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JULY 4 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Rhode Island. 
Providence, Providence Co.—No wheat 
raised in this section. About double as much 
corn as usual, and more than double the cus¬ 
tomary amount of grass. Oats, barley and 
rye about as usual. Roots aud other field and 
garden crop about as usual. Not more than 
one-third of the usual area in potatoes. 
Fruit, small crop; this is the “off” year in 
this section. D, c. 
Connecticut. 
Burrville, Litchfield Co.—The fruit crop 
in this section is very promising at present 
About the usual acreage of potatoes, corn and 
rye, and all are looking fine. Corn is being 
sowed for fodder more than usual this year. 
Grass is promising better than last year; oats, 
looking well; acreage larger than formerly. 
F. H. 
New Preston, Litchfield Co.—The area of 
wheat is not an average, and it will not aver¬ 
age more than half a crop. Corn the same as 
in former years—rather backward. Oats 
about the same as usual, and they look well. 
Grass winter-killed. Barley will be a light 
crop. Potatoes about an average. Apples 
a small crop. Pears and strawberries good, 
blackberries aud raspberries fair crops. To¬ 
bacco about the area of former years. J. H. 
Plymouth, Litchfield Co.—Mostly butter 
aud milk produced here, consequently a large 
per cent , of grass. Corn a little larger area 
than usual. Oats and rye about as usual. 
Potatoes the largest crop ever raised. 
Fruit prospect better than for years past, 
but not a large crop. a. a. 
Putnam, Windham Co.—The area of crops 
is about as usual. Grass is much better than 
last year. Corn and potatoes are doing very 
well, rather late. Rye and oats the same. 
Not much other grain cultivated. There is a 
fair prospect for apples, and we shall have 
some pears and small fruits. W. R. H. 
Bharon, Litchfield Co.—Wheat, area less; 
condition, poor. Corn, area more; condition, 
good. Oats, area more; condition, fair. Rye. 
area less; condition, fair. Potatoes, area less; 
condition, good. Grass, area less; condition, 
very dry now. Tobacco, less; condition,very 
late. Fruits will be plentiful, except in some 
places. Canker-worms eating the apple trees 
badly. f. b. h. 
Stamford, Fairfield Co.—The area under 
cultivation is about the same as usual; condi¬ 
tion of fruit and crops in general, below the 
average. Spring late and very dry weather. 
h. 8t. J. 
Tolland, Tolland Co.—Wheat area and 
condition not an average. Corn verj r back¬ 
ward. Oats and rye looking fine; newly 
seeded grass a good crop; old fields very 
light. Garden crops looking well, but back¬ 
ward. Area in special crops very limited. 
Peaches badly damaged. Apples, pears, 
plums, cherries, quinces, and all small fruits 
abundant. 8 . w. J. 
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MIDDLE STATES. 
New York. 
Adams, Jefferson Co.—The prospect for 
small grains here is for a full average crop. 
Although a little backward, corn is looking 
better than usual at the age. Grass about 15 
per cent, better than last year, and from five 
to ten per cent, better than the average. Large 
quantities of hay are shipped to the New 
York market from this county. Beans and 
peas are extensively raised here for seed, and 
are looking well. Small fruits a good crop. 
Fruit trees, and even young forest trees, were 
badly winter killed. G. B. p. 
Adam’s Station, Albany Co.—Very little 
wheat sowed; crop below the average. The 
usual area sowed to rye; but yield below the 
average. Corn and potatoes usual area, but 
it Is early to say what the harvest will be. 
Grass area about the same as of late years, but 
below the average condition. c. P. 
Arcade, Wyoming Co.—Average area of 
the grains, but not quite in condition. Pota¬ 
toes more in area, but bugs numerous and 
damaging; in places only the stubs left. 
Cabbages are eaten by little black aud striped 
bugs. Fruit prospects very good. A little 
frost on the morning of the 10th, but preceive 
no damage. On the whole, an average pros¬ 
pect. P. H. p. 
