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THE BUBAL WEW-YOBKEB. 
JULY 23 
liURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
Alabama. 
Sklma, Dallas Co., July 7.—The corn and 
cotton crops arc quite* promising in this sec¬ 
tion. For the* past three years we have bad. 
short cotton crops. Last year the com crop 
was almost a failure in some instances. At 
niv homo (Montevalle, Shelby County, 55 
miles northeast of tills), the cotton and corn 
crops are small but promising. Up to July 
1 there had not been rain enough for grass for 
hay to do well. Home apples, but frost killed 
pears and peaches. Watermelons are plent.l 
ful in Selma market and quite good. The 
past spring was too dry, and oats did not do 
well. t. j. w. 
Ottawa, Ontario, July 4.—We had a late 
spring with very dry weather since. Hay and 
grain crops are light. Very little fruit is 
grown in this vicinity, but the prospects for 
it are good wherever its grow th has been at¬ 
tempted. w. W. 11. 
WoomiousE Township, Norfolk Co., Out., 
July 5.—The area of wheat is about an aver¬ 
age; condition the same. Corn and oat areas 
an average; rather above in condition. R,ye 
and barley little grown: locking fairly well. 
Peas largely sown and looking well. Potatoes 
average area and condition, with plenty of 
bugs. Of root crops there will he about the 
usual quantity. Carden vegetables uu aver¬ 
age. A fair crop of apples. The peach trees 
are loaded—what, few there are left; most of 
the trees are dead. Ilay and pasture a little 
short. _ J. W. H. 
Connecticut 
Arkansas. 
Palestine, St- Francis Co., July 3.—Crops 
of any importance here are corn and cotton. 
Something near the usual acreage of each 
was planted. Corn does not promise well, 
having suffered from drought. Cotton prom¬ 
ises an average crop for the stand .which is 
imperfect. Fruit, mostly killed by frost. 
j. B. B. 
Robinson, Benton Co., July 5.— Corn is 
looking A No. 1; wheat the best for years, 
areas of both largo. Oats almost a total 
failure. A green louse (now to this section), 
has done the damage. Potatoes* and garden 
vegetables are good. Apples and peaches few 
on the bottoms—from one third to one-hall' 
crops on flat w oods land. Tobacco is not look¬ 
ing well. _ G* E * M * 
California. 
Bieber, Lassen Co., July 0.—This is princi¬ 
pally a stock-raising county. No grain is 
raised for export. Crops of all kinds are up 
to the average, except potatoes. O. H. b. 
Ei. Dorado, K1 Dorado Co., July 4.—This 
part of the county is principally devoted to 
bay-making and fruit-raising, and very little 
grain of any kind is grown, but crops average 
very good. Early potatoes were killed by 
frost; the late trop has just been planted. 
Pears will be the largest crop for years. Peach¬ 
es and plums are very light, while the apple 
trees are loaded, but the codling moth is likely 
to take most of the crop. Hay aud pasture 
grasses were good. The grape crop was badly 
hurt by late frosts, aud will not average bulf a 
crop. _ J - E - A * 
Canada. 
New Westminster, British Columbia, 
June 28.—Lust winter was the severest aud 
longest we have hud in this province since 
1861—*62. We had more snow and cold rains 
than I ever saw during a residence of 28 years 
on this coast. The result was that crops were 
planted late, and there has been loss growth 
than lever saw. May was cold, and June 
has been cloudy, and cold nights prevail to a 
very disagreeable extent. Many young fruit 
trees w’ere damaged by frost. The fruit crop 
is only about three fifths of last year’s, if quite 
that much. Hay, oaks aud wheat, three-quar¬ 
ters of average crops. Roots and potatoes 
three-quarters or perhaps five-eighths of an 
average. Spring salmon run very light, but 
we are looking for a moderate catch when 
high water subsides. The Fraser River is 
very high this year and the chances are for a 
longer continuance of this condition than 
usual; had this been as warm u month as we 
expected, the whole valley of the Fraser 
would have been inuudated; but fortunately 
the vast amount of snow in the mountains 
melted slowly and had more time to run off’ 
than ever before known. The lumber trade is 
fair. The Northwest Territories and Mani¬ 
toba are taking vast, quantities of our excel¬ 
lent timber, doors aud sash, and we are taking 
in return Hour and feed, almost to the exclu¬ 
sion of American products. Manitoba flour 
is very excellent, aud more profitable than 
Oregon and California brands. The Canadian 
Pacific R. R. Co. are treating their patrons 
very fairly, and seem much more desirous of 
adjusting errors and overcharges than the 
Northern Pacific. On the whole, we have lit¬ 
tle cause of complaint. I doubt if any It. It. 
