JULY 40 
THE BUBAL WEW-YOBKEB. 
LATEST C ROP REPORTS. 
Pennsylvania. 
(Continued from pag-e 443.) 
Natron a, Allegheny Co.—The wheat crop here 
Is the best we have had for many years—about the 
usual number ol acres was sown. Some farmers 
have finished cutting. Wheat ripened about 
eight days earlier than ever known here. Oats 
are doing well, corn and potatoes are doing 
finely. Plenty of rain. Grass is not more than 
hall a crop—the dry weather In the Spring cut It 
short. No Army worms; a few Kose bugs and 
potato beetles. Hay sells for $ia per ton; oats, 
40 cents per bushel; wheat, $1.10 ; corn, 50c.; po¬ 
tatoes 40c.; butter 12c. per pound ; eggs 42 cents 
per doz.; apples and peaches scarce. s. s. f. 
Nesoopkok, Luzerne Co.—i live In the west end 
of Luzerne county along the Susquehanna Klver. 
The land Is a sandy loam in some places mixed 
with gravel, and the principal products are wheat, 
corn, oats, and potatoes, Kya la not, a staple crop. 
No sorghum Is raised hereabouts that 1 know of. 
No barley Is grown. From one-fourth to one- 
third of the land Is sown to wheat each year, and 
nearly as much to corn. The acreage this year Is 
fully up to the average and the crop prospects are 
good. The drought has shortened the straw and 
has Injured the crop In some places. Where the 
soli was sandy It stands well on the ground 
and the heads are looking well and it Is beginning 
to turn for harvest. 1 think the wheat will be 
over an average crop, considering the dry weather 
we have had. Grass 18 not half a crop, and 
will not make half a crop of hay on account of 
dry weather. Oats will be short. My Ennobled 
oals are doing nicely. We have had a very dry 
season so far. The fruit crop is about middling. 
Apples will be good; but the other fruits are not 
below an average. 8 . m. 
New Castle, Lawrence Co.— Wheat Is above an 
average crop both In yield and acreage. Corn Is 
a full average acreage, but Is not bidding fair for 
a good crop, or potatoes more than an average 
acreage was planted ami they bid fair for a good 
crop If the farmers fight the bugs hard enough 
Oats are an average ; but they are short on ac¬ 
count of drought. We are having nice showers 
now that will help them somewhat. Rye and bar¬ 
ley are but little grown and ol sorghum there Is 
none at all. R. a. 
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co.—The wheat crop Is 
good, and so Is rye; but the Spring grains, oats 
and barley, will be about au average, with short 
straw. Hay will be light but perhaps as good as 
last year. Corn, potatoes and all fall crops prom¬ 
ise well, We are now having splendid showers. 
Sorghum Is grown but very little in this part of ] 
the country. The acreage of all crops will com- I 
We have had good crops of strawberries, rasp- 
pare very favorably with that of previous years, 
berries and cherries, but the crops of apples, 
pears and peaches will not bo heavy. Apples, 
pears and cherries succeed here much better than 
peaches; those are frequently killed by Spring 
frosts. B, A. E. 
West Auburn, Susquehanna Co.— Grass Is light; 
oats are good; potatoes are doing welL Wheat 
was badly winter-killed, but what Is left looks 
well. Of apples and peaches there are none in the 
valley and only a few on the hills. a. k. b. 
Maryland, 
Davldsonyillk, Ann Arundel Co.—Our wheat 
harvest Is just finished. Thegralu Is not nearly 
equal to the promise which t he straw gave. Corn 
and potatoes look very well, Oats Improving. No 
rye or barley grown. Our wheat Is of the Fultz 
variety. Acreage of all the same as usual. No 
sorghum. Fruit very scarce, none raised except 
for home consumption. w. 
Inglesidb, Queen Anne co.—Our wheat harvest 
Is turning out very good. The rust hurt wheat 
somewhat, or we would have had an excellent 
crop. Corn Is looking fine, and promises a very 
fine harvest. Potatoes, oats, and barley are not 
cultivated to any extent. Kye Is very poor this 
year—very short, and not filled. The acreage of 
corn and wheat Is about the same as lu previous 
years. Fultz wheat Is the leading variety. The 
corn Is just a common Flint sort. No care seems 
to be taken to improve the variety. No sorghum 
Is grown here. Fruit Is not so promising this sea¬ 
son as usual. There will not be more than half a 
crop. The early varieties of peaches have proved 
to be the most fruitful this season, but, asa general 
thing, the later sorts are the most successful. 
