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up and look well. Farmers are not up with 
their work, as they have had so much wet 
weather. Those on high laud are about ready 
to plant corn. If we had not had it so wet it 
would have been mostly planted by now. 
Rye is largo enough to cut for feed. Hay and 
grain are plentiful. Stock looks well. Gar¬ 
den truck all up nicely. Times have been 
very dull for the last five months. The past 
winter was one of the longest ever experi¬ 
enced here, as we had four months of good 
winter weather and a great umount of snow. 
Sleighing on the first of April. The coldest 
weather wo had it was 8° above zero—not cold 
formauy States, but wheu it gets so cold here 
we think it is very severe. A great amount 
of poultry is raised here. The earliest hatch¬ 
ings are about large enough for market. 
Prices: wheat 80 cents; corn 42 cents; oats 38 
cents; feed $18 to $:3I3 per ton; hay $10 to $15; 
potatoes 50 cents to $1.00; eggs 13 cents; but¬ 
ter 25 cents; poultry 11 cents; beef 10 cents 
to 16 cents; pork 8 cents to 12 cents; horses, 
high,$75 to $‘.300; cattle in fair demand at good 
prices. Hogs scarce and high. This little 
State is the home of the peach; almost every 
farm has an orchard varying iu size from 
five to 100 acres, and a handsomer sight it is 
hard to find than the orchards in full bloom. 
Many thousand trees are set out every year. 
Hmall fruit does finely ami is cultivated exten¬ 
sively. Northern people are continually com¬ 
ing in and buying farms. Good, well im¬ 
proved farms can be bought at from $40 to 
$100 per acre. Beiug near the ocean it is 
not so hot ns it is in many States much farther 
north. Fresh fish, oysters and clams are 
plenty. .Shad, herring and many other kinds 
of fish can be bought at prices so low that the 
poorest cau afford them. Wages on farm $10 
to $15 a month and found, or 50 to 75 cents per 
day. A. G. s'. 
Illinois. 
Chicago, Cook Co., May 4.— The present 
week opened cold and very dry. All over the 
Northwest, with the exception of Minnesota 
and Dakota, spring seeding is now so far along 
that no apprehension need be felt. The 
acreage will bo large, if anything larger than 
that pat out iu the spring of 1880, There is 
no lack of moisture in the soil, which is the 
very reverse of the seeding season of 1880, In 
fact, there is very general encouragement at 
the outlook, so far as growing the crop is con¬ 
cerned, by the spring wheat growers of the 
Northwest. Low prices do not seem to have 
had any appreciable elFect, so far as acreage 
is concerned. Farmers have put out every 
acre possible where seed could be procured. 
Railroad companies and elevator men have 
loaned wheat to farmers on advantageous 
terms. The oat crop is showing some little 
effects of the cold and dry weather which has 
prevailed ever since the oats were sown. All 
are telling of more or less winter-killing of 
fall-sown wheat from the effects of the ex. 
treme cold, dry weather of March and 
a portion of April. The rains wore not 
timely, and, so far as Ohio is concerned, did 
not have the effect expected. When we cross 
the Mississippi River and get into Kansas, 
there we find the crop again suffering from 
dry weather and with a strong tendency to 
the development of insect life. The reports 
from Missouri are generally good, and the 
best outlook seems to be now in the great 
wheat bolt iu Southern Illinois. Michigan 
lias not been showing up recently very well, 
but I do not think there is anything serious 
the matter with the crop of that State, and 
the same remark will apply to Indiuna. If 
the present dry weather should continue, next 
Saturday night will see at least 50 per cent, of 
the corn in the ground. Farmers have not 
boon anxious to commence planting until the 
present week, but as the lauds are now ready 
they do not care to take the risk of waiting 
for wanner weather. The grass crop of the 
country is late, short and backward. We 
have not had rains sufficient this season to 
give grass much of a start. N. \v.' 
Michigan. 
Athens, Calhoun Co., April 29.—April 
has been very dry; there has been rain enough 
to wet only half an iuch. Wheat must be 
suffering, it has been quite frosty for several 
days. Wheat looks bad. On March 8, this 
farmers of Atheus organized a farmers’ insti¬ 
tute with 15 charter members. The first 
meeting was at. a private house on April 23. 
The second meeting was held at a church at 
Athens. It was well attended and some able 
papers were read and important subjects dis¬ 
cussed; 82 more members joined, j. mol. 
New York. 
Acalachin, Tioga Co., May 8d.—Those 
that heeded the Rural's crop reports last sea¬ 
son in regard to potatoes must have a fine 
balance to place to the Ritual's credit. Po¬ 
tatoes reached GO cents here the middle of 
April, and buyers still continue paying that 
price. Farming fairly begun; but few oats 
sowed yet. c . P< Gi 
Perry, Wyoming Co., May, 2.—Wheat 
looks healthy and strong. A considerable 
amount of plowing has been done, but no 
seeding. A larger acreage of beans will be 
put in than usual—it is our money crop. Mar¬ 
rows and Red Kidneys are the kinds raised. 
