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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
LATEST CROP REPORTS. 
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EASTEKN STATES. 
New Hampshire. 
Haverhill, Grafton Co.—Winter wheat In this 
vicinity la scarce, and what crops there are, hid 
fair to he somewhat injured hy the open winter. 
Aa for the fly, we are never troubled with It. The 
acreage Is less than last year. h. h. b. 
Heed’s Ferry, Hillsboro Co.—There is hut a 
very little wheat raised In this county—hardly 
enough to report. The acreage la about the same. 
The winter has not been favorable for winter 
grain. f. f, w. 
Vermont. 
Franklin Co.—There la no winter wheat grown 
In this part of the State and very little In the 
State at all. I have known occasionally a small 
patch along our l;dce, but do not kuow of any now. 
Winter rye Is more common on the pine lands that 
are Interspersed here and there over the State, hut 
there la but little of that. It is believed that. It 
has suffered but little from the open winter, but 
It is too early to say positively. o. s. b. 
Guilford, Windham Co.—Snow on the ground. 
Wheat not forward enough to judge whether It Is 
hurt or not. An average acreage Is under It. 
_ c. c. P. 
Masaachuietu. 
Amherst, Hampshire Co., Mass.—Wheat la little 
Injured hy the winter and la In good condition. 
Hessian fly unknown here, and no prevalent dis¬ 
ease, though occasionally It la Injured by certain 
climatic Influences. The average Is about one- 
flfth larger than last year. l. b. 
East Lo.no Meadow, Hampden Co.—Very little 
wheat Is grown In this section—not enough to be 
nojjced, 
Newburyport, Essex Co. — Very little wheat 
raised In this vicinity, and 1 have not heard of any 
change as to amount of land devoted to It. I have 
not raised any for several years on my farm. 
_J. H. 
Connecticut. 
Litchfield, Litchfield Co.— But little winter 
wheat Is grown In this vicinity; what little there 
is here promises a fair average crop. j. s. s. 
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MIDDLE STATES. 
New York. 
Coxsackie, Greene Co.—Wheat Is an experiment 
with us about here, this year being only the third 
time that It has been generally sowed. I have 
raised two crops of over 20 bushels to the acre. I 
do not think the open winter we have had has 
hurt It any. The Hessian fly la something that 
we know nothing of. The only trouble we have 
Is the weevil and some fields were infested with 
this pest last year. The acreage Is more than four 
times that of last year; almost every farmer has a 
large field of wheat. j. h. l. 
Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co.—Wheat looks fine. 
The winter has been light, and has not done It any 
harm. No signs of any disease or of the fly. The 
prospects are better than In the spring of 1879, and 
the acreage la larger than usual. 1 was across 
mine to-day and It Is all I could desire. I have 
been the length of the state twice and, as a general 
thing, wheat looks line. 1 shall soon sow lime at 
the rate of 10 bushels to the acre, and then harrow 
when the ground la dry. n. a. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
West Mill Creek, Erie Co.—Wheat In this sec¬ 
tion Is looking fair on gravelly land, but on clay 
land some has been winter-killed. The winter has 
been favorable for wheat, with the exception of 
some cold, dry winds. The promises of a good crop 
are better than last year. There are no signs that 
the fly has hurt It; nor Is any disease affecting It. 
_J. F. M’C. 
Ohio. 
Atwater, Portage Co.—Wheat, as a general 
thing, looks well. The winter has been warm and 
wet, but the water has not injured the crop 
on land that was well drained. No signs of dis¬ 
ease. Some few pieces that were sown In August 
were infested by the Hessian fly, but this Is less 
than one per cent. There Is fully one-half more 
wheat on the ground this year than last, and It 
never looked better for the time of year. r. w. 
Belden, Lorain Co.—The condition of wheat la 
good. It has not yet been injured by the winter 
and there are no signs of Hessian fly. It com¬ 
pares well with that for the past three years. 
Acreage one-third larger than last year. j. s. p. 
Birmingham, Erie Co.—The condition of the 
growing wheat crop is good. The winter was very 
favorable for the late sown; of late, however, the 
nightly freezings and dally thawings are heaving 
it out of the ground on upland. No fly, and no 
disease. On the whole, the prospect la good for a 
full crop. m. l. o. 
Bloomvillk, Seneca Co.—Wheat was not In¬ 
jured hy the winter, Wtthtn the last two weeks 
it has been hurt somewhat by the weather, which 
has been dry with frequent freezing and thawing. 