0. H. J. 
Ohio. 
Barlow, Washington Co.—Wheat Is not very 
good here; but corn promises very well. Oats are 
getting along finely. Apples, too, are doing well, 
and peaches are abundant. Cherries and other 
small fruits are medium crops. t, l. 0, 
Bucks, Columbiana Co.—Wheat Is good—vari¬ 
eties, Fultz, Baltic, Blue Stem, Clawson, Michigan 
White, Ked ltough-and-lteady; average, 20 bushels 
per acre. Corn very fair: varieties, Uackberry, 
yellow, Gourd Seed; average, 60 bushels. Pota¬ 
toes are looking very well; the bugs bothering us 
somewhat; all kinds are raised here; oue man 
had 36 kinds at, our c unity fair; average, luo busU- 
els. oats are looking well; varieties, barley oats, 
yeUow and white; average, 35 bushels. Of rye 
very little la raised. Barley Is very light; but lit¬ 
tle is raised; average yield, :io bushels per acre. 
a. u. A, 
Caftina, Belmont Co.—Wheat Is two-thirds of a 
crop; Clawson and Fultz are tho varieties mostly 
grown. Potatoes are good. Early Rose and 
Peachblows are most abundant, corn la doing well 
Sorghum small. The fruit prospect Is good. a. t. 
Chatham Centre, Medina Co.—The wheat crop 
Is the best ever known In this partol the country. 
There is scarcely a poor piece to be seen, corn Is 
not as good as last year; worms troubled it some. 
Potatoes are looking fine. Hay la about two- 
thirds of a crop. There la plenty of fruit of all 
kinds. We had plenty of.rain this spring. 
WM. H, M, 
Clarksfield, Huron Co.—Wheat la the best crop 
for many years. Corn Is small but healthy, and 
only wants good weather to make a good crop. 
Potatoes promise fairly. Oats look well and will 
be a good crop If we have sufficient rain. Of rye 
and barley only little la sown here. Our varieties 
or wheat are; Clawson, Fultz, Lancaster, Gipsey 
and Mediterranean; of corn, llackberry, Kentucky 
width and several other sorts; of potatoes, Early 
Rose, Late Rose, Peachblow, snowflake, Early 
Ohio aud Vermont, Peerless and many other sorts; 
of oats and barley. White Dutch and common white. 
The acreage under wheat la 50 per cent, greater than 
our average of the past fivo years, and so per cent 
more than last, year, oats are about an uverage; 
potatoes the same; corn, ditto. Of sorghum very 
little Is grown. For apples the prospect is unusual, 
ly good. Peaches fair, though but few trees are 
cultivated. Grapes good, our varieties of apples 
are: Baldwin, Tulpebookeh (Kalin water), Gate, 
Heek-No-Furcher, Talman’s Sweet, Russet Sweet, 
Golden Sweet, Northern spy and others, all doing 
weU here. But few pears are grown, yet they 
thrive and bear well. I have some Bartletts that 
bear every year. a. j. b. 
Clyde, Sandusky Co.—The wheat crop for lsso 
Is the largest we ever raised here, about 20 per 
cent, acreage more than Last year and very 
good. Fultz wheat is taking the lead and 
Clawson next. Wheat is about half har¬ 
vested. other crops about an average, looking 
reasonably well. Potatoes are looking well, but 
bugs are plentiful, and we have to fight them, sor¬ 
ghum Is not raised very extensively here, though 
a great many farmers raise from one-quarter to 
one-half au acre. The statistics are taken by the 
assessors and will be published. The mat crop 
will be good, but fruit trees have more enemies 
this season man ever before. Caterpillars are 
very numerous, and there appear to be two kinds 
of blight. Peach trees are not as healthy as they 
used to he; our cold winters are too hard on them. 
