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propahly have a half crop. Unless something 
unusual happens, you cau look for the largest 
crop of corn that lias ever been raised in 
Kausas. k. h, i). 
Warsaw, Gallatin Co.—Corn is about 10 
per cent, above the average acreage; outlook 
good. Wheat aud oats, average areas and in 
good condition. Itye but little cultivated. 
Potatoes 80 per cent, above an average; out, 
look good. Strawberries one-fourth crop. 
Raspberries one half crop; plums, an average 
crop; apples, one-fourth crop. Tobacco 
about one fourth an average acreage; pros¬ 
pects poor. j. j. p. 
Woodsidk, Jeff. Co,—The areas of cereals 
are about the same as Inst, year. Corn,wheat, 
oats and potatoes are line, but not so good as 
last year. No tobacco has been planted this 
year. Orchard Crass, Timothy and Blue 
Grass very fine. Clover (red), exceptionally 
good. Apples not half a crop. Peaches very 
abundant. Wheat nearly all harvested; aver¬ 
age about 20 bushels per acre. c. s. B. 
Nebraska. 
Hastings, Adams Co.—The prospect for 
corn is unusually good; but all small grain 
crops are very poor. Grasses of all kinds are 
also short. j. o. 
Lincoln, Lancaster Co.—Coru bids fair to 
be a full average crop, if not better. All over 
the State the dry spell did not seem to injure 
it in the lenst, where cultivated, aud oue can 
truly say, ‘fit, is Just, booming.” Wheat is not 
sown to any great extent in this State; but 
where there have been local rains, full wheat 
is fairly good; but there are many counties 
where the drought and chinch bug have near¬ 
ly exterminated it, so that take the State 
through, it will not be more thau half a crop. 
Spring wheat not so good on account of dry 
weather air! tiugs. Oats rather less than full 
crop; but fairly good. Barley nearly de¬ 
stroyed by drought aud chinch hugs and a 
great deal of the barley area was plowed over 
and planted to corn. Rye not much grown, 
what there is, is a full average. Grass fairly 
good (tame). Clover, fair crop. Most Of it in 
this county is already cut; wild grass will bo 
a little under the average. Potatoes, a lurge 
increase in area planted, and the early kinds 
are yielding very well, and later plantings, 
with seasonable rains, will make tv tine crop. 
Fruits of all sorts grown in Nebraska will be 
very short crops owing, in a great measure, 
to a lute frost which almost entirely killed 
cherries ami plums, and greatly injured ap¬ 
ples; but, strange to say, where the peach 
trees were not killed by the three or four last 
winters the peach crop will be good; but that 
means only in two or, possibly, three counties. 
Strawberries a failure; but few brought in 
the market. The red varieties of raspberries 
were mostly killed to the ground last winter, 
Bluck-caps were killed insome places;all right 
iu others; a fuir crop. The Snyder Black¬ 
berry on my place and those of my adjoining 
neighbors wore killed to the ground- Wilson 
Jr. a half mile from me is loaded with fruit, 
having passed the winter unharmed iu a 
bleak location without the least protection. 
Snyder has beou hardy heretofore. To sum 
up, the whole fruit crop of Nebraska will be 
a tallure, and we shall have to import a great 
share of our apples, if we eat any. Corn is 
our main crop, anti as that bids very fair and 
there is no disease prevalent among hogs or 
cattle, we an jubilant. j. i. 8. 
Neligh, Antelope Co.—The weather has 
been dry, and nearly all crops are below an 
average. Early potatoes are up to an aver¬ 
age. Sorghum planted early is doing well. 
The acreage of coru is greater, and iu fact, as 
this is a now county, the acreage of nearly 
all crops increases every year. Rye is about 
au average in quality, but not much increase 
iu area. Not much tame grass. Pastures 
fair. Oats and wheat hurt most by dry wea¬ 
ther. Cut-worms took a good deal of corn, 
but the balance is doing well. C. a. h. 
Orleans. —The outlook for crops at pres¬ 
ent is very good if wo get some raiu soon, as 
it is getting rather dry. Crops of all kinds 
are looking as well now ns at any time in the 
lust five years. Wo have some chinch bugs 
that may damage the grain if it continues 
dry. Wo have begun to harvest. Rye is 
thiu but well-headed and filled. o, n. d. 
Unaulla, Otoe Co.—The outlook for coru 
is good; wheat fair; oats good; rye fair; pota¬ 
toes aud garden vegetables good; blackberries 
better thau for years. Raspberries badly 
winter-killed; currants aud gooseberries not 
auy; cherries very few; Timothy hay only 
half a crop; pastures are good. We have just 
had a good rain. Apples only half a crop; 
grapes fair, badly injured iu some places. 
