JULY 40 
THE 
RURAL NEW-YORK 
ER 
LATEST REPORTS. 
EASTERN STATES. 
Maine. 
Bolster's Mills, Cumberland Co.—Tbe weather 
has been very warm and dry this year. The wheat 
Is looking well; the variety mostly sown Is the 
Lost Nation. There Is more sown every year. The 
corn is looking well tor the time. Kye is but little 
raised, and 1 hear or no barley. Oats are looking 
well and so are potatoes. k. j. r. 
Brooks, Waldo Co.—The crop prospect is at 
present quite good The past two weeks have been 
dry and a rain Is much needed. Crass la nearly 
ready to cut. The promises are lor an average 
yield. Wheat Is looking well; the “ Lost Nation” 
Is the kind moat largely sown. Potatoes are some¬ 
what backward, The Colorado beetles are some¬ 
what numerous and troublesome, oata are look¬ 
ing well. Bur. little barley or rye la grown; two- 
rowed barley is sown mostly. Sorghum Is not 
grown at all. Fruit prospects are good aud apples 
will be plentiful. The ‘‘Naked Limbed Greening " 
apple Is growing much In favor and Importance. 
Strawberries are but little cultivated. Butter Is 
12 cents per pound. Cheese factories not operate 
Lug. j. w. L. 
New Hampshire. 
Acworth, Sullivan Co.—There will he an aver¬ 
age harvest, of wheat we raise the Lost Na¬ 
tion. Kye, barley and oats are of the kind usually 
sown In New England. Potatoes are Early Hose 
and Brooks’s Seedling. Acreage In this town; 
wheat 60, rye 8, barley 200, oats 160 , corn 200, 
potatoes 160. Sorghum not grown. Fruit pros¬ 
pects are good. Our chief apples are Baldwin, R. 
l. Greening, Russet, Porter, King or Tompkins Co., 
etc. J. s g. 
North Wolfboroooh, CarroU Co.—There Is 
about the same amount of grain sown In tills lo¬ 
cality as usual, aud It Is looking uncommonly well. 
The kind of wheat which is proving most success¬ 
ful Is the Lost Nation. 1 have a piece of It which 
1 think will produce forty bushels to the acre. 
There Is nearly twice the amount of corn planted 
as usual, but ouly about half as many potatoes, 
owing to the potato bug being so plentiful. The 
principal Kind of potatoes planted are the Early 
Rose, Prolldc and Davis’s Seedling. There will 
not be much fruit In this section, owing, 1 pre¬ 
sume, to the unusually large crop last year, sor- 
gnuta Is not grown here. g. a. h. 
West Lebanon, Grafton Co.—It has been very 
dry In this locality; wheat and oals are suffering 
In consequence, corn Is looking welt; ralu would 
Insure an average crop. Potatoes are faLr, though 
well covered with beetles. There is a prospect of 
an abundant fruit crop. Grass light. II. 
Vermont. 
Chelsea, Orauge Co.—The harvest prospects for 
wheat, com, potatoes, and oats are very tine, 
Indeed. Wheat is only grown on the “ hill farms.” 
Lost Nation wheat la grown to some extent. Our 
corn Is mostly an early eight-rowed variety. Of 
potatoes, the Early Rose Is the principal crop; 
Prolific, Peerless, Early Vermont, etc., come 
next. We raise no horgnum in this section. The 
fruit prospects are very good. Our crops rank In 
regard to acreage as follows—potatoes, corn, oats, 
wheat, barley, rye. *. o. t, 
Georgia, Franklin Co.—Ail our Spring crops 
may be said to bo in u fair condition, though much 
retarded In their growth by the severe and pro¬ 
tracted drought. It is too early yet to say what 
the outcome will bo farther than that we are sure 
to have a short hay crop. Last year s fruit crop 
was enormous; tills year’s promises to run in the 
other extreme, through their dropping irorn the 
effect of the drought. I do not know of any sorg¬ 
hum, except a few little plots grown from curi¬ 
osity. 0. T. B. 
Newport, Orleans CO-—The prospect now Is 
for good crops of wheat, corn, potatoes, oats, rye 
and barley. An average acreage of each has been 
planted, but ot potatoes rather less than in 1879. 
