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and an unusually good stand. Some of it was 
damaged by late frosts. Some of it was cut 
about June 26, at least a week in advance of 
other years. Late rains have brought forward 
the oats, potatoes, grass and corn quite rapid¬ 
ly. Although the rain came a trifle late for the 
grass, yet the crop will nearly double that of 
last year, which was a poor one. Coru, with 
a fair amount of rain in July, will do very 
well, In many fields it Is now standing four or 
five feet high. Oats are now doing well, but will 
not follow wheat in the usual time of cutting; 
but this delay will give the farmer more time 
for his hay and root crops. The latter arc 
hurt by the drought, except where they were 
planted quite early. Of apples and pears wo 
have fine cr ops in prospect. Peaches are more 
than usually abundant, considering the full 
crop of last year, there being one good peach 
crop in four or five years. Grapes, unless at¬ 
tacked by some disease, will be very plentiful 
and cheap, and considering the health fulness 
of grapes for all classes, I look upon an abun¬ 
dant crop of this fruit as a god-send to the 
poorer classes. The Ennobled oats look well 
and are tillering splendidly. The Golden Ovoid 
maugels measure three inches in diameter and 
look well. j. w. p. 
North East, Erie Co.—The wheat crop is 
very large and fine. I think I never saw it 
belter in this section of country. From present 
prospects some pieces will go 40 bushels per 
acre. The acreage Is five per cent, more than 
common. Oats and barley bid fair for heavy 
eropB. Corn is doing fiuely, and looks fair. 
I think the acreage Is not so large as in some 
other years. Potatoes also promise a fine 
crop, but the bogs are extremely busy. Very 
little rye is raised in this region. What I have 
seen is very good. The grape crop seems to 
be the largest and finest for years. Peaches 
will be a very fair crop. The apple crop a 
month ago promised to be a large oue, but 
now the piospect is changed: the eurcullo 
has stung them so badly that very many are 
falling off, and our apple crop will be rather a 
short one. I felt afraid of this a mouth ago 
when I saw this enemy of our apple orchards 
so thick all around. There were legions of 
them. I have seen them by the millions hover¬ 
ing around and on the fruit trees. Sorghum, 
or Northern sugar-cane is not grown here t 
but it would do well, judging from my own 
experience. Some years ago I obtained some 
Beed, planted it, and raised some cane, and 
those who professed to know all about it said 
it waB the finest they had ever seen. It grew 
large, tall, and very full of jaiee. The cattle 
eat it very greedily. The upples that do the 
best here aro the Rhode Island Greening and 
the Baldwin. n. b. b. 
Waynesboro, Franklin Co.—The harvest of 
wheat in this part of the county will be less 
than last year for various reasons. Wheat is 
our principal product, and it is said our county 
produces more than any other iu the State. 
Rye is good. Oats will be rather poor. Pota¬ 
toes promise well. The principal varieties 
grown are: of wheat, the Fultz and the bearded 
varieties; of corn, the common yellow ; of po¬ 
tatoes, the Early Rose, Peerless, Farmer’s Fa¬ 
vorite and Snowflake. The acreage is some¬ 
what of an increase over last year. We are hav¬ 
ing a good fruit crop. Apples are most suc¬ 
cessful, and of these we will have a large crop. 
D. B. M. 
West Gboye, Chester Co.—Wheat is now 
being harvested and I believe it is considered 
to be lu thi6 section a full average crop. 
Weather good. Corn and potatoes are prom¬ 
ising well. Oats are probably short. Rye aod 
barley not much raised. We have fully the 
usual acreage of all the crops named. Sor¬ 
ghum is not much raised here, only an occa¬ 
sional small patch ib seen. Fruit is promising 
well. The seusou has been very dry, but late 
rains have partially made amends, a f. c. 
Delaware. 
