than has been for several years, and it is now 
ready for the reaper and is of excellent quali¬ 
ty. Oats are looking well. Rye, barley and 
buckwheat are not raised in this pnrt of the 
State. Potatoes are not raised to any extent, 
but the few growing ure good and troubled 
very little with bugs. Strawberries were a 
light crop and of inferior quality. Cresceuts 
are doing better than any variety. Cherries, 
apples and pears are a total failure. Peaches 
will lie about hulf a crop. Hay and pasture 
grass good. Gregg Raspberries winter-killed 
badly; other varieties about on an average 
with other years. This is not a grain coun¬ 
try, the people being more engaged in graz¬ 
ing. The weather has been very warm, the 
mercury standing at 88 degrees iu the shade 
at five p. m. j. i». p. 
West P. O., Wetzel Co.—The areas of 
wheat, corn and oats in this county nre a full 
average Wheat excellent and ready to cut. 
The outlook is good for ail crops, as we are 
having copious rains. Hay and grass good. 
Not many small fruits are cultivated here and 
apples are a complete failure. j. h. 
Verdi Carolina. 
Trinity College, Randolph Co.—The 
wheat crop is all in and is the Quest for several 
years. Corn has a very large acreage this 
year and is in a Quo condition. Cotton is not 
grown much in this county. Tobacco is very 
poor and backward in growth. Potatoes very 
tine and in great abundance for this section. 
Sweet potatoes are rather backward. The 
clover and hay crops are very line and all 
saved in good condition. Rye, oats and bar¬ 
ley are an average. Oaks, a large increase in 
acreage. April and May were rather wet, 
but we are too dry now. The general outlook, 
however, is favorable. Fruits are inferior 
this year. D . r. Pi 
HoiiIIi Caroliun. 
Beaufort, Beaufort Co.—Oats harvested; 
95 per cent, of an average good crop. Rye 
also harvested: 100 per cent. Corn 105 und 
cotton 110 per cent. Hay, first crop cut 95 
per cent.; but the grass is drying up from 
wantof rain. Irish potatoes will be 95 per cent, 
and sweet potatoes 100. Garden vegetables, 
95; orchard fruits, 80, and berries 05 per ceut. 
of a good average crop. j. c. 
Georgia. 
Augusta, Richmond Co.—Reports from the 
growing crops very favorable. Cotton is 
healthy though small on account of cool 
nights prevailing until very recently. May 
was dry, consequently all the crops are clean. 
Corn is about to tassel now, and rain is much 
needed. Wheal has done fairly well; oats 
yielded but moderate returns. j, h. a. 
Marietta, Cobb Co.—Season here rather 
dry, with light rains now and theu. Crops 
good. Both cotton and corn better than the 
average of the lust five years and about the 
same acreage. Apples and grapes good crops. 
Peaches bloomed too early; killed by frost, 
except iu some favored sections. Perhaps the 
State will yield one-fourth of a crop. Live 
stock improving. Farmers paying more at¬ 
tention to improved breeds; Jerseys the most 
popular. Many good Ohio fanners are set¬ 
tling in this section, much to the beueflt of 
Georgia farming. This is an extremely 
healthy region. Oats short, but bright. Veg¬ 
etables good. Wheat but little sown—priee 
too low; cotton pays better. Yes, cotton is 
king here. j. j. c. 
Norwood, \V arreu Co.—A full crop of com 
was planted, uud generally it is looking Well, 
but is suffering for rain. Cotton not a very 
large yield, but clean. Prospects good for a 
cro,/, if the season suits iu July and August. 
The wheat berry is very good, but the stand 
was quite low and thin—wiuter-kilied. Oats 
one-half crop; grain good. Gardens have 
beeu good, but the drought has ruiued 
them. Small fruits sorry, owing to the dry 
spring. No peaches, owing to late frost. The 
apple trees in this section have all blighted 
and there will be but a very small quantity 
of fruit, and that will be of uo account. 
Pears have also blighted, and most of the trees 
are dead. Even the KiefTer and Leconte have 
blighted. I have 50 to 80 pear trees aud not 
oue pear on them. Grapes not over half crop, 
if so much. n. w. s. 
Florida. 
Oakland, Orange Co.—Corn about an 
average. Sweet and Irish potatoes above. 
Root crops and garden vegetables have been 
planted for the last two years, i, c ,, since 
Northern people came here. Since then we 
are also beginning to get fruit trees besides 
orauges, which are below an average. Our 
principal business is raising early truck for 
Northern markets. We made short crops, but 
got extra prices. No hay was made here 
uutil last year, aud more will be made this 
Texas. 
Brenham, Washington Co.—Our corn crop 
will be the heaviest made in ten years. Oats 
aud hay are almost an entire failure. Cotton 
will bo an average crop. Potatoes a very 
small crop on account of the long drought 
last year and first four months of this year. 