A few experimental patches only ot Northern 
sugar caue have been planted. The fruit crop Is 
under the average both In small and tree fruits. 
Currants almost cut off (a rare thing), and straw¬ 
berries badly wuucr-kllled. Wilson strawberry, 
Red Dutch currant, Black-Cap raspberries, 
Duchess of Oldenburg, Wealthy and Hcott s Win¬ 
ter apples are the most successful varieties grown 
here. The grass crop Is u full average, aud haying 
is begun In many places. t. h. h. 
Vernon, Windham Co.—We are Just commenc¬ 
ing our haying. The crop will bo the lightest for 
several years, being dwarfed by dry weather in 
May. Corn 19 looking weU. Winter wheat (what 
lived through the Spring) is looking well. Spring 
wheat is good, just heading out. Oats are a 
heavy growth so far. Rye is fully an average. 
Potatoes are good, and not damaged by the bug as 
yet. Apple-trees arc hanging lull, aud the fruit Is 
looking lair. Raspberries are pleutllul. k. p. j, 
Williamstown, orauge Co.—Wheat Is looking 
well, but not very much la sown hcio, aud that la 
of the spring sorts. Corn is planted in a small 
way. Potatoes are the largest crop and they are 
looking flue. Some hugs are about. Early Rose 
Is the klud mostly grown. Oat* will bo a fair crop; 
more of these are grown than of the other grains. 
The hay crop will not be as largo as usual, owing 
to the want of rain. Apples a good crop. 
H. F. E. 
Mumncliusetn, 
Brockton, Plymouth Co.—Wheat la not culti¬ 
vated here at. alt. Corn will be an au average crop 
—Longfellow and oommon varieties of yellow, 
oats and rye also will be about as usual common 
sorts. Potatoos will be quite as good as they 
usually are—chiefly the Early Rose. Gross was 
Injured by drought lu May, yet It promises a fair 
crop of hay. The fruit prospects are good. Thero 
will be an abundant yield of apples, for this Is the 
“ hearing" year. The ravages of the Canker 
worm are becoming more extensive In this section 
every year. d. m. o. p. 
Rhode Inland. 
AnA.vrsvrr.i.K, Newport Co.—I know of no wheat 
having been raised In this section for a great many 
years. The corn harvest wlil probably be good, as 
corn looks welL The Rhode Island White Flint Is the 
only variety grown, except sweet corn ; perhaps 
one-third of all the land Is devoted to corn. The 
potato harvest will he below the average. A 
larger area was planted to potatoes than usual, 
but owing to some unknown cause they did not 
come up well. Pieces planted under the same 
conditions acted differently: one piece would 
thrive splendidly, while another would grow so 
poorly that it had to be plowed up. Early Rose, 
Late Rose,'Early Ohio and Early Vermont are the 
principal varieties grown; the acreage Is about 
the same us for corn. The oat crop hi good; no 
particular variety la grown. Oats are raised only 
In connection with grass, when lay lug down grass 
lands lu the Spring. Very little rye Is sown 
—no particular variety; It promises fairly. Barley 
promises well; but little Is sown—the common 
two-rowed variety. Perhaps two-thlrda of all the 
arable laud In this section la devoted to grass, 
which will fall a little below the average. Sor¬ 
ghum la not raised hero. Fruit will not be half a 
crop—this Is the apple year In this locality. 
Peaches set first-rate, but are falling off badly, 
and the Rose bugs are attacking them; with cher¬ 
ries the Bamo w the case. Pears not above an 
average. Peaches, pears and cherrleB are but little 
grown. Peaches are an uncertain crop. Small 
iruus are not quite an average owing to the dry 
weather. Apples are the the principal fruit grown; 
the most successful varieties being Lhe Rhode 
Island Greening, Baldwin and Talman Sweet. 
Of the Army worms there are very few In this 
neighborhood, but they have swept whole fields In 
the next town. Rose bugs quite troublesome. 
w. w. 
Connection!. 
