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to be about as far advanced as usual. Grass 
is very promising, and nearly every kind of 
fruit grown here bids fair to yield an abun¬ 
dance. _ H. F. s. 
New Jersey, 
BAptisttown, Hunterdon Co.—Wheat very 
badly winter-killed; average area. Corn 
very uneven and small; usual area. Clover 
frozen out last Winter. Timothy thick on the 
ground, but short. Oats and rye look pretty 
well. Prospects for peaches and apples are 
good. G. w. E. 
Branchvelle, Sussex Co.—This is a dairy 
section. Areas of wheat and the following crops 
are an average. Condition of wheat, two- 
thirds of crop. Corn, season late and cold; 
poor start. Oats promising fair. Rye very 
good. Potatoes lookiug welL Grass good. 
Apples, “off 1 ’ year ; will be scarce. Small 
fruits quite promising. Milk, butter and pork 
are the staple products of Sussex County. All 
down in the market, dull for the season. 
H. c. 
Cranford, Union Co.—The areas of corn, 
oats, potatoes, wheat, rye, roots and grass are 
about the same as for some years, but the con¬ 
dition is poor. Wheat is badly frozen out, 
grass not half a crop. Strawberries nothing 
to speak of; raspberries frozen badly; cur¬ 
rants good, and other fruits fairly good. 
T. A. C. 
Elmer, Salem Co.—Strawberries, a short 
crop. Off year with apples, other fruits promis¬ 
ing. Wheat, probably a little below the av¬ 
erage area sown, which wintered very poorly, 
but the favorable weather is making the poor 
stand look up. Oats and corn about as com¬ 
mon. Potatoes are not raised to any extent 
since the potato bug became so prevalent; 
be fore that al most all our farmers devoted a 
large field each year to the favorite Peach- 
blow. Grass, a short crop. Gardening, or 
“trucking” as it is called here, is on the in¬ 
crease, owing to good facilities for gettting 
produce to markets. b. w. s. 
Ewingville, Mercer Co.—Wheat will be 
about half what it was last year. Rye about 
the same as last year. Corn prospect pretty 
good. Oats and grass very short. N. K. d. 
Delaware. 
Frederica, Kent Co.—Wheat area fully 
an average; condition not above 70 per cent. 
Corn area full; conditiou good. Potatoes 
and hay good. Sweet potatoes backward. 
Prospect for apples, peaches, etc., good. 
Small fruits an average crop. Tomatoes for 
canuing later than usual and less in area. 
B. H. 
Little Creek, Kent Co.—Seeding of wheat 
last Fall below the average; prospects poor; 
about one half the usual yield expected. Corn 
and grass doiug well. The June fall of 
peaches very heavy; yet a fair yield is as¬ 
sured. Grapes suffering from the ravages of 
the rose-bug. Apple prospect fair; black¬ 
berries bearing profusely; raspberries badly 
winter-killed. f. w. w. 
McDonough, New Castle Co.—The condi¬ 
tiou of farm products iu this county, as com¬ 
pared with former years, is favorable, except 
perhaps wheat, owing to a protracted drought 
last Fall at seeding time. What wheat we 
have is good, but will not average more than 
one-half a crop. There is a large acreage iu 
corn, which is looking well. But few oats 
raised. Potatoes and garden crops look well. 
The yield of grass will bo light. Clover very 
light. The peach crop—our main fruit crop 
will be fair, but not so large as expected. 
Pasturage Is short, and at thi8 writing wo are 
needing rain. P, w . Ai 
Milton, Sussex Co.—The areas of wheat, 
corn, potatoes and grass are abovo an 
average of late years. Have been haviug 
good wheat weather, and it is in better con¬ 
dition than the average. Corn is In much 
better condition than this time last year. Ex¬ 
pect a good crop of peaches. d. e. \v. 
Moorton, Kent Co.—Wheat fit) per cent, of 
an areu, and 80 per cent of a crop. Corn an 
average area und condition. Oats ami rye 
are but little growu. Potatoes, au average 
areii aud conditiou. Strawberries are exten¬ 
sively grown for the Philadelphia, New York 
aud Boston markets; about au average area, 
nearly doue picking—about half a crop*. 