Raspberry bushes were badly killed by thq 
frosts last winter. The prospects are good 
for a large crop of peaches. We have had 
our stock up since November 1, and probably 
will not turn out for two weeks yet—over six 
months on fodder. T. H. R. 
Utica, Oneida Co., May 1.—The butter trade 
in new butter is not very brisk, only 88 pack¬ 
ages Laving been received last week. Jobbers 
pay 18 to 20 cents to producers, and sell for 22 
to 24. Little Falls sold 75 packages, mainly 
at 20 cents. The sales of cheese on the Board 
this week were active, with fair competition. 
The total sales were 3,550 cheeses, ruling at 
12'a cents, as follows: Seventy-five boxes at 
11& cents, 1,372 at U%, 607 at 11%, 83 at 12, 
30 at 12%, 2,349 at 12%; 1,207 on commission 
and 80 on private terms. It will be noted that 
the number of sales compared with the com¬ 
missions is large unusually this year, and 
shows confidence in the market. The Board 
promises to be steady, although begin¬ 
ning high, and a drop of cent may be 
expected soon iu the ruling price. Little Falls 
sold 3,859 boxes, ruling at 12% cents. No sales 
of hops yet. Conflicting reports from the hop 
yards indicate a varied condition. In this 
county reports are fair ; in others much dam¬ 
age is reported. r. j. 
Pennsylvania. 
Auburn, Susquehanna Co., May 2.—The 
cold, wet April has greatly delayed farm 
work. Very little plowing has as yet been 
done, and very few oats have been sown. 
Much of the land is so water-soaked that but 
few will be got in before May 9. May-sown 
oats usually fail here owing to rust. The 
spring was severe on winter grains, and the 
weather must ho exceptionally good to make 
half a crop. A few pieces that were sown 
early came through in fair condition. Many 
farmers complain that their sheep have win¬ 
tered poorly. Veal—quite an important 
product here—is very low—3%'cents the out¬ 
side figure. Cows sold in March at an ad¬ 
vance of fully one-third on prices received 
last spring: but nothing iu the butter market 
seems to warrant it. The prospect for fruit 
is good. Every peach tree I have examined 
will blossom. Last year they were iu full 
bloom April 29. Now the buds are no larger 
than wheat kernels. All the small fruits are 
promising. o. w. b. 
Texas. 
Waco, McLennan Co., May 1.—There has 
been of late a good deal of rain in nearly all 
parts of this State, but not nearly enough to 
relieve the long drought iu the agricultural 
parts of Western Texas. In the country be¬ 
tween San Antonio and Austin, then north¬ 
east to Waco and thence south to Bremond 
and Houston, oats and other small grains 
are failures owing to lack of rain. Corn, too, 
is iu bad condition. Unless we have a co¬ 
pious rain soon, this will be a bad year for 
Texas agriculture. L. h. m. 
Vermont. 
Bakersfield, Franklin Co., April 30. 
—Produce i* as follows: Butter 20 to 25 
cents;eggs, 12 cents; sugar, 6to Scents: sirup, 
75 cents a gallon; cows, $25 to $30; hay $10; 
good farm horses from $100 to $150; pigs, $2 
to $8.50, 
COMMUSICiTlOXS RECEIVED FOE THE WEEK ENDLVO 
May 7,18S7. 
W. D. C.-P. H. J.-S.B. P.-P. B.-C. H. D.-Kd. Me A. 
—E. & B.—J. H.—W. D. G., plants rec’d.—E. D. P., po¬ 
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Co.,— J. St. U.—"A perplexed reader"—'“Greybeard”— 
J. R.-J. I.. H.-L. 8 .—E. McA.-D. H. W..—W Z. H.-J. 
L. 1. K.—T. M. R.-A. F. B.-M. S. * C. G.-F. S —F. C. 
H.—W. ff.-H. D—J. It.—J. S. C.—A. A. B.—J. 8 . C—H. 
W.—G. S. G-, thanks—S. G. K.—A. G.—A. IX—W. A. P. 
-L. K. S.-J. H.-C. A. G.-E. R,—J. H.-tx U. Co,—p! b' 
M. —M. B. L.-U. K. M.—H. B.—H. D.—O. E. T.—W. K. S. 
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sent seeds to all applicants.—C. S. A., thanks.—C. B. A., 
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C. H. J.-A. C. K.-H, P.-M. E. D.-K. D. D.-D. W.-C. 
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W. 0. S.—A. 3. J.-L. A. It.—J. H. J.-L. W. W.-E. C. 
A.—C. L.—R. M.—J. W.—U 8 .—B. B.—C. J. F.-J. A C. 
—B. F.—C. O.—M. C„ plants recelved.-J. R.-T. B.—L. 
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