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JULY 41 
growing nicely. Work of all kinds will be 
good this Summer and Fall. F. V. 
Kentucky. 
Dog Cheek, Hart Co.—Wheat not more 
than three foutbs of usual area; one-fourth of 
that plowed up this Spring, and what is now 
standing cannot make more than one-half nr 
two-tbirds crop at the best. Oats one-third 
larger area sown; looking remarkably fine. 
Corn one-fourth larger area; looking well. 
Potatoes average crop and looking well. 
Grass looks well and little increase of area 
sown. Clover was very badly frozen. One- 
fifth larger area in grasses and clovers this 
Spring; looking fine. Tobacco, there is a 
full crop set and looking well. Nearly a full 
crop of fruits, except apple?, which will be 
about two-thirds crop. Berries of all kinds 
are very promising and the strawberry crop 
has been remarkably good. Raspberries are 
loaded with fruit: tlie wild blackberry is 
loaded with fruit. Gardens look fine; a fnll 
average crops of all kinds of vegetables 
planted. H. c. c. 
Tennessee. 
Green Brier, Robertson Co.—Spring back¬ 
ward, Wheat just harvesting, very poor. 
Oats fair. Corn very good. Potatoes good. 
Apples a good crop; peaches that have been 
cared for, extra fine; will ripen in two weeks. 
Plums—Wild Goose—a big crop. This is as 
fine a fruit country as can be found. About 
600 feet higher than Nashville, we escape 
early and late frosts. We have good water, 
good health, good society, etc. A large area 
in tobacco; looks well, j. p. A. 
Pane, Greene Co.—A large area of wheat 
sown; will not be over one-fourth of a crop. 
Harvest will be two weeks late. Corn crops 
larger than for years, and very promising so 
far. Oats, rye, and barley short. A few good 
crops of spring oats. Potatoes and roots good. 
Grasses fine. Clover winter-killed. Gardens 
never better. A large crop of tobacco out, 
and a good yield expected; also sorghum. 
Prospects for all sorts of fruit never were 
better. s. J. c. 
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WESTERN STATES. 
Ohio. 
Flushing, Belmont Co.—Wheat area is 
much above the average, but will not yield 
above two bushels per acre. The area of corn 
is fully' up to the average of other years, 
prospect not flattering. Oat acreage consid¬ 
erably above the average, with a very fair 
prospect. Potatoes never looked better, with 
perhaps more than average area. The acre¬ 
age of meadow land is greater than usual, 
hut will be very light. Prospect for small 
fruits has been so far good; only moderate for 
larger fruits. G. W, k. 
Payne, Paulding Co.—Tbe area of wheat 
corn, oats, rye, potatoes, grass and other field 
and garden jerope, is much larger this year, 
corn takiDg the lead. The condition is good. 
The prospect for more than average crops, 
is very promising. Recent hail-stornis de¬ 
stroyed fruits in North western part of county. 
D. P. D. 
Indiana. 
Macy, Miami Co.—Wheat area 80 per cent.; 
condition 60. Corn, 100; condition 100. Oats, 
70; condition 100. Rye, 50; condition 100. 
Potatoes,CO; condition 100. Grass, 00; condi¬ 
tion 100. Gardens 100; condition 100. Sor¬ 
ghum, 110; condition 100, Apple and pear 
trees badly damaged by the Winter. Apples 
one-third killed; pears four-fifths; peaches all 
killed. Prospect for fruit 50 per cent. 
T, o. H. 
Rockport, Spencer Co.—Area of wheat 
crop of this county is about 80 per cent, of an 
average of the last few years; condition not 
over 3U per cent, of an average. Full area of 
corn and condition good. Area of oat crop 
small, and condition bad, owing to dry weath¬ 
er. The prospects indicate not more than 40 
per cent, of an average crop of grass on a full 
acreage. Small fruits are plentiful and of 
good quality. Apples not over 70 per cent, of 
a crop. I), o. m. 
South Bend, St. Joseph Co.—Area of wheat 
85 per cent, of last year's acreage; condition 
100. Area and condition of com, potatoes, 
grass aud gardens 100. Oat area J00; con¬ 
dition 110. Barley area 110; condition 100. 
Less land than usual under fruit; condition 
poor. s. s. 
Illinois. 
Advance, Jasper Co.—The area sown to 
wheat last Fall 10 per cent, less than usual; 20 
per cent, plowed up. The remainder will not 
make over 25 per cent, of an average yield. 
Corn slightly over an average area planted; 
prospect now favorable for full averageyield. 
Oats over average area sown; promise of 
average yield. Rye not much grown here; 
not quite up to average condition. Barley, 
SSi-'T - 
none grown. Potatoes mainly grown for 
family use; prospect good. Grass, condition 
fair with some increase in area. Other field 
crops not much grown here. Apples hardly 
full crop; peachesnone; small fruits not an 
average. Root crops and gardens only for 
family use. J. L. 