Company in America would show a better 
disposition to foster the country and give as 
good satisfaction all rouud as the Canadian 
Pacific. 1 wish that as much could be said of 
our navigation companies. Htock suffered 
much less in the interior than was reported. 
Beef cattle are coming forward now in splen¬ 
did condition, but there is a great scarcity of 
sheep. Horses are in good supply and liuve 
been much improved in breed during the last 
few years. Beef cattle are well bred, but our 
dairy stock are very inferior. I greatly enjoy 
your most valuable p*per. No matter what 
may bo a man’s culling, he can glean valua¬ 
ble information aud data from the Rural, 
New*Yobker. 1 wish it prosperity, t. c. 
Bristol, Hartford Co., July 4. —Corn is 
late, but bids fair to be an average crop. Po¬ 
tatoes late; came up unevenly; a good many 
missing lulls, but more than usual were plant¬ 
ed, so we ex [wet a full supply. Short, crop of 
o ils. Not more I lian two-thirds of a crop of 
rye. Hay lighter than before In five years. 
A large crop of apples. Other fruits not 
enough for home markets. Vegetable crops 
good in comparison with other years. 
_ c. n. p. 
Dakota. 
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Crook City, Lawrence Co.. July 5.—We 
are having plenty of rain, so there is no dan¬ 
ger of burning up this season. Corn, wheat, 
oats and potatoes 25 per cent, above the aver¬ 
age for the last five years. Garden vegetables 
and pastures 5l>, and hay 40 above. The root 
crop promises to be lair. No orchard fruits 
worth mentioning. Wild fruits plenty. Every¬ 
thing looks promising, and I do not see that 
we have any reason to complain. J. u. 
Irving, Spink Co., July 2,— Small grains 
are improving rapidly since the ruins of June 
15th. The crops were put in the ground in 
good shape, there being plenty of moisture to 
start them finely; but a few hot, windy days, 
about, June 10, very nearly spoiled them; but 
the prospects ure brightening, aud if the 
weather is favorable we shall have fair crops. 
At present file outlook is ns follows; Wheat,, 
80; oats, 50; barley, 8(j; flux, 100; potatoes. 
110; corn, 100; garden vegetables. 100 per 
cent. This is a new country mid a Hue farm¬ 
ing section, but the farmers are, most of them, 
hard run for money. The low prices of wheat 
for the last few years aud the failure of some 
crops, from drought lust year, have brought 
on this condition of affairs. They are fast 
turning their attention to corn and stock, 
which do well here. It seems to bo a settled 
fact that the all-one-crop .system will ruin any 
country. N. M. 
Huron, Beadle Co., July 3.—The acreage 
of corn here has increased, in the last five 
years, fully 200 per cent.; wheat aud oats 150 
l>er cent. Our hay is all wild, of which we 
have a good crop this year. Corn never 
looked better; wheat is a good average; oats 
a little below the average; potatoes and all 
other crops are looking well. ’ o. w. 
Madison, Lake Co., July 2.—Corn above 
the uverage; early sown wheat and oats, 
good; late sown, and that on sandy land, poor 
and thin. Flax promises a very good crop. 
Garden vegetables ure well advanced for this 
time of year. Potatoes are looking fine, and 
bugs are few. Orchard fruits not yet in bear¬ 
ing. Hay and pasture have suffered consider¬ 
ably from dry weather. With favorable 
weather from now on, we have nothing to 
complain of. Long live the Rural ! s. s. s. 
llllllolM. 
Champaign, Champaign Co., July 4.— 
Within u few days we have had a good i ,ch of 
warm and mellow rain, and it hus been grate¬ 
fully accepted in all the region lying about 
N. L. 40 degrees, aud W. L. 88 degrees. But 
still seven-eighths of Illinois is in the drought, 
and some sections embrace counties and 
counties. Prayers were offered up last week, 
and numerously yesterday, for ram. The 
losses to crops and stock, especially for want 
of water, causing shrinkage, are very great, 
to say nothiug of the .sufferings and extra 
labor involved. The papers— I mean the 
commercial papers— Blake little or no mention 
of the dreadful, und all or nearly all prevail¬ 
ing drought; because, 1 suppose, the facts, if 
slated, would be pretty sure to bull the mar¬ 
kets and drive the bears into sore extremities. 
I am looking for ram on or soon after the 
Fourth, because there are great masses of 
clouds daily passing over, and when these get, 
the shock the Fourth of July gun-firing und 
cannonading communicate to the atmosphere, 
more or less precipitation is certain to follow. 
B. v. j. 
Exeter, Scott Co., July 3.—Corn urea be¬ 
low average; prospect good. Wheutaudoat 
areas above average; prospect good. Potato 
area medium; prospect poor. Early veget¬ 
ables ware good, but are dried up now. Largo 
fruits are hardly an average crop. Peach 
trees are nearly all winter-killed. Hay is be¬ 
low an average. Pastures are dried up, owing 
to drought all through June. D. w. n. 
