1888 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
453 
Watao A, Knox Co.—The area of all crops 
is about the 'average with former years, and 
the condition favorable. Much corn was 
replanted, but plenteous rains are bringing it 
forward well. Very little wheat raised in this 
vicinity. Oats promising finely; average for¬ 
mer years. Eye scarce. Potatoes fair. Heavy 
grass crop. Garden crops good. Some sor¬ 
ghum raised. Two large mills in this vicinity; 
fine quality of molasses made. Apples scarce. 
Cherry trees fast dying out; some bearing 
well All kinds of small fruits promise well. 
E. o. 
Michigan. 
Belle Branch, Wayne Co.—Wheat, aver¬ 
age acreage; condition, 100 per cent.; looks 
the best in 85 years. Corn area an average; 
condition, 75 per cent. Oats and grass good 
acreage; condition, 100 per cent. Rye, good; 
condition, 100 per cent. Potatoes, roots, and 
garden crops, condition, 100 per cent. Fruits 
poor. Peas good. a. b. p. 
Brooklyn, Jackson Co.—Wheat is less in 
acreage, but fully an average crop is promis¬ 
ed. Corn area about the same, with a good 
stand generally; but cut-worms have made it 
necessary to replant some fields entirely. Oats 
are less in area than usual, on account of dry 
weather last Fall; but their condition is ex¬ 
cellent— about the average. Potatoes are 
growing finely ; area greater than last 
year. Some roots are raised,but not as much 
as there ought to be. Grass is splendid, more 
especially old seeding; the dry weather did 
great damage to the new seeding last Sum¬ 
mer. Clover winter-killed badly on some ex¬ 
posed places. Gardens look well where tend¬ 
ed to. Apples wfill not be a very big crop, 
although the trees blossomed quite full. 
Peach trees are all dead. Some strawberries. 
Raspberries badly killed. G. p. 
Burr Oak, St.Jos.Co.—The areas of wheat, 
corn, oats and potatoes about the same as 
usual. Wheat looks spleudid, and bids fair 
for a good yield. Coru and oats doing well. 
Large quantities of potatoes are raised in this 
county; perhaps are a little late, but looking 
fair. Clover aud grass not very promising. 
Large quantities of peppermint are raised in 
this county. The main crop looks well; some 
pieces put out this Spring look poor. Peach 
trees are killed. No cherries; and not many 
apples. Some sorghum raised here, not much ; 
rather too early to judge much about it. 
W. M. 
Grayling, Crawford Co.—One-third larger 
area in wheat, oats, rye, potatoes, grass and 
all root crops; and with the exception of 
grass, which has been hurt somewhat by the 
dry season, all nro in good condition; corn 
about an average. The prospects are good for 
more than an average of all small fruits. No 
orchards in bearing, as this was an unbroken 
forest eight years ago. Wild blackberries are 
the main crop ou the plains, being shipped by 
the hundreds of bushels. The different 
varieties ripen from the last of June until 
the hard frosts of Fall. Children often 
make from 81.50 to $2 per day picking them. 
P. M. 
[ Clio, Genesee Co.—Wheat, area 100; con¬ 
dition, 125; corn, area, 110; condition, 110; 
oats, area, 100; condition, 180; rye, area, 100; 
condition, 100; barley, area, 100; condition, 
100: potatoes, area, 110; condition, 120; grass, 
area, 100; condition, 110; gardens. 100. Sor¬ 
ghum plauted for sirup and fodder. Apples, 
25; peaches, none; pears, 25; grapes, 10; 
strawberries, 110. L. B, 
Hubbardston, Iona Co.—Wheat area is 
greater than last year and the condition is 
very good. Corn is more largely planted 
than usual and is in good condition. Oats 
will be a light crop, as will bay; their area is 
fully up to that of last year. A few pieces 
of oats have been nearly destroyed by cut¬ 
worms. Potatoes are looking well; acreage 
increased somewhat, but the Colorado beetles 
are very abundant. This is our “off” year 
for apples, though enough will be grown for 
home use. Peach trees have been killed to 
the ground. Plums abundant; cherries a fail¬ 
ure. Strawberries abundant. All grapes not 
laid down are killed, except Concords, Wor¬ 
dens and Clintons; these will yield a fair crop. 
A. k. w. 
Ithaca, Gratiot Co.—Wheat an average 
area; but will not be over two-thirds of a 
crop. Oats bid fair for a large crop. Corn 
will be short;cut-worms still working. Grass 
three fourths of a crop owing to early, dry 
weuther. Potatoes fair. Gardens good where 
there are any. Apples, plums, cherries, cur¬ 
rants, and berries of all kinds abundant. 