Small aud orchard fruits very limited crop. 
s. A. 
Denison, Grayson Co.—The outlook for 
corn, wheat, oats, and rye in this section is 
better than ever before, and the areas under 
them are above the average. Potatoes and 
garden vegetables are better than usual. 
Small fruits are short; orchard fruits an 
average. Hay and pasture grass were never 
better. Cotton is better than usual. 
T. v. M. 
Mineola, Wood Co.—Acreage of corn 25 
per cent, above, and looking fine. Cotton 
backward, but looking well. Oats all cut, 
acreage aud yield both larger tliau ever be¬ 
fore. No wheat, rye, or buckwheat grown 
here. Fruits abundant. Good rains on April 
10, 17, and 80; May 4, 10, 10, 17, and *28, and 
June 5 and 12. G. A. c. 
Terrell, Kaufman Co.—In Kaufman and 
adjacent counties wheat aud oats are harvest¬ 
ed, aud at least 30 per cent, better than last 
year, and the acreage is much more. Corn 
bids fair to be very good—50 j>er cent, better 
than last year. Cotton prospect very good. 
Hay from native grass good, and more of it. 
Rains have been general. Grass good. Cattle 
fat Potatoes, peaches, and garden vegetables 
good. j. w. B. 
Arkansas. 
Eureka Springs, Caroll Co.—This is a 
health resort, and everything that has beeu 
planted will grow. Fruit is the main crop in 
this county, aud vegetables grow to perfee- 
tion. Corn, wheat, sugar-caue, potatoes, are 
good. No cattle are grown. Wheat is a good 
crop. Corn looks well. Oats a failure; bugs 
destroyed them. Potatoes are good. Cane 
looks fine. Vines are running nicely. This is 
the. home of the sweet potato and of the 
bean. J. e. w. 
Kentucky. 
Lexington, Fayette Co.—Corn, acreage 
average; size small, very clean and vigorous. 
Wheat, acreage average; harvest is begun. 
The yield aud quality will be unusually good. 
Oats, acreage below an average; condition 
very promising. Rye good; very little sown 
here. Barley all in shocks; straw heavy, 
yield fair; average acreage. Potatoes look 
well; enough raised for local use. Gardeu 
vegetables iu fine supply. Small fruits rotten 
and yield scant. Orchard fruits do not prom¬ 
ise well, except pear trees, but of these few 
trees survived recent extreme cold. Grass 
and meadows ure full of weeds, but promise 
well. Clover hay is all stacked In superb con¬ 
dition. The season thus far has favored all 
agricultural pursuits, and the average outlook 
is very encouraging. u. f. u. 
Riplkyville, Anderson Co.—Weather cool 
and very dry with uo prospect of raiu. Corn 
looking well with an average area. Wheat 
about liarvcstel with about an average crop. 
Oats looking well, but rusting. Potatoes will 
be a light crop; the dry winds are drying the 
vines prematurely. Vegetables will be scarce 
unless it rains soou. Very little fruit. Some 
peaches where there are trees. Apples very 
few. Grapes a good crop. Blackberries a 
fine crop. Pastures good. Clover flue. Timo¬ 
thy scarce. Very little tobacco; not more 
than one-third of crop. Stock is lookiug well 
on the fine clover aud grass we have had this 
spring. K. m. n. 
Tennessee. 
Tullahoma, Coffee Co.—The area of crops 
is about the same as in previous years. Wheat 
will rauge about 75; oats, 25; grass, 50; pota¬ 
toes, early, 75; late, 50. Corn is very uncer¬ 
tain owing to the severe drought, which, if it 
continues seven days more, will cut the crop 
down to 50 or less, otherwise it would rank 75 
to 90. Hmall fruits owing to the same reason 
were only alxmt one-half crop. Peaches and 
apples one-fourth crop. No pears, o. t.. x. 
W illiston, Fayette Co.—The weather for 
the last 10 days has been extremely hot, aud 
uo raiu. The crops, however, look well, par¬ 
ticularly cotton. The first bloom in this 
neighborhood was on June 17; usually we 
look for blooms about the Fourth of July, 
which is considered quite early. Corn needs 
rain, aud unless we have a good downfall in a 
few days it will undoubtedly be short. Wheat 
aud outs pretty much a failure. Clover good, 
and most of the farmers have cut and housed 
their hay crops. No fruit; the late frost iu 
April killed the peaches aud apples. It has 
been entirely too dry for small fruits such as 
strawberries and raspberries. Labor is abuu 
dant at $15 per mouth, aud bauds are in all 
respects contented. There is no fear of yellow 
fever this summer and fall, notwithstanding 
its appearance so early in the season in Flo¬ 
rida. e. D. 
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WESTERN STATES. 
Ohio. 