To what extent It Is damaged It is hard to tell at 
present; hut on clay land It la hurt considerably. 
We have had a good rain which will help the 
wheat. No disease. No sign of being hurt by 
Hessian fly. The acreage Is larger than usual. 
o. M. M. 
Chardon, Geauga Co.—Wheat looks very well. 
Where phosphate was used it shows no signs of 
disease; but where It was not used It Is badly In¬ 
jured by March winds and hard freezing. It does 
not look us well as last year, there having been no 
snow to protectlt. No damage by tty. Acreage 
about the same as last year. w. m’ii. 
Foster's OKossiNu, Warren Co.—Our wheat Is 
looking splendid In spite of some very trying 
weather lh the fore part of March. j. d. 
Hamilton, Butler Co.—The condition of wheat 
Is fair, The rains have done It Injury; much 
of it has a yellowish appearance. The fly has 
not seriously damaged it.. There Is about 10 per 
cent. Increase In the acreage. a. b. 
Moorefield, Harrison Co.—Wheat looks better 
than last year, though In some fields It Is quite 
small on account of late sowing and the dry fall; 
but It appears to be fairly rooted and healthy. 
The winter was mild and did not hurt It much or 
any, and it appears to he free from disease and 
shows no signs of the tly as yet. The acreage is 
10 to 15 per cent, larger than last year. j. n. l. 
Wausbon, Fulton co.—In our section of coun¬ 
try, the wheat looks fine and healthy, and 
covers a larger number of acre’s than last year. 
No damage from the fly. t. r. m. 
Westfield, Morrow Co.—Winter was very fa¬ 
vorable to fall-sown wheat. March, the first 
spring month, however, has been less propitious 
owing to the frequent alternate freezings and 
thawings—yet the crop doesn’t seem much hurt by 
this cause. The dry weather and the Hessian fly 
Injured some fields last fall, destroying at least a 
quarter of the crop In some fields. In spite of all 
drawbacks, however, the outlook so far as I have 
heard or seen, Is the brightest for 25 years. As 
there was a poor “ catch” of gross last year, the 
acreage under wheat this year is at least one-third 
more than usual. j. b. b. 
W. Zanesville, Muskingum Co.—The past win¬ 
ter has been an unusually mild one for our lati¬ 
tude, and the growing wheat crop generally looks 
well; hut for the past few nights we have been 
having quite hard freezing weather that has 
changed the appearance of the wheat fields con¬ 
siderably. The acreage sown Is somewhat larger 
than usual—say 15 or 20 p^r cent. I hear no com¬ 
plaint of any disease or damage by the fly, and all 
things considered, we claim the prospects rather 
better than usual. j. s. 
Maryland. 
Massey, Kent Co.—Wheat looks fine, and at 
least six weeks in advance of what It was this 
time last year. The acreage Is one-third larger, 
and the land produces from 15 to 40 bushels per 
acre. Wheat has grown every day this winter. 
The bulk was seeded from the 1st to the 20th of 
October. The fly troubled the September seeding 
slightly. This has been a peach region, but a fail¬ 
ure Tor a few years past has caused the removal 
of one kind of the trees. o. h. b. m. 
Tkappe, Talbot Co.—The winter has affected 
the wheat favorably. No signs of the Hessian 
fly. It looks better than usual, and the acreage is 
larger. b. b. 
WESTERN STATES. 
Michigan. 
Adrian, Lenawee Co.—The winter has been 
hard on wheat. Some fields look fine; some bad. 
The crop is about the same In appearance as on 
other years. The fly, I think, has not harmed it 
much. The acreage Is larger than last year. That 
sown on loose soils has suffered the most from 
frost. h, D< 
Greenville, Montcalm Co,— Wheat has gone 
through the winter very well as a whole, and 
some pieces look fine. Indeed. On fields that had a 
large growth last fall, the tops have turned yel¬ 
low, but the roots are all right. Some pieces were 
injured last fall by the tty, but I think most of 
them sprouted up below and will give an average 
crop. The prospect la fully as good as last year’s. 
The acreage is about one-fourth greater. c. e. 
Unionvillb, Tuscola Co.— it has been rain, 
mud, freeze, and thaw all winter. The wheat 
has been Injured very much. It Is worth $l.ll@ 
1.15; corn, 50® 55c; barley, $1.25®l.50c; oats, scarce 
at44c. 60; potatoes are In fair supply at 45 c 50 . 
onions are very scarce at Sl.40Qi.50 per bushel. 