We have had an usually dry season so far, 
aud at this date it is cool and dry, but there 
are indications of a good harvest. u. j. p. 
Dakota. 
Alexandria, Hancock Co.—The areas of 
wheat and oats are about the same as last 
year. Present condition of wheat a little bet¬ 
tor: oats not so good. Area of corn one- 
third more thau last year; condition yery 
good. Area of potatoes per imps twice as 
great as last year; some patenes are very 
fine. Average condition much better than 
last year. Rye aud barley below the aver¬ 
age. Hot weather has hurt the small grains 
and grass. T. n. Y. 
Canastota, McCook Co.—Crops aresuffer- 
ing from drought. Hmn II grains and hay a half 
crop; corn and potatoes with favorable wea¬ 
ther from this, will be average crops. Area 
under cultivation 20 per cent, more than last 
year, while llax has fallen off 20 per cent. Fa¬ 
vorable change in temperature. The ther¬ 
mometer has been O0 u iu shade; this morning 
at sunrise 43“. This season we have marie our 
first trial at apple raising. A few cultivated 
wild plums; have begun to fruit. Garden 
vegetables fair. n. 8. k. 
Doland, Spink Co.—As compared with last 
year, areas for all gram have a small increase; 
wheat about same acreage as last year, but 50 
per cent, better prospects. Corn and oats 
large increase, and crop looks well, corn espe¬ 
cially. It is now knee-high. Flax and pota¬ 
toes the same area and good show. Very lit¬ 
tle other crops put in; garden and root crops 
bid fair for good yields. No tame grass, but 
prairie hay abundant as well as pasture. This 
county has beon settled only six or seven 
years. j. w. a. 
Fargo, Cass Co —The prospects for wheat, 
oats and barley are good uow, but probably the 
crops will not bo as heavy as last year, when 
they were much above the average. Hay will 
be a light crop. Very little rye, buckwheat, 
corn or flax grown here. K. 8. c. 
Jamestown, Stutsman Co.—The area in 
grain is less than the average. Wheat with 
favorable weather cannot possibly be more 
tbnu the average. Oats ami barley about an 
average. No corn, rye, buckwheat or flax 
grown. Tame bay and orchard fruits none. 
Potatoes a small increase. a. s. 
PlERRE, Hughes Co.—The areas of wheat, 
oats and barley are probably 25 per cent, less 
thau last year, though perhaps not more than 
10 percent, less thau the average for five years. 
Coru area fully 25 per cent, aliove the aver- 
ago; rye 10 J per cent above. Buckwheat is 
not raised here. Potatoes, garden vegetables, 
etc., about the same. As for the outlook for 
these crops so much depends upon the rain for 
the next few weeks that it is hard to tell much 
about it at present. The prospects for wheat, 
oats and barley in this immediate neighbor¬ 
hood are very poor; neither can be more thau 
half a crop in any event, aud if we do not get 
rain very soon neither will be worth cutting, 
although a few miles north there have been 
good ruins and the crops are looking well. 
Rye will be fair. Coru and jsjtatoes look 
well, but need rain; so do garden vegetables. 
Fruits we have none. No grass except prai¬ 
rie, which Is drying up. h. s. c. 
Valley City/ Barnes Co.—Wheat, in¬ 
crease of acreage over 1°8<>, 10; condition, 85 
better; acreage, 00,000. Oats, increase of urea 
over 1886, 10; condition, 40 better; acreage, 
8,000. Barley, increase over 1880, 5; condi¬ 
tion, 20 better; acreage, 12,000. Wo only 
experiment with rye, corn and flax. Grass 
light. li. r. 
Watertown, Codington Co.—Late raius 
have given grata and grass a flue advance. 
Wheat aud oats will be better than aver¬ 
age crops. Barley about au average. Coru 
grown in limited amount only, owing to very 
cool uights caused by high altitude. The 
grain acreage is somewhat reduced, owing to 
low prices aud increased stock growing. Tim¬ 
othy back ward from a hard winter aud dry 
spring. Large increase in acreage of millet. 
Much attention given to raisiug flue blooded 
horses and cattle. Nearly al l breeds represent¬ 
ed here by imported individuals. Farmers gen¬ 
erally feeling well over the prospects. 
_ a. m, c. 
Colorado. 
New Windsor, Weld Co.—Wheat, oats, 
aud corn have not au average in acreage. 
Crop prospect fair. Potatoes a full acreage; 
but not all up yet. Hay and grass, especially 
Alfalfa, u large increase iu acreage. Small 
and orchard fruits and garden vegetables 
small increase in areas. Many farmers are 
turning their attention to dairying, l. w. t. 