Camp point, Adams Co.—Wheat about an 
average crop sown, but we will not have 
wheat enough to “bread” the people of this 
county' and to sow this Fall. Oats, an average 
crop sown; will have a splendid crop. All 
grasses are good; old clover is frozen out. 
Corn three weeks late; expect a good crop. 
Potatoes an average crop. Sorghum, less 
than usual acreage. Plenty of grapes, ber¬ 
ries, cherries. Apples an average crop. The 
Snyder Blackberry stood the Winter best. 
Peach trees nearly all killed. G. w. A. 
Edinburgh, Christian Co.—Area of wheat 
60 per cent, less than in 1S84; condition 75 per 
cent, of the crop of 1884. Corn 110 per cent,' 
of the crop of 1884, aud 20 per cent, better 
than an average. Grass and oats up to the 
average. Rye 10 per cent, below an average. A 
fair crop of apples and some small fruits. 
j. R. n. 
Bardolph, McDonough Co—Wheat, area 
50; condition 40. Corn, aroa 100; condition 
50. Oats, area 75; condition 60. Rye, area 
.50; condition 80. Potatoes, area 100; condi¬ 
tion 75. Timothy grass, area 100; condition 
100. Sorghum, area 110; condition UK). 
Fruit—Apples, condition 40; cherries, condi¬ 
tion 75; plums, condition 100; currants, con¬ 
dition 80; gooseberries, condition 100; rasp¬ 
berries, condition 100; strawberries, condition 
110: grapes, condition 100; blackberries, con¬ 
dition 100. W. C. B. 
Michigan. 
Acme, Grand Traverse Co.—Area of winter 
wheat only about three-fourths; condition 
good, except in exposed localities where it was 
slightly winter-killed. Wheat, area largely 
in excess of former years; condition excel¬ 
lent. Oats, a large amount; average condi¬ 
tion. Corn, area a full average; condition 
very backward; considerable had to be re¬ 
planted. Very little barley raised; in good 
condition. Potatoes, a large amount planted. 
Grass will be light, owing to dry weather. 
Season at least two weeks later than usual. 
With the exception of peaches, fruit prospect 
good. Apples, a good average, and small 
fruit in great abundance, especially straw 
berries. H. c. b. 
Douglas, Allegan Co.—Acreage of wheat 
less; but condition good. Acreage of corn 
and oats about the same; condition good. 
Potatoes about the same. Rye, barley and 
oats not much grown. Our special crop is 
peaches, which will be light. Other fruits 
good. Spring a little late and rather dry, 
which will shorten the hay crop a little. 
C. B, .W 
Almost, Lapeer Co.—Wheat is above an 
average Oats and corn are late, but a good 
stand; with a favorable season will be u good 
crop. Grass is good. Potatoes are looking 
well; the acreage is a little less than last year. 
Fruit is nearly all blasted. t. j. mcr. 
Haring, Wexford Co.—Acreage of. wheat 
and oat3 considerably greater than usual, aud 
when properly put in, botb'are looking line. 
Corn and potatoes are about average crops, 
and are generally looking well. All crops, 
however, are beginning to suffer from 
drought, and grass is permanently injured; of 
it there is more than £an average acreage. 
Potatoes have been our special crop, but as 
the lumbering declines, the prices do likewise, 
and few will depend on them in the future. 
This place is too cold for any but iron clad 
fruits, as last Winter conclusively proved, as 
almost all apples,but the Russians, were either 
killed outright or severely damaged. Small 
fruits promise a fair crop, especially straw¬ 
berries if the dry weather does not continue, 
but all my blackberries and raspberries, ex¬ 
cepting Caroline, were injured last Winter 
This is a new country of great promise. 
H. 8. K. 
Iowa, 
Brayton, Audurbou Co. —As compared 
with 1884, wheat area one-fifth less; condition 
as good. Corn and oats one-tenth more; 
average condition. Rye one-fourth more; 
condition 10 per cent. less. Barley, potatoes 
and roots same as last year. Grass, broom- 
corn and sorghum raised in small quantities. 
Bmall fruits look good. n. s. l. 
Centerville, Appanoose Co.—Corn 10 per 
cent, short of last year. Oats 10 per cent, 
better. Potatoes and roots average with last 
year. Grass aud other field crops 15 per cent, 
short. Garden crops compare well with last 
year. Apples an average. Pears and peaches 
none. All small fruits 50 per cent, short. 
W. MCN. 
Hopeville, Clark Co —Corn area larger 
than in ’84; prospect fine. Usual area of oats; 
medium bight; prospect for an average crop. 