Bridgeport, Falrfleld co.—Barley and rye will 
bo fair crops. Potatoes look well, but drought 
may destroy them, it is too early to speak about 
corn definitely. Rye and oats are the principal 
Winter grain crops hereabouts. Wheat and bar¬ 
ley are sparsely grown. Potatoes are a large 
crop. But little attention has been given lo sor¬ 
ghum. The apple and pear crops at e promising, 
especially the apple. Pears were light of bloom, 
but they hold on and look well. Almost any 
kind of either succeeds. w. h. n. 
Georgetown, Fairfield Co.—Wheat Is looking 
Bplendld; but only little Is raised lu this section, 
corn Is very small, in consequence of the drought, 
as we have had but little rain lor two months. 
Day is very light; old meadows are hardly worth 
the mowing, oats and potatoes are suffering for 
want of rain. The prospect for apples Is good, If 
we have rain soon. Day 1s worth $ 22 , aud milk 
two oeuis per quart. Dow can farmers live ? 
g. t. 0. 
Mldulk Haddam, Middlesex Co.—Kye Is looking 
very well. Wheat la but little grown, corn Is 
looking well for tho date. Day will be about two- 
thtrda of a crop. Potatoes too are looking weU. 
Barley not raised. Apples promise a fair crop; 
peaches a good crop; cherries were all taken by 
Roue bugs which have been very destructive. No 
sorghum 1s raised in this vicinity. Pears will be 
scarce. Berries are plentiful. a. b. w. 
Woodmont, New Haven Co.—The weather has 
been very hot and dry ; we have had no rain of 
any account lor six weeks. Wheat Is not grown 
extensively In this section, but what there is is 
looking very fine, and wlU be harvested before the 
Fourth of July. Corals very backward, and un¬ 
less we have rain It will he a failure. Rye Is look- 
lug well and will be more than an average crop; 
it is grown here quite exteuslvely. Oats are look- 
lug well, but will nave to have ram soon or they 
wDl not amount to much. Barley la not grown in 
this section. Very Dttle sorghum Is raised about 
hero. Potatoes are looking well, but wlU be suf¬ 
fering from drought soon. The hay crop Is light. 
Dom one-halt to three-quarters of a crop. Day 
brings $25 per ton In tho New Haven market- 
There are no pears of any account ill mis section. 
Apples set well, but are dropping off lor want of 
rain. e. p. 
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MIDDLE STATES. 
New York. 
Afton, Chenango Co.—Wheat will be three- 
quarters ot a crop; Clawson Is chiefly grown—acre¬ 
age about the Bauie as last year, corn looks lar 
better than at the same time m ’79—acreage a 
quarter more. Dutton is tho main sort. Pota¬ 
toes are au average crop—ltoso aud Snowflake are 
the favorites. The beetles have been uncommonly 
numerous. Oats are more than au average In 
areu and yield—the small while are generally 
grown. Rye, none; barley, none to speak or. Ap¬ 
ples are a large crop, K. 1. Greening, SpUzenburgh- 
Northern spy and the Pippins, our best pears are 
the Dartlelt aud one called the BeDe (Lucrative?.) 
Owing to the dry weather grain Is only half a 
crop. j. p. 
Bkskmbr's Depot. Tompkins Co —The weather 
Is now, aud has been for several weeks, very dry, 
but wheat, corn, rye and barley promise good crops, 
oats fair. Potatoes are excellent. Only- a small 
amount of rye aud barley are sown, but. of the 
other grains quite a large amount. Fultz and 
Clawson wheat and common white oats and the 
small field corn are tho kinds raised here. Early 
and Late Rose and the Albany Seedling potatoes 
are grown extensively. No sorghum. Uay Is very 
light ludocd. Fruit prospects are good. Apples 
only are grown extensively, but a tew peaches, 
plums, pea is, cherries, etc,, are cultivated, and all 
I bear plentifully this year. j. b. 
Coblbskiu, Schoharie Co.—Wheat was some¬ 
what winter-killed, so that It will make only from 
half to two-thirds of a full crop. Corn Is looking 
and promising well. Potatoes, ditto, ditto. Oats 
look well and promise fairly. Rye Is the Bame as 
wheat. Barley Is a fair stand; but only very little 
grown. Probably four times more wheat Is grown 
In this section than was two years ago, and one- 
fourth more corn and potatoes. No sorghum can 
be found In this country. Apples are abundant; 
plums a quarter of a crop. Apples, plums and 
cherries have been our most successful fruits. 