Raspberries au average area, slightly winter 
killed, otherwise lookiug well. Blackberries, 
old bushes w inter-killed a very little; au av¬ 
erage area promises an average crop. G rapes 
an average urea and condition. Cherries 
early. Apples aud pears were seriously dam¬ 
aged by frost aud promise very light crops. 
Peaches constitute our principal fruit crop 
aud occupy one-fifth of our cultivated land, 
aud are shipped to all principal cities eust, 
north and west as far os Cincinnati, Cleve¬ 
land and Chicago, An average area in bear 
iug condition; prospects one-tbird to ouo- 
fourth of an average crop. r. m. c. 
Wilmington, New Castle Co.— The areas 
of wheat, oats and corn iu New Castle 
County, Delaware; and Kent and Cecil Coun¬ 
ties, Maryland, are about the same as in 1884. 
Early in the season wheat was not promising; 
but it has improved more than I thought was 
possible, and I think it will be an average 
crop. In some localities it will be better thau 
last year; heads longer. Oats promise to 
make a full crop. Corn better than in ordi¬ 
nary years; less missed than is common. Rye 
and barley but little raised. Roots and gar¬ 
den crops in this section about as usual. 
G. G. L. 
Wyoming, Kent Co.—The area of wheat is 
not quite up to the average, owing to the dry 
Fall of ’84. The crop will be one-fourth 
short, probably, aud possibly one-third. Corn 
is a little later than usual; area an average; 
looking very well for the season, which has 
been too cool. Grass crop short, one-fourth 
to one-third, perhaps, owing to dry weather 
lately. The potato crop and gardens will not 
come up to the average of a good season, ow¬ 
ing to cool and dry weather. The peach crop 
is a fair average; prospects better than in 
some years past. Apple and pear crops will be 
short. Just at this time the berries are suffer¬ 
ing for raiu. AH crops so far, are below the 
average in our section, except, perhaps, 
peaches and corn. w. p. l. 
Maryland. 
Cambridge, Dorchester Co.—The wheat 
crop is considered one-third short of an aver¬ 
age. Corn is lookiug well. We expect a good 
crop of potatoes; they are nearly ready for 
market. Grass is good. A little sorghum is 
raised. A good prospect for ail kinds of 
fruit. A. H, s, 
Chesapeake City, Cecil Co.—Wheat on the 
usual area does not exceed 60 per cent of the 
usual crop. Oats slight increase; looking 
well. Corn usual area, looking well; a good 
stand. Clover very short, not over 50 per 
cent. Timothy about 60 per cent. Potatoes 
looking well, prospects good. Peaches have 
fallen heavily; crop much reduced; will not 
exceed 40 per cent of a full crop. Apple, 
cherry aud berry prospect fair for a medium 
crop; 17-year locusts very thick, depositing 
eggs now; may affect fruit, apples particular¬ 
ly; possibly peaches in consequence of injury 
to and breaking of ends of small limbs, on 
which fruit is set. T. B. n. 
Cumberland, Allegany Co. — Wheat is 
more thau half ruined by winter- killing; about 
the usual number of acres were sown. Grass 
is doiug finely, and corn never made a better 
beginning. Rye, wheat, corn, oats aud grass 
are the principal crops raised here. Oats 
promise to be good generally. Apples, pears 
aud plums are making a good showing; 
peaches are not doing well. We had a late 
Spring, but a seasonable one after it did 
start. w. M. R. 
Denton, Caroline Co. — The acreage of 
wheat aud corn in this section is a full aver¬ 
age one. Wheat hurt considerably by hard 
Winter and injured some also by fly, so that 
the aggregate of bushels will be at least 25 
per cent, short. Grass light, hay 50 per 
cent, less thau usual. Fruit prospects fair. 
Beaches an average crop. Small fruits, where 
properly cared for, a good crop. Ocher fruits 
au average crop iu prospect. j. w. k. 