Canton, Stark Co.—Wheat was badly win¬ 
ter-killed on underdrained laud. In passing 
along the road, one sees some excellent 
wheat fields, but the poor ones cut the average 
down to three-quarters of a crop. Area, 
wheat, 90; outlook for crop, 75; area, corn, 
100; outlook for crop, 100; area, oats, 100; 
outlook for crop, 100, Grass is just tremen¬ 
dous. All that is necessary now is good 
weather to make the hay. We are having a 
great deal of raiu this month. Farmers are 
getting eight to 10 cents per pound for choice 
butter and 15 to 18 cents for eggs. H. w. h. 
Columbus, Franklin Co.—Wheat, area, 98; 
condition, 40; corn, 102; condition, 100; oats, 
80; condition. 95; potatoes, 75; condition, 100; 
strawberries, 108; condition, 75: raspberries, 
105; condition, 110; cherries, -; condition, 
40; hay, 100} condition, 115; clover, 70; con¬ 
dition, 100; pasture, 98; condition, 104. 
Wheat on bottom lands is about an average, 
but on plain and upland it is very poor. 
Many fields were plowed up and put iu com, 
bringing the area of the latter up. Straw 
berry crop cut very short by the raius wash¬ 
ing the pollen away while the plautt were in 
bloom. The present dry weather, if it con¬ 
tinues, may alter things materially. 
H. s. D. 
Defiance, Defiance Co.—The early spring 
was too dry for grass, but very good for com 
planting. Lately we have had nearly too 
much heavy min for corn, but hope no serious 
damage has been done. Pastures needed all 
the rain, however, so we have nice pastures 
now. The hay and clover harvest has hardly 
begun. Late rains may bring average crops. 
J. A. H. 
Earlville, Portage Co.—The corn crop is 
lookiug very well. So much rain in spring 
made planting late. W T heat is better than an 
average, except in a few pieces on heavy 
soil where frost pulled it out in spring. Oats 
good, fair acreage, llay crop exceedingly 
heavy. Potatoes looking well, acreage good. 
A fair showing of fruits, both small and 
orchard. m. w. n. 
Tallmadge, Summit Co.—Corn, area, 100; 
outlook, 90; wheat, area, 80; outlook, 80; 
oats, area, 90; outlook, 100; rye, area, 80; 
outlook, 90; potatoes, area, 100; outlook, 90; 
root crops, area, 80; outlook, SO; garden 
vegetables, area, 100; outlook, 90; small fruits, 
area, 100; outlook, 10J; orchard fruits, area, 
100; outlook, 50; hay aud pasture grass, 80; 
outlook, 90. No cherries. Few apples. Had 
heavy rains the first of the month that helped 
out growing crops very much. The season is 
about as forward as usual. t. f. m. 
Indiana. 
Hall’s Corners, Allen Co.—Wheat, acre¬ 
age 108, condition 75; corn, acreage 100, con¬ 
dition 90; oats, acreage 120, condition 100; 
rye, acreage 100, condition 80; potatoes, acre¬ 
age 105, condition 100; root crops, acreage 
100, condition 100; garden vegetables, acre¬ 
age 100, condition 100; small l'ruits, acreage 
100, condition 70; hay, acreage 100, condition 
100; clover seed, acreage 100, condition 100. 
Weather quite wet for haying; wheat about 
ripe; hogs scarce; sheep in good demand, but 
scarce. w. h. h. 
Rockville, Parke Co.—Corn and wheat 
about the same as usual; oats below; potatoes, 
vegetables, and small fruits about an average; 
pastures, below: hay, worse than last year’s 
crop; just now grass is growing finely; our 
great enemies are members of the inseet fam¬ 
ily. A. C. B. 
Salem, \\ asbiugtou Co.—Wheat is a pretty 
fair crop, and the quality is good. All in 
shock. It is nearly au average for five years. 
Corn, an average area well worked. There is 
a good deal of small corn and it is suffering 
for rain. Weather very dry. Clover Is about 
80 per cent!; Timothy and Red-top 40 jier 
cent., as compared with other seasons. Oats 
not over half a crop, with about au average 
area. Apples and cherries a failure; peaches, 
say one-third of u crop; grapes very well 
set. Irish potatoes are bound to be a light 
crop—cut short by drought. Pastures are 
getting short; corn is rolling up. AU grow¬ 
ing crops are wanting rain. If it remains 
dry much longer, corn will be short. Large 
crops of garden truck are planted in this 
vicinity. Wo have had the best time to cure 
clover hay I ever saw. K, w, 
Williamsport, Warren Co.—Crops oreom- 
pared with the last five years are about as 
follows: Corn, a full crop, judging from pros¬ 
pects; wheat aud oats full crops. Root crops 
not worthy of mention. Gardeu vegetables 
are as good as usual. Fruits, both large ayd 
small, are a failure. Hay and pasture an 
average. g. r. l. 