Butter is scarce at n®26c. per pound. Eggs plenty 
at ioc. Hay plenty $7®$s. shingles, $1.50<32.50 
per thousand. Lumber, common, $7.@8; clear, 
$18® 20 . Maple sirup, scarce, and a really good 
article commands $ 1 . l. a. r. no 2. 
Indiana. 
Churubusco, Whitley Co.—The condition of 
wheat Is middling. March was a hard month on 
It. It has not been harmed by the Hessian fly. 
The prospect now appears to be as good as last 
year. Acreage larger than usual. m. m. 
Glbnwood, Rush Co.—The winter has been 
warm and open, and wheat Is making a fine 
growth. No signs of the Hessian fly. The gen¬ 
eral appearance was never better, at this time 
of year. The acreage Is larger than usual. 
w. R. 
Indianapolis, Marlon Co.—Wheat looks fine In 
this section. The winter has not Injured It. It 
does not show signs of any disease. No Hessian 
fly . It looks much better than usual, about as well 
as this time last year. A large lnorease in acre- 
v. & 8. 
Loogootek, Martin Co.—Wheat, as a general 
thing, looks very well and as the winter was ex¬ 
ceedingly mild, the crop was hurt only In low 
places where the excessive rains drowned It out. 
Its general appearance, as compared with that of 
former years, is good. The acreage sown is larger 
then ever before. The fly hasn’t bothered It yet, 
so far as we can see. Wheat is selling at 
$ 1 . 16 ; corn, 60c; oats, 50c; potatoes, 760 ; horses 
and mules In good demand. Prices for horses, 
$40 to $160, and for mules about the same. 
W. F. 
Otisco, Clarke Co.—The condition or wheat here¬ 
abouts is good. No disease, but Che fly did some 
mischief last falL The crop compares well with 
those of other years and the acreage Is one-third 
greater. j. B . 
Warsaw, Kosciusko co.—Wheat here is dam¬ 
aged much by freezing only on low, moist land or 
'and that has not been well drained. It shows no 
signs of disease; the Hessian fly Is something that 
I know nothing of; the weevil is the only Insect 
we have to fear from this on. If we are not 
troubled with that, I think we shall have more 
than an average crop—probably not so large a one 
as last year, for that was the largest crop that we 
ever had, and It was also of first quality and sold 
for a very fair price—from 90 cents up to $1.35; 
but It Is now worth $1.20. The acreage sown last 
fall will more than average with other years, I 
think. Good stock brings good prices and poor 
anl mals poor prices, as la always the case, but of 
all stock aUeep are crumps now. They are higher 
than they have been for ten years. g. a. t. 
Wkstvillk, Laporte Co. Our wheat has suf¬ 
fered very little from winter. It shows no sign of 
disease, and Is not badly hurt by the Hessian fly. 
Its present appearance is above the average at 
thlg time. We are having a warm rain and It Is 
brightening up very much. The acreage sown has 
been increased. We have a very fine wheat coun¬ 
try. Last year several fields averaged from 45 to 
60 bushels per acre. c. w. c. 
Winamac, Pulaski Co,—Winter has not hurt tne 
wheat hereabouts. No disease or fly. Prospects 
much better than In any former year, and the 
acreage much larger. The crop looks much better 
man I ever saw It at this season. l. j. n. 
Illinois. 
Kankakee, Kankakee Co.—We have had an 
open winter, which has damaged the winter 
wheat. 8ome fields are entirely killed, while others 
are badly damaged. The Hessian fly has never 
injured wheat here; the only Insect that we have 
to fear is the chinch bug. and that seldom harms 
the winter wheat. There was a larger acreage 
sown last fall man for years. j. m. 
Maroa, Macon Co.—The condition of wheat la 
much above an average, but not so good as last 
year which was an exceptional one. It has been 
hurt somewhat by freezing and thawing In March. 
No fly. Acreage fully one-third greater ; some 
claim one-half. Ground has been In flue condi¬ 
tion and a large part of the oat crop la In. 
w. A. VAN i.. 
Mason City, Mason co.—The prospects for the 
wheat are good. More was sown last fall than for 
any of me previous 10 years. s. s. b. 
Tonic a, La Salle Co.—Wo have not raised much 
winter wheat for 25 years, and for a number of 
years not very much spring wheat. We rely 
mostly on corn, oats, hogs, cattle and some sheep. 
