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Vol. XXXIX. No. 28 .1 
Whole No. 1589. j 
NEW YORK, JULY 10, 1880. 
1 Prior Five Cents. 
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[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by the Rural New-Yorker, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
T I 1 
What the Harvest is and 
will be. 
Reports from Every part of the 
Country np to July 6th. 
1,000 Special Reports. 
Wheat a Splendid Crop—The largest 
ever Produced. 
Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois, 
New York foremost. 
Kansas Disappointed. 
Corn an Immense Crop— the Heaviest 
ever Raised. Tlie Stand-by of the 
People where Wheat has failed. 
Perhaps 1,500,000.000 bushels. 
OATS-FINE CROP EVERYWHERE. 
BARLEY PROBABLY 60,000,000 BUSHELS. RYE, 
GOOD KVEKYWHERE. -PROBABLY 
32,000,000 BUSHELS. 
Potatoes, acreage not so large as last year, 
but the Yield promises to be Greater. 
A Profitable Crop. 
Hay will be a very Poor Crop—especially in 
the Middle States. High Prices 
certain for liny. 
Flax—a Large Acreage anil a Good Yield in 
the West. 
COTTON—AN INCREASED ACREAGE AND 
A FINE STAND. LIKELY TO TRAN- 
SCEND ANY PREVIOUS CROP. 
FRUITS. 
Apples—A Fine Crop. 
PEARS-A SMALL CROP. 
Peaches—Only a Fair Crop. 
Grapes—An Abundant Crop. 
EASTERN STATES. 
Maine. 
Hallow well, Kennebec (Jo.—Crops of all 
kinds are looking well. Wheat is extra; oats 
and other small graius are looking fine. There 
are larger amounts of wheat and corn this 
year in Maine than ever before. Crass is look¬ 
ing flue and will make a heavy crop of hay. 
The weather has beeu (pate dry, but we have 
had frequent showers. There are but few 
sugar beets planted here, but more mangels 
than usual. Fruit is a failure, except apples, 
of which there will lie a good crop. I have a 
few hills of Amber sugar cane, but the dry 
weather has set it back. a. u. l. 
Pembroke, Washington Co.—It is early yet 
to tell wbat the harvest will be here, for the 
drought of three weeks has injured crops con¬ 
siderably. There was much more wheat sown 
here than usual; it looks poorly ; Lost Nation 
is the kind. About as much oats were planted 
as usual, and they look fair; liogau is the 
kind. Very little corn is raised here. South¬ 
ern is raised aud cut greeu for the cows. Not 
as many potatoes were planted as usual. They 
look well but bugs arc plentiful; the kinds are 
Early and Late Rose and Prolific. There is no 
rye aud very little barley raised here. I think 
there was about one-fourth of a pound of sor¬ 
ghum planted. The prospect for apples is 
good. Cherries are a failure. Apples grow 
best here. Hay is injured and very short. 
There is considerable small stuff raised here 
which was nearly spoiled by the drought, but 
we have had several showers lately and things 
begin to revive. B. p. 
Skausport, Waldo Co.—Wheat, of which 
the variety chiefly grown is the Lost Natiou. 
promises a good yield. Corn is not far enough 
advanced to estimate the crop, but it looks 
well. Oats and barley promise well. The Ex¬ 
celsior oats is the principal variety. There is 
one tbird Increase in the acreage of wheat. 
Other crops are about the same a6 usual in 
area, except potatoes, the acreage under which 
was reduced one-third on account of the Col¬ 
orado beetles, which are quite plentiful, but no 
worse than last year. Principal varieties of 
potatoes are the Early Rose, Prolific, and Jack- 
son. No sorghum is raised in this part of the 
State. Small fruits are abundant. Apples 
promise a bountiful crop. a. n. k. 
Skowhkoan, Somerset Co.—Our season thus 
far has been very changeable, with extremes 
of heat and cold. No raiu has fallen for about 
four weeks. Hay will be very light. Wheat 
oats aud barley promise well, but they need 
rain. The acreage is about as in former years. 
Corn is backward. Potatoes look well, but 
the bugs are very troublesome. Sugar cane 
is not raised in this vicinity. Frnit is promis¬ 
ing; the leading varieties of apples are the 
Greening. Baldwin, Northern Spy and Rus¬ 
sets. Pears are not much grown in this lo¬ 
cality. Grapes are raised in small quantities. 
w. B. p. 
Massachusetts. 
Chelsea, Suffolk Co.—There is very little 
grain of any kind raised in this vicinity, ex¬ 
cept Indian corn of which there was about 
as much planted as iu former seasous, but 
the drought has hurt it badly, and it is very 
likely that the crop will be somewhat less 
than usual. Potatoes have been badly injured 
by bugs, aud in some eases have been almost 
totally consumed, hut where the insects have 
been removed, the vines are doing well and 
the crop will he about the same as last year. 
