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JULY JO 
sorts. There, is, however, some white Flint 
and some yellow Flint corn. A little sorghum 
is raised—a very little about here. 4 pples are 
abundant; so are peach.es and pears where 
there are trees. Small fruits are abundant, 
though strawberries were light. The red rust 
is unusually troublesome on blackberries and 
raspberries. w. j. n. 
Lebanon, Clinton Co.—The harvest of wheat 
will be very light in this locality, it having 
been badly injured by the Hessian ily. It will 
not yield more than half a crop. The kind 
that is mostly sown is Clawson. Corn, oats, 
and potatoes are looking well, but they are not 
so forward as usual, owing to a very wet 
Spring. Of potatoes probably the Early Rose 
is grown most extensively. Numerous other 
varieties are grown to some extent. Of corn 
and oats there are many different sorts grown. 
It is hard to say which one takes the lead. Rye 
and barley are not grown to any extent iu tills 
locality. The acreage of each is about the 
same as last year. Sorghum is grown but 
little here. The prospects for fruit are very 
llatteriug, indeed. Almost everything in the 
shape of a fruit-tree is loaded. Apples, pears, 
and all kinds of small fruits are raised in 
abundance. Peaches aud plums are not sure 
crops every year. J - T - 
Maple Rapids, Clinton Co.—Wheat here is 
about half the usual crop. Potatoes arc a good 
crop. Hay is very fair. Apples are a tplen ■ 
did crop, as are peacheB, pears, currants, 
grapes and all small fruits. Wheat was hurt 
by the open '.Vinter and the Hessian fly. 
3 . A. M. 
Paw Paw, Van Buren Co.—Wheat is very 
poor and but very little is raised here. Corn is 
a very good crop aud looks promising. Oats 
are good. Of rye and barley but very little is 
raised. 8orghum is not raised now to any ex* 
tent. Small fruits of all kinds are very good. 
Apples will not be more than half a crop. The 
trees were loaded with the small fruit, but the 
hard winds have whipped off at least half. 
j. b. s. 
Pontiac, Oakland Co. — The acreage of 
wheat, eorn, oats and potatoes in this section 
is larger than last year, aud the yield of each 
will be much greater; in fact, we shall have an 
abundant harvest. Clawson wheat largely 
predominates. Oats are mainly the white 
sorts. Of corn the yellow and King Philip are 
the favorites. It is not raised for shipment. 
Potatoes are mostly Early and Late Rose. Bar¬ 
ley and rye are but little grown. Sorghum is 
not raised. Fruits of all kinds promise large 
yields. A great many apples are shipped from 
here. Our principal varieties are Greenings, 
Spitzenburgh, Baldwins. Steele’s Red, Winter 
and Golden Russets. Oakland county is sur¬ 
passed by but a few counties in the Union for 
grain or fruit. s - u - N - 
Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co.—Grass one- 
fourth better than last year and half of it is 
cut. Wheat has a heavy growth of straw; 
but I don’t think it will yield as well as last 
year. Barley is not promising. There’s a 
large growth of oats. Corn is a good stand, 
but weedy on low ground. Potatoes are look¬ 
ing well. The prospect for fruit is good. The 
weather is warm and wet. e. h. p. 
South Haven, Van Buren Co.—Wheat has 
an increased acreage and is a more than aver¬ 
age crop. Constant wet weather has delayed 
the plantiug and cultivation of corn, which is 
backward. Favorable weather in the future 
may yet afford a fair crop. Potatoes are in a 
condition similar to that of corn. Oats when 
sowed early and on dry lands are doing well. 
Rye and barley are but little grown here. The 
wheat grown here is mainly Clawson. Of corn, 
the earlier varieties are of Dent. Sorghum is 
rarely growu. The prospect for fruit is excel¬ 
lent. The peach, our staple crop, promises 
better than for several yearn. Strawberries 
were somewhat injured by cold, wet weather 
after setting the fruit. T. T. l. 
