JULY 24 
THE BUBAL HEW-YOBKIB. 
Comparison of plots having various num¬ 
bers of 6talks per hill, for three years. 
bu. lbs. 
2 stalks per bill, average. 42 10 
S “ “ “ . 62 26 
4 " " .. 6?. 3 
5 “ " “ . 48 46 
Comparison of the average of unfertilized 
plots which adjoined both phosphated and 
plastered plots with them; and also a compar¬ 
ison of adjoining plastered and phosphated 
plots. 
bu. lbs. 
No fertilizer. .40 1 
Phosphated.42 10 
Plastered. .46 — 
There is an immense field for original in¬ 
vestigation in horticulture. Some of Mr. La- 
zenby’s experiments seem to us neither origi¬ 
nal nor well chosen. 
His tests with the germination of seeds pro¬ 
cured from various seedsmen in this city are 
quite at variance with those made by the 
Michigan Agricultural College and reported in 
these columns two years ago, much to the dis¬ 
pleasure of those seedsmen whose seeds were 
thus shown to be the least valuable. Mr. Laz- 
enby’s report as to the value of weeviHaten 
peas is as follows. 
“Some peas, each of which was affected by 
the pea-weevil., or iu that condition usually 
termed “ buggy,” were planted aud compared 
with a similar number of sound ones. Not 
over 15 per cent, of the affected peas germin¬ 
ated, despite the almost universal belief that 
“ buggy ” peas will grow as well as others. Of 
the sound peas over 90 per cent, made a good 
growth.” 
The Rural has kept the subject prominently 
before the public for two years and has made 
for itself almost exhaustive tests. It appears 
that although perhaps not over 15 per cent, of 
weevil-eaten peas, selected without regard to 
size, variety or degree of injury, will germin¬ 
ate, yet much defends in single tests upon 
those conditions, as well as upon the time of 
ripening, season of planting, etc. 
His experiments to ascertain the relative 
earliness of different sorts of peas are a con¬ 
firmation of theRorui/s tests made three years 
ago upon a larger scale, except that he ranks 
the Philadelphia Ex.-Early as good in quality, 
while we estimated it as the poorest of the 27 
varieties tested. 
IV. 
Experiments in Potato Culture.—I. In 
this test the potatoes (Early Rose) were plant¬ 
ed May 10. The soil, a sandy loam, unmanur¬ 
ed, and only moderately fertile. Each plot 
consisted of a single row 50 feet iu length, 
The rows were four feet apart, aud the seed 
was dropped IS inches apart in the row. The 
followiug is the yield in pounds: 
Hot Yield Yield Tot. 
No. Seed. large. em’I. y’ld 
1. Small potatoes used as seed.Su 65 86 
a. Medium sized whole potatoes .... 85 38 123 
3. Same 6 Ue cut in Dairen, one piece 
per Mil...........93 36 119 
4. 6aine sizrf out to two eyes per piece, 
one piece pwr hiil.84 19 103 
5. Cut a» No. 4 , two pieces per hill_96 34 12 u 
8. Sec;i end of pototo planted.86 30 lie 
7. Stem end plained. . 88 26 113 
8. Middle of putato planted. 23 41 64 
9. Seed planted two inches deep. 76 46 lxl 
10. Seed planted four inch -9 deep. 98 33 131 
11. Culttvatwd flat. 94 31 135 
12. CuRtvaied in ridges. 89 29 H8 
In plots 9 to 12 the seed used was like that in 
No. 3. The first to come up were the medium- 
sized whole potatoes iu plot 2; second, the 
seed end in plot 6. Potatoes less than an aver¬ 
age-sized hen's egg were classed as small. 
