JULY 47 
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Ky., Johnson Junction, Davis Co.—The 
wheat harvest is at least 10 days earlier than 
common. The varieties grown here are Lan¬ 
caster, Amber and Fultz; average ten bushels 
per acre. More acres were sown than usual. 
There is considerable smut in the Fultz. Rye 
very good. Oats short. Barley, good. Po¬ 
tatoes, good but few in a hill—Early Rose the 
favorite. Suowflake, White Peachblow and 
Peerless are all grown. Potatoes are only 
grown for home consumption. From present 
appearance there is a fine prospect for a larger 
yield of corn than for years; a much larger 
acreagealeo than usual. Ryeuotmuch grown. 
Sugar cane, none. The prospects for fruit are 
slim. Apples are very scarce. Cherries, late 
are fine, and early scarce. Some peaches, but 
not an abuudunce. We have hud a fine season 
for tobacco; a great deal was Bet out; has 
been raining every day for more than a week. 
I am afraid it will iDjure the wheat in shock. 
We have a spleudid garden. My oats, man¬ 
gels and peas are fine for the season, i. b. f. 
Ky., Greenville, MuhleaburghCo.—Thecorn 
crop looks well, considering that we have had 
a long dry spell, but at this date there is rain 
to excess. Wheat is being thrashed, and is 
about half a yield; the rust mjured the wheat 
and also the oat crop. The grass crop is 
splendid. Peaches and apples are rather 
scarce; berries of all kinds plentiful. All 
kinds of vegetables are doing well. The bugs 
are doiug great damage to potatoes. Tobacco 
half a crop. d. b. s. 
Ky m Oweusboro, Daviess Co—Rain, rain, 
rain; meadows and oats down. Wheat iu 
shock aud badly stacked, m bad fix. Low 
land under water. Wheat is not panning out 
as well as expected. Com is looking flue. 
Tobacco, good, bud aud indifferent, j. w. s. 
Me., Bangor, Penobscot Co.—The crops here 
will not be average ones in consequence of the 
drought. Lost Nation wheat, Dutton and Can¬ 
ada corn, and Early Rose potatoes are the va¬ 
rieties ; no rye or sorghum. There is an aver¬ 
age decrease of each of these. Apples are very 
fair; the Duchess, Northern Spy, Astrachan, 
ralrnan Sweet and Northern Sweet are the 
most useful varieties. j. P . 
Mass., Shelburne Falls, Franklin Co—Corn 
here yields about40 bushels per acre; potatoes, 
100; oats, 50; rye, 15; no wheat or sugar-cane 
is grown here. Apples will be a good average 
crop; Greenings aud Baldwins are the most 
successful. j. A A 
Mien , Lincoln, Berrien Co.—Wheat is a 
good, full crop, and is now mostly harvested. 
Corn—what there is planted—is looking well. 
On account of wet weather farmers here¬ 
abouts did not get In as much corn as they 
intended Oats will be a good crop. We have 
a tine crop of hay, as we have had plenty of 
rain all through the season. Potatoes, in spite 
of the beetles, are lookiug fine. Apple trees 
blossomed freely, but from some cauee*the 
young apples disappeared and the crop will 
be light. Strawoerriee were a light crop. 
Raspberries and blackberries full crops. We 
are iu the midst of raspberry picktug which 
is two weeks ahead of the usual time. Indeed, 
all of our small fruits, this season, are rushing 
along to maturity much earlier than usual. 
What shall we do with the Rose-bug ? It is a 
worse pest this season with us fruitgrowers 
than the potato-bug. First he went for out- 
roses ; then for the cherries aud young grapes, 
aud, lastly, he is at the raspberries iu such 
numbers that sometimes iu picking we get 
more bugs thau berries; but I have noticed 
that for the last few days the pests are disap¬ 
pearing somewhat. M. w. 
Minn, Austin, Mower Co—Crop prospects 
are not the best—too much rain. Fife, Lost Na¬ 
tion and Walker are our principal varieties 
of wheat. Some pieces look well, but much 
of the low-laud wheat looks very poor. Bar¬ 
ley and oats look well, corn and potatoes are 
backward—ucreageabout the same as last year. 