Utica, Macomb Co.—The wheat erop is look¬ 
ing fine and promises to exceed our former 
crops. The kinds sown are mostly the Claw¬ 
son and some of the red wheats. Rye is look¬ 
ing fine and there is a considerable amount 
sown hereabouts. Oats will be a small crop 
owing to the drought we are having. Corn is 
looking fine, though a great deal was planted 
late. Potatoes are good and quite extensively 
grown about here. We are troubled with the 
potato beetle a great deal. The prospects for 
the fruit crop are very good. Apples aud 
peaches are large crops. Cherries and all of 
the smaller fruits are going to be quite plenti¬ 
ful. As to barley and sorghum there is not any 
raised in this section. J. p. y, 
Indiana. 
Harrisburg, Fayette Co.—Wheat is mostly 
cut from ten days to two weeks earlier than 
usual. The quality is good, though it is uot 
as well filled as last year. The acreage was 
considerably over that of last year and there 
will be a full average yield. It is mostly of 
the Fultz and Michigan Amber varieties. 
Corn is doing tolerably well, but the early 
harvest and heavy rains have much hindered 
the usual cultivation. Favorable weather in 
t 
he future will probably make a fair average 
crop—about the usual amount is in cultivation. 
Oats and barley are not extensively sown, but 
bid tair for a good yield. Sorghum not much 
cultivated except in small patches for family 
use. Apples and peaches are not generally 
abundant; they are in fair supply. Ber¬ 
ries, grapes, etc. are plentiful. With fa¬ 
vorable weather for securing and maturing 
crops the prospects are highlj favorable for 
an abundance of all sorts. w. w. s. 
Ingallston, Marion Co.—The wheat crop is 
good and will yield heavily. The Fultz vari¬ 
ety is mostly used, and it gi ves better crops 
than any other variety. Corn is fair. Wet 
early in the season rusted it a little; now it is 
too dry. No sorghum is raised here. Wheat 
will yield 30 to 35 bushels per acre. The fruit 
prospects are first-rate. Lots of peaches, ap¬ 
ples and pears. No barley or rye is raised in 
this neighborhood. o. j. 
La Pobte, La Forte Co.—In this locality 
the acreage of wheat is larger than last year, 
hut the yield will be less. Variety, Winter 
Amber. Corn promises a fair average crop; 
acreage about the same as last year. Oats a 
good crop; acreage larger than last year. 
With regard to rye, barley and sorghum, very 
little of either Is raised. Potatoes promise an 
average crop, they are injured to some extent 
by the Colorado beetle. The prospect is good 
for a large crop of apples, with some peaches 
and pears. Of apples the Baldwin and King 
of Tompkins County succeed well. w. s. R. 
Lima, Lagrange Co.—Wheat iB better than 
usual; quality very good. Corn looks well; 
about the usual acreage. No rye or barley is 
sown here. Oats are first-rate. Potatoes are 
doing well—the usual acreage. Very little 
sorghum is grown. In wheat, Fultz and Egyp¬ 
tian take the lead. Clawson is grown to some 
extent but it Is not so hardy as the others. 
.T. s. 
South Bend, St. Joseph Co.—The wheat 
crop is very promising in this locality, and 
will, in all probability, be 10 per cent, larger 
than last year’s, which we considered large. 
Red and white smooth and bearded of many 
different names are grown—all Winter wheat. 
Corn is looking exceedingly well on the high 
lands. It has been rather wet on the low 
lands, and especially on the clay soil. The 
acreage is fully up to that of former years. 
Potatoes are doing well in some localities; but 
they arc injured somewhat by bugs. Many 
different varieties are grown. Among the 
leading ones are the feachbiow and Early 
Rose. Rye is not raised to a great exteut, but 
what there is looks well. Barley looks well— 
nol a great deal raised. Of sorghum 1 am of 
the opinion that there is uot as much grown 
as in former years ; the small crop looks well. 
The apple crop is small; a great deal are 
dropping off damaged by the curcullo. Peach 
trees are full, and promise a good crop, though 
this is not a peach country. Cherries are in 
abundance. j. e. m. 
Illinois. 
Chicago, Cook Co.—From Cleveland, O., to 
Lansing, Mich and thence to Chicago by L. S. 
and M. S. R. R. wheat will yield less than 15 
bushels per acre. Potatoes, corn and oats are A. 
