THE RURAL WEW-YORKER 
JULY 9 
average in quality and quantity. Corn looks 
well, but has suffered more or less from the 
dry weather which has prevailed during the 
season. Oats are probably an average in 
acreage and quality, but the straw will be 
short in consequence of dry weather. Rye, 
barley, and buckwheat are raised only in 
limited quantities. Pastures are drying up, 
and the hay crop will be short. Rather more 
than usual potatoes are planted, but the 
drought has injured both early and late kinds. 
The early are small, and tops are already 
dying, while many late ones which have been 
some time planted are not up. Apples and 
peaches are a failure, its the latter have been 
for several years. Berries of all kinds are 
short crops from a variety of causes, the prin¬ 
cipal of which is the drought of last fall and 
this spring, extending to this date, combined 
with a severe winter. Ail garden vegetables 
in common with other things have suffered 
from drought. L. P. w. 
Terre Haute, Henderson Co.—Our crops 
are corn, oats, and wheat, the areas being in the 
order named. Corn is looking flue, and is 
above an average. Oats urc only fair, and 
will not be more than an average. Wheat is 
good, and a full average. It is fully ripe, and 
will be cut before June 26. Hay will be 
below an average on account of dry weather. 
Potatoes are not largely cultivated here— 
hardly enough for home use. Early potatoes 
are fair, the weather being a trifle too dry 
for them. Small fruits, with the exception 
of currants and gooseberries, are very light. 
Cherries a total failure. Garden vegetables 
about an average. Apples less than SO per 
cent, compared with last year. The area of 
com is about an average. Oats and wheat, 
slightly above. Our wheat is full wheat, no 
spring wheat being cultivated in this vicinity. 
J. N. H. 
Stanford, McLean Co.—Corn area large, 
prospects very good; oats area large, pros¬ 
pects fair; barley area small, crop good. Rye 
fair. Potato area large, crop rather light. 
Small and orchard fruits light crops. Clover 
hay good; Timothy and posture rather light. 
Hog crop light on account of swine plague. 
Crops will suffer without rain soon. Weather 
very warm. T. M. 
Waukegan, Lake Co.—Spring opened 
early and everything looked prosperous; but 
for the lost month the weather bus been very 
dry. Hay will be a poor crop. Corn looks 
well so far; if we have rain in a week or 10 
days it will make a good crop. J. c. p. 
Michigan. 
Grand Rapids, Kent Co.—Corn, about the 
usual area; buvo bad unusually good corn 
weather so early in the season; crop looking 
well. Wheat has o somewhat smaller area 
than in former years, and owing to dry and 
hot weather, it is thinner and shorter than 
usual. Perhaps two-thirds of a full crop. 
Oats very short, and must have rain soon to 
amouut to much. But little rye, barley or 
buckwheat raised here. Potatoes have an 
increased area; are looking well, but need 
rain. Bugs on hand, in force. Gardens have 
suffered somewhat from drought, but are 
usually looking well. Strawberries arc 
abundant and very cheat), ranging from two 
to six cents per quart. Black raspberries will 
bo a large crop, but Cutbberts are short, ow¬ 
ing to damage by winter-killing, resulting 
from profuse full blooming. Apples will 
hardlyJbe so large u crop as for the past two 
seasons, but so far as I have observed it is ul 
most impossible to find a scabby apple, even 
on the Fameuse or Fall Pippin, while the re¬ 
verse was the case last season; oven Greenings 
and Baldw'us showing scabs. I think such 
an unusually good prospect for fair fruit must 
be due to the two or three weeks of warm, 
dry weather that followed the blooming, the 
conditions being unfavorable for the develop¬ 
ment of the spores of the fungus. Peach 
trees, for similar reasons, were exempt from 
curl-leaf, and nothing hindered any bud 
that escaped the winter’s cold from setting a 
peach. A full crop is expected. Hay will be 
a light crop, but so far it has been secured in 
flue condition, i*. w. j. 