Sorghum is a new crop; it did well last year 
—acreage larger this year. The Duchess of 
Oldeuburgh apple aud Siberian crabs are as 
good as any kinds for this locality and there 
will be considerable of that kind of fruit. 
J. A. T. 
Miss., Brookhaven, Lincoln Co.—Very little 
wheat, rye, or barlej is ever planted here. 
Corn crop and cotton very fine thus far. There 
will be very little fruit. The crop of oats is 
not good; red oats preferred; black oats are 
generally ruined by rust. About the same 
acreage of com aud cotton as last year. Early 
aud late Craw ford peaches the best. it. f. j. 
Mo., Sedalia, Pettis Co.—The general pros¬ 
pects iu this part of the country for bountiful 
crops, are the best for several yeura. The 
wheat aud oat harvest is just finished. The 
yield of both per acre will be quite large. The 
prospects of the corn aud potato crops are as 
flue as if not the finest that wore ever seen here. 
From present appearances the hay harvest 
will be below the average. Apples, peaches 
and small fruits of all kiuds iu great abund¬ 
ance. Since cutting wheat the chinch bugs 
are doing considerable damage to corn, hav¬ 
ing destroyed acres in 6ome places, e. r. l. 
Montana, Tipton, Moniteau Co.—Wheat was 
harvested two weeks ago. It would have been 
a splendid crop, but Chinch bugs cat it down 
considerably in this section. Very few have 
thrashed it yet, most of the farmers having it 
stacked to pass through the sweat; but people 
believe it will fall short about half. Oats 
were looking fine a short time ago, but Chinch 
bugs are damaging this crop too. We shall 
commence next week to cut it. Rye and bar¬ 
ley are not raised at all in my neighborhood. 
The varieties raised almost exclusively in this 
locality till a few years ago were the Mediter¬ 
ranean. some Early May, a sort called Norinau 
wheat, and some Tappabannock. This year 
some of my neighbors raised Fultz, and I be¬ 
lieve it is doing better thau any other kind, 
being earlier. If the season is favorable this 
Fall I expect to sow Fullz and Mediterranean. 
People don’t raise many potatoes here, the 
climate notbeiug very favorable—just enough 
for liomense. The Ru&al's Beauty of Hebron 
gave us not quite one peck last year; the sea¬ 
son wasn’t good—too dry. This year we ex¬ 
pect to get from the seed saved three or four 
bushels. They are looking nice. The Ovoid 
mangel root looks flue, aud we hope to make 
a success of it. Almost any kind of fruit does 
well in this locality, but grapes do best. The 
two last years the grape, however, rotted very 
badly; this season they are not doing so quite 
so heavily. We had some time ago a very nice 
prospect for all kinds of fruit, but since then 
the high winds and terrible storms have hurt 
them to some considerable extent. d. s. 
Neb., Steele City, Jefferson Co—Corn is the 
leading crop, and we never had a better pros¬ 
pect for it. White and yellow Dant. Spring 
wheat—the next in importance—promises 
much more thau an average (say 15 bushels 
per acre), principally Cher rick. Considerable 
winter wheat was sowu last Fall, and promised 
first-rate until March, when the dry weather 
and high winds caraed it. But little rye is 
sown, and that is poor; barley and oats ditto. 
The bugs are about abundantly enough to take 
all of our potatoes. Considerable Amber sugar¬ 
cane i6 raised and does well. We have a 
splendid country for the farmer if he would 
adapt himself to its conditions. We are too 
far from market to raise small grain, but we 
can raise cattle, hogs aud sheep, aud we can 
raise corn to feed them. A . T . 
Neb., Blair, Washington Co—Winter wheat 
almost a iailure, but little sowu. Spring wheat 
uow looks very well, excepting where winds 
blew off the soil during the drought in Spring 
—about the usual amount was sown. Corn 
about a medium stand—early planting on Fall 
plowing five feet high. Spring plowing, 
owing to dry weather in May, is much later. 