The different varieties of .strawberries and rasp¬ 
berries thrive well. So do grapes, and some are 
trylog peaches. Of those I have raised some very 
nice specimens. German prunes are becoming 
quite popular. J- tan v, 0 . 
Corning, Steu ben Co.—Tho wheat crop prom¬ 
ises to be a good yield, as do rye and oats. 
Clawson is the variety ot wheat usually grown. 
Potatoes look splendid—Snowflake, Early Rose and 
Early Vermont take the lead Corn looks good 
also, but not quite so forward as usual at this time. 
The acreage of the above crops Is about as last 
year, except or oats, which I think Is larger. A large 
share of tho farmers are growing from one-eighth 
of au acre to one acre, and some more, of sorghum. 
The apple crop promises to be a very good one. 
Northern Spy, It. I. Greening and Baldwin arc bur 
best market apples. f. h. i>. 
Deposit, Broomo Co.—We are having a severe 
drought. Uay will not be more than one half a 
crop. Wheat and oats look very weU. Corn and 
potatoes are extra and if we get rains soon they 
will be good crops. Fruit la falling off In conse¬ 
quence ot the dry weather. It la the driest Spring 
and Summer since 1875, A. J. 11 . 
East Shelby, Orleans Co.—Wheat looks well, 
and some will be ready to harvest by July 1st. 
Bai ley Is good. No appearance of Hessian fly yet. 
Oats aa a general thing, look fine. Beans are 
looking tip-top. Grass la very light. Cherries 
not many, and of very poor quality; but the pros¬ 
pect Is good for a good crop of apples, r. w. c. 
Floyanna, Chautauqua Co.—Our wheat la 
chiefly Clawson, it looks well on the whole, and 
wUl be a heavier crop than usual. Oats look 
promising, chiefly Poland, running from an to 38 
pounds to the bushel. Barley Is extremely rank, 
and of a good color—usually six-rowed. Potatoes 
are fine, and there are leas beetles than usual to 
trouble them. Of them we grow 100 or so varie¬ 
ties, but principally Early and bate Hose and 
Snowflake. No rye Is raised In this section. The 
fruit crop Is good. Our pears are chiefly Bartlett, 
Flemish Beauty and Tyson. Grapes are not an 
average crop. h. a. w. 
Galway, Saratoga Co.—As a general thing the 
harvest In this part of the county Is good. Win¬ 
ter wheat was never better. A larger area than 
usual sown. Spring wheat Is but little known. 
Corn Is fine. Uay Is an average crop, oats good 
liye middling. Fruit an average. Potatoes bet¬ 
ter than we have seen In several years. Potatoes 
$1 per barrel; oats, GDC per bushel; corn, ooc. 
rye, 7oe; wheat, $1.60 per bushel hay, $15 per ton! 
A. H. 
Guilford, Chenango Co.—The present pros¬ 
pects for the dairy farmer In this locality are any 
thing but flattering. An open winter followed by 
a dry May and June, has reduced the hay crop 
about one-fourth. However, there was a large 
quantity of hay summered over, which will pre¬ 
vent many farmers Irom sacrificing their dairies. 
Corn, oats, potatoes, spring wheat and apples 
promise abundant crops. m. e. m. 
Lake View, Erie Co.—Winter wheat la filling 
finely (Clawson aud Red Chaff). Acreage 26 per 
cent, more than last year, spring wheat (not 
much raised) ta looking well. Winter rye Is 
tilling well, (not much grown—no Spring). Corn 
backward (mostly s-rowed, yeUow and white). 
about same acreage aa last year. Potatoes are 
looking well (Early Rose, 1’eaenblowaud Peerless); 
buys working, but not so much as ctst year, oats 
and barley aru looking flue, (white and black oats, 
four-rowed barley); acreage, 10 per cent. more. 
