned ; 
shows no sigus of disease; is not affected by 
the Hessian fly. It was farther advanced than 
usual last fall, iu cousequeuee of continued 
warm weather. The acreage is considerably 
above that of last year. So far the prospect of 
auother good crop is excellent. t. t. l. 
Union City, Branch Co—In this section 
wheat is generally looking fine, especially 
on 6audy soils. Some pieces on heavily 
timbered laud are seriously injured by frost, 
being heaved out of the ground. Very little 
complaint about the fly. More wheat iu the 
ground than ever before. c c l 
cvui ueiure. Q m C. L 
Indiana. 
Bt.ooming Grove, Franklin Co—Thewinter 
did not harnnhe wheat until within a month, 
the frost aud snow since then have given it a 
scorched appearance; but I think that will uot 
amount to anything serious. No signs of dis¬ 
ease ; hut little harm from the fly. Its geueral 
appearance compares well with that of other 
years. The acreage is larger. The scorched 
appearaucc spokeu of above is where the 
ground was too wet, aud the wheat was throwu 
out somewhat, c> F H 
Columbia City, Whitely Co—The wheat 
crop Is a fair average. No disease or fly, aud 
the acreage is greater than usual. Just uow 
the weather is a little too dry. Winter has 
not affected the crop much only iu low places. 
w. s. 
Crown Point, Lake Co—The conditiou of 
wiuter wheat is fair; not us good as last year; 
injured somewhat by the open winter; no 
signs of disease; no iujury from the Hessian 
fly ; acreage larger thau heretofore. This sec¬ 
tion of country is uot adapted to winter wheat. 
D. K. P. 
Harrisburg, Fayette Co—Iu a residence 
of sixty years iu this county I have never seen 
a better condition of the wheat crop. It is 
neither winter-killed nor injured by the Hes¬ 
sian fly to any considerable extent. The acre¬ 
age is larger than usual, perhaps by tvveuty 
per cent. wm. w. t» 
iugallstou, Mai ion Co.—Wheat has wintered 
fairly well. No Hessian fly. Not killed by 
frost to any considerable extent. The acre¬ 
age is about an average one. This immediate 
section Is not largely a wheat-growing coun¬ 
try—more corn. The general appearance of 
ivflieat is better than usual at thiB season. 
G. J. 
La Porte, La Porte Co.—The winter has uot 
injured wheat to auy extent lu this section. 
There are no signs of disease in It. In its 
general appearance it compares very favora¬ 
bly with its condition in other yeai-6. The 
acreage is considerably larger thau in other 
years, and the prospect is flattering for a fine 
yield in this section. w. e. r. 
Lima, La Grange Co.—Wheat in this coun¬ 
ty has never looked better or healthier at this 
time than now. Acreage about as usual. 
j. s. 
Moorefield, Switzerland Co.—Wheat looks 
weliiu this section; some pieces, however, are 
injured by the fly, aud on level laud some are 
dumaged by the wet weather. j. c. 
Pleasant Lake, Steuben Co—In this sec¬ 
tion we have a variety of soil—oak openings 
and timber—thewiuterhas been very open; no 
snow of auy account, but a great deal of rain, 
bo that the wheat where the water stood any 
length of time, has been drowned out. We 
have uo Hessian fly. I think the general ap¬ 
pearance is as good as last year. The acreage 
is as large as on other years, but the season 
may affect it for the better or worse yet before 
the settled weather begins. n. b. d. 
Terre Haute, Vigo Co.—The prospects for 
an abundant wheat crop in this part of In¬ 
diana, are moat flattering. The winter, 
though considered uufavorable for the crops 
by many farmers, has proved the contrary. 
Jhe ground is completely covered with the 
plant, and the growth is farther advanced by 
a month thau at this season iu many years 
past, and there are no sigus of auy disease or 
of harm by the Hessian fly. D. R , 
Illinois, 
Apple River, Jo Daviess Co—Wheat is 
nearly all winter-killed, as far as I can learn. 
No chinch bug, Hessian fly, or disease. Acre¬ 
age large. Crop looks worse than usual. 
G. h. w. 
Albion, Edwards Co.—Wheat does not look 
so well as during the last two seasons. It is 
going down badly ou account of wet and frost. 
A considerable amount was ruined in Wabash 
county by the fly, aud was seeded the second 
time. Some will be plowed out this spring. 