A. T. K. 
Lansing, Ingham Co.—Not us much wheat 
as for years before, but the stand is much 
better. Oats a good crop—more acres than in 
later years. Coru stands well, but black 
grubs take it iu places. Hay much better 
than in previous years; larger area. Potato 
area increased. Garden and root crops look 
well; not so many as in previous years. Fruit 
very poor, apples and pears promise best; 
peach orchards winter-killed; trees cut down. 
Berries a large crop. Rye is better than 
usual. G. B. H. 
May, Tuscola Co.—Wheat area 90 percent.; 
condition 105. Corn 90 per cent.; condition 
95. Oat area 110 per cent; condition 100. 
Barley area 110 per cent.; condition 100. 
Potato area 85 per cent.; condition 95. Pea 
area 110 per cent.; condition 100. Very little 
rye or sorghum. Apples 50 per cent. Pears 
50 per cent. Plums 100 per cent. Cherries 50 
per cent. No peaches. Small fruits 100 per 
cent. All crops are a little backward on 
account of unusually late Spring. n. c. 
Marquette, Marquette Co.—Wheat acre¬ 
age 100; condition 100. Oats, acreage 110; 
condition 100. Rye, acreage 105; condition 
110. Potatoes, acreage 100; condition 100. 
Late rains have greatly helped grass, oats 
and garden crops. Potatoes are not forward 
enough to tell anything about yet. Some 
parties are still planting. T. s. 
MidlanIj, Midland Co.—Wheat and corn 
area 15 per cent below an average; condition, 
good. Oats and potatoes are 25 per cent 
above an average ; condition, good. Grass 
20 per cent above an average; condition, poor. 
Apples, prospects of a fair crop. Small fruits 
bid fair to be very abundant. E. p. R. 
Iowa. 
Afton, Union Co.—Spring wheat area 
about the same as last year; condition. 10 per 
cent, better. The same maybe said of oats, 
thongb the latter is making too much 
straw and is beginning to lodge. Rye and 
barley not much sown. Potato area about 
half that of last year; condition fair. With 
corn much replanting had to be done in this 
section; it is small for this time of year; wet 
weather has hindered its cultivation and much 
of it is quite foul. Grass is our main crop,and 
this is iu A No. 1 condition. Apples, grapes 
and cherries, not more than one third crop. 
Grapes were badly winter-killed, and apples 
more or less injured according to location of 
orchard. A. w. A. 
Ames, Story Co.—Very little wheat sown. 
Oats, rye, barley, potatoes average amount 
sown; looking well. Grass a wonderful crop 
—at least 50 per cent, above an average in 
amount. Usual amount of corn planted—too 
-nrofc for it. Present prospect 75 per cent. 
Small fruits abundant. Sorghum consider¬ 
ably less than usual— 50 per cent. 8. A. H. 
Bradgate, Humboldt Co.—Wheat, oats, 
and rye are looking well; area about the 
same as last year. There is a fair stand of 
corn, hat heavy storms have beaten it down 
and retarded its growth. Potatoes are alive 
with bugs. H. w. 
Burlington, Des Moines County.—Wheat 
not as much sown ; more than an average yield # 
indicated; winter wheat mostly. Oats, grass 
and clover more thau average. Rye good. 
Potato area larger than last year; crop looking 
well. Stra wherries and raspberries, currants 
and gooseberries, good crops; apples scarce, 
trees dead; only a few hardy varieties; grapes 
one-half crop; plums full crop; blackberries 
winter-killed; peach trees killed. h. k. e. 
Clarinda, Page Co.—Wheat, two-thirds of 
a crop. Corn, one-fourth above an average. 
Not much rye or barley raised. Potatoes a 
full average. Grass good, and one third above 
an average. Fruit prospect good. A cold 
Spring and heavy rains have reduced corn 
prospects to or below last year’s. s. m. 
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co.—The 
areas of wheat, corn and oats are a little less 
than previous averages; and the acreage 
under grass a little more, as many farmers 
seeded down to tame grasses. Our main crop 
is corn and it was injured somewhat by the 
wire-worm; only a very small per cent, of 
the crop was replanted. We have had too 
much rain to permit a full average crop this 
Fall—especially if the rest of the season 
should prove dry; will probably yield three- 
quarters of a crop. Wheat aud oats the 
same. * a. g, k, 
Grundy Centre, Grundy Co.— The area 
to wheat in this county has within the last 
three years dwindled to almost nothing. 
Grass aud cattle have taken its place. The 
area of coru is about one-balf the tilled land 
in the county; prospect good; stand splendid; 
but frequent rains retard the cultivation. The 
hay crop will bo tremendous. Prospect for 
small fruits “fair.” p. C. A. 
Hillsboro, Henry County.—Fall wheat 
acreage less than usual; badly winter-killed. 
Spring wheat but little sown and will be but 
a light yield. Oats very late owing to exces¬ 
sive wet, but promise a fair crop. Rye very 
little sown, badly winter-killed, aud will tie a 
very light crop. Potatoes are looking fine; 
about the usual acreage plauted. Pastures 
are fine, aud meadows promise a fine hay crop. 