Easton, Talbot Co.—Wheat, acreage 80; 
condition 75 percent.; two weeks late, aud still 
subject to risks of rust, storm, etc. Average 
condition aud area of oats 100; Timothy 110; 
clover -10; pasture 50; potatoes 100; strawber¬ 
ries 100; corn 100; peaches 110; apples 100; 
cherries 100. t. b. b. 
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SOUTHERN" STATES. 
Vlrainia. 
Bonsacks, Roanoke Co. — Wheat, one- 
fourth uverage crop; corn, full crop planted, 
looks well. Oats, three-fourths crop; looks 
well. Grass, hardly half crop. Tobacco not 
planted yet; with a good season, a fair crop 
will be planted. All fruits three fourths full 
crop. Gurdens are good. B. & H. 
Centualia, Chesterfield Co.— There is au 
increase iu the acreage and yield of wheat, 
corn, oats, rye, potatoes and grass. A de¬ 
crease iu cotton and tobacco. There is a large 
increase in this section In small fruits, grapes, 
etc. The fruit prospect is for a large yield of 
all kinds. A, o. b. 
Claremont, Surry Co.—Owiug to heavy 
rains iu May, all crops are late. Very little 
wheat sowu. Corn, area four fifths; condi¬ 
tion 75 to 80 per cent. Fall-sowu outs mostly 
Winter-killed. Spring oats, average area; 
condition 85. Potatoes very few; condition 
100. Peanuts are the special crop, quantity 
average; condition 100. Fruit prospect better 
thau usual. o. e. s. 
Clifton Station, Fairfax Co .—Wheat, one- 
half crop in yield; two-thirds of the usual 
acreage. Corn and potatoes, a full acreage. 
Fruit, an average crop. Oats, two-thirds of 
an average. Grass short, a. m. 
Cole’s Ferry, Charlotte Co.—Wheat crop 
50 per cent. Corn, 100 per cent. Oats, winter, 
25 per cent.; spring, 100 per cent. Grass, 75. 
Tobacco the leading crop of our portion of 
Virginia, 100 per cent, as compared with the 
last deeade of years. Garden products and 
fruits an average. H. C. K. 
Craddockville, Aecomac Co.—Not over 
50 per cent, as much wheat sown as last year; 
stand thin, otherwise fair. Oats a full aver¬ 
age planted; a good stand generally, but late 
on account of wet, cold Spring. Peas a fair 
crop. Irish potatoes about au average acre¬ 
age and look well; just begun to dig, have a 
fail* yield. A good crop of strawberries. 
Sweet potatoes, our main truck crop, a full 
average in amount. Will have a large crop 
of peaches. Apples, cherries and grapes look 
fair. Garden truck good, j.b.a. 
Dunmore, Pocahontas Co.--Wheat an 
average acreage; but not more than one- 
third of a crop expected. Corn more than 
usual planted; prospects of an unusually large 
crop. Oats, prospect for fine crop. Rye, 
small amount sown, and almost a failure. 
Grass very good. This is our main crop, as 
this is a stock section. Blue Grass pastures 
are affording abundant grazing. A good 
apple crop is almost assured. Peaches an en¬ 
tire failure; many trees winter-billed. Usual 
crops of small fruits. c. R. m. 
Dunnsville, Essex Co.—Wheat area less 
than in former years. Corn area the same as 
last year, but less than the year before. Rye 
as usual. Potatoes a fair crop. Propects good 
for all kinds of vegetables. Grapes about as 
usual. Fruit prospect good for all kinds. 
R. 8. 
Elkton, Rockingham Co.—Areas of wheat 
and rye about 75 per cent. Corn a full crop, 
and lookiug well. Oats are trebled, aud doing 
well. Grass half a crop. Potatoes an aver¬ 
age crop. Tobacco and sorghum about an 
average. The apple crop bids fair to be large. 
\ ery few cherries. All kinds of vegetables 
greatly improved by recent raius. c. G. H. 
