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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
JULY 4 
failure. The apple crop will be a light one; 
they have almost entirely dropped off during 
the past two weeks. s. D. u. 
Croton, Licking Co.— Wheat an average 
area; crop will be about one eighth of the 
usual yield. Corn 20 per cent, larger area, 
and 20 per cent, better than the average. 
Oats equal to corn. Potatoes one-fourth 
more area; some beetles, but prospects good. 
Grass good. j. h. b. 
Defiance, Defiance Co,—Wheat an aver¬ 
age crop. Corn and oats larger than usual 
and late, but look well. Clover excellent. 
Timothy an average crop. Potatoes about as 
usual. Peaches winter-killed, not a blossom 
in the county. Apples likely to be abundant. 
Farmers in good spirits. j. .t. g. 
Delphos, Allen Co.—Our main crop, corn, 
is a little late on account of excessive rain, 
but doing finely; acreage above the average. 
Wheat area a little below, but promise of 
yield above an average. Rye, the same. 
Potatoes aud garden crops same as corn. Oat 
area small, but looking well. Grass, heavy. 
Fruit was badly damaged by a heavy hail 
storm J une 1st. On the whole, the outlook of 
crops is encouraging to farmers as compared 
with the last two years. L. e. 
Eaton, Preble Co.—Wheat not very good— 
winter-killed—average area, Rye good;oats 
small aud spotted, worms at work on them 
badly; corn small, but stand good; potatoes 
small; gardens backward for time of year; 
meadows light. No special crop grown in this 
neighborhood. No peaches or cherries. Plenty 
of plums, apples, pears and small fruits. 
n. m. B. 
Lebanon, Warren Co.—Wheat about one- 
third plowed up; that remaining will make 
one-third of an average. Barley a total 
ailure. Corn more than an average area; 
condition better. Oats look well; a large 
area sown. Meadows about an average; no 
special crop sown. Potatoes a fine prospect. 
A good show for apples, pears and cherries. 
L. P. H. 
Morning Sun, Preble Co.—Wheat will not 
make more than half a crop; the acreage is 
not so large as usual. Corn looks very prom¬ 
ising, and will make a very good crop. Oats 
and grass are good. Potatoes, ditto. These 
are the principal crops in this country. There 
is a full crop of small fruits. Pears, good; 
apples promise a pretty full crop. J. h. r. 
Middletown, Butler Co.—Wheat very 
poor; what is not plowed up will not be over 
one-fourtb of a crop. Considerable barley 
was sowed last Fall, but all frozen out. Some 
sowed to spring barley and oats, which are 
doing nicely. Corn looks well; a good stand. 
Grass good in some fields. Clover all frozen 
out where it was pastured last Fall. A large 
crop of tobacco will be put out. Fruit will be 
plenty of all kinds. O. s. Y. 
Truro, Franklin Co.—Wheat a total fail¬ 
ure. Com never looked better at this time, 
and there is a large amount out; at least 15 
per cent, increase of acreage. Cherries and 
pears good. Apples not plenty. Small crops 
in good condition. J. P. B. 
Vigo, Ross Co.—Wheat acreage about an 
average of late years; condition of wheat 
poor; one fourth plowed up and put in corn, 
the other three fourths will make one-fourth 
of an average crop. Corn, largest acreage 
for several years; condition good. Oats aver¬ 
age acreage; condition good. Potatoes aver 
age crop; condition good. Grasshoppers are 
doing sore damage to meadows, and seem 
to be increasing in numbers. Apples and 
peaches very light crops. Raspberries, straw¬ 
berries, currants, and cherries good crops. 
t. c. J. 
Indian n. 
Albion, Noble Co.—Wheat acreage about 
ten per cent, less; outlook not so good, but 
we will not fall off more than 15 per cent. 
Corn increased acreage, though late. Oats 
good. Meadow grass looks well and will yield 
a big crop. Pasture is making a good growth, 
plenty of rain. Apples just a common set. 
Peach trees killed. No cherries or small 
fruits. Stock look exceedingly well, A, t. c. 