Wray, Washington Co.—The crops in this 
part are about a total failure on account of 
drought. Wo have had but two very light 
showers all spring: the ground has not been 
wet more thau au inch deep. j. b. 
California. 
Newcastle, Placer Co.— We grow pota¬ 
to and garden vegetables for home consump¬ 
tion only. Fruit crop unusually good and 
keeping well; shipments to East now being 
made regularly. Orange crop not large, but 
trees looking fine. 8mall fruits not up to av¬ 
erage in quantity. C. M. 8. 
Petaluma, Sonoma Co.—In a late Rural 
I find a report from Northern California, which 
is misleading. As many Eastern people are 
coming here to seek homes, it may be of in¬ 
terest to some of your readers to know that 
irrigation is not at all necessary in any of the 
counties in Northern California, not too far 
from the coast; nor is it practiced, except to 
keep a lawn green, or to have strawberries all 
summer, or similar luxuries. We have no 
rain from May to November to amount to 
anything, and don't wish it. Potatoes iu the 
coast counties do best without a drop of rain, 
aud in many places barley is not sown before 
May. We raise grain, grass, and fruit to per¬ 
fection, and consider our dry summers much 
better thau wet cues, saving the fanner lots 
of time, vexation, and expense. Of course, 
people coming here expecting to find open 
government land worth having will be dis¬ 
appointed. They can not expect the best part 
of the Union to remain unsettled forever. 
North of Xau Francisco good grass and grata 
land sells from $10 to $200 per acre; as a rule 
it is quite worth that to any intelligent farm¬ 
er, and is certainly a safe investment, c. n. 
Canada. 
Arkona, Ontario—Corn is looking well 
with about the average amount planted; pro¬ 
mise of u very good crop. Wheat is going to 
be poor generally; will not average over half 
a crop; not as much sown as usual. Oats are 
lookiug fine now, although they did not look 
well early on account of the early drought; 
but there will be au abundant crop on a larg¬ 
er acreage than usual. Barley is rather poor 
on account of the early drought; will not 
come up to au average; not very much sown 
around here. Buckwheat is just coming up; 
there are some nice-looking pieces and more 
of it was sown than usual. Potatoes are 
rather backward, although there are some 
very nice pieces and the area was a little 
larger than before. Fruits, with the excep¬ 
tion of cherries, are goiug to be very abund¬ 
ant crops. We are going to have peaches 
this year—something we have not had for sev¬ 
eral years. Strawberries are a very abund¬ 
ant crop, which we are just harvesting. They 
are selling at from three to five cents per box; 
more grown every year. All fruit crops are 
lietler on a larger acreage than ever before. 
Hay will be light aud all the old bay is gone, 
so that there will lie a scarcity. About the 
usual area is under meadows; pastures are do¬ 
ing well uow, although they were hurt by the 
early drought. Flax is looking nice and will 
be a good crop; more raised than usual, ('lo¬ 
ver seed has been a failure for the past three 
years on aeeouut of the midge; uot much 
saved. j. A . 
Brighton, Ontario.—Our spring opened 
very favorable for good crops; we had one 
rata aud theu a four weeks’ drought, which 
somewhat hurt crops on high land. Wiuter 
wheat is nearly all killed—about one-fourth 
crop. Spring wheat will be about the aver 
age. Early-sown oats, barley and peas pro¬ 
mise very large crops. Corn is looking splen¬ 
did. Potatoes promise a large yield—plenty 
of bugs and plenty of poison. All kinds of 
root crops promise an abundant yield. Hay 
old-meadow, fairly good; new, badly winter¬ 
killed. Clover looking fine. Small fruits iu 
abundanee. Apples Deiovr the average. Farm 
help get from $12 to $2U per mouth. Butter, 
good creamery, 14 to 10 cents; eggs, 10 to 12 
cents: cheese, 8 to 10 cents per pound. Mar¬ 
ket very slow. Not au extra show for the On¬ 
tario farmer, but thiugs are lookiug prosper¬ 
ous, H. S. L. 
Calgary, Alberta.—The prospects of all 
crops uuder cultivation are excellent. Oats 
average 60 bushels per acre,and sell at 40 cents 
per bushel. Barley, potatoes, root crofw of all 
kinds, as well as garden vegetables, are grown 
abundantly. With a few exceptions, fruits 
have not been cultivated yet. Hay and past¬ 
ures are the finest m the world. Wheat can be 
grown, but there is uo market for it, aud it is 
uot profitable to grow yet. s. l. b. 
Chatham, Ontario,—Through the south¬ 
western section of Ontario fall wheat is short 
in acreage, owing to the dry weather in April 
and May, A good deal of the laud was 
plowed up auil put under barley, oats 
aud beans. Timothy meadow is good, but 
clover is uot; it got badly winter-killed. Peas 
are good; so are beans, barley, oats and corn. 