Lansing, Ingham Co,—As compared with 
averages of crops for the lust live years, 
corn is 100; wheat 00; oats 100; barley 00; po¬ 
tatoes 100; garden vegetables 100; strawber¬ 
ries 180; other small fruit 100; upples 120. 
A. J. c. 
Medina, Lenawee Co.—We are having a 
splendid season. Corn is better than usual at 
this time of year. Haying bus commenced, 
and promises u good crop. Oats fully equal 
to former years Potatoes and garden veget¬ 
ables are doiug nicely. Wheat wax injured by 
dry weather in early spring, and now the 
Hessian fly is causing it to crinkle badly; ic 
does not promise more than half a crop. 
j. u. w. 
Iowa. 
Alden, Hardin Co.—We had an extremely 
dry spring up to June; since then we have had 
several good showers and every thing is grow¬ 
ing rapidly. Our crops are oats and corn 
with but tittle else of importance, except 
grass. The acreage of these has not varied 
much in the past, five years. 1 never knew 
corn to look bettor, except some pieces that 
were not planted deep enough to germinate. 
Oats are heading; straw short; some com¬ 
plaint of chinch bug. Prospects of an average 
yield. More potatoes have beeu planted than 
last year and they are looking well. Timothy 
bay is almost a failure; the same of tame 
pasture. Wild grass is better, but will not be 
an average crop. Gardens are doing well 
since the rain. Orchard fruit an average. 
Small fruit very scarce. e. c. r. 
Atlantic, Cass Co.—Corn area five per 
cent, less than an average; prospects 10 per 
cent, better. Wheat area small; prospects 
same as lost. year. Oat area and outlook same 
average as for the last three years. Barley 20 
I>er cent, increase, prospect for one-half a 
crop; lings hail in the grain. Potato area 
small; outlook fine. Hay area increased; 
crop only one-half; pasture short. Raspber¬ 
ries and blackberries plenty. Apples few. 
w. c. w. 
BELLE Plaink, Renton Co.—About the 
same areas of the different grains were sown 
this spring as last, but not as much wheat, as 
five years ago. More attention is bedng paid 
to raising stock, hence grass and corn are our 
principal crops. Corn is looking well. Wheat 
is thin and full of chinch bugs. Oats about 
one half crop, and grass the same on account 
of long drought. N. B. 
Cresco, Howard Co.—Corn is a full crop; 
wheat, one-fourth crop; outs, one fourth crop; 
rye, one half crop; barley, one-fourth crop; 
buckwheat, two-thirds crop; potatoes, a full 
crop; root crops are doing nicely, Garden 
vegetables about one-half crop). Small fruits, 
two-thirds crop. Orchard fruits, a full crop. 
Hay, about one-fourth crop. Pasture grass is 
very short. Flax is about two-thirds of a 
crop. w. B. p. 
Des Moines, Polk Co.—We had the driest 
spiring known in Iowa for years. We went in¬ 
to the winter dry and had a very little snow¬ 
fall, and no rain all spring, except some good 
showers during the first week in this month. 
We need rain now. Stock water scarce in 
many pilaees. Land in fine condition for work¬ 
ing, and has been well worked. Season tw'o 
weeks ahead of an average. Corn a tine 
stand and nearly all laid by. With HR) re¬ 
presenting a good crop for the piast five years, 
the following are the areas and prospects now: 
Area, corn, 100; oats, 80; wheat, 80: rye, liar- 
ley and buckwheat, not grown to any extent; 
potatoes, 110; vegetables, 105; stnull fruits, 
100, Condition of crops, corn, 110; oats, A0; 
potatoes, 85; garden vegetables, 50; small 
fruits, 50. orchard fruits, 20; trees nearly ull 
winter-killed; hay 20, nearly a failure. Pas¬ 
tures very poor. Sweet potato crop, area, 104; 
condition 110. The corn crop is certainly very 
promising at this time; pierbaps never better. 
Oats and wheat have improved wonderfully 
in last few duys. Many hay fields cannot be 
cut at all, and we will have to have hay 
shijiped to u« to) feed next winter. r. 8. w. 