Of all the small fruits there will be an aver¬ 
age crop. Cherries an entire failure; trees 
about all killed by excessive cold of past two 
Winters. Apple orchards badly killed by 
same cause; as a consequence apples will be 
very scarce here this season. Weather still 
wet for corn planting, d. k. h. 
Ireton, Sioux Co.—The acreage of wheat 
has increased 10 per cent. Corn, increase 30. 
Oats, increase 10. Flax, increase 50. Potatoes. 
5. Rye, barley aud farm grass not much 
grown. The condition of all the above crops 
could hardly be better. All are 25 per cent, 
better than in 1884. Fruit not much grown 
here yet. The increase in acreage is due to 
the increase of land brought into cultivation, 
w. T. 
Le Mars, Plymouth Co.—Wheat is rather 
above the average. Corn an average with a 
fine stand. Oats, rye. barley, potatoes, grass, 
are up to an average; all crops look well. 
But very little fruit grown; small fruits an 
average. p. b. 
Norway, Benton Co. — Area of spring 
wheat, 100; condition, 100 per cent. Com, 
area 100; condition, 90. Rye, area 90; condi¬ 
tion, 95. Barley, area 90; condition, 95. Oats, 
area, 105; condition, 100. Timothy, area 105; 
condition, 100. Clover, area 110; condition, 
100. Potatoes, area 100; condition, 95. Small 
fruits good; grapes, where not laid down, all 
winter-killed. Stock is doing well. w. mc n. 
Renwick, Humboldt Co.—Wheat is being 
sown less each year. Corn and oats are our 
principal crops, and the area this year is 
about as usual. Crops are looking well, but 
recent rains have given com a set back. The 
areas of Timothy, clover, Blue Grass and Red 
Top are increasing. All look well this season. 
Almost every one has planted fruit trees in a 
small way, but most of them blight and die 
before bearing. Some of the crab varieties 
do well. Strawberries, raspberries and cur¬ 
rants do well and are full of fruit, o. E. f. 
Roselle, Carroll Co.—Wheat, oats and 
barley look well, aud promise abundant crops. 
Corn has made a good growth within the last 
few weeks, and will give a good crop, as 
usual. Small fruits abundant. Grape-vines 
that have been protected during the Winter 
look well. Apple trees that have survived 
the last three severe Winters have set fruit 
well. Prospects fine for a good harvest. 
T. W. 
Wisconsin. 
Appleton, Outagamie Co. — An increased 
area of spring wheat; condition, above the 
average. Com has come up well; weather 
favorable :juBt beginning to cultivate. Oats, 
average area aDd condition. Rye, very little 
sown. Barley below an average in area and 
condition. Potatoes fair, plenty of beetles. 
Grass in good condition. Sorghum coming 
up evenly. Small fruits, prospect fine; other 
fruits injured by the hard Winter. Apples, 
perhaps one-third of a crop. Many trees 
killed. e. n. 
Arena, Iowa Co.— Area of winter wheat 
about average ; prospect, two-thirds crop ; 
Spring wheat short, cause, late Spring; rye, 
average area, but light; com. oats and barley 
about average area, look well; potatoes look¬ 
ing well, area three-fourt hs. Fruit of all kinds 
fair. Tobacco has been raised here only in 
a small way before this season, a Dumber are 
planting three to eight acres. Grass good; 
sorghum, less planted. Broom com, average 
planting. D. H. 
Beloit, Rock Co.—Wheat 50 per cent. I 
sowed II acres; all winter-killed. Rye thin 
and light; sot more than 75 per cent. Oats 
fully 100. Corn full acreage, bat late and 
light. Barley very little sown. Potatoes 100 
percent. Clover badly winterkilled—75 per 
cent. Tobacco more tbau ever a regular rage; 
50 per cent, more plauted. Sorghum 50 per 
cent, less; costs too much to get it into sugar 
or sirup. Small fruits an average. Straw¬ 
berries abundant. With good weather we 
will have fair crops. c.G. c. 
Black River Falls, Jackson Co.—Winter 
wheat looks flue; but allspring graiu is small, 
owing to a cold, late Spring. Corn too small 
to give any guess what it will be. Grass good. 
Tobaeoo plants look well. Hops rather poor 
on account of neglect; nearly all have got last 
year’s crop yet on hand. Raspberries killed 
badly last Winter. Strawberries plentiful, 
and of good quality. All garden truck looks 
well. s. s. 
Brodhead, Green Co.—Cora, oats, barley 
and potatoes average with the past five years. 
Very little wheat is grown here. Corn is 
small and prospect not good. Grass short, 
aud will not be over two-thirds last year’s 
yield. Tobacco, a larger acreage is being set 
out thau over before. Fruits good. j. b. 