J. L. A. 
Columbia, Franklin Co.—Wheat, the staple of 
the neighborhood, covers 20 per cent of arable 
land, and the acreage is larger than the average. 
The yield too la above an average. It is now be¬ 
ing harvested in fine condition, and several days 
earlier than usual. The varieties are: Clawson, 
Egyptian Sliver Chaff, Arnolds’s Gold Medal, Gold¬ 
en Straw, Fultz and velvet Chaff. Corn, average 
acreage; same per cent as wheat; prospect very 
good, oats, rye and barley little gro wn. Potatoes 
cover one or two per cent ol arable land, and 
promise a fine crop. Early Rose, Early Ver¬ 
mont and Snowflakes are the leading varieties, 
This is a poor section for fruit, but the promise is 
of more than an average crop. Not much sorghum 
grown. Farmers are watching the experiment of 
Le Hue and others. Moudowa rather light. The 
whole outlook la for a season of more than aver¬ 
age abundance. 0. e. t. 
Felicity, Clermont Co. — Splendid growing 
weather now. SVheat crop only middling, about 
the same amount was Bown as the year previous, 
hut It Is not so good. The most common varieties 
are White Mediterranean and Clawson, Oats are 
good though not more than half as much was 
sown ua usual. The common white oats are 
generally used here. Rye is seldom growu except 
to turn under for me benefit or other crops. Barley 
not raised. Corn growing finely, which is quite 
necessary as It was generally plauted late. The 
common yellow and white Hent are the varieties 
mostly grown as a field crop. Tobacco is the 
staple crop grown here. Fruit prospects are good, 
especliUly peaches. Sorghum Is not raised as ex¬ 
tensively as formerly. l. j. a. 
Lewisville, Monroe Co.—Wheat Is nearly all 
cut, and we think It fully as good as last year, and 
about a quarter more was sowed. Blue .stem, 
Fultz, White Lake, White Amber and Michigan 
Mixture. All sorts are good this year. Corn Is 
belter than last year, with about the same acre¬ 
age. Oats look extra well—about same acreage 
as last year. We think there will be at least 
double the number of bushels Potatoes will be at 
least four times as good as last year although 
only about me same area was plauted. Plenty 
of rain and very few Colorado beetles. The varie¬ 
ties grown are: Early Rose, Twaddle’s, White 
Peachblows and others. Of rye and barley 
scarcely any Is raised here. Sorghum is grown 
hero only for home consumption. The climate and 
soil suit It pretty well; but as yet we have no market 
tor It. The apple crop Is very good. The following 
are some of the best bearers and the hardiest:— 
Early Harvest, Malden’s Blush, Baldwin, Roman 
Beauty, Russet, FaUawater. lu fact, this couuty 
is very good tor apples and pears, but very poor for 
peaches. We are having a wet summer, so we 
have a large crop ot hay and tine pasture. Farmers 
are full of life; they talk ot holding their wool for 
50c. Money Is very plentiful now. r. a. 
Madison, Lake Co.—Wheat above me average— 
Clawson,, Diehl, and Mediterranean, corn fair— 
mostly dark yellow Dent. Potatoes very good— 
Peachblow, Early Rose, snowflake. Peerless; acre¬ 
age below an average. Rye, fair what mere Is of 
It, but little is sown. Barley, little It any sown. 
Oats a fair average yield; average acreage. No 
sugar cane Is grown here. Prospects of fruit never 
better. Apples an Immense crop of general selec¬ 
tion Pears a medium orop— Bartlett, Clapp’s 
Favorite, Scckel, Duehesse, Flemish Beauty and 
others. Peaches a medium crop—Vandyke, Smock, 
Lord Palmerston, Comet, Crawford’s Early and 
Late Richmond, and Galway, valuable in me order 
named. Plums, none saved except my own Lom¬ 
bard which are an Immense crop. Damson, fair; 
Relne Claude, medium; YeUow Egg, medium; 
Washington, no crop. Currants, good crop—Ver- 
saiUes, best. Blackberries, immense — Taylor, 
beat. Raspberries, good crop—Red Uerstlne best; 
Black Mammoth Cluster and Gregg. d. l. 