Falls Church, Fairfax Co.—As regards 
crops, etc., would*report: Wheat, area 60 per 
cent; conditiou, 40 per cent. Oat 3 , average 
good. Rye, area average; condition 30 to 40 
per cent. Potatoes, above average, 100 per 
cent. Grass, one-fourth to one-third crop. 
8trawberries,scant one-third crop. Other ber¬ 
ries, prospect poor. Peaches aud apples, plenty 
of truit on the trees as yet. Pears, rather 
below average. Very much in need of rain, 
grass being cut to prevent it being ruined en¬ 
tirely by the drought and heat. c. a. c. 
Farmville, Prince Edward Co.—Wheat 
harvest just began; hardly the usual area; 
yield possibly three-fourths crop—a very un¬ 
favorable Winter. Corn looking well; prom¬ 
ises good yield—usual area. Winter oats 
almost a failure, owing to severe Winter and 
too late seeding. Those sowu in September 
will make a fair crop. Spring oats, prospect 
splendid; we have had a most favorable season 
for them; yield full average. Rye but little 
sowu in this section; principally for winter 
grazing. If sown early enough, say in 
September, will furnish grazing all Winter 
when ground not covered with snow; and if 
allowed to ripen there will be a fair crop 
where grazing is stopped in time. Potatoes, 
roots, etc. but little raised,only for family use 
and home market, though they all do finely 
here. Tobacco prospect good; nearly done 
planting; plauts abundant; season all that 
could be desired. Soighum and broom-corn 
only for home use. Prospects for all fruits 
were never better. All kinds of grass do well 
here. Crops of clover, Timothy and Orchard 
Grass as fine as anyone could wish to see, have 
just been cut in this neighborhood. w. d. 
1* errol, Augusta Co.—Wheat, average 
area; conditiou very bad; not over one-fourth 
of last year’8 yield. Corn, full average area; 
condition good. Oats, average area and con¬ 
dition. Potatoes, area above au average; 
condition good. Grass, average area; condi¬ 
tion good; millet, average seeding. Fair fruit 
prospect. p. m. s. 
Hallsboro, Chesterfield Co.—Wheat late, 
but looking well. Oats, fall seediug poor; 
spring seeding late, but good. A large corn 
crop planted; looks well. Fruit abundant. 
A large acreage of tobacco is being put out. 
w. w. c. 
Liberty, Bedford Co.—IV heat area about 
65 ^er cent, as compared with last year. 
Prospective yield per acre 40 per cent.; last 
year’s crop very nort. No spring wheat,aud 
winter wheat badly winter killed. Quality 
bids fair to be good. Corn is well up and bids 
fair to lx 1 ! au average crop. Oats probably 
ubout as last year. Rye somewhat over au 
average. Potatoes are looking well; area 
about the same. Late grass is lookiug weU, 
though we do not expect as large a crop as 
last year. All old clover was winter-killed, 
hence very little clover hay. The high prices 
of tobacco last Winter have caused a large 
crop to be planted, which is being set out in 
very good time. Apple crop about 40 per cent, 
of last year’s crop. Peach crop good. r. k 
Lovettsvili.e. Loudoun Co.—Wheat is 
short; but it is filling nicely and will make 
half a crop. What little rye was sown will 
be an average, and oats will be short. Corn 
and potatoes have come up remarkably well 
and promise to make a good yield. Clover 
was nearly all frozen out, aud Timothy is 
short, so hay will be scarce. Fruit wiU be 
plentiful. yv_ q. 
Madison, Madison Co.—Two-thirds of last 
year’s wheat area sowed; lower yield per 
acre probable. All winter oats killed; but a 
larger area of spring oats iu better condition. 
Larger acreage of corn; earlier and in better 
condition than usual. Grass, an average. 
Usual area of land in tobacco; earlier and in 
better condition. Apple and peach trees full. 
H. E. G. 
Marion, Smythe Co.—Wheat area 75 per 
cent; condition 60. Corn area 110; condition 
105. Oat area 105; conditiou 100, Rye area 
65. Area and condition of barley 100 per cent; 
Grass area 100; condition 75. Tobacco area 
110; condition 100. Area and condition of 
sorghum 100. Fruit prospects good excepting 
peaches, which will be about one-half a crop. 