Early potatoes good; late ones, not over one- 
fourth of a crop. Oats good. Hay light. 
e. s. 
Neb., Em rick, Madison Co.—The prospect 
for all kinds of crops hereabouts sire as good as 
for years, oats excepted. w. g. 
New Jehsey, Freehold, Monmouth Co—The 
wheat crop is all harvested iu good couditiou ; 
quality good ; yield a little above au average; 
area 10 per cent, above an average. Corn is 
looking well; acreage a little below au aver¬ 
age ou account of the inability to break the 
ground. Potatoes, about au average area, are 
looking well; the early crop was injured by 
the long drought, liye not more than half a 
ci op. Oats about half a crop. Barley none 
grown. Sorghum none growu. Apples about 
half a crop. The most successful apples are 
Orauge Pippin, Baldwin, Smith’s Cider, Eng¬ 
lish Codlin, Pelican, Fallawater, Roman Stem, 
Orauge. Peaches uot much grown, will be 
about half a crop. Blackberries will do well. 
The Army worm has gone. We have had a 
nice 6hower and prospects are a little improved. 
The hay crop will be about one-third of a crop 
and of poor quality. j. H . d. 
N. Y., Coventry, Chenango Co—We have 
been having a severe drought in this section. 
The last week has brought plenty of rain. 
Wheat promises a good average. Corn and 
potatoes are lookiug well. Hay is very light. 
This is an Important crop with us, as dairying 
is the maiu business. Apples promise a large 
crop. Cherries are injured by the black-kuot 
badly; but few trees are living. Small fruits 
are not much cultivated. j. D , m . 
N. C., Lynn, Polk Co.—The harvest of wheat 
has been very much cut short by rust aud pro¬ 
tracted dry weather. It may he set down here 
and in the upper part of South Carolina as less 
than half a crop. Spring-sowu oats are almost 
au entire failure; Fall-sowing good. Bearded 
wheat has done better than the Binooth. Wheat 
will uot average five bushels to tne acre. Fruit 
is very flue all along the south side of the 
mouutuin iu the “ Thermal Belt." n. r. m’c. 
Ohio, Austinburg, Astabula Co—There are 
more acres of wheat iu this section than ever 
before, aud theprospectsof a large yield never 
were better—average yield other years 15 to 
20 bushel's. Fulfill aud varieties of red wheat 
are most grown, having proved more re- 
iable than white. A small variety of early l 
red corn is grown in this dairy section, because 
fine stalks are best eaten by cows and the cob 
is small, and kernels long. Peachblows and 
Early Rose are our favorite potatoes. Sorghum 
is but little grown and that only on the Lake 
Erie shore and the regions north of us. Fruit 
of all kinds are abundant. H. r. 
O., Burgh Hill, Trumbull Co.—The prospectB 
for cops in this section are very good. Wheat 
is mostly harvested, and is the best crop known 
here for years. The varieties most grown 
are Democrat, Clawson, Jennings, Fultz and 
Gold Medal, the last of which is being intro¬ 
duced. The average per acre is from 20 to 40 
bushels. Corn, oats and potatoes bid fair to 
be fine crops. Sugar-cane is uot raised in this 
locality. The prospect is good for an abundan t 
crop of fruit. t. r. a. 
Pa , Tamarac, Crawford Co. — Wheat is 
above the average crop, 80 per cent. It is 
well filled, and good generally. Harvesting 
commenced the 28th of June, the weather 
being anything but favorable, as it rained 
every day during the week. It has cleared off 
now. The wind has changed to the north and 
it looks favorable for good weather. Con¬ 
siderable hay has been luined during the wet 
spell. The drought In May shortened up the 
hay crop nearly one-half in this section. 