Angola, Steuben Co.—The wheat crop 
ranges from fair to good, as usual. Com 
planting two weeks later than usual; the cut¬ 
worms have destroyed many fields; prospects 
for a full crop not flattering. Oats and grass 
good; bad plenty of rain. Potatoes and 
garden crops fine. Apples not abundant. No 
peaches; trees winter-killed. A good prospect 
for all the smaller fruits. F. B. 
Bourbon, Marshall Co.—The average of 
crops in this part of the State, compared with 
other years, is about the same, excepting 
wheat, which will average three-fourths of 
a crop, Corn, oats, and grass are doing well; 
so are garden crops. Small fruits a complete 
failure, except strawberries and raspberries, 
but a prospect of a large apple crop. c. j. 
Brownsville, Washington Co.—Wheat a 
full acreage; prospect half crop. Corn, large 
acreage; looks well. Oats, light acreage; 
prospect poor. Rye good. Potatoes, over an 
average acreage; early crop suffering for 
rain. Gardens backward. Apple crop prom¬ 
ises to be large. Peaches a failure. Berries 
abundant. j. s. y. 
Carmel, Hamilton Co.—Wheat area 90; 
condition about 60. It has improved very 
much in the last 80 days. Com area about 
the average; condition 110. Oats a full aver¬ 
age in area and quality. Potatoes about an 
average. Grass very good. Sorghum 100 per 
cent in area, too early to estimate the crop. 
Fruit prospect very bad, about 25 per cent of 
usual crop, j. c. 
Clark’s Hill, Tippecanoe Co.—Wheat. 40 
per cent, of an average crop; acreage, 75 per 
cent, of usual amouut. Corn is looking well, 
25 per cent, above the average acreage plant¬ 
ed. Corn and wheat somewhat damaged by 
frost on June 9. Oats and potatoes above an 
average. Grass not so good. Grape vines win¬ 
ter-killed. Small fruits are plentiful.but there 
are no apples, pears or cherries. w. o. r. 
Columbus, Bartholomew Co.—Wheat most¬ 
ly plowed under; what remains is20 per cent, 
of an average. Corn, increased acreage; 
prospects immense. Oats aud potatoes prom¬ 
ise heavy yields. But few apples and plums; 
no peaches. Strawberries, where mulched, 
in abundance. Raspberries plentiful. G. & n. 
Cordon, Harris Co.—Wheat an average 
area: badly winter-killed; about one-half crop. 
Corn prospect good; over an average. Oats 
better than an average. Rye very poor—not. 
much raised. Potatoes, good prospect; bugs 
worse than 1 ever saw them. Grass a good 
average crop; a good deal of clover raised. 
The last week has been very wet aud retarded 
the cutting of clover. Some sorghum in 
small patches; good outlook for an average 
crop. Vegetables of all kinds look well. 
Small fruits are very abundant. Strawber¬ 
ries about gone. Raspberries just coming in. 
No peaches. Apples have fallen off badly; 
probably not more than half a crop. G. L. 
Daggett, Owen Co.—Wheat area as com¬ 
pared with other years, three-fourths, half of 
which has been pastured and plowed up; yield 
of the rest, per acre, four bushels; causes of 
failure, poor seed, late sowing on freshly 
plowed land, land not well fitted, deep drill¬ 
ing. some sown in corn and not covered. 
Oats about one-fourtb more ground sown than 
last season; condition, late and small. Cora, 
about the same amount plauted; condition, 
good. Potatoes, an average crop. Pastures 
and old meadows rather slim, as they were pas¬ 
tured in Fall and Spring. Clover that was 
not pastured too closely is fine, No. 1. Rye, 
barley and roots but little, if any, grown. 
Sorghum not as much planted as usual, good. 
Berries, good. Peaches, not any. Apples, 
half a crop. # m. d. b. 
Danville, Hendricks Co. — Wheat one- 
fourth of a crop. Corn, oats and potatoes 
an average. Timothy below the average. 
Clover, where standing, is a good average, 
but it was damaged somewhat by the Winter. 