No. 1. Rye and barley are not raised much. Claw¬ 
son largelj' predominates in Mich, and Fultz 
in Iud. Winter wheat is not raised at all in 
this part of Illinois. Bpring wheat uot much. 
Wheat is the main crop in Southern and Cen¬ 
tral Mich., and wheat and corn in Northern 
Indiana. Flax is raised quite largely near Chi¬ 
cago. I saw but little sorghum on the route 
I came. Wheat is No. 1 in Ohio. w. I. C. 
Elmira, Stark Co.—Winter wheat is almost 
an entire failure. Of Spring wheat but little 
was sown for fear of chinch bugs. What there 
is looks well. The varieties sown are the 
white Russian, Rio aud Italian. Of oats more 
than an average amount was grown, and the 
crop bids fair for a heavy yield. Of corn, 
fully the average acreage was x>lanted. I have 
never seen a better stund of corn than this 
year. The prospects are favorable for an 
abundant harvest. Corn is our staple product 
here, liye is good—nol a large amount sown. 
Of barley none is sown here. Of sorghum— 
Early Amber—a little has been planted as an 
experiment. The prospect for fruit is fair, 
but the trees were injured somewhat by the 
May beetles. Ben Davis, Willow Twig aud 
Jennetting are the chief apples grown. Pota¬ 
toes are good—not injured by the beetles yet. 
E. R. B. 
Galesburg, Knox Co.—Wheat is nearly a 
failure. Corn is a splendid crop now. The 
potato crop is good. Oats and rye are very 
good. We sow the white sorts. Of barley 
none was sown. We plant Peach blow aud Early 
Rose potatoes and many other varieties. Many 
farmers have broken up their meadows and 
consequently more land than usual is uow in 
cultivation. Hay crop is very light. Sorghum 
is grown " some"—enough to supply the de¬ 
mand. Small fruits have done very well. 
Apples are a poor crop this year. o. n. 
Kankakee, Kankakee Co.—Wheat in this 
county will not be over half a crop. The W n- 
ter wheat is winter-killed badly, and the Spring 
wheat is not doing well—too much rain. Corn 
is backward and much of it is in a bad condi¬ 
tion iu consequence of continued rains. Oats 
look well and rye will be a fair average crop. 
Barley, very little raised. Potatoes look well. 
I had my first mess of the Beauty of Hebron a 
week ago. The varieties mostly raised are 
Peachblow, Early Rose and Snowflake. Fruit 
of all kinds promises a fair crop. Strawber¬ 
ries and the May cherry are just over. Ap¬ 
ples, raspberries, blackberries and currants 
promise good crops. J. m. 
Wisconsin. 
Madison, Dane Co.—Our crops are all look¬ 
ing unusually well. We have had a great deal 
of rain. Corn is a little backward; but it is 
coming on finely. Corn, oats, wheat, iu the 
order named, are our leading crops. In spite 
of an open Winter, Winter wheat is looking 
very well. We shall probably cut two good 
crops of hay. The above are our most import¬ 
ant crops. Rye and barley but sparselj grown. 
Potatoes, apples and the smaller fruits are un¬ 
usually promising. But little sorghum is plant¬ 
ed here; more attention will soon be paid to it 
do doubt; there is much talk of “Amber cane." 
The class of fruits known as “iron-clads’’ is 
the only one we trust. w b. 
Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygau Co.—Win¬ 
ter wheat is better than we expected earlier; 
acreage three or four times as great as usual. 
A middling-good crop is expected. Variety. 
White Russian. Spring wheat is backward, but 
has a good stand; usual acreage. Nearly all 
varieties are raised. Corn is up and has a 
good Btand. It has been cultivated ouce— 
variety, mostly yellow Flint. Potatoes look 
well, usual acreage. Early' Rose and Snow¬ 
flake predominate. Oats, rye and bar¬ 
ley are looking fine. No sorghum of any 
account is raised in this county. The pros, 
pect for fruit is excellent, especially for apples. 
There will be a heavy crop of small fruit. Hay 
will be light, on account of the clover being 
killed out and lack of rain in May. j.a. 