Norwalk, Huron Co.—The acreage of wheat 
last faU was the largest ever sown In this county, 
and me stand never was better. Harvesting has 
commenced; the varieties principally grown here 
are Fultz, Clawson and Lancaster. Corn and oats 
are about an average. But Uttle rye or barley la 
grown. The hay crop Is light. Sugar cane has 
been more extensively planted this season than 
for several years. All kinds of fruit are abund¬ 
ant. c- A. M. 
Willoughby, Lake Co.—A large acreage of 
wheat and good prospect of a big yield. The best 
variety Is the Lancaster, other cereals have the 
usual acreage and never looked more favorable. 
Variety of oats mostly' common white (a few black). 
Sorghum Is not cultivated. Fruit is abundant. 
w. j, u. 
WESTERN STATES. 
Michigan. 
Benton Harbor, Berrien Co.—Wheat looks wel 1 
and we shall have over an average crop. Corn 
Is also doing weU. Sugar cane Is not much grown 
here. Potatoes make good headway where the 
bugs have been killed. I tried ixmdon-purple and 
think it Is far In advance of Paris-green. Early 
and Late Rose aud Peachblows are mainly raised 
here. Rye and barley are not raised to any extent 
In this section. The apple crop will he good ; the 
trees set very full, but the high winds have thin¬ 
ned them. Raspberries, blackberries and grapes 
will yield well. w. o. 
Byron, Shlawsissee Co.—Wheat Is looking well'; 
acreage la larger than usual; Clawson Is mostly 
grown, also some Fultz. Corn not looking very 
well, owing to bo much rain; acreage is under the 
average from me same cause; yellow, eight- 
rowed, white Flint and different varieties of Dent 
are grown. Potatoes grown are chiefly Early 
and Late Rose; acreage less than usual. Oats 
are looking fair as usual. Rye is not much grown. 
Barley Is looking well but not much Is raised. 
Sugar cane la not grown at all. Prospects of 
fruit are good. Small fruits extra-good. Cherries 
in abundance. All kinds of apples, pears, cher¬ 
ries and peaches do well. h. c. 
Clayton, Lenawee Co —We have just had a much 
needed ram and everything is growing finely. 
We had a very wet Spring making corn and oats 
somewhat later. Of bom there la rather more 
than the usual acreage. Oats, If nothing happens, 
will be a very heavy crop, and early-sown will 
crowd the wheat harvest closely. Of wheat, I 
should think, there is one-third more than usual. 
We shall begin to harvest it about July 5 gen¬ 
erally, although on sandy land some have already 
commenced. For potatoes, me prospect Is good; 
probably about enough have been planted for home 
consumption—Early and Late Rose; a few have 
the Rural’s Beauty of Hebron. 1 raised about a 
peck from the one small specimen of this potato 
sent me last year,and this year have a fine patch. A 
few Peachblows are also raised here. Kye is 
grown but very little here and barley not at all. 
Very little sorghum Is grown and what mere Is 
generally rather poor stuff. The prospects for 
fruit are very good. SmaU fruits are abundant 
and very cheap. Of apples there will probably 
be a large crop. The most successful kinds are 
me Winter varieties, the R. T. Greening, Bald¬ 
win, Northern Spy and Steele’s Red Winter. 
Peaches look well, everything Is loaded that la large 
enough to bear. The varieties; on sandy soils claw, 
son wheat Is principally raised; on clay and loam 
soUs Lancaster and Egyptian and a bald red wheat 
called here Patent office wheat are the favorites. 
The yield here will he from i& to ho bushels per 
acre. a.l.v. 
Cold water. Branch Co_Wheat Is an Immense 
crop—20,35 ,40 bushels to the acre. Clawson and 
Ceutennlal Club are me best sorts. Potatoes will 
be a large crop—Snowflake, Early Rose, Peach¬ 
blows. Peaches and apples promise very large 
crops. The Baldwin, Spy and Wagener are the 
best bearers. Cherries, currants and small fruits 
are large crops. Hay Is heavy. Oats splendid. 
No Sorghum 01 any account. Corn looks fine on 
high grounds, In Oriand, ind., mo weevil Is 
damaging the wheat very badly. w. l. s. 