Sorghum is not cultivated at all here. Apples 
will he more plentiful than last season, hut 
there will not be so muuy as in some other 
bearing years; pears are, or promise to be, 
rather scarce, although they are expeeted to 
do well here as it is so uear salt water; peaches 
will he very small iu quantity here as the 
crop is ouly a third or a quarter as much as 
last season ; grapes bear considerably more 
than last year. c. a. b, 
Dorchester, Suffolk Co.—The dry weather 
has beeu very iuj urious to our strawberry crop. 
The pear crop will be very small, occasioned 
by the overbearing of last year. The apple 
crop will be larger. Iu regard to the question 
what are the best varieties of fruit for this 
section, the following is the list agreed upon, 
some years since, by the Mass. Agricultural 
Club, aud it is substantially correct at this 
time, so far as it relates to the pear : 
For a collection of six : Bartlett, Seekel, Ur- 
bauiste, Merriain. Sheldon. Beurre d’Aujou. 
If 12 are wanted, add : Brandywine, Doyenne 
Bou8sock, Onondaga, Howell, Beurre Bose 
aud Lawrence. If a collection of 18 iB desired 
add: Belle Lucrative, Paradise d’Automne, 
Marie Louise, Beurre Clairgeau, Vicar of 
YVinkficld. The above list was agreed on 
for standard trees by the most experienced 
cultivators without a dissentient vote, aud 
is a good one for to day. I would like 
to say, however, that the Duchesse d’An- 
gouleme aud Louise Bonne de Jersey ou quince 
roots are very desirable, and that Clapp’s Faf- 
orile as a standard early pear of large size has 
no superior in size, beauty or quality, and I 
may add, for the sake of history, that the 
Mass. Agricultural Club impressed at first with 
this idea, offered by their committee $1,200 to 
Mr. Clapp, if he would dedicate the tree to 
the name of the President of the Club and have 
it propagated for distribution. This Mr. 
Clapp declined; gave it bis own name, and its 
portrait is engraved on his own tombstone in 
Forest Hill Cemetery—a decision which I most 
heartily approved of, and I sincerely hope that 
this beautiful fruit may endure as a blessing 
to the world until the marble shall have 
crumbled into dust. Iu regard to the Beurre 
d’Aujou I would remark that it gains popular¬ 
ity wherever it is known, succeeding through¬ 
out a wide expanse, and is undoubtedly the 
most valuable late pear of our country, and I 
may repeat, for the twentieth time, the remark 
that if I had done nothing else for the cause of 
pomology during the last 50 years but to in¬ 
troduce this pear. I would be content with the 
result of my labors in this line of duty. 
M. P. W. 
Three Rivers. Hampden Co.—Little or no 
wheat is grown here. Oats will give an aver¬ 
age crop. Corn, potatoes aud rye are below 
the average. The acreage of each is about the 
same as last year. No sorghum is grown here. 
Frnit is not so promising as usaal for the 
bearing year. For an early apple the Red 
Astraehttu is much the best; next comes 
Porter. For Winter use the Baldwin is worth 
all the others iu this section. s. b. 
Westfield, Hampden Co.—No wheat or 
barley is grown here. Corn, potatoes, oats 
and rye promise to be average crops. No sor¬ 
ghum is grown here yet. Tobacco is our 
principal crop. The prospect for fruit Is fair. 
Apples, pears and grapes have proved the 
most successful. Peaches formerly did ex¬ 
tremely well; but of late years they have beeu 
neglected. Now, however, we are disposed to 
try them again and a large number of trees 
were set out this Spring. Of small fruits 
strawberries take the precedence and this 
season we have an abundant supply. 
m . ». VAN D. 
West Newburv, Essex Co.—No wheat is 
grown in this neighborhood. Corn is about 
au average both as to yield and amount planted. 
Potatoes look well where the beetles have 
been kept off ; but they need rain. Hay will 
fall short one-half, I should think, on account 
of the drought. Apples, some kinds, look 
well; ou others the blossoms are nearly all 
blighted ; the crop, if nothing happens to it, 
will be larger than last year. Pears did not 
blossom this year at all. It is very dry, there 
have been only two or three light rains for two 
months or more. If it does not rain soon 
everything will dry up. h. m. 
Rhode Inland. 
Woonsocket, Providence Co.—All farm 
crops are suffering terribly in this vieiuity 
from drought. Apples set abundantly, but 
are falling badly; ditto for pears and plums ; 
strawburries and cherries are light; grapes 
more promising. f. e. s. 
Connecticut. 