Georgetown, Vermillion Co., July 8,— 
The areas of corn, wheat, and outs are about 
an average for the last five years. The out¬ 
look for all three is about a full average Po¬ 
tatoes and garden vegetables, 50; apples, 10; 
bay, 00; pasture, 80; clover, 1(M). n. k. ji. 
G hidley, McLean Co., July 5.- The 
weather has been very dry so far this season, 
but corn is looking well; the first planting is 
beginning to ear out now, and if wo cun get a 
few good showers the crop will lie extra good. 
The oat crop will be rather light,, as it has 
been injured by drought. Not much wheat Is 
raised, but what, there is is good. The same 
may bo said of rye. Early potatoes are very 
small, and late ones will be the same if we 
don’t get more rain. Hay will be t he lightest, 
crop for several years. Pastures are looking 
very bare. Orchard fruits will be rather 
scarce. There will be a fair crop of-garden 
vegetables, but the crop was injured by the 
dry weather. J. L. R. 
Pleasant Valley, Jo Daviess Co., July 4. 
—The farmers of Northern Illinois begin to re¬ 
alize what a Kansas drought might be. We 
bail an exceedingly dry summer a year ago, 
aud the ground froze up in u parched condi¬ 
tion. There was plenty of snow, but the 
ground was frozen so deep that most, of it, 
when melted, ran off in the spring, and ufter 
the first, six or eight, inches the ground was 
apparently a-s dry ns in the full. Since spring 
work began wo have not. had more than 2J .± or 
three inches of rainfall and there huvo not 
been more than one or two showers heavy 
enough to wet one’s clothes while working in 
the fields, though within from six to 13 miles 
north and south there have bee® one or two 
good rains that we did not have. Notwith¬ 
standing this and the many days in which the 
mercury rose above 90 degrees in the shade, 
corn is a fine-looking crop—ahead of any for 
several years at u corresponding date. It 
grew finely till about three weeks ago, and 
then was about at a standstill till the fine 
showers of the past, few days gave it another 
boom. Now in mellow soil the ground is damp 
from one to two inches; below that it. appeal’s 
us dry as over. Winter wheat, nu average 
crop; quality good. Bugs are taking the 
spring wheat. Outs very short and thin; fill¬ 
ing well. Probable yield from five txj 40 bush¬ 
els por acre. Potatoes look well whore the 
long race horse beetle hasn’t stripped them of 
leaves. Poison doesn’t affect them. w. s. 
Shelhyvillk, Shelby Co., July 9.—Wheat 
aud oats good crops; all in shock; some are 
thrashing; yield from 15 to 25 bushels per 
acre, of u good quality. Corn good and well 
worked, and with sufficient rainfall from this 
time on it will make an average crop as com¬ 
pared with the average for the last five years. 
Acreage of all the above crops largo compared 
with the areas for the last five years. Hay a 
full crop, especially clover; all saved with¬ 
out raiu. Pastures getting short ou account 
of dry weather throughout the entire month 
uf June. Rye and early-planted potatoes 
good; late ones without plenty of rain soon 
will be a failure. Standard fruits almost a 
failure; small fruits very scarce. Htock of 
all kinds in good condition. e. j. m. 
Kaiuai. 
Arkansas City, Cowley Co., July 7.—The 
prospect of all crops is generally very favor¬ 
able. Corn will be over an average, with 
rain. Wheat will average about 20 bushels 
per acre. Gats two-thirds of a crop, rye 
good, but very little sown. Potatoes very 
good; over an average. Gardens never bet¬ 
ter. Apples ami peaches, a quarter of a crop. 
Grapes never better. Gross, wild, very good. 
Pasture good; whut little clover and Timothy 
we have is good. J. B. s. 
Labette, Labette Co., July 5.— Corn area 
25 per cent, more than usual; outlook splendid; 
the bust, for many years. This is our main 
crop. Wheat urea 25 por cent, less; prospect 
poor. Oat area 3d per cent, more; outlook 
good. No chaUge in the potato area; outlook 
good. Garden vegetables good. Orchard 
fruits 25 per ceut. below an average. Con¬ 
cord grapes promise a light cr p; Niagara, 
Empire state, Vergeunes, Early Victor, Duch¬ 
ess, aud El Dorado ure rotting badly with me. 
Worden, Lady, Moore’s Early and F. B. 
Hayes, are nearly free from this failing. In 
strawberries, Jessie and Belmont promise 
well; they are strong growers aud have healthy 
foliage. Crimson Cluster is of weak growth 
and some rust. Ontario has a fuir growth, 
but the foliage curls too much. The Mam¬ 
moth Seedling rusts. IVo have had abuud- 
auee of rain. Hay uud pasture and gross, 
good; outlook good for clover seed. R. R. 