Elliott, Montgomery Co.—Corn area an 
average; prospect the best overseen. Wheat, 
area, 20 per cent, less than usual; but the out¬ 
look is good though there are a great many 
ehiuch bugs in some pieces. Rye acreage 20 
pier cent, above an average; thin on the 
ground, but well filled. Some is beiug cut, 
now. Oat urea 10 per cent, greater than be¬ 
fore ; pirospiect good. Gruss area an average; 
prospnjct poor. Potatoes promise well. Small 
fruits light crops; owiug to the very dry 
weather in Apiril and May. Apples, half a 
crop, (trapes, rotting somewhat. n. h. 
Montickllo, Jones Co.—The crops in this 
section never looked better at this season. 
Corn urea is about 95 per cent, and will aver¬ 
age ubout 110 per cent, as compared with the 
past live years. Oats area 105 pier cent.; con¬ 
dition, 105 per cent. Hay will not lie more 
than 65 per cent, of au average crop with 
about the same area or perhaps a little leas. 
Pasture is rather short on account of dry 
weather. Potuto area 125 pier cent,., with a 
prospect of at least 110 pier cent. There will 
not be more than 50 per cent, of a crop of fruit 
of any kind. A. B. T. 
Russell, Lucas Co.—All crops growu hero 
are fully upi to the average for the piast, five 
years, excepting meadows. The urea of corn 
is probably greater by 25 pier cent., and the 
present outlook is uuusuully good. Wire- 
worms and the Web Cut-worm have damaged 
the crop.) in some localities, but as a crop) it 
never looked so well at this time of year. 
Wheat is not grown as an export crop, but 
looks better than usual. Oats are looking 
well, but the straw is rather abort. The ears 
are filling well, and if nothing unusual occurs 
wjthin ten days the yield will be heavy. Po¬ 
tatoes are unusually good for this time of year; 
pilent.y of new in market, and of good size. 
Garden vegetables far in advance of former 
years. Small fruits scarce. Gooseberry, 
raspberry, and currant bushes nearly all died 
out the past winter and spring. Orchard 
fruits an average crop. Pastures are now 
good; have been short all the spring on ac¬ 
count, of dry weather. Hay will not he over 
one-lmlf cropi on account of drought, and now 
a worm is working on Timothy heads, that 
threatens the entire destruction of the crop. 
Clover is badly killed. Flax is raised only in 
a limited area. a. s. b. 
Waukon, Allamakee Co.—We have had a 
very discouraging season so far. Wo hud no 
rain since early in the spring until about June 
15, and only a little last fall, so crops could 
not. grow. Already some of our farmers are 
cutting their barley to feed to the stock. Pas¬ 
tures are almost completely dried up anil 
water is very scarce. Corn and potatoes look 
far better than one would think they could. 
Small grains will bo light. Orchards here are 
nearly all dead. Crab apples are about the 
only apple trees that can endure our winters. 
Small fruits are quite plentiful, but very 
small, owiug to the dry weather. J. F. p. 
Wisconsin. 
Green Bay. —Last winter was very hard on 
fruit; the intense cold continued nuusunlly 
long and injured neatly all fruit trees, also 
small fruits. Blackberries, raspberries and 
strawberries were very much damaged, ex- 
cept where strawberries were protected; such 
are giving good returns. Dry weather since 
spring opened; but in the last, two weeks wo 
have hail three little rains—pierhapis an inch 
and a quarter in all—which have done much 
good. Hay prospects very poor, especially on 
old meadows. Spring wheat not more than 
two-thirds of u crop. Oats and barley poor; 
winter rye fair; corn late, color good. Pota¬ 
toes with care may, with rain, come out good 
yet. _ T. B. 
Minnesota. 