Some Amber .cane was raised last year. The 
sirup was good. No attempt was made at sugar- 
makiug—there will be some trials this year. There 
are only a few pieces ot cane; it grows as well as 
corn. Apples promise well (Baldwin, Greening, 
Russet, lied Astrachan). Cherries and plums fair 
crops, but somewhat stung. Pears are uneven— 
Borne orchards promising weU, in others few or 
none. Grass crops improved by late rains but not 
heavy; yield below average. b. w. s. 
Medina, Orleans Co.—Crops of all kinds in this 
section never looked better. Of wheat ClawSou is 
our main crop; acreage, 20 per eeut. more than 
last year, and the prospect Is favorable for a large 
yield. Our barley is the four and two-rowed. 
The acreage under It Is halt that of wheat. No 
rye sown in this section. Oats, acreage half that 
of barley; a large yield is anticipated. Of pota¬ 
toes Early and Late Rose are the most used. 
They are looking weU, but are covered with hugs; 
acreage about that of last year. Snow-flake 
seems to be talked of as tho coming potato. 
The acreage under beans Is about that ot barley. 
Kinds sown, Medium Pea, Marrow, aud Navy. 
Drought Is pinching tnem somewhat, but there is 
a prospect of a fair yield. Corn looks well—largo 
for lUe tune ot year. I have two acres of Blount’s 
tnat seem to do nothing but grow day aud night, 
cold or hot, wet or dry. w, a. c. 
Naples, Ontario Co.— Wheat, corn, potatoes 
oats, rye, and barley wUl all be above an average. 
No sorghum grown. Fruit wDl be less than an 
average. The dry weather in May has spoiled the 
hay. There will be about one-third of a crop. 
Grapes, apples, peaches aud strawberries are the 
fruits mostly grown. «. a. u. 
Palm y ka, Wayue Co.-Taking 100 as the standard 
of crops last year, this year’s harvest will com¬ 
pare as foUows with Its predecessors: Wheat 
acreage 126 ; yield, 150; potatoes, acreage 100 ; 
yield, 100; oats, acreage too; yield, 100 ; barley, 
' acreage too; yield, 126; corn, acreage 100 ; looks 
fine; sorghum, none raised. Most of the wheat 
is Clawson; and of the potatoes, Early Rose and 
Snowflake, while the oats are the white sort and 
the barley the two-rowed. Apples Bet very full 
but the trees are badly twlg-bllghted. R. I. Green 
lug, Baldwin and Twenty Ounce generally pro¬ 
duce the best here. The King and the Twenty 
Ounce Pippin are shy bearers. We have had 
seasonable snowers all the season. a. p. 
Perry Center, Wyoming Co.—Corn, potatoes 
and oats are the same as last year, both In acreage 
and yield; wheat has Increased 25 percent. In acre¬ 
age and will yield 50 per cent, more than last year. 
Barley is doing well, mostly two-rowed. Very lit¬ 
tle rye and no sorghum Is raised. Early Rose and 
Snowflake are our favorite potatoes. Apple trees 
set very fuD, but they are now badly twlg-bllghted. 
R. I. Greening, Baldwin and Twenty ounce pro¬ 
duce best. We have had reasonable showers all 
Summer. o. p. 
ScHENKVtrs, Otsego Co.—Crops in this section are 
looking good generally, except hay, which will be 
light. Rye, oats and potatoes are looking well. 
Com, fair. Apples will be plentiful. . 1 . f. c. 
Scotia, Schenectady Co.—We were favored with 
plenty of rain until about two weeks ago; since 
then It has been Intensely warm and d ry. Rye is 
very fair, except on clay land, and is nearly ripe. 
Oats are In want ot rain very much. Corn Is not 
growing aa It ought, for want of rain. The Rose 
bugs are doing considerable damage to fruit In 
this section. The potato bugs are quite plentiful 
now as the young slugs are Just beglnnlug to come 
on. Day is a light crop, except on low lands, 
where there has been plenty of motsture. New 
seeding Is looking as well aa can bo expected for 
the dry weather weare having. e. e. h. 
Sotrrn Gilboa, Schoharie Co.—Grass Is light. 
Barley aud oata are good. Com, good. Potatoes, 
faU’—acreage as usual. Wheat and rye are ordi¬ 
nary crops. Mangel-wurzels and sugar beets look 
well. Apples are sparse and plums a good crop. 