Sorgbum looks well, Apple and pear crops 
very poor. Almost no cherries. Peaches all 
killed. Four-and-one-half inches of rain in 
the first half of this month, A. v. 
East Germantown, Wayne Co.—Wheat 
area, 70; condition, 30 per cent. Cora area 
100; condition, 100. Oats area 70; condition, 
100, Barley, area 80; condition, 90. Potatoes, 
area, 100; condition, 100. Grass, area 70; 
condition, 100. Tobacco, area 90. Apples, 
none. Cherries and strawberries good. p. f. 
Fairmount, Grant Co.— As compared with 
an average of late years, wheat area is 80 per 
cent, of an average; condition 100. Corn, 
area 110; condition 100. Oats, area 110; con 
dition 100. Potatoes, area 100; condition 100, 
Grass, area 100; condition 100. Garden crops 
are good. No other field crops worthy of 
note are raised in our section. A few fields 
of flax for seed and small patches of sorghum 
look well. j. b. w. 
Greensborg, Decatur Co.—Area for wheat 
80 per cent.; yield 35 per cent'. Com 120; 
never looked better. Oats 110; never looked 
better. Rye aud barley but little sown. 
Potatoes average. Grass as good as could be. 
Broom-corn, sorghum and tobacco but little 
raised. Apples, pears and cherries fair crops. 
Strawberries good. w. w. H. 
La Favette, Tippecanoe Co.—The area of 
wheat planted wus about 90 per cent, of au 
average. Of this about one-third was plowed 
up this Spring. The yield of what remains will 
not exceed 40 per cent. The area of corn is 
about 10 per cent.above the average; the pros¬ 
pect is good for au abundant crop. Potatoes 
average area, and looking well: Fruits, very 
few apples, no pears and peaches. Strawber¬ 
ries [and red raspberries plentiful. Snyder 
Blackberries.killed to the ground; grapes the 
same. Grass is in good.eondition, h. b. b. , | 
Leesburg, Kosciusko Co.-Wheat will make 
three-fourtbs of a crop; some pieces good; 
others, worthless. Com looks fair. A great 
many farmers had to replant ou account of 
cut-worms and bad seed. Rye, oats and 
potatoes look well and promise a good yield. 
Fruit, with the exception of apples, was badly 
injured by the Winter. Grass of all kinds is 
good. H. L. B. 
Knightstown, Clay Co.—Wheat about 
one-balf crop; area two-thirds of last year’s. 
Cora, potatoes and grass look well; more corn 
sowed than last year. Oats look well. Smell 
fruit crops short. Apples will also be short; 
there are no sound trees in this part of the 
country. j. h. 
Leopold, Perry Co.—Wheat is not more 
than one-fourth of a crop. Potatoes a full 
crop. Grass about one-fourth of a usual crop. 
Gardens looking well. Com good. Fruits 
about oue-fourth of usual crop. y. m. 
Liberty, Union Co.—Wheat one third of a 
crop; acreage 20 per cent, short. Cora a poor 
stand, but improving; acreage large, Oats 
splendid; average cropsown. Red Clover badly 
wiuter-killed; youog clover and grasses doing 
finely. Potatoes and all garden crops are 
flattering. All kinds of fruit have a fair 
prospect for full crops, excepting peaches. An 
abundance of beach mast. B. f. s. 
Mattsville, Hamilton Co.—Wheat acre¬ 
age 75 per cent. condition 60; five percent, 
was plowed up. Com acreage 105; condition 
100; a great deal has been replanted. Oatarea 
100 per cent.; condition 100 per cent. Rye 
area 100. Potato area 105; condition 110. 
Grass area 90; condition 90;. Sorghum area 
80; condition 100. Apples, condition 90; many 
are falling. Raspberry area 100; condition 
105. Strawberry area 100; condition 90. 
Wheat is badly injured, but we are having 
fine growing weather; and farmers are in 
good spirits. E. H. c. 
Monroeville, Allen Co.—Wheat not much 
short. Hay more than an average. Fruit crop 
small. C. L. 