Clover meadows were the heaviest and nearly 
all secured in good condition before the wet 
season set in. Oats will be a fair crop, though 
injured considerably by dry weather. Corn is 
small for the time of the year, but most of it is 
making up for lost time aud will be a fair 
crop. Potatoes are lookiug well, with plenty 
of beetles; wherever Paris-green has been 
used in time they look first-rate—will be & 
good crop without a doubt. Plenty of fruit of 
nearly all kinds. The Rose-bugs have injured 
the fruit considerably; they have beeu more 
abundant thau ever before ; taken all together, 
the farmer has no reason to complain the 
present season. c. s. a. 
Pa., Saltsburg, Indiana Co—It has been 
rainiug more or less for five days, and there 
is no prospect of its stopping. This is very 
hard on grain that's iu the shock. Most of 
the wheat is cut and is better than it has been 
for some years. Oats will be an average crop. 
Corn never looked better for this time of the 
year. Potatoes are not very promising. Hay 
wi’l not be half a crop. Fruit of all kind6 
will be plentiful. My grapes are rottiug very 
badly aud have done bo for the last three or 
four years. It has oeeu a very wet June here. 
w. s. 
Pa., Winterburn, Clearfield Co—We are in 
the midst of a very wet season, just the ex¬ 
treme of what the Spring has beeu. Grass, 
which was thought to be a failure, is now com¬ 
ing on and will be a tolerable crop. Of wheat 
there are sown many good pieces, and some 
very poor—a preponderance of the latter. I 
should 6ay, Oats bid fair to be a good crop ; 
potatoes also are looking well now. h. f. s. 
Tbnn., Richland Station, Summer Co.— 
Wheat, White Amber principally, half a crop. 
Corn raised, white, good. Potatoes, Early 
Rose, good. Oats, Spring, one-third of a crop 
raised. Rye aod barley. Fall varieties, good. 
Sorghuui grown to a considerable extent. Ap¬ 
ples, Early Harvest, Maiden’s Blush, Horse, 
Baltimore, Lady’B Finger, Poorhouee, Limber 
Twig, Winesap and Ben Davis—good. Peaches 
Haies’s Early. Early and Late Crawford, 
Late Heath, one-third of a crop. w. p. si. 
Tex., Lavernia, Wilson Co—The harvest of 
oats and wheat will be over an average. Of 
barley and rye there is none. It is too early 
to tell regarding Sweet potatoes, and this is 
no Irish potato country, although they keep 
priming a pack of lies in regard to the success 
here of Irish potatoes and fruit. This is a fair 
corn country, and the bulk of the present 
crops is corn; next comes cotton, which is 
extra-well now, but cotton is never counted 
safe until gathered. Peaches, plums, figs and 
grapes are all the fruits that do well. f. x. s. 
Va., Reed Island, Wythe Co.—Wheat, Lan¬ 
caster and Fultz, 10 bushels per acre—injured 
by rust. Oats (no name), 15 or 30 bushels per 
acre—not matured yet. Corn, 25 or SO bushels 
per acre—suffering from drought. Potatoes, 
Early Rose, a medium yield; " small pota¬ 
toes.” Sorghum is not cultivated here by the 
leading farmers. As these crops are not har¬ 
vested it is Impossible to estimate the exact 
yield—people differ so in their opinions. There 
is a good prospect for fruit—late apples. The 
last two Summers' drought has produced 
grapes abundantly. Berries are plentiful. 
Some peaches, and very Jew plums. Cherries 
abundant. A flue year for beans ; a poor one 
for cabbage. m. l>. s. 
Va-, Moore’s Store, Shenandoah Co.—Wheat 
in this section was iujured by drought—aver¬ 
age yield 13 bushels per acre; quality fine, 
best kind grown, Key’s Prolific. The corn 
crop is promising. Potatoes not half a crop- 
principal kind, Early Rose. Rye not well 
filled. Oats are generally short. Barley, very 
little raised here. Sorghum grown for home 
use hero; most farmers raise about S3 gallons 
annually. The fruit crop will not be one-half 
as great as usual. The rose or cherry bug de¬ 
stroyed all bloom of grapes here. b. -j. a. 