Milford, Kent Co.—The wheat crop In this 
vicinity is excellent; no pests have seriously 
troubled it, nor has it been seriously damaged 
by the drought. Corn is looking remarkably 
well and a fine yield will be gathered. Oats 
are short and poor, being affected early in the 
season by the dry weather. The beetle has 
done but little injury and potatoes promise 
well. The acreage of wheat has boeu large, 
perhaps 20 per cent, more than ever before, 
and that of corn, oats and potatoes is about as 
usual. Strawberries this season have been 
almost a total failure, aud raspberries have 
done fairly well. The prospect for peaches, 
applos aud blackberries is fine; we will have a 
good yield of peaches and blackberries, and a 
full crop of apples, lu our immediate neigh¬ 
borhood there are 15 fruit evapoiators and five 
earning establishments which will bo in opera¬ 
tion during the season, so that most of our 
fruit cau be consumed at home, making us 
quite independent of the city markets. 
M. II. D. 
Maryland. 
Easton, Talbot Co.—The wheat harvest is 
about finished j it was commenced about the 
5th of J une. The general average of the crop 
will be equal to last year’s, though the drought 
In May shortened the yield on thin soils. The 
acreage of wheat is five per cent, greater than 
last year; the grain is plump and solid; Fultz and 
Longberry are the principal varieties. Oats, 
rye and barley are not grown here. Corn 
looks well. The sorghum interest has not 
been revived in this section, though a few are 
trying the cane this year. Small fruits are 
plentiful as usual; but our main fruit crop, 
peaches, will not be more than one-fourth of 
what it should be, as they continue to fall off 
badly. n. c. a. 
Massey’s Cross Roads, Kent Co. — The 
wheat harvest is about ovei. Fultz has been a 
favorite variety but owing to weak straw it 
will be abandoned; Mediterranean, Amber and 
Blue Chaff will be the leading varieties in the 
future. Corn looks well. Potatoes are only 
raised for family use; no oats, rye or barley 
grown. Sorghum is not raised here. Of 
peaches the white will give a full crop, and 
the yellow only half a crop The yellow 
peach is preferred by the New York market 
and canneries. Peaches have been our best 
paying crop, but we have had several failures 
of late years. c. H. b. m. 
St. Michaels, Talbot Co.—The prospects 
for wheat aud corn are good. Wheat is ready 
for thrashing, some have shipped their crop. 
Fultz and California Red are mostly sownhere; 
of corn both yellow and white Dent and Flint 
are grown. Early Rose, Peerless and Sweet 
potatoes are grown in abundance. I don’t know 
of any sorghum being grown here. Fruit is 
abundant. Large quantities of cherries have 
been shipped this year. All crops compare 
favorably with other years notwithstanding 
the early part of the season was very dry. 
F. B. T. 
Trapps, Talbot Co.—We shall have about 
two-thirds of a crop of wheat. The prospects 
for corn are good; potatoes are medium and 
oats very light. Barley iB not grown here and 
but very little rye. The varieties of wheat are 
Longberry, Amber and Fultz; of potatoes, 
Early Rose, Peaehblow aud Peerless. The 
acreage of wheat is one-quarter larger thau 
usual. Sorghum is not grown here. We shall 
have one-half a crop of peaches and apples, 
and a large crop of cherries and berries, ex¬ 
cept strawberries. Of fruits, the peach is here 
the most successful. w. c. Jr. 
Wilna, Harford Co. — Wheat is not as 
well filled as last year, but the acreage is 10 
percent, more; Fultz and red Mediterranean 
are the principal kinds grown. Corn looks 
well, but it is too soon to tell what the yield 
will be; acreage about an average ; Mammoth, 
and Chester Co., are the principal kiods grown. 
Oats are a short crop. Potatoes are not eaten 
and seldom grown. No sorghum grown at 
present. Cherries are a full crop. Other kinds 
of fruit will yield well. t. m. 
Oh to. 
Bhllefontainb, Logan Co.—Of wheat the 
acreage is above an average; and the quality 
is good aud the yield promises to be large. 
Farmers commenced cutting about June 30th. 