A oburn, Cayuga Co.—Wheat, oats, rye, 
barley, and potatoes average areas and con¬ 
ditions of late years. Corn and grass are not 
quite up to the average. Garden crops are 
lookiug good. All fruit is looking well, ex¬ 
cepting apples. o. f. 
Big Flats, Chemung Co.—Wheat area 
about an average, but there will be only about 
one-half to two-thirds of a crop—killed out 
badly. Oats area below the average, but 
stand looking very fine. Corn about an av¬ 
erage, prospect not encouraging. Potatoes 
about the same. Meadows very light; uot 
more than two-thirds of a crop. Tobacco 
about an average in area, but not all set yet. 
The prospect for fruit is not flattering, ex¬ 
cept for the small fruits, such as strawberries 
aud raspberries. J. B. 
Bkllona, Yates Co.—Wheat, area aver¬ 
age for six years; condition, 95 per cent, of a 
good crop. Barley and oats, usual amount 
sown; condition, very promising; we look for 
a full crop. Hay aud grass not over half an 
average crop. Fruit prospect No. 1, with the 
exception of peaches, which are minus. Corn 
about an average, but growing finely. H. J. 
Clyde, Wayne Co.—Wheat will be below 
an average. Corn all planted. Oats, barlej' 
and potatoes look well. Grass unusually 
good. Fruit fair. G. o. B. 
Danby, Tompkius Co.— Area and condi¬ 
tion of all spring crops about the same as last 
year. Winter wheat will not be more than 
one-half crop, with a smaller acreage than 
common. Grass crop very heavy; fruit crop 
about an average. o. C. m. 
Esopus, Ulster Co.—Cora was planted late 
uuder favorable conditions: stand good; full 
average area. Oats, condition 75; area 100. 
Rye, condition 50; area 100. Potatoes, con¬ 
dition 50; area 100. Roots, condition 50; 
area 60. Strawberries, condition 75; area 95; 
Wilson, Sharpless and Downing grown. Rasp¬ 
berries, condition 100; area 100. Grapes, an 
increased acreage; condition 100. Grass one- 
half crop. Cut-worms, potato bugs and the 
turnip fly are on the increase, making the use 
of Paris-green on all vegetables a necessity. 
G. E. H. 
Homer, Cortland Co.—Winter wheat good; 
area, as compared with last year, half as 
great. Corn lair; area the same as last year. 
Oats good; area the same as last year. Bar¬ 
ley good; area the same as last year. Pota¬ 
toes good; two thirds area as compared with 
last year. Grass good; area same as last 
year. Prospect for fruit is not good. 
w. J. B. 
Orwell, Oswego Co.—This section is al¬ 
most exclusively a dairy country, the farmers 
raising from three to fifteen acres of corn, 
about the same of oats, barley, some rye and 
wheat. Potatoes from two to ten acres to 
every farm; not many roots. Spring has 
been very cold. Corn small. Grass good. 
Fruit that is adapted to this climate 
bids fair to be in abundance—such as 
apples, pears, strawberries and other small 
fruits. The main crop that the farmers de¬ 
pend on is grass, butter and cheese beiug the 
chief products. A. h. b. 
Patchin, Erie Co.—Winter wheat about 
two-thirds of an average crop. Corn, oats, 
potatoes and grass, good. A fair crop of 
apples. Raspberries and strawberries good. 
c. E. A, 
Perth, Fulton Co.—The season is three 
weeks late. Wheat and rye thin. Grass thin. 
Potatoes look fair. Corn, small and late. 
Oats, on upland, good. Pears, plums and 
apples set full. Season wet and cold. 
S. O. H. 
Richford, Tioga Co.—We had a very back¬ 
ward Spring. Hay looks nice. Wheat a poor 
crop. Potatoes and corn are doing well. 
There is promise of au abundance of fruit. 