Litchfield, Litchfield Co.—No wheat is 
raised iu this locality. Other grains look 
promising. Early Canada corn is raised prin¬ 
cipally. Potatoes. Early Rose. The acreage 
of all crops is larger than last year. Sorghum 
is not raised much yet, but it is eorniug into 
favor. The prospect for fruit is uow favor¬ 
able. The best kinds of apples are the Rox- 
bury Russet, R. I. Greening, Baldwin aud 
Northern Spy. Of berries a big crop is ex¬ 
pected, if the weather is not too dry. f. s. s. 
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MIDDLE STATES. 
New York. 
Qobens Co., Long Island, N. Y.—Wheat is 
harvested. Our Clawsou, from appearances, 
is among the heaviest yields we have ever had. 
The wheat crop all over the Island is better 
than last year. The drought continues. Fod¬ 
der corn is iu many places burnt beyond re¬ 
covery. Field corn eurls badly, but is no'* 
yet crippled. Pastures are nearly destroyed. 
All sorts of vegetables—except cabbages—are 
suffering. Potatoes will be a very short crop. 
The vines are wilting, and rain can scarcely 
prove of much assistance. We muBt have 
rain within a week or the corn crop will he 
seriously inj ured. Otir Ennobled oats (Mold’s) 
growing upon a lowland field are, from the ac¬ 
counts of those who have seen them within a 
few days, one of the finest oat crops ever 
raised hereabouts. Oats generally will fall 
short of half an average crop. Rural Farm. 
Blood's Depot, Steuben Co.—There are good 
prospects of an excellent harvest of wheat and 
rye, aud the prospects for oats and barley arc 
extra good; corn has been injured some by 
cutworraB; potatoes are raised extensively in 
this neighborhood, and they, too, look well ; 
the beetles have not injured them. The grass 
crop is very light—not one-half crop. Cows 
are not doing as well as usual for lack of pas¬ 
turage. d. w. 
Dundee, Y'ates Co.—The acreage of wheat 
is about 10 per cent, over last year’s, and the 
yield will apparently be 70 to 80 per cent, of 
a full crop. It is too early to judge ol the 
potato crop. No ravages by the beetles yet. 
Oat6 are not headed, out yet, bnt they look 
healthy. Very little rye is sown, but of barley 
the acreage Is above au average, and the yield 
promises to be good. No sugar cane is grown 
here. The fruit prospects are fair. d. s. 
Elmira, Chemung Co.—The prospect for a 
bountiful harvest of all grain crops in this 
locality is very flattering. Potatoes are being 
more injured by the beetle than last year, and 
the acreage is somewhat smaller, yet they 
will be an average crop I think. The acreage 
of grain crops is about as usual. Clawson 
wheat is grown most extensively, as it is the 
popular opinion that it is a heavy yielder. 
Sorghum is being cultivated on a small scale 
by many of our farmers. The County Agri¬ 
cultural Society has offered a premium for the 
best 100-lb. sample ol sugar from it. The fruit 
crop will be abundant, especially apples, which 
are our principal fruit crop. a. a. a. Jr. 
Hamilton, Madison Co.—Winter wheat is 
chiefly raised in oar locality. The Clawson 
variety is deemed the hardieBt, bat it was dis¬ 
carded at the last sowing for Treadwell aud 
other kinds which make better flour. The 
crop promises an average. Corn, potatoes, 
oats, and barley look well, hut it is loo early 
to speak with any assurance of the harvest. 
Of corn we raise mostly the eight-rowed 
yellow; of oats, the common white sort; of 
barley, the two-rowed. No rye is grown here¬ 
abouts. The acreage of all the erops is much 
the same as the usual. No sorghum has been 
raised except by Mr. U. A. Goodrich, who has 
planted about ten acres this present season. 
I judge that the prospect for fruit is rather 
slim. We had no frost at blossoming time to 
kill the frnit outright; but we did have a cold, 
and long-continued, piercing north wiud which 
seemed to starve the life out of the young 
plums and cherries at setting time. The most 
successful kind of plum is the Bleeker’s Gage ; 
aud of cherries the Early Richmond and Eng¬ 
lish Morello. We have raised some good 
pears, but we shall have none this year. We 
don’t produce all the fruit we consume. Car¬ 
loads are brought to Morrisville, Eaton and 
Hamilton from Orleans Co., N. Y. The black- 
knot used up the cherry trees of my boyhood, 
aud the blight makes a sorry-looking sight of 
the pears which have been lately planted. 
Cherries have borne very well of late years on 
the few trees people ventured to plant. I be¬ 
lieve the greatest hindrance to fruit culture is 
the ignorance and rascality of tree peddlers. 
s. b. w. 
Himrob’s, Yates Co.—Everything is suffer¬ 
ing trorn want of rain in this section. Last 
year’s clover is all dead, or nearly so. The 
young clover has dried up, and Timothy ha 
almost all g~ue. Bai ley aud oats are heading 
out, though some is not over eight iuches 