Illinois. 
Burritt, Winnebago Co.—The areas of 
crops are about the same as in the past; the 
prospects for the coming crops are very 
discouraging. Early planted corn is looking 
pretty well, but needs rain; the grub is at 
work in the sod and some had to be re-planted. 
We Lave had only one rain that did any 
good this summer. Not much wheat sown. 
Corn aud oats are the principal crops. Some 
pieces of rye are pretty good. Some were 
plowed np and planted to corn. Oats are 
very short and thin; almost too short to cut 
with the binder on. Barley about the same. 
Hay very light; pastures all dried up. We 
have been feeding cows all summer. Potatoes 
very scarce at 90 cents a bushel. Corn 
scarce at 30 cents. r. l. 
Cobuen, Union Co.—Wheat, usual area; 
crop light: Hessian fly very injurious. Corn, 
ostial area: looking well, but late. Oats, very 
poor generally. Irish potatoes very light. 
Garden vegetables poor. Grass and clover 
good. Stra wberries, one-fourth crop. Rasp¬ 
berries aud blackberries small and light crops, 
owing to the very dry weather. Tomatoes, 
poor setting; will not lie a heavy crop, no rain 
for six weks; temperature 98. j. c. 
Emtnoton, Livingston Co.—Corn looking 
fine; area about as usual. But little wheat is 
raised; will be a small yield. Oats larger 
acreage; looking poor; will not yield more 
than half a crop. Rye ready to cut; area 
about as usual; will probably be shrunk. 
Potatoes, area small; outlook bad. Gardens, 
small fruits and pastures dried up. Of medi¬ 
um clover I got 14 two-horse loads off 10 
acres. Flax but little sown; looking well. It 
is very dry here. j, p. r. 
Freeport, Stephenson Co.—Corn, wheat, 
oats, rye and barley look well in this county 
and will be about half crops. Gurden vege¬ 
tables not half a crop owing to drought. Hay 
almost a failure—from 80 acres of grass land I 
will uot cut 10 tons of bay. Pastures are all 
dried np. Farmers have to dispose of their 
stock or find other fields to graze them. 
w. L. B. 
Kewanee, Henry Co.—Coro 10 per cent, 
above an average iu area: best prospect for 
years; will make a heavy crop if we get rain 
enough. Wheat area, three-fourths of an 
average; not much wheat raised here. Oats 
10 per cent, above au average in area, but 
perhaps 80 per cent, below in condition. Rye 
10 or 15 per cent below in area aud condition; 
only a moderate amount is raised here. Of 
barley Rnd buckwheat hardly any is raised. 
Potatoes an average area. 50 per cent iu con¬ 
dition. Root crops not raised. Garden vege¬ 
tables about the usual amount, but below an 
average condition. Off year for orchard 
fruits. Small fruits a light crop. Hay one- 
fourth to one-third of a crop Being largely 
raised here at 10 per cent, below the area. 
Pasture the poorest ever known. We have 
had the worst drought ever known here in the 
spring; pastures are eaten down to the ground; 
some have turned stock into meadows and 
oat fields. Oats on old laud will have to be 
mowed. All small grains will be short- 
stravved. \\ inter wheat an 1 rye about ready 
to cut. Some hay cut. A good deal of the com 
is laid by clean and generally a good stand. 
Best spring for farm work ever known here. 
. J? o, T. 
Nekoma, Henry Co.—Oats will not yield 
more than 25 bushels per acre; the drought 
has set it bark considerably. Hay very light. 
Potatoes will also suffer from the drought— 
hardly any rain for two months. The crops 
will be lightest in the past live years. The 
fruit and gardeu vegetables are moderately 
fair. Apples and cherries very light. 
F. w. s. 
Ocoxee, Shelby Co —Crops, as a general 
thing, are better than they have been, except 
the apple and potato crops, which have poor 
prospects. k. l. 
Ohio, Bureau Co.—Corn better than an 
average hitherto, but it is suffering for rain. 
Wheat short aud thin. Oats the same. Pota¬ 
toes and all gardeu vegetables burning up. 
Hay a quarter of a crop; pastures nearly 
dried up. Scarcely any rain for more than a 
year. G. z. w. 
Pittsfield, Pike Co.—Crops never were 
better in Pike County than they are now. 
Wheat, oats, and corn very tine. Not much 
more thou half as much wheat sown as in 
former years. Small fruits very light crops. 
Blackberries look fine yet, but if the dry 
weather continues they will be short. Hay 
will not he more than three-fourths of a crop. 
Stock look tine, and our farmers are raising 
more fine colts than usual. a. s. a. 
Quincy, Adams Co.—The area of corn and 
wheat iu this vicinity is equal to the average. 
Wheat is about half cut, aud promises a full 