F. o. R. 
Ripley, Chautauqua Co.—Winter wheat a 
failure; farmers will not harvest their seed. 
Spring wheat, 50 per cent, increased area; 
condition, average. Barley, 10 percent, more 
area; condition, good. Oats good average. 
Rye, average. Corn, a small increased area; 
condition, average; some to be planted yet. 
Potatoes and roots average. Grass in a fair 
condition on a slightly increased area; there 
will be a heavy crop of hay. Apples not an 
average crop. Peaches a failure. Grapes 
average. All other small fruits plentiful with 
an increased area. Hop-vines looking well— 
a new industry here; first planted two years 
ago. J.F. M. 
Saltvale, Wyomiug Co.— Winter wheat 
promises to be a full crop. Spring grain back¬ 
ward. Hay crop the heaviest known for 
years. Apples and pears promise good crops. 
Cherries and plums dropping off; will be one- 
fourth of a crop. Berries of all kinds and 
small fruits iu abundance. Potatoes lookiug 
excellent. Potato beetles the thickest I ever 
saw. J. s. 
South Alabama, Genesee Co. — Winter 
wheat, acreage an average; half a crop. Corn 
and oats late; prospect not very good. Pota¬ 
toes average acreage; not all planted. Grass 
prospect good. Apples just out of blossom; 
condition good , Small fruit prospect about 
an average. G. M. 
South Wilson, Niagara Co.—Wheat is 
lookiug well here, up to the average in area 
and condition, Barley poor aud backward; 
area small. Oats less than the usual area. 
Corn average area; too early to predict the 
yield. Grass up to the average. Fruit, 
excepting peaches, good. A. w. 8. 
STEDMANjChaut, Co.—Grass prospects above 
an average. Winter wheat condition 100 for 
this locality; but little sown. Oats and barley 
are looking very fine, considering the lateness 
of seeding. Corn is looking well, but is very 
late; much of it is just nicely up. Too wet 
for potatoes; the tops look stunted; bugs are 
very thick. Berries of all kinds will be heavy. 
The apple crop promises to be a good one. 
A F. 
Towner’s, Putnam Co.—About half a crop 
of hay. Rye, oats aud potatoes are in good 
condition and growiug nicely, area about as 
usual. Corn is small but has a good stand; 
area about a quarter more than usual. Very 
little tobacco is set as yet, and there is much 
trouble with the cut-worm; some pieces have 
been entirely destroyed. Fruit about an av¬ 
erage. d. c. N. 
West Somers, Westchester Co.—Very little 
grain of any kind raised in this part of the 
State; this is a milk-produeing county, and 
the farmers buy most of their grain. Two- 
thirds of a crop of wheat. Corn is the main 
crop, of which little can be said at present. 
Grass is looking well. Oats not so good; 
weather too dry. T. P. 
Wright’s Corners, Niagara Co.— The whole 
Spring has been remarkably wet and back¬ 
ward. Au average amount of wheat was 
sown, hut the ice smothered one-third; yet it 
has come on well and 75 per cent would rep¬ 
resent its present condition. Barley and oats 
sowed late and not over 90 per cent of an av¬ 
erage. On low ground both were Injured by 
the wet; late and no more than 75 per cent, 
now promised. Potato area 75 per cent.; 
condition 90; but bugs very plentiful. Corn 
area 90 per cent; condition good, but very 
late. Grass area 100; condition, old meadows, 
75 per cent.; new clover meadows where not 
pastured last Fall, 125 per cent: pastured 
meadows 80 per cent. Apples promise a bet¬ 
ter crop than in many years, where not eaten 
by the canker-worm, but this pest Is stripping 
many orchards. Pears, cherries and blackber¬ 
ries a light show; plums very full; also 
quinces. Many beans being sown; also roots 
for stock feeding. M. H. J. 
Pennsylvania. 