Columbus, Columbia Co.—Wheat, barley 
and oats good .Corn good, but late. Areas as 
compared with last year as follows:*wheat 90; 
oats 100; barley 100; beans 100; corn 80. 
tobacco about five time as much as last year, 
but the prospect is poor, as late frosts have 
killed the plants. Fruit only half a crop, 
Clover nearly all frozen. H. T. 
Darien, Walworth Co.—The area of grain 
is about the same as for the past five years. 
Owing to the late Spring, crops are very 
backward, but have been growing finely the 
past month. Very little wheat or rye sown. 
Grass promises a good crop. More sorghum 
and tobacco will be planted than ever before 
in this section. Poor prospect for fruit; cher¬ 
ry trees, grapes and blackberries winter- 
killed. Strawberries and raspberries promise 
good crops. h.s. 
Hudson, St. Croix.—Wheat, oats, rye, bar¬ 
ley and grass have been in excellent condition 
since the late heavy rains, though a little late. 
Areas about the same as last year. Potatoes 
backward with bugs very thick; area a little 
over an average. Garden truck doing well 
though late; we raise considerable sorghum 
and broom-corn and little tobacco; pros¬ 
pects of small fruits good; not very many 
apples except crabs. Rutabaga turnips on 
breaking, one of the principal root crops. Ap¬ 
ples and plums are about all our tree fruits. 
J. o. w. 
Manitowoc, Manitowoc Co.—The area 
sown in wheat is a little less than usual, and 
it looks very poor on account of the ravages of 
a small worm at the root. Oats about same 
as usual. Hay will be a very light crop. Peas 
are about the principal crop, with an increas¬ 
ed acreage, and are looking good. Every 
thing very late. Potatoes just above ground; 
com the same; not much planted of either. 
Young fruit trees badly damaged with frost 
last Winter; not much of a fruit county. 
w. h. s. 
New Rome, Adams Co.—Crops look first- 
rate. About the same amount of grain sown, 
except wheat, and that is half less than in 
former years. Com, oats, rye, potatoes and 
grass average with former years. No barley. 
A very small amount of roots. Half more 
clover, ready to cat; looks fine. Fruit bids 
fair to be a bouutifal crop. T. w. h. 
Sparta, Monroe Co.—Winter wheat is the 
largest crop for years; more sowed last year 
than ever before. Oats promise the largest 
crop for years. Rye good, but not much 
sown. Corn backward. Grass good. Sor¬ 
ghum not so much as last year. Fruits the 
same as last year. s, T . H 
West Salem. La Crosse Co.-Wheat is little 
sown here at present; 1 should say not more 
than two thirds the area of last year. The 
condition of that sown is very good. Oats 
about the same area as common, and they 
look fairly good. Rye looks well, and about 
the same area as heretofore sown. More bar¬ 
ley is sown them in seasons past, owing to the 
partial failure of corn for the past few years. 
Not' so many potatoes planted as last year. 
Roots are not grown to any extent At least 
three times as much area of grass is grown as 
compared with five years ago. More gardens 
than ever before. Tobacco is not grown 
to any extent—about seven or eight acres are 
all I know about in this township. Each 
farmer raises sorghum for his own sirup, 
but little surplus. Broom com, I know of 
none being planted. Small fruits do well, 
and more and more are planted every year. 
Wa have had plenty of rain and all crops look 
pretty well, especially weeds. Apple trees 
badly winter-killed. j. b. n. 
Minnesota. 
Appleton. Swift Co.—Wheat acreage aud 
condition about the same as last year. Oats, 
barley and potatoes,-litto. Quite an increase 
of coru, and it is looking well. A large in¬ 
crease of grass. Only a small amount of 
sorghum is raised. Fruit prospects not very 
good on account of the severe Winter. Small 
fruits were all iujured by frost. h. a. w. 
Battle Lake, Otter Tail Co.—Spring 
wheat looks better than for several years. 
Grass will be better than an average. We 
had a hard frost on June S, which killed the 
small fruits. We do not raise much fruit. 
J. c. h. 
Blue Earth City, Faribault Co.—Area 
of small grains, roots, grass, other field and 
garden corps, about the same as for several 
years past; in better coudition, and about a 
week earlier thau usual. Corn stands well, 
and two weeks earlier; area somewhat great¬ 
er. Sorghum only special crop; area small 
as compared with other years. Grass, mostly 
prairie; condition, excellent. Prospect for 
small fruits better than for many years. 
Everything earlier than usual by one to two 
weeks. G. R . 
Caroline, Le Sueur, Co. — Acreage of 
wheat greater than usual and looks well, but 
thin. Oats and barley promise a good yield. 
Early June frosts iujured corn, but more than 
usual was planted. Sorghum does well here, 
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