Corn is a little backward, but healthy and 
strong, a nd it promises well. About the usual 
acreage. Of oats, but little is raised, less than 
usual this year on account of wet weather at 
sowing time. About the usual acreage of 
potatoes is planted and they look well, but the 
Colorado beetle is getting in its work to a con¬ 
siderable extent, and will, no doubt, interfere 
with the crop. Of rye and barley little, if any, 
is grown. Strawberries are a large crop and 
of fine quality. Raspberries give a large yield. 
Blackberries will be good. Peaches and pears 
will be quite short. Apples promised a large 
yield; but they are falling from the trees, and 
growers estimate the crop at less than half. 
White wheat is mostly raised, though Clawson 
has been introduced and yields well, but millers 
do not like it. i. o. 
Bellevue, Huron Co.—If the United States 
turned out proportionately as much Winter 
wheat as Huron county will thiB year, there 
would be uo use of raising auy more for the 
next five years. Last Fall avery large breadth 
was sown to Winter wheat, and now about 
one-fourth of it is cut, and such auotber har¬ 
vest won’t be seen, probably, very soon. The 
barley is very fine and I should judge the 
most of it would average not far from 30 
bushels per acre. It is about two weeks 
earlier than in former years. Not much will 
be left out by July 4th. Corn, oats and barley 
all look flue, and so do potatoes. Grass will 
be a short crop owing to too much cold rains 
In the Spring aud not enough warmth. Tim¬ 
othy hay will mostly be cut after haying. 
Harvest hands command, on an average, $3 20 
a day and board. No Army worms or grass¬ 
hoppers to amount to anything lu this vicinity. 
F. B. B. 
Cadiz, Harrison Co.—Up to the 10th of Juno 
the season was very dry here, and consequent¬ 
ly some of the Spring crops will be very short, 
particularly hay and roots. Wheat and rye 
are average crops in yield, and about oue- 
fourth more acreage thau usual has been sown 
to them. Fultz is the wheat usually sown, and 
the barley is light. Corn aud potatoes prom¬ 
ise fairly. Very little sorghum is sownhere. 
There is an abundant crop of all kinds of fruit. 
t. c G. 
Cabdinqton, Morrow Co.— Wheat average, 
29.28 bushel per acre. The usual amount bas 
been sown. Corn will yield 40 bushels. Pota¬ 
toes furnish a large yield; so do oats. But 
little rye, and no barley. FulU wheat; Yel¬ 
low Dent corn; Early Rose, Peaehblow, Snow¬ 
flake, and Early Ohio potatoes. Sorghum is 
not generally grown. The opinion is that it 
doesn’t pay. There are a good many peaches 
and cherries, and an average crop of apples— 
not a Urge one. J. s. D. 
Chabdon, Geauga Co.—The prospects are 
that we shall have an abundant supply of all 
kinds of grain. Rather more grain thau com¬ 
mon is being raised in this locality this season. 
The principal varieties of wheat are Fultz, 
Diehl, Clawson, Treadwell, Michigan White and 
Mediterranean; corn, yellow Dent; oats, com¬ 
mon white. But v ery little rye or barley is rais¬ 
ed. No sorghum. Fruit prospects are good. Of 
apples, Baldwins and Greenings are the most 
successful. The hay crop is good. Everybody 
is cheerful. A. t. 
Dayton, Montgomery Co.—We are now cut¬ 
ting the greatest and best wheat harvest ever 
cut in this county. Oats, barley, potatoes and 
corn are all doing well and promise big crops. 
The acreage Df wheat is above the average. But 
little sorghum is grown here. Good prospects 
for fruit of all kinds, except a few varieties of 
apples and pears. Berries are a big crop, 
n. o. 
Delaware, Delaware Co.—The prospects 
for an abundant harvest were never better in 
this vicinity, nor throughout the State, gen¬ 
erally. Wheat is now ready for harvest, and 
is everywhere looking well, and promising 
even a larger yield than last year. It is in 
admirable condition, and the close of the pres¬ 
ent week will find the most of it in the shock. 