Minnesota. 
Plainview. Wabash Co.—The present pros¬ 
pect for crops is good—seldom better for this 
time of the year. Our principal varieties of 
wheat are:—Fife, Brooks’—nearly as good as 
Fife—aud Rio Grande. Of corn we use an 
early variety of Dent, and four-rowed barley. 
Of potatoes we plant the Early Rose and Snow¬ 
flake. I don’t know uuy special name for our 
oats, but it is a white sort, aud weighs from 
30 to 40 pounds to the bushel. We grow no 
rye. The acreage under these- crops is about 
the same as in former years. In this immedi¬ 
ate neighborhood there are about 15 acres of 
sorghum ; heretofore none was grown. This 
climate is not good for apples aud but few are 
raised—none but the hardiest, such as the 
Duchess of Oldenburgh, Tetofsky, Wealthy, 
Haas, Rollins’s Pippiu, Rollins’s Russet und 
Elgiu Beauty. The three last are seedlings 
propagated by Mr. Rollins of this county. We 
also have several sorts of crabs. Small fruits 
are good. b. 
St. Paul, Ramsey Co.—Never before, even 
in this favored region, where the crops have 
been bountiful for the past fiveor six years, has 
the promise been so excellent as it now is. 
After seeding, the weather was cool and the 
wheat acquired great strength in its roots. 
The warm bright weather, aid the frequent 
copious rains of the past two weekB have de¬ 
veloped it rapidly and now a stronger, more 
promising stand never was seen. Unless some¬ 
thing unusual should occur, the yield will be 
largely iu excess of that in any previous year. 
The best judges claim that the average per 
acre will not fall short of 30 bushels. All 
other crops, both graiu and vegetable, are 
as good as wheat. In 1879 we had a trifle 
over 3G0.000 acres iu wheat. There were 
173.000 acres broken iu that year, and at least’ 
135,000 of that amouut are in wheat this 
season. Thus the acreage in wheat alone is 
891.000, insuring, we feel confident, an aggre¬ 
gate yield of nearly 10,000,000 bushels. The 
entire area under cultivation on the line of the 
Northern Pacific is 650,000 acres, and this year 
there will be ul least 350,000 acres broken. 
Scotch Fife wheat is mostly grown, but Lost 
Nation and Clawson do well. Early Deut corn 
and other hardy New Euglaud varieties do 
well. Wheat is, of course, the staple, oats 
being the next crop in extent of cultivation. 
Bnt little has, as yet, been done outside of these, 
although 6orae farmers are jiaying more at¬ 
tention to barley this year as this graiu grows 
to great perfection here, aud is eagerly sought. 
1 have known of but one instance of au at¬ 
tempt to grow sorghum, and that was within 
a few miles of Bismarck—it proved a decided 
success. In some places fruit has been suc¬ 
cessfully raised; but the country along the 
Northern Pacific Railroad is not old enough 
to have given time for a lull experiment. I 
have seen good apples growu near Moorhead 
on the Red River, they were of New England 
varieties, aud were large aud of extremely 
fine flavor; crab apples reach high perfection, 
as do all small fruits and berries. Vegetables 
are wonderful both in yield und size. m. j. b. 
Iowa. 
Clarinda, Page Co.—The wheat harvest 
will be light, bnt of good quality. The same 
will be the case with all small grain. Corn 
and potatoes are doing finely. Our principal 
varieties of spring wheat are Doty, Mediter¬ 
ranean aud Odessa; of winter wheat, Red 
May, Odessa and Mediterranean. Corn is of 
the Dent variety and comprises two-thirds of 
the acreage under tillage. Sorghum is raised 
to a small extent, hut docs well. Prospects 
for fruit were never better except in orchards 
that were exposed to the high winds and had 
small apples blown off. Our most successful 
apples arc—Ben Davis, Willow Twig, Red 
June and Summer Queen ; grapes, Concord; 
cherries, Early Richmond. Nearly all small 
fruits do wtll. c. o. o. 
Hazelton, Buchanan Co.—Very little of 
either Winter or Spring wheat is grown here, 
perhaps not more than three to five aeres to a 
farm. The Hessian fly is very destructive. 