Hancock, Stevens Co.—There is a small 
increase in the area of wheat, and the pros¬ 
pects are that we shall have a good crop— 
from 15 to 20 bushels to the acre. The cut¬ 
worms have destroyed about one-third Of the 
corn, but what is left is good; there is uot 
much rye, barley, or buckwheat in these 
parts. Potatoes, fair; hay and pasture rather 
poor, ou account of the drought; but we have 
had plenty of rain the last week. There is 
not more than one-half as much flax seeded 
this year as lash D. F. d. 
La Crksent, Houston Co.—Up to June 18th 
we had the driest season known since the first 
settlement of this State. Upon that date we 
hod a light rain, and another on June 20. 
The area in corn is about 105 pier cent, of an 
average for five years. The outlook about, lit) 
pier cent., very uneven. Borne seed lay in the 
ground six weeks, and has now come up. 
Wheat area, 90; outlook, 50; oat area, 115; 
outlook 90, and improving; barley area, 100: 
outlook 40; potato area, IP); outlook, early, 
00; late may be good. About the usual aver¬ 
age of garden vegetables; average condition, 
about 75; strawberries were nearly a failure; 
other small fruits will average about 00; hay 
short and thin; pastures very short. The 
above conditions will appily to a tract of 
Country about 40 miles wide, north and south, 
and 100 east and west. Insect pests have been 
worse than ever before, and have greatly 
damaged the forest trees in this vicinity, It 
has been a bad season for transplanting, and 
but few new pilautings of small fruits have 
been made. j. s. H. 
Madison, Lae-qui-piarle Co.—The area of 
‘"breaking” has increased two per cent. Wheut 
average in acreage and apipiearanee. No win¬ 
ter wheat, raised here Corn, not much raised; 
what was not destroyed by cut-worms looks 
fair. Oats thin on the ground—about 75 pier 
cent, of u erop Barley, pxitatoos and garden 
vegetables fair. Hay (wild) fair; tame, little 
grown. We had little or no rain from April 
12 to June, consequently much late-pimited 
coru. Small grains and vegetables did not 
start to grow until after that date. Land is 
increasing in value fast, notwithstanding it is 
running fast to wild buckwheat. J. a. h. 
St. Chari.es, Winona Co.—Dry weather 
has cut our crops down to half an average, 
Not much wheat sowu. More barley and 
oats. Coru, an average amount planted. 
Potatoes enough for home use. Wheat will 
average half a crop; barley, one-third; hay 
and grass, one-third ; oats, three-fourths, 
corn, p iota toes, applies, and garden truck, an 
average crop. Will uot bo one-third of the 
grass-seed grown in former years r. e. m. 
Missouri. 
Corneau, Grundy Co.—Crops in this sec¬ 
tion, compiared with the last five years, are 
about as follows—100 boiug the standard: 
Corn, acreage 100; condition 120; wheat, 
acreage 125; condition 180; oats, acreage 150; 
condition 100; rye, acreage 100; condition 100; 
potatoes, acreage 125; condition 100; veget¬ 
ables, acreage 100; condition 185; orchard and 
small fruits, acreage 100; condition 60; hay 
and grass, acreage 100; condition 75. The 
apiplo crop is the lightest for 10 years, but it 
never fails here. Wheat is the best wo have 
seen in this soction for years. g. w. f. 
Knnsns. 
Beattie, Marshall Co.—Early-planted corn 
is very nice-looking, and w Hi a favorable 
season, will surely yield 05 per cent, of a full 
crop. A greater acreage of oats was sown 
this spiring than in any preceding one. It is 
about 08 pier cent, of a crop. Very little fall 
wheat or rye was sown, aud what there is, is 
not very good, but may yield about 00 per 
cent. Potatoes are splendid, the early ones 
being ready for the table by June 2. Garden 
truck of all kinds looks quite well. With 
plenty of rain this promises to be a bountiful 
year for “ Droughty Knnsns.” c. A. K. 
Ellis, Ellis Co.—The area of wheat in this 
section is about the same as last year; pros¬ 
pect, about 00 pier cent, of a crop. The area 
of rye is the same; outlook for 10 per cent, of 
n crop. The area of oats is large; will aver¬ 
age from 90 to 95 per cent, of a crop. More 
corn has been planted than for five years past, 
and t he prospect is good. The potato crop is 
good, and a large area is pilanted. J. b. 