There is probably a larger acreage, and there 
will doubtless be a larger yield than ever be¬ 
fore in this portion of Central Ohio. The old 
red Mediterranean, the Fultz, and Clawson, 
are the principal varieties sown. Rye and 
barley are not largely grown here. Oats are 
perhaps not quite in usual quantity, but they are 
looking well, and promising a good yield. Corn 
is also looking well and has about the same acre¬ 
age as last season; probably a little less than 
in former years, the attention of farmers be¬ 
ing more largely diverted to the growing of 
wheat, which is now the leading agricultural 
product. Potatoes, I thiuk, are planted in more 
than average quantity, aud at this time are re¬ 
markably promising. The old Jersey Peach- 
blow and the Early Rose are probably most 
largely planted, while the newer kinds—Extra- 
Early Yeimont, Snowflake, Early Ohio, and 
Ohio Beauty—are also gxown in considerable 
quantities. Sorghum is now but little growu 
in this vicinity—indeed there is none worth 
mentioning. The prospects for fruit are gen¬ 
erally good. The apple crop will be fair: 
yield, medium ; not excessive, although this is 
what is called the “ bearing” year. Trees are 
not, generally, overloaded, and this will prob¬ 
ably insure a better crop than usual for the 
next or'* non-bearing” year. Pears were in¬ 
jured by late Spring frosts, aud are scarce in 
this vicinity, though lu other parts of the 
State a moderate supply is reported. Straw¬ 
berries have been very abundant, and the 
promise for raspberries, blackberries, and other 
small fruits is equally good. Of the newer 
varieties of strawberries Cumberland Triumph 
and Sharpleea seem most promising. The Cres¬ 
cent Seedling has also succeeded well in many 
localities, and Is perhaps the best •• lazy man’s 
borry,” having the character of taking care of 
itself, and giving fair results of berries medium 
in size and qnality, even under neglect and 
careless culture. Somewhat similar in char¬ 
acter is the Turner raspberry. The Gregg 
raspberry, for a large, productive, and strong- 
growl ug Black-cap, medium-late in ripening, 
and of fair quality, probably has no superior 
iu Us class for a market berry. Peaches prom¬ 
ise also an abundant yield in many parts of the 
State, and the supply wiU probably be equal 
to the demand. Cherries and plums wUl be 
only in moderate supply. Grapes are also un¬ 
usually promising ; and although it is too early 
to speak with certainty, it may be said that 
unless unfavorable weather hereafter should 
induce mildew and rot, the grape crop will 
be uEusually large aud excellent. g. w. c. 
Gypsum, Ottawa Co.—The wheat crop is at 
least one-third greater than last year. We are 
just in the midst of harvest—two weeks uarlier 
than I over remember. The kinds of wheat 
chiefly grown are Clawson, Fultz, and a kind 
called Pateut Otlice. Clawson predominates. 
The acreage Is oue-third greater, and I think 
the yield will bu fully up to that of last year. 
Of barley aud oats but little is grown, aud that 
little looks well- I do not think there are over 
50 acres of sorghum planted in this couuty. 
It la rather early to estimate tae corn crop as 
yet, as it is very backward, on account of the 
dry May. The acreage is, perhaps, one-third 
less thau last year. Potatoes are looking 
well where the bugs were kept off. About as 
many were planted as usual. The earlier sorts 
are nice and large. I have been using them 
for the last two weeks. The fruit crop prom¬ 
ises to be above an average, pears alone ex¬ 
cepted. I do not remember having ever seen 
so few as this year—only about one-twentieth 
as many as last year. The apples principally 
raised here are Baldwins, on account of their 
good shipping qualities Almost all varieties 
do well. The peach crop will be an enormous 
one, If they don’t get hurt by severe storms. 
The hay crop has been very light, owing to dry 
weather—not over two-thirds of a crop. 
J. B. 
Mulberry Corners, Geauga Co.—The acre¬ 
age of wheat and corn is greater than usual; 
that of oats perhaps a little less. Wheat is 
somewhat affected with rust, but the harvest 
will be early and an average yield per acre is 
anticipated. Oats are beginning to head and 
look well. Corn is somewhat backward. Po¬ 
tatoes are looking fair, and are receiving little 
injury from the beetle.' The hay crop is good 
and early, h. b. 