The acreage is fully as large as in any previous 
year. T . 
Ashley, Washington Co. — As a genual 
thing the winter has not hurt our wheat in 
this section. It has a healthy appearance. In 
some fields the Hessian fly injured it in small 
spots only. The prospect is good for a large 
yield. The acreage is larger, I think, thau 
ever before. The |winter was very mild here, 
with a great deal of raiu. m. j. c. 
Aurora, Kaue Co.—Wheat is killed very 
badly by the frost. There was moie sown than 
usual. p . c> 
Berlin, Sangamon Co.—Wheat badly winter¬ 
killed to the extent of fully oue-third. No 
signs of disease or harm from the Hessian fly. 
Its general appearance is not equal to that of 
former yearB, but the acreage is from oue-third 
to one-half greater thau last year. 8 . h. 
Bunker Hill, Macoupin Co.—The grouud 
was very well prepared for wheat last fall, and 
fully 3o per cent, more was sowu than ever 
before. The seed all germinated and made a 
good “ stand." The crop was injured slightly 
by dry weailier iu January ; but it lookB very 
fine now in this and the six adjoining counties. 
There is a great variety of opinion in regard 
lo the "fly;” some say it lays its eggs iu the 
fall, aud hatches iu spring and works iu the 
stalk; others equally well informed, say there 
is another fly which lays the eggs in spring. I 
have uot examined it; but am told that “ the 
fly is awful” in the wheat; but it looks very 
promising, indeed, and we all feel very much 
encouraged. u 
Cherry Point City, Edgar Co—Wheat 
looks very well; the weather right now is 
rather haid for it. The fly hurt some pieces ; 
there is more sowu thau comtnou, and it looks 
very well. 3 
Cisne, Wayue Co.—The very open wiuter 
has been very hard on the wheat; the light 
freezing has damaged it more thau anything 
else. No disease is perceptible. The fly has 
not harmed it, aud it will compare favorably 
with other years. The acreage is larger by 
oue-third than wua ever known. n. a. t. 
Coats burgh, Adams Co—Wheat looks bad. 
A considerable amount of it will be plowed up 
this spring. The dry weather last fall hurt it 
much, and there is some fly iu it. It will aver¬ 
age about half of last year’s crop. j. a. 
Danville, Vermillion Co—Wheat in this 
section looks quite well for the time of year- 
much bolter thau usual. Very little has been 
winter-killed, and I think it has not been in¬ 
jured by the Hessian fly to any extent. Its gen¬ 
eral appearance is better thau the average. 
The acreage iu this county is nearly double that 
of auy other year. I have resided here over 
forty-five years. R . T . Li 
Elmira, Stark Co.—Wheat badly injured by 
the winter which has been open, with frequent 
freezing aDd thawing. No damage from the 
fly. The poorest prospect for a crop we have 
had for years. For the past two or three years 
we have had good seasons aud farmers ven¬ 
tured a larger amount thau has been sown for 
a long time, as last year led us to believe that 
it would be useless to sow sprlug wheat this 
year ou account of the chinch bug. This pest i 
has wintered through liuely, aud with au av- i 
erage dry summer we can raise enough to 
supply the world. e. r. b. 
Fairfield, Wayue Co.—The prospect for 
winter wheat here is good—bettar than for 
several years. The winter has not harmed it 
much. We have Been no signs of disease, or 
of tim Hessian fly. The acreage is larger than 
for six years. e. n. r. 
Fountain Green, Hancock Co—Wheat 
does not show any sign of disease, or of being 
injured by the Hessian fly. Its general ap¬ 
pearance does not compare well with that of 
other years. The acreage is smaller, .r. y. s. 
Galesburgh, Knox Co.—The wheat around 
here has been nearly killed. We have had no 
snow. I do not think it has been troubled by 
the Hessian fly. The acreage is larger than us¬ 
ual. Last year there was a good crop and many 
farmers put in some wheat this year ; but it is 
not a very good wheat country around here. 
A. P. H. 
Hoofeston, Vermillion Co—Wheat has been 
considerably injured of late by frost. No signs 
of disease or HesBian fly. The general appear¬ 
ance of the crop compares favorably with that 
of former years. The acreage is half as much 
again as during any previous year. We expect 
a good crop, future mishaps barred. 