Dowauiac, Cass Co.—Wheat lias a large growth 
ol straw aud a large acreage. Clawson Is grown a 
good deal, but It Is not liked for flour. Very little 
sorghum la sown. The Seneca Chief strawberry 
is very excellent where properly cared for. Apples 
are grown here quite extensively, and pears on a 
small scale, as they are troubled by blight. 
w, M. F. 
East Dayton, Tuscola Co,—Wheat good; the 
harvest Is six day a earlier than usual. Corn better 
than usual. Oats are me best they have been in a 
number of years. Ot barley, not much Is sown in 
this locality. Clawson wheat la the variety mostly 
grown here. A large crop of apples is expected. 
Northern Spy, Baldwin and Canada Red, are me 
most profitable. More sorghum has been planted 
man usual this season. l. p. 
Grand Radios, Kent Co.—Some Spring wheat 
was killed. On heavy land It is three-firms of a 
crop ; on light land a full crop. Com Is backward 
on account ot wet weather. Potatoes are very 
promising, oats and barley ralr. Clawson wheat, 
Yellow Dent corn, Early and Late Rose potatoes, 
white oats, are the varieties, mostly grown. 
Comparative acreage, wheat, ten, corn six, 
potatoes one, oats four. Rye and barley very 
little. We are just starting the growing of 
Amber cane this year on a small scale. Apples 
and peaches will be heavy crops; pears an average 
one ; grape, excellent; cherries, good—just ripen¬ 
ing ; currants light. Early vegetables were never 
better and good prices are secured. c. w. o. 
Greenville, Montcalm Co.—The wheat crop 
will be about three-quarters of a crop. Corn, po¬ 
tatoes, oats, rye aud barley have the promise now 
of bei ng full crops; and the acreage under t hem is 
about me same as usual, with the exception of 
wheat ot which about one-third more was sown 
than last year. Sorghum Is 01 no account here. 
1 know of none near Greenvfile. The apple, peach, 
pear and plum trees ore loaded this year, and 
promise fairly. All kinds pay well In this section; 
also smaU fruits. We have a good market. Hay 
is of nice quality. c. s. 
Hastings, Barry Co.—Wheat in the aggregate Is 
about tho same as last year. The acreage Is much 
greater, but the average yield much less. Many 
fields have been plowed up. Com Is uncertain at 
present. Many fields were not planted because 
of excessive rains. Oats and potatoes promise 
well at present. Of barley very little Is raised 
and of rye scarcely any. Probably half the wheat 
raised Is Clawson. Considerable Fultz may be 
seen now ripening, a week earlier than any other 
kind. It will be sown largely this FalL Fruit of 
all kinds Is exceptionally abundant; trees already 
bending down. Of apples probably Northen Spy 
leads all other varieties. None, or very little sor¬ 
ghum Is grown here. j. w. b. 
Ithaca, Gratiot Co.—Wheat Is badly damaged 
by the Winter and by me fly; though the acreage 
Is larger than usual, there will be less than half a 
crop. Potatoes are good, oats look well now but 
they are late. Corn Is thrift y and a large acreage 
was put In. Rye Is not grown here nor Is barley. 
Sorghum is very little planted as yet. Fruit 
prospects are good for all kinds except currants 
and gooseberries, which the worms have destroyed. 
Please give a remedy tor mem. (Hellebore dusted 
on the bushes. Eds.) The hay crop Is light. 
Wheat, corn, oats and hay are our staple crops. 
r. 1 . s. 
Muskegon, Muskegon Co —In consequence of 
the abundance of Spring and early Summer rains 
upon our sandy soil, all crops show remarkable vig¬ 
or and promise largely. All tree fruits are In abuud- 
ance and, wbat rarely happens, this Is the second 
year consecutively of abundance of fruits general, 
ly. I have never seen any sorghum here. In 
wheat, Clawson takes the lead ; In potatoes. Early 
Kose and White Peachblows. Of rye and parley 
only a little Is raised. s. b. p. 