Norwalk, Huron Co. — The acreage of 
wheat put In. last Fall was the largest ever 
sown in this country, and the stand Dover was 
better. Harvest has commenced. The varie¬ 
ties principally grown here are Fultz, Claw¬ 
son and Lancaster. Corn and oats will yield 
about average crops ; rye and barley are but 
little grown ; sugar ce,ie Las been more ex¬ 
tensively planted than for several years. All 
kinds 
Toledo, Lucas Co.—This is the greatest 
original winter wheat market in the world, 
and all reports a most flattering. The ; mid 
will average as high as last the 
acreage Is 30 per cent, more No seed has 
been put iufo Lie ground that has failed. 
Fruits of all kinds are very abundant. Sor¬ 
ghum is not much planted. g. e. r. 
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WESTERN STATES. 
Michigan. 
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co.—Of wheat there 
is a larger acreage than usual; it never looked 
finer ; it stands up well, and will be more than 
an average crop. Treadwell is most prevalent. 
Corn is not forward, owing to cold and very 
wet weather; but recent warm weather is 
bringing it on. It will be a fair crop. Dent 
aud eight-rowed yellow are generally planted. 
Potatoes look well, though the Colorado beetles 
are abundant. There will be full average crops 
of these and of corn. The Early Rose Is most 
abundant. Of oats, rye, and barley, about the 
usual amount has been put in, and they look 
well. Sorghum is but little grown here. The 
fruit prospects were never better. Apples will 
be a large crop, and are quite free from the 
Codling moth. The Baldwin is mostly grown, 
then the Northern Spy, It. I. Greening, and 
Golden Russet. Peaches will be a full crop. 
Your correspondent has 4,000 bearing trees. 
Early Crawford, Hill's Chili, and Old Mixon 
Free ere the most prevalent. Pears not doing 
well; strawberries are about half a crop. All 
other small fruits promise a full crop. 
J. D. B. 
Jackson, Jackson Co.—Wheat will be har¬ 
vested early and be a fair crop. Corn is look¬ 
ing pretty well, and potatoes ditto. The latter 
are not much troubled by the beetle, especially 
if planted late. Early-sown oats look well and 
will be an ordinarily good crop. Clawson. Diehl, 
aud Treadwell are our principal varieties of 
wheat, aud Early Rose, Peaehblow, Brownell’s 
Beauty, and occasionally some of the newer 
varieties of potatoes are those mostly grown 
here. The acreage under tillage is fully up to 
last year’s. No sorghum is growu here, to my 
knowledge. It has occasionally been tried 
here, with small success. The fruit crop of all 
kinds will be large. All apples, pears, cherries, 
and plums (if cared for) do well, and all hardy 
peaches, K. t. m’n. 
Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo Co.—All crops look 
well. The prospect of wheat is fine; the va¬ 
rieties principally raised are Clawson and 
Fultz, which yield an average of about 80 
bushels per acre. Of rye and barley we raise 
none; sorghum ditto. Oats will be a good 
average crop of about 65 bushels per acre. 
Maine oats chiefly sown. Of coru for late 
planting we generally use small Deut and 
Hockberry—average yield 65 bushels. The 
fruit outlook is good. We use a great many 
varieties of apples; but Northern Spy and 
Baldwin do .especially well. Of peaches good 
varieties are Hale’s Early and Crawford, Snow 
and Orange. Potatoes look well, but do not 
yield over 30 bushels per acre, the bugs have 
so damaged them. Thu Euuobled oats look 
spleudid; the raspberries are all right; the 
garden seeds good ; but the flowers are a fail¬ 
ure—too much rain I thiuk. j. b. o. 
Lansing, Ingham Co.—From present pros¬ 
pects iu this vicinity wheat will be a fine crop ; 
corn light, on account of too much rain this 
Spring; potatoes also light for the same rea¬ 
son ; oats good. Of rye and barley but little is 
raised. The favorites aro: Clawson wheat, 
yellow Deut coru, black or white oats of mixed 