Preservation of Green Fodder.—H aving 
a large amount of refuse cabbage leaves, tur¬ 
nip-tops, etc-, wheu we harvested these crops 
last Fall, we tried the experiment of manufac¬ 
turing some “ensilage," adopting the process 
used in the manufacture of “ sour hay." It 
consisted simply of closely packing this succu¬ 
lent refuse matter iuto a pit dug into the 
ground, and covering it with a layer of earth 
about two feet in thickness. This pit was 
opened last April, and the product was found 
to be in excellent condition, and was readily, 
even greedily, eaten by cattle. It had not 
molded in the least,, but was changed Into a 
dark-brown product with a strong, sour odor. 
We were gratified by the success of the experi¬ 
ment for it showed that by this simple process 
we could save and turn to good account what 
would otherwise have been lost. 
Feeding Value of Carrots.—W e have fed 
our work team liberally with carrots the past 
season aud find the crop to bo one of great 
value lor leedlDg horses. One bushel of car¬ 
rots and one bushel of oats fed In alternate 
meals were of eq ual value to two bushels of 
oats alone, while they cau be grown at much 
less expense. Horses, like human beings, re¬ 
quire a variety of food aud thrive best upon a 
ration that involves a change of diet. Succu¬ 
lent food, iu part, will always prove oeneficial, 
aud this is best afforded by carrotB. 
A Good Whitewash for Farm Purposes. 
—We find the following iu the Boston Journal 
of Chemistry: 11 The following is comraonded 
for outside work: Into a water-tight barrel 
put half a bushel of lime, aud slake it with 
enough bulling water to cover It about five 
inches deep. When the slaklDg has been 
effected, add enough water to give the proper 
consistency, two pounds of sulphate of zinc, 
one part of common salt, and half a pound of 
alum. Various colors may now be intro¬ 
duced. A rich cream tint is obtained by 
adding about three pounds of yellow ochre. 
A lead or pearl color is imparted by lamp¬ 
black, red by Venetian red or red ochre, and 
blue by sulphate of copper. The wash is to 
be applied as soon as ready, with a painter’s 
or whitewashed brush. It is durable as well 
as inexpensive. 
The Catalpa as a Timber Tree.—M r. C. M. 
Hovey says that much has been recently said 
in regard to the Catalpa as a timber tree, and, 
as it would appear from very recent informa¬ 
tion, Professor C. S, Sargent, of the Bussey 
Institute, has directed attention to it, aud 
spoken highly of its value and urged its culti¬ 
vation for that purpose. It appears, however, 
that its importance as a timber tree waB known 
half a ceutnry ago, and its culture recom¬ 
mended by one so capable of judging as the 
late President of the Coited States, General 
Harrison, of Tippecanoe fame. In June, 1831, 
General Harrison delivered an address before 
the Agricultural Society of the county of Ham¬ 
ilton. Ohio, iu which he spoke of the Catalpa 
as follows: “ Our old rail fences, whose dilapi¬ 
dated appearance produces such a disagreea¬ 
ble effect around our farms, are as wasteful 
and expensive as they are inefficient, and the 
increasing price of timber and the great quan¬ 
tity which will be required demands speedy 
improvement, for the country is likely to soon 
lose the material for their construction. If 
we could procure posts and rails of the Locust 
or Mulberry they would last, without doubt, 
a great many years; but the wood of the 
Catalpa, a tree of such easy culture and of 
such rapid growth, furnishes, perhaps, a mate¬ 
rial much more durable than either of the 
others. This valuable tree is indigenous in 
the lower or southern part of Indiana, and 
grows to a very large size upon the Wabash 
River and several of its tributaries. Its prop¬ 
erty of resisting decay has been sufficiently 
verified in the vicinity of Vincennes, where 
the soil is saturated with water. One of these 
treeB was cut down on the little stream of the 
Detha, five miles from Vincennes, before there 
was any immigration from other States. It was 
certainty a giant in the year 17S5, when a col¬ 
ony of Virginians from the Southern Potomac 
settled there, aDd this Catalpa served for a 
footrbridge for crossing the river. I have been 
informed by a worthy man, in whom I place 
great reliance—Dr. Kirom Dickson—that he 
has recently seeu this tree, and found it but 
slightly injured from the moisture; and he 
assures me at the same time that a fence built 
with posts of the Catalpa which had been set 
in the ground in 1770 by his father, had been 
recently taken up and reset on bis own farm 
by his brother, Major Andie Purcell: it had 
been found yet perfectly sound, and quite as 
good for the purpose as those which had been 
put down to take its place. The Catalpa is 
a very beautiful ornamental tree, but I do not 
think it is appreciated or has been employed 
as a Umber tree elsewheie than in the neigh¬ 
borhood of Vincennes, It grows with remark¬ 
able vigor upon the farm of my cousin, Mr. 