Balm, Mercer Co.—Area of wheat up to 
the average, but condition very poor. Some 
will not yield more than the seed. Corn, oats, 
grass, and potatoes are the leading crops; rye 
and barley are not much raised. Some sea¬ 
sons buckwheat is largely raised. Apples 
“reasonable.” Peaches none. Small fruit but 
little raised iu our neighborhood. H. G. 
Bradford, McKean Co.—This section is 
quite mountainous, the hills being very high 
and the valleys very narrow. The land is 
mostly in timber, and is owned in large tracts. 
The farms, as a rule, are small, and the prin¬ 
cipal part of them is devoted to pasture, in 
order to supply the city of Bradford with milk. 
No uotieeable increase in the acreage of oats, 
com, potatoes, or roots. Grass and garden 
truck are the principal things here. Every¬ 
thing is growing finoly, aud the warm rains 
have insured a splendid hay crop. The wild 
red and black raspberries and blackberries 
grow in profusion. K. N. h. 
Cora, Huntingdon Co.—Wheat will not ex¬ 
ceed half the average yield. Oats and corn 
came up well, but are in need of rain. Early 
potatoes will lie a failure, uuless rain comes 
soon. Clover is an almost total failure, aud 
Timothy is very short: $20 per ton are offered 
for haj r . Fruit bloom was profuse, but 
cherries and apples are very thin and falling. 
Other fruits promise fairly. j. w. o. 
Corry, Erie Co.—Wheat is not a general 
crop; what is on the ground is fair. Corn, 
first planting good; poor seed caused much 
second planting. Potatoes good; average 
acreage. Grass good; prospect fair for a 
big crop. Oats good; always a good big acre¬ 
age. W.S.D. 
Dalton, Lackawanna Co.—Wheat, usual 
acreage and looking well. Corn about au 
average acreage; looks well, but is late. Oats 
average; look well. Rye below the average 
acreage, and looking very light; badly winter- 
killed. Potatoes below the average; planted 
late Grass made a fine start, aud then stood 
still, but late rains have agaiu put it uuder 
way for a good crop. Fruit trees blossomed 
profusely, but a large proportion of the 
fruit has dropped off. 1 do not think the 
crop will be above an average. G. 0. 
Darby, Delaware Co.— My section embraces 
the eastern part of this county, near Philadel¬ 
phia. The land is divided up in small tracts 
mostly devoted to bay aud pasturage, fruits 
aud vegetables; milk is produced on some of 
the larger farms. Very little of the land is 
occupied with ordinary grain crops. Small 
fruits have been seriously injured by the very 
severe Winter. Apples, pears, and grapes pro¬ 
mise about the usual average. Potatoes are 
growu somewhat largely, and look well. Hay 
crop light. No special crops, r. t. 
Drum’s, Luzerne Co.—The areas of wheat. 
corn, oats, rye, potatoes and grass are about 
the same as during the last few years. Wheat 
is, in condition, below an average. Rye is a 
full average. Oats are below, and some very 
poor. Corn is late, but looks good. Grass, 
below an average. A larger area than in 
any year is just being planted to cabbage. 
Apples will be a fair crop. Cherries poor. 
Peaches very few. J. b. 
Emlenton, Venango Co.—Area of wheat 
100 per cent.; condition bad. Area of corn 
100; condition fair. Area of oats 100; condi¬ 
tion good. Area of potatoes 100; condition 
good. Area of grass 100; condition good. 
Peas, beans, tomatoes, onions and other gar¬ 
den crops good, but area planted small. Fruit: 
apples, large crop. Peaches, total failure. 
Cherries aud pears, a good crop. Currants, 
grapes and strawberries, good. Raspberries 
and blackberries blossoming well. w. s. f. 
Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co.—Wheat a 
light crop; sown late last Fall; it will fall 
short of crops of last year and year before; 
acreage about the same. Corn planted late; 
considerable had to be replanted. June, with 
the exception of a few days, has beeu favor¬ 
able for corn growing; area about as last 
year. Oats sown late but look well. Grass 
prospect favorable. Potatoes, larger area 
planted than usual; planted late; Colorado 
beetles plenty. Apple crop about enough for 
home consumption. All kiuds of small fruits 
a failure, generally. Strawberries and rasp¬ 
berries light crops. D. M, B. 
Lamar, Clinton Co.— The area of wheat, 
oats, rye, barley and grass for this section, as 
compared with previous years, is about the 
same, but the condition is: wheat, one-half a 
crop; oats, two-thirds of a crop; rye, one-half 
of a crop; barley, two-thirds of a crop. Grass 
is very short, about two-thirds of a crop. W T e 
expect a full yield of potatoes. Coni will be 
about the usual area. Tobacco aud sorghu n 
are short; condition good. Plenty of fruit 
of all kinds. R. L. 
Lewisburgh, Union Co.—Areas of these 
crops about the same as last year; and 100 
being a good average, the average condition 
of winter wheat is 73; corn 90; oats 100; rye 
90; clover 85; pasture 98; apples 70; peaches 
50; potatoes 90. Barley very seldom sown. 
Not much tobacco, broom-corn, sorghum or 
roots grown in this county. Gardens look 
well, and are fully up to the average- of for¬ 
mer years. d. b. m. 
Mt. Jackson, Lawrence Co. — Area of 
wheat, about same as in other years; condi¬ 
tion very poor; many fields will not be har¬ 
vested—are ouly kept up on account of grass 
seed sown on them. Will hardly average over 
10 per cent, of former years. Corn about 
same in area as of late years; very late plant¬ 
ed, but looks well so far. Oats are iu good 
condition, though there were but few sown 
until after the 5th of May. Area somewhat 
reduced on account of late season and wet 
weather. Grass about an average crop. Po¬ 
tatoes doing well, though generally late 
planted. A good prospect for apples, but all 
other kinds of fruit winter-killed, a. d. p. y. 
New Bloomfield. Perry Co.—Area of 
crops of all kinds about the same as of late 
years. Condition: wheat in some places good; 
in others very poor—winter-killed; will aver¬ 
age about one third of a crop. Rye uot ex¬ 
tensively raised; but what is will be about au 
average crop. Corn, oats aud potatoes pro¬ 
mise very well, and with a good season will 
be a full crop. Grass, late but improving 
rapidly; will be nearly up to au average crop. 
Small fruits promise to be abundant. Cher¬ 
ries injured by hail. Apples considerably 
below an average. c. a. b. 
Orangeville, Columbia Co.—Wheat,two- 
thirds crop. Rye a full average. Prospect 
for corn reasonable. Oats good. Potato pros¬ 
pect good. The hay crop will undoubtedly 
bo short. Fruit prospect generally poor, will 
be short, M. M - 
Renfrew, Butler Co.—The area of wheat, 
oats, peas, potatoes and root crops is up to the 
usual average; that of rye is much below the 
average. All look well so far. Hay is more 
promising than last season. A. a. W. 
Reynoldsvillk, Jefferson Co. — Wheat, 
area smaller ; condition, fair. Oats, area 
larger; condition, A No. 1. Corn, area larger; 
condition, fair. Rye, area smaller; condition, 
poor. Potatoes, area smaller; condition, A 
No.l; bugs uot bad. Grass,area much greater; 
condition, splendid. Fruit prospects were 
never better, as uo frosts of importance oc¬ 
curred after blooming. Garden crops are all 
looking well. D - R * 
Saluvia, Fnlton Co.—Wheat, area80; con¬ 
dition, 40 per cent. Gats, area 100; condition, 
90. Bye, area 90; condition, 90. Potutoes.area 
90; coudition, 80. Grass, area 50; coudiciou, 
40. The shortage in grass area is due to 
winter-killed clover. w. a. 8. 
Wintkrbukn, Clearfield Co.—We are hav¬ 
ing fine growing weather; everything seems 