Grass an average crop; much more tame 
grasses than a few years ago. But little 
rye; very thiu aud poor. But little wheat in 
this section—all spring wheat; prospect about 
fair, rather under than over. Potatoes look 
promising; as a rule the beetle troubles us but 
little any more. Gooseberries and currants 
plentiful. Raspberries set well; but few raise 
them. Blackberries promising. Cherries and 
grasses promise full crops. Apples will prob¬ 
ably be a medium crop. We are having a pretty 
good season so far: a little cool perhaps. A 
light frost June 9. m. t. a. 
Laurel, Marshall Co —The main crops are 
corn, oats and grass. There is a small amount 
of wheat, rye and barley sown. On account 
of defective seed and the heavy rains of the 
last three weeks, the corn Ls below the aver¬ 
age at this time of year. There is no winter 
wheat sown here. All small grains look well. 
The hay crop will be heavy. Potatoes good. 
Good prospects for small fruit. There will be 
some apples, but the greater portion dropped 
off the latter part of May, and many of the 
trees show the effects of the past hard Winter, 
A. W. 
O.N’awa, Monona Co.—Corn is good, consid¬ 
ering tbe large amount of cold rain in Spring; 
but the weeds are doing splendidly; some por¬ 
tions of the county drowned out entirely. 
Wheat and o&ts look well. Rye is splendid, 
but little sown. Potatoes look well, so do the 
bugs. Wild hay bids fair to be a spleudid 
crop. d. j. L. 
Ottumwa, Wapello Co.-Little wheat grown; 
an average area and in fine condition; pro¬ 
mises a good crop. Corn area greater thau 
usual, but there was a poor stand generally 
from the first planting, and replanting never 
does much good here; not an average crop. 
Oats look well; but there is less sown than 
usual. Rye promises a good yield, but little 
is grown here; average area. Potato area less 
than usual; looking well; promise of an aver¬ 
age yield. I never saw grass in better condi 
tion: there is a larger area than usual. Pros¬ 
pect for fruit poor. Fruit trees of all kinds 
acd grape-vines injured by the cold Winter. 
There will be but little fruit except berries, 
which promise a good crop. w. c. k. 
Peterson, Clay Co.—Flax, area 95; condi¬ 
tion 125. Wheat, area 65; condition 100. Oats, 
area 115; condition 100. Rye, area 300; con¬ 
dition 110. Barley, area 85; condition 110. 
Corn, area 100; condition 100. Wild grass, 
condition 125, Fruit, condition 90. F. w. w, 
Unionville, Appanoose Co.—This county 
is changing from grain to grass and stock 
very fast. The increase in cattle has boon 
perhaps 100 per cent, in the last five years. 
Grass is king. Season, very favorable. Wheat 
aud rye (almost quit raising), area 20; condi¬ 
tion 100 per cent. Corn, area 80; stand 90; 
condition 100; some had to plant it three times 
before getting a stand. Grass, area 125; con¬ 
dition 100. Pasture very good. Stock in flue 
Condition. Potatoes and fruit only raised for 
home use; amount aud condition a fair aver¬ 
age. F. K. 
Woodbine, Harrison Co.—Spring wheat 
90 per cent.; oats 100; corn 70. Corn looks 
poor, with favorable weather it may go to 90. 
Rye 70. Potatoes 100, badly infested with 
bugs. Sorghum 100. Apples a failure; trees 
badly winter killed, especially the Ben Davis. 
Cherries, what few trees dia not winter¬ 
kill, one-third of a crop. Plums one-hulf 
crop. Blackberries, raspberries aud grapes 
badly winter-killed. Currants one-balf crop. 
Gooseberries a failure; wild ones u full crop. 
Timothy aud clover 120, Hungarian and 
Millo. 90, Blue Joint 100. w. H. De. c. 
Wisconsin. 
Livingston, Grant Co.—Wheat area less; 
condition poor, except where protected with 
belts of ti mber. Corn area as usual; condition 
backward. Oats, area increased ; condition 
good. Barley area increased; condition good. 
Grasses, area increasing; condition poor. Hay 
meadows rather light. Old clover all winter¬ 
killed and much of new seeding. Orchard 
Grass, where sown, killed out. Tobacco area 
increased from 50 to 100 per cent. Apples, 
not any. Plums and grapes prospect good. 
a. v. w. 
Minnesota* 
Cedar Mills, Meeker Co.— Acreage of 
wheat aud oats about the same as last year. 
A slight iDcrese in corn aud flax. Wheat and 
oats thiu and short, owing to long-continued 
drought, and with favorable weather they 
cannot make more thau two-thirds of a crop. 
Potatoes and corn are looking well, as usuul. 
Fruit prospects good. 8. d. l. b. 
Lake City, Wabasha Co.—Wheat looking 
well; area about the same as last year. Corn 
very backward; not over two-thirds of the 
last year’s yield. Barley looks well. The 
Russian takes the lead, as it has a taller and 
stronger straw and does not crinkle as do 
some other kinds. Potatoes very backward 
aud the bugs very forward. Grass looks well. 