Spring wheat not much sown. Roof crops 
are good. Apples will bo about au average. 
Cherries very scarce. Peaches and pears will 
be good average crops. Strawberries and all 
kinds of berries are good. a. mod. 
Grand Falls, N. B.—Corn scarcely culti¬ 
vated at all. Wheat about as much as usual, 
but not cultivated largely on account of want 
of mills to grind it properly. Oats generally 
cultivated largely in comparison with the ex 
tent of other farming. Rye is grown quite 
generally, as it seems to be a sure crop. Very 
little attention is paid to barley. Buckwheat 
is generally largely cultivated. Potatoes can 
be raised here largely arid easily, but as there 
is no market for them, they are neglected. 
Turnips are raised on new land by some, but 
not generally. There is very little fruit. 
Hay is easily raised here and is lookiug fine. 
We have had the finest season so far I ever 
saw, but it is rather dry now. j, c. h. 
Ingkusoll, Out.—Corn much above an av¬ 
erage. Fall wheat a good average. Spring 
wheat somewhat below. Barley about an 
average. Oats very heavy; may lodge. Peas 
very much above an average. Potatoes very 
good. Fall apples, plenty: winter, not so 
abundant. Pears and grapes good. Hay, 
very much below an average. Yield of milk 
very good. * * 
Middlesex Co., Ontario.—Crops look much 
lietter uow than they did a short time ago, for 
we bad a very dry spring, but we had some 
splendid rains a short time back, and now 
everything looks very well except spring 
Wheat, which will be a total failure. The cat¬ 
tle business is not so good as it was here, and 
it is going to make a difference on the farms; 
for so many farmers will not rent their land 
for the express purpose of grazing, getting 
their land over-run with all sorts of noxious 
weeds, which spread rapidly to the farms de¬ 
voted to mixed husbandry. The fruit indus¬ 
try is receiving some little attention now, and 
the result will be easily noticed in a very short 
time, as old orchards are being cut down, and 
new ones planted with the best of winter fruit 
trees. There will be few poaches. Strawber¬ 
ries a shorter crop than was expected at first, 
as the dx*y weather in the spring caused a large 
percentage of the blossoms to wilt before the 
fruit began to form. Potatoes were very 
scarce here and very high in price. $la bushel 
being paid for good seed. The Pearl of Savoy 
did the best with me. Vick’s Extra Early 
hadn’t a very pleasant flavor; owing. I think, 
to the dry weather that prevailed from the 
time they were planted until they were ripe. 
Quite a uu ruher are raising bees and honey for 
export, and they are doing very well, and have 
a regularly organized association for exchange 
Of views on i»ee raising. The farmers of North 
Middlesex have their own institute in good 
shape and are well supplied with good talent 
and good practical fanners. j. m. w. 
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WINDOWS IN STABLES. 
.•1. B li., St. Elizabeth, Can .—In building 
a stable for horses and cows, is it injurious to 
put a window m front of each animal? 
ANS.—The subject, of windows iu stables 
is oue of considerable importance us regards 
horses, but not as to cows; for the reason that 
abnormal exposure to light causes distress to 
the eyes, or one of them, and this induces dis¬ 
ease aud blindness. It is, however, only 
strong light that has this efFect. A north 
light which is diffused and has no bright sun- 
rays has very little or no injurious effect in 
auy way, and horses umy quite safely stand in 
the full light with windows directly iu frout 
of them. A good deal of trouble is caused by 
dark stables, in which the horses stand iu a 
sort of twilight or at times almost complete 
darkness, from which they are brought out 
into bright sunshine. This is painful aud in¬ 
jurious to the eyes, and uo doubt, its coustaut 
repetition day after day will end iu ophthal¬ 
mia aud the very common periodical disease of 
so-called moon-blindness and finally complete 
blindness. If the windows must he necessarily 
exposed to the sun light, it is desirable perhaps 
to shade the light in some way, that a horse 
may uot Stand iu the full glare of it. This 
may be done by covering the glass with white 
paint dabbed on with tho stiff ends of the hairs 
of a brush so as to give the effect of ground 
glass; or cover them with thick lime wash in 
the same way. As a rule, stables for both 
cows and horses should he light and airy. 
Light encourages cleanliness, for it exposes 
dirt and tilth, and makes a man ashamed of 
hitusoif. The only precaution needed is to pre¬ 
vent the suu’s rays from shining directly into 
the faces of the horses, aud which is worse, into 
tho stalls sidewise, so as to excite one of the 
eyes only. 