The ground la dry. Farmers have finished sowing 
buckwheat. Acreage as usual. j. 0. c. 
Wuitnby’s Point, Broome Co.—The season, thus 
far, has been very dry. Wheat was badly winter- 
killed, but It ts looking well now. Corn, too, is 
looking well, although srnaU yet; with rain It 
would grow fast. Potatoes are looking fine, and 
are, In fact, the most promising crop on the list.* 
The present dry’ weather Is hurting oats, making 
them look yellow and sickly, nay, the main crop 
of this section, will he one-third below the aver¬ 
age. Fruits and berries of all kinds promise 
weU. M. b. n. 
New Jersey. 
Manalapan, Monmouth Co.—Owing to the 
drought corn is very backward. Some fields that 
were entirely replanted can scarcely make a crop, 
unless frost comes very late; acreage about as 
formerly. Potatoes wUl be small and tew, unless 
we have rain soon; mostly early varieties were 
planted. Beetles are plentiful; but they have 
done no particular damage. Clover hay la less 
than half a crop, and Timothy less than one-third, 
some fields being scarcely worth cutting, liye 
straw is good, but the heads are not well filled. 
Wheat is short, but well ailed, and will make an 
average crop, more having being sown than usual. 
Oats are very short, and will, no doubt, bo a light 
crop. Apples are plentiful. Pears and peaches 
are rather scarce, not many of the latter being 
raised. • These are our main crops. Everything Is 
suffering for rain. w. h. d’b. 
Penuaylvania. 
Casiuridgkboho, Crawford Co. — Harvest of 
wheat extra-good; acreage about the average. 
Kinds grown are Fultz, Lancaster, Mich. White, 
Red Mediterranean. Lancaster and Fultz aru the 
most successful. Corn is backward owing to 
drought in llay. An average acreage. Common 
yellow and smaller varieties are grown. Potatoes 
are good; an average acreage. Varieties Early 
and Late Rose, Snowflake and Compton’s Surprise. 
Snowflakes are considered No. 1 for Winter and 
Spring. Oats are good; acreage a little above aver¬ 
age ; nearly all the white varieties are grown, 
scarcely any black ones. Kye, scarcely any sown. 
Barley, none grown. Apples will make a mid¬ 
dling crop. Peaches, the same. Pears and cher¬ 
ries were mostly killed by frost. Plums have been 
destroyed by curcullo. Of apples the most success¬ 
ful varieties are lied Astrachan, Seek-No-Further, 
Rambo, K. L Greening, Northern Spy, Wine- 
sap, etc. No sorghum In tnis vicinity. o. l. 
Grant, Indiana Co.— This has been for many 
years a lumbering community, aud we are only 
beginning now to raise enough farm products for 
home use. Wheat is now ready for harvesting 
and is called a very good crop—acreage 10 to 15 
percent, larger than last year; principal variety, 
Fultz- Corn, potatoes, oata aud rye are all good. 
The potato beetle Is somewhat troublesome. Acre¬ 
age somewhat larger than last year. No barley 
or sorghum Is grown here. The fruit crop wDl be 
small, aa compared with last year. Ot apples our 
most successful varieties are: Northern spy, 
Baldwin, Vandervere, Hoopes, Bellflower and 
Rambo. E- b, 0 . 
Lineville Station, Crawford Co.—The wheat 
harvest promises to be exceedingly good—above 
the average, corn, oats and potatoes promise to 
be average crops, if not more. Rye and barley 
are not raised here to any extent. The varieties 
of wheat raised are principally Fultz, Clawsou and 
Lancaster, in the order named. The potaioes 
raised are mostly Early Rose, Peachblow, and 
snowflake, and a few Monarchs. The corn Is 
principally Dent or Gourd Seed and eight-rowed 
yellow. The grasB crop Is very light. The grasses 
most extensively grown are Timothy aud clover. 
Farmers are experimenting somewhat In Orchard 
grass, and It is proving very succesatul. No sor¬ 
ghum has been raised here yet, but a little Is 
planted. The acreage under each crop Is about 
the same aa usual. a. h. r. 
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