Short, where it is increased by seeds; and 
I believe that in places where timber is scarce 
and the soil suitable to its growth, it offers 
very great results, not only for fencing, but 
for the construction of all kinds of buildings.” 
Judge Jones, writing to the Live Stock 
Journal, says that the draft horses in Liver¬ 
pool are of wonderful excellence, are obviously 
well cared for and bountifully fed.- They are 
all of the English Cart Horse or Scotch Clydes¬ 
dale breeds, of amazing weight and strength, 
and trained to the most perfect obedience to 
the direction of the driver without the use of 
Hues. But the cub aud hack horses are a sorry- 
looking set—thin and unsound, with scarcely 
an animal to be found that is not lame. He 
never saw a lot of horses that appeared to be 
so hard worked and badly cared for. The ar¬ 
rangements the'e for handling, yarding, and 
selling stock, are excellent, and dealers in 
foieign cattle have nothing to complain of tut 
the requirement of compulsory slaughter within 
the yards; and for thiB requirement he finds from 
the general opinion of butchers and dealers, 
that theieisno other reason than 1 he advan¬ 
tage it is supposed to give to the British farm¬ 
er—a much more important character there, 
Judge Jones is sorry to confess, than he is iu 
the United States. The opinion seems to he 
universal among the dealers on rhai, side that 
our cattle have no disease. 
Many of the growers of buckwheat, says Mr. 
Hyde iu the N Y. Times, act as though the crop 
was hardly worth raising, putting it out on 
poor land, half plowed, and fertilized not at 
all. The consequence is a small, unprofitable 
yield. Fourteen and a half bushels were the 
average per aeie in Massachusetts by the last 
census. Now, while it is true that this grain 
will grow where other grains would scorn to 
grow, it is poor policy to plow aud go through 
all the other motion a for laisiug a crop aud 
raise only half a crop. If buckwheat i6 worth 
raising, let ua raise a decent crop. Forty, fifty, 
and even seventy i ushelbaro reported by some 
growers. Buckwheat respordB to thorough cul¬ 
tivation and good fertilizing as kindly as does 
com. and commands about the same price in 
market. I f 40 bushels can be raised .on an 
acre, it is a penny-wise and pound-foolish 
policy to raise or ly 144. 
Jukstrial ^onctifs, 
ANNUAL FAIR LIST. 
Wb herewith present a list ot State and local 
fairs which will he held this Fall In various parts 
of the United states. Having been compiled from 
statements made by the officers of the several 
organizations, we believe the Information here 
offered to be thoroughly trustworthy. We shall t 
at, an early date, publish a supplementary list, of 
fairs the dates of which we have not yet been able 
to ascertain. Secretaries of associations, the fairs 
ot whtch are not given here, will do us a favor by 
notifying ns of the rime and place of their respec¬ 
tive fairs. 
STATE AND INDEPENDENT FAIES. 