Fine growing weather now. j. x. G. 
Milldale, Warren Co.—Wheat, 80 per 
cent, area; condition, 33>£ per cent. Corn, 
100 per cent, area; condition, 100 per cent. 
Rye, 90 per cent, area; condition, 45 per cent. 
Oats, 105 per cent, area; condition, 100 per 
cent. Grass, 90 per cent, area; condition, 90 
per cent. Apples, 100 per cent, condition. 
Peaches, 66 2-3 per cent, condition. Pears, 100 
per cenr. condition. Strawberries, 100 per 
cent, condition. We have rains sufficient to 
give thrift to aU growing crops. t. w. t. 
Monteithville Stafford Co.—Area in 
wheat about 25 per cent less than last year,and 
the condition, with 100 to represent an average 
crop, is barely 65. Rye about the same. The 
area of corn, oats aud potatoes, and the con¬ 
dition of same are perhaps np to the aver¬ 
age, except that corn is backward in growth. 
The condition of grass is not above 40. 
Prospects of all sorts of fruits are good. No 
special crops,except on a small scale, j. d. l. 
Nottoway, Nottoway Co.—Wheat, area 
100; condition 35 per cent. Corn, area 100; 
condition 110. Oats, area 100; condition 90. 
Tobacco, area 100; just set out. Apples, yield 
100. Peaches, yield 150. Cherries, yield 10. 
Corn, wheat aud tobacco are about the only 
crops raised here to any extent. Tobacco is 
the money crop and receives most attention. 
H. N. 
Williamsbcrgh, James City Co.— The 
acreage of wheat, corn and roots is shorter 
than iu past years. The condition bad. Areas 
of potatoes and grass increased and in fair 
condition. The peanut is growing to be a 
specialty in this section. Prospects for fruit 
£ 0<x} - J. c. s. 
Winchester, Frederick Co.—There are 
more acres of wheat chat will yield only bne- 
fourth of a crop than will yield one-half an 
average crop. Corn is neediug rain, other¬ 
wise it is promising. Grass the same. Apples 
will probably be an average crop. j. t. 
West Virginia. 
Berkeley Springs, Morgan Co.—Wheat 
area one-third less; conditiou very bad—one- 
fourth average. Corn area one-fourth more; 
condition very good. Oat area same as usual; 
condition average. Rye area same as usual: 
condition good. Potato area as usual; con¬ 
dition very good. Grass area as usual; con¬ 
dition extremely bad. Fruit prospects one- 
fourth crop; aud being injured by the locusts 
\\ eather very dry; streams very low. 
w. H. 
C Linton, Ohio Co. — Acreage of winter 
wheat 100 percent; almost a complete failure. 
Acreage of corn 125 per eeut; condition, 100 
per cent. Acreage of oats 133 per cent; con¬ 
dition, 125 per cent. No rye or barley. Acre¬ 
age and condition of potatoes 100 per cent. 
Acreage of grass 100 per cent; conditiou about 
50 per oeut. Garden crops about an average. 
No peaches. Few plums aud cherries. Pears 
LOO per eeut. Apples not over 50 per cent, aud 
stuug und falliug rapidly. Berries very prom¬ 
ts- J. J. J. 
Hickory, Mason Co.—Wheat, almost au 
eutire failure. Corn, alargerarea thau usual. 
Has been injured considerably by cut worms. 
Oats, but a small area sown. The cold, late 
Spring and the present drought have made 
them very short. Rye, none sowu to amount 
to anytliiug. Potatoes, a larger area than 
usual. Bugs very bid. Roots, none. Hay 
will be very short. Preparations were made 
for* much larger planting of tobacco than 
usual, but the weather is very dry, and plant¬ 
ers do Dot know whether they will get a “sea¬ 
son 1 for planting or not. Perhaps there was 
a larger area than usual of sorghum, but much 