Muncie, Delaware Co.—Wheat, area 100 
per cent.; condition 65 per cent. Corn, area 
105 per cent.; condition 100 per cent. Oats, 
area 105 per cent,; condition 100 per cent. Po¬ 
tatoes, 110 per cent.; condition 100 per cent. 
Pasture, area 100 per cent.; condition 100 per 
cent. Apples 60 per cent. Pear prospect 100 per 
cent.; grapes, 25 per cent.; blackberries 40 
per cent.; raspberries 60 per cent.; straw¬ 
berries 105 per cent. G. c. 
Poland, Clay Co.—Wheat, area 100 per 
cent.; condition 20 per cent. Corn, area 110 
per cent,; condition 100 per cent. Oats, area 
100 per cent.; condition 100 per ceut. Pota¬ 
toes, area 100 percent,; condition 100 percent. 
Grass, area 1IX) per cent. ; condition 115 per 
cent. Apples, area 100 per cent.; condition 
50 per cent. No peaches. Berries, etc., area 
100 per cent.; condition 100 per cent. 
F. H. T. 
Princeton, Gibson Co.—Area of wheat, 85 
per cent.; condition 50 per cent., or half crop. 
Com, 120 per cent.; condition, 100 per cent. 
Area of oats, 110 per cent.; condition, 100 per 
cent. Potatoes, area, 100 per ceut. Grass 
excellent. Apples aDd other fruits an aver¬ 
age. Harvest will be eight days later than 
usual. Everything promising except wheat. 
R. M. 
Valparaiso, Porter Co.—The area of 
wheat and oats about an average; stand good. 
Corn is small, but the stand is good and the 
area greater than usual. Grass good, es¬ 
pecially clover. Rye and barley not raised 
much here. Potatoes quite an important 
crop here; more bugs thau ever before. 
Strawberries aud raspberries extra good. 
Blackberries, except Snyder, killed. Frost 
on June 9th cut corn-leaves aud tender 
vegetables. S. w. G. 
Vincennes, Knox Co.—The wheat will not 
be over half a crop with us; considerable 
wheat was plowed up and put in corn. More 
corn than usual planted this Spring ou ac¬ 
count of failure of wheat. Oats are looking 
fine, but the acreage is not large. Potatoes 
are looking well, but not as many as common 
planted. A fair prospect for grass. Fruit 
bids fair for a good crop for all kinds except 
wild blackberries and raspberries. Snyder 
and Taylor’s Prolific are loaded with fruit. 
Strawberries were a good crop. The Wilson 
Strawberry is one of the leading berries with 
us; Crescent is a good bearer, but berries get 
small. h. m. s. 
Washington, Daviess Co.—The area of 
wheat is about the same as last year; condi¬ 
tion two-thirds to one-lialf of last year’s yield. 
Com about tho usual area; condition about 
25 per cent* better than last year. Oats are 
a little less than last season; condition fair. 
The area in potatoes is lax-ger; those put iu 
according to the RURAL’S trench-mulch sys¬ 
tem 50 per ceut. better thau last yeai\ The 
area of clover is one-half greater than last 
year; condition two-thirds of last year’s yield; 
much has winter-killed ou low, wet soils. 
Timothy will equal last year’s crop. The 
acreage of melons is about the average, but 
the couditiou is uot good, owing to the rav¬ 
ages of the melon bug which destroyed two- 
thirds of the early planting, making the crop 
from a second planting somewhat late. Ap¬ 
ples promise a good crop. Peaches scarce; 
eheiries better than last season. Grapes 
promising well; gooseberries about half a 
crop; strawberries below last year’s average; 
those put out last Fall winter-killed. Young 
fruit trees mostly died this Spriug. j. d. d. 
Illinois. 
Albion, Edwards Co.—Wheat area less; 
condition promises about one-fifth of a crop. 
Cora, area average, but crop backward aud 
taken by moles and worms. Oat area aver¬ 
age, but heading out very low. Earl)’ pota¬ 
toes a failure. Grass verj’ light. Other 
field aud garden crops very slim. Sorghum 
area about an average, but small and back¬ 
ward. Apples, cherries, and grapes fair crops. 