Wis, Reedsburg, Sauk Co.—Most of the win- 
ter wheat in this section was winter killed 
or, more properly, killed late in the Spring by 
freezing and thawing and cold winds; conse 
quently it will not be an average crop. Spring 
wheat looked fine until the last few days, but 
now the leaf shows signs of rust. There was 
a large acreage sown on account of the 
killing of the winter wheat. Oats are looking 
tip-top—will be a heavy crop. Barley is 
headed and presents a fine appearance-—not 
much sown. Rye, both winter and spring, is 
exceedingly good, winter rye begins to turn 
and will soon be ready to harvest. Buckwheat 
is just sown; cannot state as to the certainty of 
a crop, but a large yield is expected. The hav 
crop will generally ba light; as the clover roots 
were injured by the bard winter, yet new seed¬ 
ing and low-land meadows are more thau an 
average crop. On account of the backward 
Spring and cool weather, corn is not as for¬ 
ward aa usual for this season of the year, but 
it is now growing finely; a large amount his 
been planted. Potatoes never looked better ; 
the beetle has Dot done any damage as yet. 
This section of the country is considered the 
hop center of Wisconsin; theyards,asa gen - 
eral thing, do not look very flourishing. The 
grab proves very destructive to the root No 
lice as yet. Orchards are looking very- 
good. The apple crop will be light on 
account of a severe hail storm which oc¬ 
curred about the time the trees were in 
bloom. Small fruits promise to be a full crop 
On the whole the farmer's prospect, so far as 
crops are concerned, are very flattering—the 
best outlook for several years. Yet wben ilie 
harvest is finished, how different it may be 
from what is anticipated. The farmers of this 
section are engaged in a mixed husbandry, 
and let the worst come, they generally hit on 
some product that is profitable every year. 
a. F. 
Wis., Mondovi, Buffalo Co.—The harvest 
bids fair to be good. The varieties of wheat 
are Fife and Odessa; of oats the commit 
white and a few Norwayn. Barley (the feta 
rowed) is looking splendid; of potatoes we 
raise the Early Rose and the Snowflake; of 
corn the Dent and Flit-t, neither is good—not 
very good—owing to a cold spell about plant¬ 
ing time; the acreage of these is about the 
same as last year. Minnesota Early Am net 
eane looks well; acreage double that of last 
year; our apples are crabs, and a fewothcis. 
such as the Dutchess of Oldenburgh; all arc 
bearing well; small fruits are as good as usual 
s. F 
Wis., Lodi, Columbia Co.—The weather has 
been uncommonly wet since tho last of M ay, 
consequently all kinds of Spring grain have 
a large growth and are looking well. Wirier 
wheat was almost a total failure about htie. 
Spring wheat is badly rusted in many placi d. 
The Odessa, the Minnesota Red Chaff, File, 
Fultz and Clawson, are the chief sorts growu. 
Potatoes are doing well—Early Rose, Suow 
p flake, White Peachblow. Of Early Amber 
sugar cane some was planted last year, t ut 
ten times as much this year. The prosjirt 
for fruits is flr6t-rate. b. m. s 
Wis., West De Pere, Brown Co.—Oats aiM 
wheat each occupy about one-third of ; 
cultivated land hereabouts; the other thirl is 
divided between potatoes, barley, rye ur l 
buckwheat. Of wheat our principal sorts . ; 
Rio Grande, Fife and Russian Winter. ! ■ 
prospects are good for fine crops of all th •. 
Small fruits of nearly all kinds do well; J 
of apples the Duchess of Oldenburgh, ti.j 
crab6 and other hardy kinds do much the L - 1 . 
Sorghum is not raised here. Hay is rat 1 : 
light. SL A 
Wis., Milton, Rock Co.—As a general thin, 
the crops are looking fine—rather above t;.<- 
average. The dry weather a month ago tht -ut 
ened to damage the small grains and gras 
but they have fully recovered, except in a few 
cases. Corn is looking very well. Tobacco 
culture is quite an industry in this vicinity 
and considerably more has been put in this 
year than heretofore. d. e. s. 
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