Parsons, Labette Co., July 8.—I wrote to 
the Rural about 10 days ago, giving an ac¬ 
count of condition of crops. In that letter I 
said that the amount, of acreage in corn was 
nine-tenths of all the cultivated ground, and 
that there was a great promise for a big crop, 
aud such would be assured if we received a 
good rain in t wo or three weeks from that 
time The good ram came on three days 
after I wrote, and, therefore, while welcome, 
it, would have been better had it been deferred 
two weeks, so much more of it would have 
been absorbed. While we are not assured of 
the biggest product per acre ever obtained in 
Kansas,yet, without more rain, we shall have 
twice or three times os much as iu either of 
the last two years. Should a fall of rain of 
three inches occur in the last week of this 
month, we are not afraid to say that Kansas 
will produce more corn than any State ever 
has produced in any year. We are aware 
that this is an extraordinary statement, but 
are willing to publish the story. Other States 
may, and probably will* have big crops of 
corn, but onr acreage, doubtless, is more in¬ 
creased than that of any other State. The 
yields of wheat and oats in this and adjacent 
counties ure good, bciug from 12 to 50 bushels 
per acre—one farm yielding 025 bushels of 
wheat from 12 acres. Potatoes are going to 
be an amazing crop, so are all other vege¬ 
tables. Fruit au average altogether. J. b. 
Michigan. 
Troy, Oakland Co., July 8.—Hay a medium 
crop. Wo have just cut the Diehl-Mediterra¬ 
nean Wheat, and we think it will do well. 
Harvest is early*. Wheat aud other grains 
are of good quality; but the yields are not 
heavy, though they looked as if they would 
yield big crops. Com looks promising. 
Fruits plentiful. r. d. 
Missouri. 
Kingston, Caldwell Co., July 2.—The crops 
in this section, compared with an average for 
the last five years, are about, as follows: corn, 
area average; outlook 35 per cent, above; 
wheat, area average; five per cent, above; 
oats, area 10 per cent, above; outlook 40 per 
cent above; potatoes, area average; outlook 
35 per cent above; garden vegetables, area 10 
per ceut. above; outlook 10 por cpnt. above; 
small fruits, area 10 per cent, above; outlook 
average per cent,, above; orchard fruits, an a 
10 per cent, above; outlook 80 percent below; 
buy and pasture grass, area average; outlook 
average crops; rye, area average; outlook 
average; three weeks earlier. In a residence 
of 20 years I have not seen a better prospect 
for corn. L. p. a. 
Nebraska. 
York, York Co., July 1.— As compared 
with an average for the last five years the 
corn area is 10 per cent., more and the prospect 
is good Wheat area 20 percent, less, and the 
outlook is 50 per cent, below an average ow¬ 
ing to the ravages of chinch hugs, which have 
caused many fanners to plow wheat, chinch 
bugs aud all under to prevent tlu* pests from 
going to the corn. Oat area 15 percent more; 
outlook poor owing to chinch hugs and want 
of rain. Rye area about, as usual; outlook 
poor owing to chinch bugs and dry weather. 
Barley area is an average one; but the pros¬ 
pect is nearly u failure. Potato aud buck¬ 
wheat areas Kl per cent, more: outlook good 
if It rains soou. Hay aud pasture, area 15 
per cent, less, owing to the breaking of the 
prairie and seeding to Timothy and clover. 
The hay crop is the lightest for five years,and 
the pastures are getting short. The area sown 
to tlax is 15 per cent, below an average; pros¬ 
pect fair. _ w. c. 
Now Jersey. 
Trenton, Mercer Co., July <>.—As com¬ 
pared with uu average for last five years, 
corn is 90 percent.; wheat, 00; oats, 85; rye, 
8W; potatoes, 85; garden vegetables, 90; or 
chard fruits, 50; hay, fit); pasture grass, for 
the future months, 100. Apples have been seri¬ 
ously injured by insects, mid are knotty and 
fulling. Peaches and grapes have been half 
destroyed by rose bugs. Wheat was shortened 
by drought iu the fall and late sowing, as 
well as by very changeable winter weather. 
Hay crop greatly reduced through a large 
belt across the State, by the changing winter 
and drought in May. Gats arc looking well 
now, but are having a superabundance of 
rain; thrifty oats are Hat; wheat half cut; 
two days of pouring showers, at. short inter¬ 
vals, may injure it. Raspberries are a good 
crop; nun is injuring them now. Bluekber 
ries, a full crop. *’• u - 
New Mexico. 
Hatch Station, Donna Ann Co., July 2.— 
Burley an average; outs, corn, vegetables and 
apples, good. Fruit and grapes promise well. 
Alfalfa has been cut twice; 10 days earlier 
thuu last year, it has been cut live times iu 