We are not troubled much by me Hessian fly, but 
are sometimes bothered by the chinch bug. The 
prospect for wheat this year Is very poor. We 
have had a very open winter and I think It Is 
mostly killed. I don’t know of any disease, j. b. k. 
Wisconsin. 
Hazel Green, Grant Co.—The oondltlon of me 
wheat fs bad; the past winter has sadly Injured It. 
It Is what the farmers call “ winter-killed.” The 
few patches that have been somewhat sheltered 
show no signs of disease. No sign yet of being 
harmed by the Hessian fly. The general appearance 
of what Is growing, as compared with other years, 
Is somewhat unfavorable. The acreage Is larger 
than that of other years. We may say the wheat 
crop (winter wheat) Is a failure. w. h, 
Lodi, Columbia CO.—The condition of winter 
wheat In this seetton Is very poor. There has 
been but a very little snow. Rain, mud, freezing 
and thawing have killed me wheat. There Is no 
Hessian fly here. The general appearance of me 
crop is very poor compared with the crops of years 
back. 1 think three or four times as much was 
sown last fall as mere had been years before, be¬ 
cause It was an uncommonly good crop last year. 
On the prairie they tell me It Is all dead. In me 
openings, hopes of half a crop. I am in the open¬ 
ings- b. m. s. 
Sharon, Walworth Co.—We have not been 
troubled with the Hessian fly for several years. I 
think mere are four acres of winter wheat where 
there was one last year. The crop does not look 
very promising now ; hut a warm rain might, save 
most of It. On the other hand, a few more cold, 
dry nights without rain, will kill it. all. R. 
Minnesota. 
Lenora, Fillmore Co.—Winter wheat Is looking 
well. This Is a prairie county and we have raised 
spring wheat up to the present time. Our two 
last crops were almost failures on account of the 
extremely warm weather, so winter wheat Is an 
experiment. Our climate has changed since I came 
to Minnesota, 23 years ago. Our winters are like 
those of central Ohio and our summers are very 
warm, and we have got to change our manner of 
farming. If winter wheat does well we shall con¬ 
tinue to raise It; If not, we shall turn our attention 
to other branches of farming. o. f. h. 
st. Paul, Ramsey Co.—There Is but little win¬ 
ter wheat raised In Minnesota; our winters are 
too cold and our snows are too light. We are not 
troubled with Hessian fly; but one week of wee, 
cloudy weather, when the wheat Is in me milk, does 
us great damage. The acreage of spring wheat 
will be larger than usual. Scotch Fife Is our heat 
wheat. No. 1 Is quoted at $1.07; No. 2 , at $1.04; 
oats. 32c. on track, 35c. by wagon; corn de¬ 
mand light, 35@3Sc. Many elevators are being 
built In order to hold the crops and control prices. 
One about finished has a capacity of 1,016,000 
bush.; another, to be built by me Milwaukee 
road, will be able to store 1 , 000,000 bush.; one in 
Duluth Is of me same size ; one Just finished in 
Minneapolis, nine miles from here, has a capacity 
of 800,000 bushels. k. p, o. 
Iowa. 
Dkcorah, Winneshiek Co.—This has always been 
a spring wheat section; but, owing to poor crops 
for a few years past, many farmers were induced 
to try winter wheat last fall, In small quantities; 
partly as an experiment. Some think it is nearly 
all killed, and some that ltls not. I think that;wlth 
favorable weather in mo future, we shall have a 
fair crop; hut as the frost Is not yet out of the 
ground, It Is hard to tell, OwtDg to poor crops, 
farmers have turned their attention rather more to 
stock raising, so I rhtnk there will not be quite as 
much sown this Bpring as there has been for years 
past. The Hessian fly we know nothing of; but 
have been pretty well acquainted with chinch 
bugs for a number of years; they do thetr damage 
just before harvest. r. g. 
Fayette, Fayette Co.—The condition of winter 
wheat In this county is very poor. The mild tem¬ 
perature of me past winter, with me consequent 
freezing and thawing, has seriously affected the 
plant. The fields look brown and dead, with no 
apparent vitality above ground. The acreage is 
largely Increased. Have heard no complaint of 
Hessian fly. m. s, h. 
Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co.—There was very 
little winter wheat sown here last fall for an ex¬ 
periment ; but It Is badly winter-ldlled. r. l. l. 