Am- Inrii'ute. New York Oty . .,Sept. 15. Nov. 77 
Central Michigan Lunslnsr— .Sep*. 27. Oct. 1 
Central Oht'i. Mechanlcsburs.. Auer. 24.27 
CInflirmailltiOust. Rx. .Sept-8, Oct. 9 
Connecticut, Meriden. Scut. 21,24 
miawa e, Dover.Sept. 27 .Qct. 2 
IM'nborjs Union. Edlnburc, Ind. Sent. ?i. 25 
H. K'ltcronso. TC. Rrtererise, Ind. Sapt. H, 17 
Fat- Stock Show, Chicago. .. Nov. 15.20 
Illinois, RnrlneHe’d.Sent 27, Oct 2 
Indiana, Indianapolls. .Sept. 27. Oct 2 
Sheep Show. Philadelphia Sept. 20,95 
low*. Dea Moines... Sect. 6.10 
Kn 1 <tbt»tgwn Union, Knightst'n, Ind. Ang. 31, S c pt 3 
Milieu Lowist „. Sept. 21 21 
Michigan Detroit. Sep 13.17 
M-lbon-nn. Australis,. . Nov. 1. 6 
Mis*. Win* H"rt. Soc , St. Louis . Sep-. 7 , 9 
Missouri, St. Louis. Oet. 4. 9 
Montana, Helena . Ber t. 6.11 
Nebrn“ka, Omaha... 8ept. 20, 26 
Now Eny. Ac °oetety s Exhibition Wor- 
o-ster. Miss. Sept. 6. 9 
New Jeraey. \V^vprly. Sept. 20, 27 
New York. A'banv. . Seat.11, IS 
Northern Oh o. Cleveland.... . ... Ace 30, Sect. 4 
Northern Kentucky. Florence.Aug. 31. Sept. 1 
Northeastern In" iana. Waterloo. Oct. 4 , 8 
Northern Indiana. Ft. Wayne. Bent. 6.10 
Nova Scotia. Kemvtllo. .Sept. °7. Oct. 1 
Ohio, Oolnm'Hts .Aug. 30, Sept. 3 
Ohio Tri-State. Toledo... Sept. 13, 18 
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. . Sept. 0 .13 
Southern Ohio, Dayton. Sept. 13,17 
South ft’iijTprn Indiana, Aurora. Sept, 7. 11 
Texas Austin,... Oct. 19.23 
Vnrmuoi. Montpelier.... Sept. », 17 
Virglni'*, IUohnaond. Oct. 22. 29 
Western Michigan. Grand Rapids. Sept. 20. 25 
w'tucODMn, Mud'son. Sept. 6.10 
While River Ag, Soc, (Yt 1 , Bethel- Sept, 21.24 
COUNTY FAIRS OF OHTO. 
Delaware, Delaware. Sent,. 23, 74 
Rich'and.Mansf!eld.....Sept.' 8, n ct. 1 
Stark Canton. S“pt, 28 Oct. 1 
Sandusky Fremont. .Sept. 28, Ort. I 
Wood, Weston .Sept. 28, Oct 1 
COUNTY FAIRS OF MICHIGAN. 
Recncn, Ni'es. Sept- IS Oct. I 
Branch. Cohlwater. . .... Sent. 21.24 
Hillsdale. HUlBdale .....Sept. 28. Oet I 
Van Buren, Paw Paw. Oct. 5, 8 
COUNTY FAIRS OF NEW YORK. 
Cattaraugus, Little Valley.... Sept. 14.16 
Cayuga. Auburn. Oct. 5. 6 
Chautauqua. jstneBt ,wn . Sent.2.23 
Chemung, Elmira .... Sept. 22,25 
Chenango, Norwich. Sept. 8 10 
C'Mumb a, Hudson... S°pt, 14.16 
Delaware. Delhi. Sept 29 30 
Erie, Hamburg. . Sept. 71, 94 
E-sex Westport....... . Sept 14. 16 
Franklin. Malone. Sept 23,30 
(lonc.teo. Batavia. S°pt-21.'-’3 
Herkimer, llton. Sept. 14,16 
Jefferson W atertown . Sept. 21. 23 
Montgomery. Fonda. Sept. 21 . 13 
Ontario, Canandaigua. Sept. 28.30 
Orleans, Albion. Sept. 24. 25 
OtijeKO. Coopers'own . Sept. 27. 29 
Queen*. Mlneoia. Sept. 23. 30 
Uockland.New City. Sept, 28. to 
St. Lawrence, Canton. Sept. 14, 16 
Schenectady, Schenectady. Sept. 21 , 23 
Schoharie Schoharie. Sept. 21.23 
Steuben. Bath...Sept 28 Oct, 1 
Suff i'k Rltcrhetid. Oct. 6. 7 
Sullivan. Monticello. Sept. 20. 30 
Tlogi. OFMn. . .Sept.28 ,!0 
Tompkins, Ithaca.. . Sect. 14,16 
Yale*, Penn Yttn. Oct. 0 , 9 
DISTRICT AND COUNTY FAIRS OF IOWA. 