C. B. A. 
Hugo, Douglas Co.—Unquestionably wheat 
is in fine condition here. 80 far I have heard 
no complaint of serious winter damage or of 
the fly. It compares favorably with other 
wheat yeais “of notoriety.” Acreage larger— 
40 acres have been sown to 10 last year. Of 
course, in all this hurry and blindness, many 
fields were “half put in" and a severe fall 
drouth gave it little aid; yet wheat prtperly 
put iu aud there is double the usual amouut 
of this class—lookB fine and is coming on now 
rtl P’dly. a. c. w. 
Joslin, Rock Island Co.—Neither my neigh¬ 
bor's wheat crops nor mine has suffered from 
the frost. We are the only persons in this dis¬ 
trict that sowed wheat last fall. I have four 
acres, two of which I covered with straw ; one 
I top-dressed and the oilier I left bare. The 
wheat covered with straw is more forward 
than the rest; the top-dressed Is stronger than 
that left bare. As far as I can tell, no dis¬ 
ease has affected it and no Hessian fly. In 
a large district (at a distance of five or six 
miles) the wheat is reported half winter-killed. 
I can't imagine what could be the difference, 
as both districts are on Rock River bottom and 
a sandy soil. The acreage of winter wheat has 
Increased. a A 
Milo, Bureau Co.—Wheat looks bad, almost 
ail winter-killed, owing probably to the open 
winter we have had, as itlookedwell in the fall. 
It shows no signsof disease, and is not troubled 
by the Hessian fly. Last year wheat was good 
aud a large acreage was put in this year. Of 
late years there is very little wheat sown, as 
it is not a sure crop in this section. j. a. 
Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co—Winter wheat 
we think, has wintered all right so far, but 
did uot get a very big growth, last fall, and 
looks thin ou the ground j no disease, and 
there is no HesBian fly. Acreage about double 
that of last year. j. c . 3> 
Normal, McL n an Co.—Nearly all the wheat 
in this section is winter-killed. Generally only 
a little wheat is raised here, but last year we 
had good crops, consequently a much larger 
acreage was sowed this year, bet I thiuk it 
will be almost an entire failure. g. c. r. 
Odin, Marion Co.—Wheat is damaged by too 
much wet aud freezing on our flat land. No 
signs of fly. The prospect is not an average 
one compared with those of the last three 
years. I think it will fall short one-third per 
acre. The acreage, however, is 50 per cent, 
greater thuu ever sown before. j. p. 
Onarga, Iroquois Co,—Wheat in this neigh¬ 
borhood has been somewhat injured by the 
freezing and thawing of the past open wiuter. 
No signs of any disease that I know of. No 
Hessian fly. There were many more acres sown 
last fail thau usual; the prospect is fair for a 
tolerably good crop this year. i. B . c. 
1 alatine, Cook Co.—-There is uo wiuter 
wheat around here to speak of. I only know 
of one piece about au acre, and it is badly win¬ 
ter-killed. I dou’t thiuk there are 35 acres in 
the whole couuty. I have never seen or heard 
of the Hessian tly here. We did uot raise winter 
wheat when the couutry was new. c. m, c. 
Paw Paw Grove, Lee Co—Wheat hereabouts 
is badly winter-killed. I think there is no 
show for a crop. The acreage is larger than 
for many years. R . 3- 
Pbllsvillb, Vermillion Co—But little fall 
wheat sown in this section; what there is has 
been winter-killed-it haa not been covered 
with snow once. 0 , 8 . 
Rock Falls, Whitesides Co.—Wu have never 
raised much wiuter wheat iu this county, aud 
for several years the crop of spring wheat has 
been so uncertain that farmers have hardly 
ventured to sow largely. Last year the snow 
remained ou the grouud and the small amouut 
of winter wheat which is always tried as an 
experiment, produced such a remarkable crop 
that quite a large amount was sowed last fall. 
The result, so far as I know, is: the Odessa is 
completely winter-killed and other kinds of 
real winter wheat are much injured by repeat¬ 
ed freezing and thawing, but promise to recov¬ 
er. No disease or insects that I have heard of. 
G. w. 
Rockford, Winnebago Co—But little winter 
wheat has been raised in this county; but 
about four times the acreage of last year is 
now growing. Its general appearauce is some¬ 
what better than last year. The Hessian fly 
does not appear until late in the season. Until 
the past two or three seasous no winter wheat 
was raised here for a number of years. 