Eudoua, Douglas Co.—Wheat area about 
75 per cent.; condition, an average; damaged 
some by dry weather and chinch bugs. Oats, 
an average; corn, the largest area and finest 
condition ever known in the county. Pota¬ 
toes, average; condition is good. Garden 
vegetables, average good. Fruits 25 per cent. 
Hay and pasture grass 50 pier cent. Broom 
corn 100 pier cent.; looks splendid. t. r. 
Edgkrton, Johnston Co.—Corn, at present, 
is above an average. Oats good, but in¬ 
jured somewhat by insects. Flax and castor 
beans good. Wheut very poor on a small 
acreage. Tame grass thin and short, injured 
by last season’s drought. Early potatoes 
good, Apiples, half a crop. A few pieaches, 
where the trees are not all dead. No small 
fruits. Chinch bugs plentiful, and a curse to 
the county. l. l. b. 
Hollowell, Cherokee Co —Wheat is above 
an average. Oats good. Corn looks well for 
the season—a fine stand; area above an aver¬ 
age. Garden stuff and piotatoes extra-good. 
Fruits of most kinds good. If we have plenty 
of rain from now on, the corn and fruit crops 
will he line. Wheat and oats are mostly cut; 
some stacked. u. w. c. 
Oswego, Labette Co.—Wheat good on bot¬ 
toms; poor on prairie. Oats poor. Potatoes, 
root crops, and garden vegetables good. 
Small fruits a email yield. Peaches pioor; 
apiples promise a fair crop. Clover and Timo¬ 
thy hay light. Corn has been suffering for 
rain, and some fields arc damaged. Rain came 
to-day. We hope that ull will be well. Coru 
is in the silk. Bugs are doing some damage. 
J. H. W. 
Sauna, Saline Co.—Here is my estimate of 
crops at the present date: corn, urea, 125; 
condition, 100; wheat, area, 80; condition, 70; 
oats, area, 110; condition, 70; potatoes, area, 
100; condition, 100; garden vegetables, area, 
100; small fruits, area, 25; orchard fruits, 
area, 50; hay and piasture, area, 100; broom 
corn, area, 100; stock, 100. u. l. j. 
Seneca, Nemaha Co.—Coru, acreage, 100; 
condition, 100; wheat, acreage, 75; condition, 
50; outs, acreage, 100; condition, 110; rye,acre¬ 
age}, 05; condition, SO; piotatoes, acreage, 100: 
condition, 75; garden vegetables, condition, 
100; small and orchard fruits, condition, 75; 
hay aud piastures (tame), condition, 75; chinch 
bugs, acreage, 75; condition, 100. w. a. s. 
Tonganoxie, Leavenworth Co.—The pros¬ 
pects for most cropis are upi to the average, 
A large crop of corn has been piut in, which is 
looking very fine, and if the plant is not in¬ 
jured by the chinch hug wc will have a large 
crop. Wheat came through the winter iu 
goodshapie; it was, however, damaged some¬ 
what by the drought in early spring and by 
the chinch bug luter on; but it will make a 
fair crop. Harvest is now on, Oats have the 
largest acreage that bus over been sown in 
this section. Put iu Ibis spring and will 
make a large crop, if uot cut too much by tire 
chinch bug us it leaves the wheat. Rye aud 
buckwheat only sown iu small patches. Pota¬ 
toes a large cropi; new piotatoes being dug and 
the yield very good. Garden vegetables and 
small fruits not doing very well, the drought 
in Apiril and May having injured them mater¬ 
ially. Applies a fair crop. Peaches a small 
yield for the first time iu over six years. 
Cherries a very small crap. Hay will be 
about half a crop. Pasture very light. Tho 
severe drought iu the spring very nearly 
ruined the meadows und pastures, but the 
heavy rains that wc have hod iu the last two 
weeks have brought the grass uo aud wo will 