Adair, Greenfle'd. Sept. 1 . 3 
Alamak--e. Waukon. ... Sept. 21, 23 
Appanoose. Centerville. Sept. ». )1 
Auduoon Audubon. Sept. 16 .17 
B mon. Vinton... . Sept. 13,17 
Black Hawk. VVaterloo.. Sept. 14, 111 
800 e. OiW<n... So ot. 19. 1.8 
Bremer, Waverly. Sept. 14. 17 
Btrbanan, Independence. . Sept, 14.17 
Butler. Shed Rock... . sept. u. is 
Car* Atlantic. Sort, 21,24 
Cedar, Tipton. Sept. 14. 17 
Chlenas tw. New Hampton . Sept, 22, 24 
Omrke, O’C^ola. Sept. 2*. 34 
Play Spencer. Sept. 1 , a 
Clayton. GaruavtUo. Sept. 14.16 
erawfoid Denison ... . Sept. IS. 17 
Dallas, Ade>....Aug. 31, Sept, i, 2 
Davis. BJoomtleld. sept. 15.16 
Decatur, Le m. Sept. 14. is 
Delaware. Manchester. Sept. 14, 17 
De* Motne*. Burlington... 
Sep:. 21. 24 
COUNTY FAIRS OF KENTUCKY. 
Simpso*. Franklin ... Sept. 16.18 
COUNTY FAIRS OF INDIANA. 
Allen (Northern Ind.). Ft. Wayne. Sent. 6, 9 
Rlackfor', Hartford City. Sent. 21, 9 4 
Boone Lebanon. Sept. 6.10 
Bartholomew. Columbus. .Aug. 31; Sept. 4 
Carro't Delhi. 
Cl»y Br<xll . Ang. 16,21 
Clinton. Frankfort. Aug. 23.27 
Davie**. Who it gfion.S°Pt. 28 Oct. 2 
Elkhart, Goshen.Sept 28, Oct. I 
Faypttu (Ea*torn Ind.l Connersville..... Sept. 7,10 
Franklin BrOOkvtlla... Sept. 21. 24 
Fulton Ro barter.. Boot. 1.6. IS 
Grant. Marion... Scot. 14. 18 
Gibson, Princeton. . Sent. 20.24 
Greene. I.lnton. Oct. 1, 8 
Hurrl-On. CdryuOu. SeDt. 13 17 
Hamilton. Cicero. Anr. 24,27 
Hend-r’lcs, Dar vllle.. Sept. 14. — 
Henry New Castle,. Sent. ?l. 24 
Howard, Kokomo.. Scot 13,18 
HuntlUfftoiJ. Huntington. Sept. 15,18 
.7 ckeim. Brownstown. Aug. 23,27 
Jay. Portland. Oct. 5, 8 
Jefferson, Madia >n. Aug-. 24,28 
.1 mining*. North Vernou. 