Some Winter wheat had to be turned under, 
and corn qilauted instead, Corn and oats 
cover a large acreage, aud the prospects are 
good for a large erop. A great deal of flax 
has been sown, and some sugar-cane, but we 
lack machinery to.work up the latter. Pota¬ 
toes are good, but the}' are grown on a rather 
small scale. Of raspberries, the Doolittle and 
Mammoth Cluster do well, but the Cuthborts 
you sent are dead. They started, but went 
back. All the other seeds sent by the Rural 
are doing well. Of apples the Ben Davis, Red 
Astrachan, Otto, Fameuse, Nod head, Shaker, 
Greening, Walbridge, and others do well. The 
Early Richmond cherry blossomed, but it is a 
failure. c. h. 
Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co.—We have had but 
very little rain in this part ol Mahaska Co. for 
one year. Winter wheat is almost a failure. 
People sowed largely of the Grass variety ; it 
is tender as a winter sort. We have a variety 
which has been grown for years aud which is 
the best for this location. It is mixed bald and 
bearded. [Some specimens sent resemble 
Clawson.—Ena J Everthing in the Bpring va¬ 
riety is tried more or less. On the whole we 
have a poor outlook for wheat. Early-planted 
corn is splendid, I think we shall have heavier 
crops than nsuul. Early-planted potatoes are 
looking well, but we must have more rain to 
have them mature. Barley and rye are not raised 
to auy extent: our yield will uot vary much 
from that of other years. GrasB is not half a 
crop. We shall have a fair crop of apples and 
plenty of 6inall fiuit—strawberries, raspber¬ 
ries and currants. h. b. 
Story City, Story Co.—The prospects for 
wheat (Spring), oats, flax, corn and potatoes 
are excellent; in fact, better than for years. 
Winter wheat was killed out entirely last 
Winter; but this is not a wheat-growing sec¬ 
tion, the farmers only wishing to raise enough 
for home consumption, Coru is an excellent 
stand in this locality and will soon be “ laid by.” 
The appearance of the crop is about 10 per 
cent, above the average; the acreage is also 
iu excess of previous years. Long continued 
and violent winds have blown off a large pro¬ 
portion of the apples, but yet the prospect is 
flattering for a good erop. The varieties that 
do the beet with me at present, are: Early Har¬ 
vest, Red Astraehau, Red June, Eameuse and 
Wiuesap. Cherries are not of much account 
this year. The potato beetle is doing no dam¬ 
age in this immediate locality and has uot 
troubled me for two years past. I have used 
no artificial destroyers. w. a. w. 
Waterloo, Black Hawk Co.—There was 
quite an acreage of Winter wheat sown in this 
county, which is an entire failure. Spring 
wheat promises well, but the acreage sown 
was one-third less than last year—variety, the 
Minnesota Fife, and Mammoth Tea. Oats 
have an increased acreage and are looking 
unusually well. Corn promises an abundant 
yield. The number of acres planted is about 
the same as in ’79. The prospect for fruit of 
all kinds is very flattering. Of sorghum there 
is not much raised, 1 planted one acre of 
Early Amber this Spring, and it is looking 
well. Rains have been frequent during the 
season. a. o. 
Missouri, 
Bethany, Harrison Co.—Wheat here is a 
very poor crop. Corn anil oats are good. Oats 
will yield 85 bushels per acre ; coru, 45 to 50. 
Sorghum is grown only for molasseB for home 
consumption. Apples are good and plentiful. 
C. 0. 
Carthage, Jasper Co.—The wheat iu this 
Boctiou is cut aud being rapidly put in the 
stack. It iB by far the largest crop, both in 
iu acreage and yield, ever raised in this 
county. The Mediterranean is grown princi¬ 
pally, with some Walker and Fultz. The corn, 
oats and potato crops are good. But little rye and 
no barley is raised here. Sorghum does well 
here, but only a little is raised except for home 
consumption. w. h. f. 
Oregon, Holt Co.—The Fall wheat harvest 
has commenced. The yield will be an average 
one and the acreage is very large. Spring 
wheat looks very good, and under it there is 