Montickllo, Jones Co.—Winter wheat has never 
been raised In this section to amount to much, for 
the reason that It was said mat It would winter¬ 
kill, and aa spring wheat has generally been a good 
crop hero (until within me last year or two, when 
It has been almost an entire failure), winter wheat 
has never been tested as It should have been. In 
a radius or nve miles from my place I do not think 
mere are 100 acres or wheat sown, but there Is 
mgre In the Eastern and Southern parts of the 
county. I have about sjf acres, me first mat I 
have sown. At the present time me leaves are dry 
to within two or three Inches of me ground, but 
are a dark-green below that. There is, now and 
men, a plant mat seems to be dead or rotten; but 
most of It, I think, will start when me ground Is 
thawed out. As to me Hessian fly, I do not know 
anything about It. a. b. t. 
Pleasanton, Decatur Co.—Wheat Is badly win¬ 
ter-killed, so much so that a great deal of It will be 
plowed up. No signs of disease. The Hessian fly 
Injured some pieces a few miles south of us. 
General appearance bad. Larger acreage than 
common. w. e. p. 
Red Oak, Montgomery Co. — The winter here 
was very dry, with little snow and frequent freez¬ 
ing and thawing. The general appearance of 
wheat is mat me stalks are dry and dead, yet 
upon close examination many of mem are green 
within. No signs of disease. No Hessian fly. The 
crop looks Inferior to that of previous years; the 
acreage is probably greater. h. s. w. 
Nebraska. 
Lincoln, Lancaster Co.—Winter wneat in this 
county Is fairly good. Some pieces were partly 
winter-killed, hut the average will be good, this 
Is not a winter wheat country, but each year shows 
an Increased acreage. No signs of disease ; no 
much fly. m’c. £ d. 
Palmyra, Otoe Co.—Winter wheat Is not grown 
very extensively In Nebraska. More man usual 
was sown last fall, and nearly three-fourths of it 
is killed, owing to the dry weather during the win¬ 
ter. Many pieces will be plowed up No com¬ 
plaints of the Hessian fly, or disease. Chinch bugs 
are feared somewhat, as they have heretofore dine 
considerable damage. n. f. w. 
Kansas. 
Everett, Woodson Co.—The wheat at present, 
as far as I have seen and heard, Is looking very 
promising. Owing to the favorable weather of last 
fall and winter hut very little wheat. If any, has 
been winter-killed, and It does not show signs of 
any disease. I have not heard of any appearance 
of me Hessian fly. It, Is looking far better at this 
time than any previous year since I have been in 
Kansas, and mere Is at me least calculation a 
third more acreage sown The weather couldn’t 
be much more favorable for wheat than during 
me past winter, as It has been rather dry and no 
Dad frosts to heave me crop, and hut very little 
hard, drying winds to expose the roots. The 
w heat Is not suffering, hut a good warm shower of 
rain would do It good. j. j. D . 
Freedom, Butler Co.—Everything la looking fine 
and crops are being put in. Oats are sown; pota¬ 
toes, early ones, are planted, and corn ground Is 
being turned over in large quantities for early 
planting. There is no particular change In mar¬ 
kets, except In oats, which are getting well up. 
Stock of all kinds have been well wintered here, as 
corn and fodder are plenty and cheap, w. l. b. 
Toronto, Woodson Co.—Wheat in this section 
shows no signs or disease whatever. Acreage 
about me same as last year—perhaps a slight In¬ 
crease. Have never heard of me Hessian fly in 
this section during a residence of nine years. 
Wheat is snfferlng a good deal from drought, 
many pieces on loose upland being ruined; while 
on strong bottoms it is good. I think me prospect 
la better than a year ago. If jwe have rain soon. I 
speak of Woodson, Wilson and Greenwood coun¬ 
ts ds- E. A. H. 
California. 
Fresno City, Fresno Co.—The growth of wheat 
here has been checked by long-continued frosts. 
No disease or fly, the latter being unknown here. 
The general appearance of me crop in compari¬ 
son Wim late years, Is fair, and the acreage more 
man double. s . H H 
Watsonville. Santa Cruz Co.—Our winters never 
injure me wheat in mis valley, it shows no sign 
of disease. We have never had the Hessian fly 
here. The general appearance of the crop is good 
and me acreage the largest we have ever had by 
one-half. j. A . b. 
Woodland, Yolo Co.—The winter was favora¬ 
ble, to wheat here. No disease. We have no 
Hessian fly la this state. The crop Is baokward; 
as the season has been colder than ever known 
since me State was settled. The acreage Is large. 
S. F. F, 
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