Clover winter-killed. w. h. m. 
Alton, Madison Co.—Our wheat crop is a 
failure; little, if any more than the seed will 
be returned to the farmers of this the largest 
wheat-gx’owing county in the State. Com 
late; stand poor. Oats and grass good. 
Apples about one-half a crop. Peaches an 
entire failure. Potatoes extra good. w. a. 
Anna, Union Co.—Ax-ea of wheat about as 
usual; condition one half crop. Potatoes, 
acreage larger; tomatoes and melons large 
increase; ditto raspberries and strawberries. 
Some seedling peaches. Apples, good pros¬ 
pects. Cora increased a good deal. Wheat 
plowed up, placed in com. j. n. 
Brkckenridge, Sangamon Co.— Yield of 
wheat, compared with crop of 1884, about 45 
per cent.; area, 50 per cent. less. Area of 
oats, 50 per cent, more than in ’84; condition, 
equal to that of late years, probable average 
yield, 40 bushels. Cora later than usual, but 
in excellent condition, with 20 percent, larger 
area than of late years; prospects favor a 
larger yield than in ’84. Very little rye. Po¬ 
tatoes look fine and promise a good average 
crop. Peach trees and most blackbeiTies win¬ 
ter-killed. w. G. B. 
Harrisburg, Saline Co.—Wheat thin on 
the ground but good grain; about oue-fourth 
of an average crop. Fine prospect for corn. 
Too dry for oat«. Potatoes li&Lit crop, as seed 
was scarce. Timothy almost a failure on ac¬ 
count of dry Spi’iug. Clover fair but low. 
Tobacco ten per cent, above an average crop. 
Light crops of apples and peaches, d. a. u. 
Raymond, Montgomery Co.—Wheat in our 
part of the country will not exceed five per 
cent, of a crop. Large crop of corn planted, 
but much trouble about a stand and much of 
the crop not growing as it should—too wet 
to work in the fields. Oats were mostly sown 
late and are small. The grass crop not so 
large as last year. Potatoes reasonably good; 
not as many as usual planted. d. c. r. 
Roseville, Warren Co.—Wheat but little 
raised. Corn and oats about au average acre¬ 
age and prospect. Rye 50 per cent, less acre¬ 
age; prospect good. Potatoes good. Grass 
extra. Fruit an average; sorghum ditto. 
Stand of com not very good, seed poor; much 
replanting. H. w. 
Bound Grove, Whiteside Co.—About the 
usual acreage of crops has been put in. Owing 
to the late Spring the condition of all is a 
little below the average; but warm weather 
and frequent showers are bringiug them 
rapidly forward. Very little wheat, either 
winter or spring, is raised in this county. The 
principal grain crops are corn, oats, and rye. 
Potatoes and grass are in an average condi¬ 
tion. Only enough fruit for home consumption 
is raised. g. f. w. 
Strawn, Livingston Co.—No wheat; not 
much sowu in this county, but what was sown 
was all killed. Oats average condition; lai'ge 
area sown. Corn froiu the first planting 
good; replants small, but in good condition; 
ground, clean; weather, good, Timothy 
light. Clover good. Flax au average. Po¬ 
tatoes good. Fruit poor; about one-half the 
trees are dying. Strawberries and raspber¬ 
ries good. Pig crop poor; hogs dying from 
cholera in some localities. w. w. 
TnoMrsoNviLLE, Franklin Co. — Wheat 
one-fifth of a crop. Corn prospects good. 
Outs one-lialf of a crop. Grass one half crop, 
and clover lair. A large area of tobacco is 
planted. Tho prospect for apples is good. r.p. 
Washington, Tazewell Co.—Crop prospects 
for this immediate vicinity as follows: Win¬ 
ter wheat, good, acreage small. Corn, with a 
favorable Autumn, will make an average 
crop; acreage a little more thau usual. Oats, 
heavy, acreage large. Potatoes, good. Grass 
and clover, light, small acreage. (Strawberry 
crop large aud flue; all other fruits will be 
ight. Veiy little rye and barley, a. &i. w. 