Johnson, Fittnklln. Sept 14,18 
Kd ’x. VinccnucK. . Oct. 11.16 
I." Gratia-. La Grunge. Sept. 22, 24 
Lake < r vrr Point. Sent. 14, 17 
I.aporUj Lan.brte . ..Sept 29. Oct" 1 
Lawrence. Bedf vd. . Kept. 16.18 
Madison. An _ e -on. Sept. 7.10 
Miami i.Pnru Driving park & Fair). Peru Sept. 14.18 
Monroe. Bloomington. . Sept. 21, 25 
Montg me y. f Yaw fords ville. Sept. 6.11 
Morgan. Martinsville. . Oct, 5, 9 
Noble. I.lgonier. . ..... Oct 6, 9 
Orange. Pa’li. Sept.2l.25 
Perry H me . . Oct. 4. 8 
Pike. Petersburg. sept. (5.10 
Porter. Valiiar-lso.. ..Sept. 29, Oct. 1 
P ’‘ey. Now Harmony ... . Sept. 14,17 
Pulaski, wtnamae. hep-. 21. ?4 
Pti'rium, GreenCjirtle. . Sept. 6,12 
Randolph, vvinchcrtre.. Sept. 15. 18 
Ripley. < isircmd. . Aug. 17.20 
Kush. Rush rill*.. . . . S ’pt. 14, 17 
Snelby, Hhfihyvllie... S*Dt. 7, II 
Starke Koux.. Oct. 4 
Steuben. Angola . .Sept. 28. Oct. 1 
Tippecanne. Lafayette. -Aug 30, Sept. 4 
Tipton. Tipton.... sept, 21. 24 
Vigo. Term Haute.. Bert. 14. >8 
Wabash, Wabash. .. S' 4 pt. 7,10 
VVurr>11, West Lebanon. Sept. 6.11 
Warrick. Bounvllle.. Oct. 12.16 
Welle. Btuff&on. Sept. 21,24 
district yams of Indiana. 
Bridgeton Union. Bridgeton.... Aug. 23. IS 
Dunkirk W Fair AssoTai lots, Dunkirk. Sept. 7.10 
Fountain. Warren and Vermillion, Cov¬ 
ing'on.. Sept.21. 24 
Henry. Madison and Del..Middletown.. Aug. 24,27 
I.ogimtee A and 51.. L ogootee.. 8-pt. 14,18 
Middle Fork Fair. Middle Fork.... Sept, 8,10 
Mlifhell Dls't Ag’i Society. Mitchell...Sept. 29. Oct. 1 
New Ross Uuion Agb.yss'n. N»w Ross . Ana. 16,21 
Prairie Farmer*. Fruncesviile. .... Sept. 14. 17 
Ruasrltvdlfi Unuin. Rngsellyille. Aug. 23,28 
Switzerland and Ohio Co. Ag’l Soc., East 
Enterprise. Sept. 14 17 
Thornlnwn Union. Thorntown.... . Befit. 20, 23 
Union Ag'l and Mechau'l, Union City.Sept. vB, Oct. I 
Xenia Union, Xenia.Aug. 31, Sept. 3 
(fc&trp&fTf. 
District at Agency Ctty. Agency City— Oct, n, S 
Distriut at MeChanlcs'lle, Mechanics'lle Sept, it, 18 
District at .Mr. Joy. Davenport. .... Sept. >4.17 
Di-trlet at West Point, Wes Point.. .. Sett. 7. Hi 
Fremont 1 1• mburg... Sept, is, 17 
Gr ene.Jcffeisuii. .. , Sept 15,17 
Giundy. GnindyCenter... Bopt. 29. 24 
Guthrie. Guthrie Center... Sept. 13,15 
Hardia, kiiuora .. sept 14.17 
11-trrisuin, llD Valley. . Oct. 6. 8 
Henry. Alt Piea»unt . Supt. 14,17 
Humboldt Humboldt.. Sepi.15.17 
Jackson, Muuuoieka... Sett. S. 11 
Jasper, Newton.Sept 2S. Oct, 1 
Leo. DorrattU-on.Aug. 3t Sept, 3 
Mahaska. O-kalooaa.Aug. 31. Sept, 3 
Maflou. Knoxville. ug 24.27 
Mir&huil, Micrsbulttowu....Aug. 31, sept. 2 
Mnnoua. Oniwa Ctty.. sept. 16 i.-i 
Monroe, Albiu .. . Sept 14.17 
Montgomery, Red Oak....Aug. 31, Sept. 3 
Alnp1.< Y 111 ley District, Battle Creek. Sepi. 14.17 
Oac.eolu, Sibley.. Sept,16, 17 
Page, Clariuda... .. .. Hept. 7.11 
P iwshb k atBrooktyn, Brooklyn. Sept 15,17 
Pow»hlcKCo. 1 entral, Malcom.Aug.31 Sept. 2 
Powahiek Mateom... Sopt. 3, 4 
Scott, Davenport.........Aug. 30, Sept. 3 
Story. Nevail.». Sept. '•*, 4 
Stuart- District, Stuart. lept.‘!8. 30 
Union, Afton . Oct. 6, 8 
U'.iouatS ruwberry PL, Straw’ry Pt.... Sent. 2'. 24 
Union at VliHsci, Villisra. Sept. 14,16 
Union at West Liberty, West Liberty .. Sept. t. 1 
Warren, lndlsnola.. .... .. Sept. 28. 30 
Winneshiek Hcspsr. Sept. 15, 17 
Worte, Northwoud ... Sept. 18,18 
COUNTY FAIRS OF ILLINOIS. 