B. L. H. 
Salem, Marion Co.—Where the drainage is 
good the wheat looks well; where it is bad, 
the wheat is generally dead. It shows no 
Bigns of disease—only as above stated. At 
piesentwesee no damage from Hessian fly. 
The crop looks better than last year at this 
time. The acieage is thought to be 35 per cent, 
more than last year, and some thiuk it more 
than that. G . h. w. 
Shelbyville, Shelby Co.—The wheat dur¬ 
ing the wiuter, in my neighborhood, looked 
very well, particularly the earlier-sown; but 
during the last two weeks the changeable 
weather has damaged it a good deal—some 
has been heaved out. The late-sown looks 
bad. The fly was in the earlier sown, but the 
late growth in fall overcame it in a great meas¬ 
ure ; the outlook is hardly as good as last 
year. The acreage is much larger. w. p. 
Sterling, Whitesides Co—Wheat of the 
Odessa variety comes up very nicely and made 
a fair growth. Mine is the best in our neigh¬ 
borhood. I plowed my ground very early, and 
consequently it became so packed that the frost 
has not heaved itthe same as it has iu loose soil. 
I see uo difference between that which was 
drilled and broadcasted. Until the past fall 
very little wheat was sown here in the fall, 
so I cannot compare the present with previous 
crops. The last general fall seeding was in 
1850', when people lost ail their seed; since 
then we have been putting in spring wheat. 
No Hessian fly here. o. h. 
Sullivan, Moultrie Co—Wheat iu this part 
of the country was injured somewhat by 
the freeze in March where sown on corn 
ground. It doesn’t seem to be injured in any 
other way. It looks better thau it did this 
time last year. The acreage is oue-third more. 
J. Z. M. 
Sumner, Lawrence Co—Growing wheat in 
this viciuity looks well and promises a full 
ci op equal to last year’s. More thau the usual 
acreage has been planted. Less complaint 
than usual of the fly or wintei-killing. Farm¬ 
ers are very hopeful with present prospects. 
J. M. 
Utica, La Salle Co.—The acreage under 
wheat is much larger here than usual. Nearly 
all of it is badly wintered-killed ; on very high 
ground it is not so tnnch injured as elsewhere. 
The wheat crop of 1SS0 will be mach smaller 
than usual in this couuty. No disease or fly. 
p. b. w. 
\ olo. Lake Co.—The winter wheat crop in 
this part of the county is badly winter-killed. 
The winter has been very wet here, with al¬ 
ternate freezing and thawiug until the last two 
weeks. The clover is very badly hurt, and this 
is of more importance than the winter wheat. 
The acreage of wheat put in last fall was 
double that of the year before. t. d. 
Wisconsin. 
Albion, Dane Co.—Winter wheat has been 
badly killed during the last two months of 
open weather. Some sigus of Hessian fly. 
It looks sickly in comparison with its con¬ 
dition in the last three years. The acreage 
is four or five times larger thau last year. 
The yield last year was from 10 to over 40 
bushels per acre. H . m. s. 
Beaver Dam, Dodge Co—The winter has 
not damaged early-sowed wheat. The crop 
has not been harmed by the fly. Its general 
appearance is fair; but uot as good as last 
year. The acreage of winter wheat is three 
times that of last year. j. w . 
Beloit, Rock Co. — The wiuter was very 
favorable for winter wheat. But if it does not 
raiu or snow soon, I fear the grain will suffer. 
The aereage under the crop is somewhat 
larger than usual. The fly we do not fear, but 
we do the chinch bug. T . B 
Bkothertown, Calumet Co—Winter wheat 
is a failure lu this sectiou. It looks the poor¬ 
est crop for rnauy years. I don’t expect half a 
crop. Quite a largo acreage was sowu; but 
the open winter has killed it out. Spring 
wheat, however, is the main crop hero. Of it 
six times as much are sown as of wiuter wheat 
in this section. It was damaged consider¬ 
ably by chinch bugs and drought last year. 
j. p. 
Burlington, Racine Co—Fall wheat so far 
looks well and has stood the winter better than 
usual, and it was an open winter with us. Only 
a small acreage was sowu in this part last sea¬ 
son ; it is mostly spring wheat that we rais e 