Clover is heavy. Root crops are not up. 
The thermometer stood 28° above on June 8; 
did some damage to oats, corn and squashes, 
but the fruit is all right. F. C. K. 
Wadena, Wadena Co.—The area of crops 
is larger than last year. Wheat, oats, ryo 
aud barley look better. A heavy frost a few 
nights ago nearly spoiled our corn, set back 
our potatoes, necessitated a replanting of 
beans, etc. Very little tame grass. Our creek 
bottom meadows give us a large supply of No. 
1. wild grass. Apple crop will be small, but 
a few trees in town; currants a fair crop, 
considering the frost. Frost reduced the 
amount of wild fruits, as strawberries and 
plums. The staple crops—small grains aud 
grasses—look good. w. w. 
Windom, Cottonwood Co.—Wheat very 
small acreage; condition good. Small grains 
never looked better than now. Corn, a very 
small acreage, backward and many doubts 
expressed as to its ripening. Oats, large, 
acreage than last year; condition splendid. 
Barley, condition first-rate. Potatoes, enough 
are raised for home consumption; bugs worse 
than usual. Roots, very small quantity 
grown. Red Brazilian Artichokes do well. 
Grass looks well, but wa? late in starting. 
Flax is our great cash crop, and an immense 
area is sown. Last year it was larger, but 
this year it is probably nearly double. Asa 
rule, it promises well, though some complain 
of some kind of a worm hurtiDg it badly, es¬ 
pecially on land where it has been much 
grown. Fruit prospects are good, never were 
better. j. c. c. 
Missouri. 
Independence, Jackson Co.—Wheat about 
one-third of an average crop. Corn about 
one-third below the average. Oats a full crop. 
Grass one-third above the average. Potato 
prospects averaging above. All garden vege¬ 
tables up to the average. Full crops of straw¬ 
berries, raspberries and cherries. One-fourth 
crop of apples. No peaches. What few pear 
trees we have alive are full. b. f. p. 
RocKroRT, Atchison Co.—Corn an increase 
of acreage; average stand and condition. 
Wheat, spring, an average; Oats one-fifth 
increase in acreage; fair condition; pros¬ 
pect an average yield. Rye, decrease in 
acreage; good yield promised. Potatoes one- 
fourth increase planted; 3'ield promises above 
average. Timothy and clover about average 
yield; slight increase in area. All sorts of 
garden and field crops are growing finely and 
promise a full average with other years. 
Corn particularly, excepting the weeds, prom¬ 
ises an ubuudant crop. But little sorghum. 
Fruit of all kinds one-half short of last yeai’s 
crop, owing to extremely cold Winter and late, 
cold Spring. _ s. r. j. 
Kansas. 
Anthony, Harper Co.—Nothing will com¬ 
pare with last year, except oats and fruits of 
all kinds, tender varieties of the peach except¬ 
ed. Corn, large area planted, but late. Wheat 
will not be more than half a crop; quality 
good; but thin on tbe ground. Potatoes and 
all vegetables are growing splendidly, except 
cabbages; they are literaly covered with the 
green measuring worm. Sorghum is largely 
raised, mostly for feed. s. T. b. 
Atchison, Atchison Co.—Wheat nearly a 
failure. Com greater area; late raius greatly 
damaged it. Oats area as usual; prospect not 
llatteriug. Potatoes good; area larger. 
Gruss good. Garden truck greatly damaged 
by heavy rains. Sorghum and tobacco very 
little grown. Flax larger area ; prospect 
good. Small fruits budly winter-killed; crops 
stuulL Peaches none. Apples early ; pros¬ 
pect good, present outlook promises two-thirds 
of last season’s crop. Cherries u little less 
than last season. Strawberries in profusion; 
drug on the market. The present indication 
is for a large crop of sweet potatoes. Roots 
very little grown. Onion crop prospect very 
good. c. w. s. 
Augusta, Butler Co.—Continuous rains put 
back seeding, but was spleudid for breaking 
prairie. Winter wheat crop very light, 
nearly one-balf plowed up; much that is left 
won’t make but little more thau the seed. 
Corn looks well. More oaks sown than usual, 
and are looking well. Borne few pieces of 
rye. and it has made a fine growth. Flax 
looks well; area small. Broom-corn is raised 
to some extent. Potatoes, not mulched are 
doing fine for Kansas; had them for table use 
the 12th of June; good fair-sized for early 
ones. Those covered with straw are too wet 
this year. Pouches will be a fair crop. Grapes 
suffered from tbe dry weather last Fall; many 
are dead. Apples fully an average. Black¬ 
berries suffer from drought and cold of Win¬ 
ter, but will be half a crop. Strawberries 
good. Grass is spleudid, both tame and wild; 