North Branch, Lapeer Co.—As near as I can 
judge, wheat In this locality Is about an average 
crop; on high land It Is very good, but on low land 
It suffered very much from winter-killing. Many 
pieces were plowed up, hut what is left Is filling 
extra-well. I think the acreage Is greater than 
usual. The varieties are chiefly ClawsoD, Fultz, 
White Rose, California White and Gold Medal 
Oats are doing well; In acreage about an average. 
Meadows are good, except clover on low land, 
which was badly heaved in me winter. Potatoes 
are doing exceedingly weU, but the young beetles 
luve put In their appearance in unusually large 
numbers during the past few day s. Corn Is late 
on account of wet weather at the time of planting ; 
acreage small. W e shall have fruit of all kinds 
In abundance. d. w. c. 
Turke Rivers, St. Joseph Co.—Wheat Is good 
Com— hard to t ell, backward as yet. Potatoes 
oats, rye and barley are good. Fultz, Clawson 
Diehl and Mediterranean wheat are our varieties. 
Potatoes, Early Rose and Peachblows. Oats, 
white. Sorghum not extensively grown. Mint 
very extensively growD, one-half crop. Fruit- 
prospects are good especially for small fruits, 
not many apples or peaches. r. 
Indiana. 
Crown Point. Lake Co.—The acreage of wheat 
com, potatoes and oats Is about the same as last 
year. No barley or rye Is grown to any extent 
no sorghum Is raised here. The fruit prospects 
are good for apples, pears and grapes d. k. p. 
Glbnwood, Kush Co.—The acreage of wheat is 
greater than last year; average yield per acre, 
25 per cent. less, com, potatoes, oatg, rye, and 
barley are average crops, Fultz and Michigan 
Amber are our chief varieties of wheat. Of com 
Dent and Gourd Seed are the most commonly 
sown. The usual acreage has been given to all 
small crops, except wheat; mat is 10 per cent, 
larger. Of sorghum very little Is grown here. 
Apples will be half a crop. Pears and grapes are 
fine. Peaches light. w. r. 
Loohootek, Marlin Co.—Wheat Is a very large 
crop—chiefly Fultz and Mediterranean. Com 
looks well Tor the season; hut not much Is planted. 
Oats are good but rusted badly. No rye or barley 
raised here. Fruit of all kinds Is abundant. 
w. F. JR. 
Moorefikld, Switzerland Co.—The wheat just 
cut is a fair crop—about one-fifth more than usua 
In acreage. The fly ruined some pieces. The 
Fultz and Swamp and some Egyptian are the 
klnd3 raised. Rye is not much cultivated here. 
Oats are good; the usual acreage was sown. 
Corn looks well—about the msual acreage. Early 
potatoes are good. Sugar cane Is not much culti¬ 
vated. Apples are scarce; that Is, the winter 
variety. Peaches are plentiful where they are 
cultivated. The.hay crop is good. Clover is Just 
being cut. We have had a big rain every week 
or so. J. c. 
North Webster, Kosciusko Co.— W'heat, com 
and oats are good, ot rye and barley none Is 
raised. Potatoes good. Sorghum, very little Is 
raised. Fruits of all kinds better t han average. 
Fultz and Clawson wheats are favorites. Acreage 
In wheat Is 90 per cent, larger than ever before. 
The large white oats beat all me rest; acreage 
10 per cent, over last year. Of potatoes the Early 
Rose is best tor early and Cherry Red Is best for 
late. t.j.w. 
Purdue University. Lafayette Co.—The wheat 
harvest Is In full blast. Quantity large ; quality 
excellent. Yield heavier than m ’T9. Frequent 
rains make oats promise well. Cora la weedy; 
but coming forward rapidly. In river bottoms It 
has been destroyed by flood. Fultz wheat is me 
leading variety; 90 per cent of it is sown. The acre¬ 
age of wheat and corn about equal. A small area of 
sorghum has been grown. Fruit prospects good. 
Small fruits give an excessive yield—strawberries 
raspberries, etc. Grapes and apples promise well. 
c. l. 1 . 
Win ah ac, Pulaski Co.—Wheat crop excellent, 
nearly all Fultz wheat. Cora poor; potatoes 
good ; oats fair to good, but not much sown. No 
barley. Rye good. Acreage of wheat is large. 