Lake. Waukegan . Sept. 27, 30 
COUNTY FAIRS OF NEBRASKA. 
Dodge, Fremont. Sept. 14,17 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
Ala., South Lowell, Walker Co.—Crops 
hereabouts are lookiDg fairly well, although 
corn is a little off color, owing to a protracted 
season of rain at. or shortly after planting 
lime, followed by a few weeks of very hot and 
dry weather in May. Cotton looks first-rate, 
though somewhat Jate planted. The frnit crop 
promises well, although peaches were damaged 
by frosts in April. Strawberries have hnDg on 
well, there are yet a few to be found on the 
viuc8. The weather is now very hot, though 
we have just bad a cool spell, with some rain. 
Should we get another season of rain, the 
crops will be better than for several years past. 
B. A. 
Ark., Clear Water, White Co.—Frequent 
and abundant rains are giving an unusually 
bright out-look for all kinds of farm crops in 
this section. Wheat aud oats, with all the 
earlier pioducts of the farm and garden, have 
been harvested and gathered in with a better 
yield than for many a year. Corn is now set¬ 
ting for ears and baB a splendid color. With 
one or two more rains a heavy yield for this 
section is assured. Fruit and cotton, how¬ 
ever, are the staple products with us, and the 
prospect 6 for good crops of these are flattering 
iudeed. The estimated net profit of a fruit 
fa'm. (mostly Wild Goose plums and peaches) 
uear-by is $15 000. Fruit growers are now 
busy shipping the earlier varieties of peaches. 
There is about twenty per cent, more cotton 
planted than usual, and it looks fully twenty- 
five per cent, better. So the farmers here¬ 
abouts rejoice. h. c. c. 
Cal., Fresno, Fresno Co., July 5th.—The 
area under wheat in this county is about 100,- 
000 acres; yield about an average crop. Some 
of it has been damaged by the hot northwest 
wind. Varieties, Propo, Sonora and White 
Cbili. Of corn very little is grown. Of pota¬ 
toes scarcely enough are grown for home con¬ 
sumption. Of oats and rye very little Is raieed. 
There are uuder barley 10,000 acres—varieties, 
Chevalier and bald. Sorghum is as yet an 
experiment. Fruit, good—varieties, apricots, 
nectarines, peaches aud plums, all the choicest 
sorts, grapes, all the foreign varieties both for 
table and wine making. Blackberries. Kitta- 
Unny, Wilson's Early and Lawton. Among 
strawberries, Wilson takes the lead. Rasp¬ 
berries, currants and gooseberries are but an 
experiment, our climate is probably too hot and 
dry for the last-named. Figs grow to perfec¬ 
tion. Oranges, lemons, limes and olives each 
and all do well, s. h. h. 
Canada, Smith’s Creek. King’s Co., New 
Brunswick.—lu a district here of 30 by 40 
miles are about 800 acres of wheat, yield- 
lug about 25 bushels per acre; 5,000 acres 
