as any one. What the climate has done for 
me it is daily doing for hundreds of others. I 
find I can live here and grow oranges with 
less labor than I could live on a farm in the 
East. A. T. F. 
Illinois. 
Citampaign, Champaign Co,, July 22. —Just 
now all the thoughts of those who have the 
prosperity of the State at heart, are given to 
the corn crop, very seriously threatened with 
partial destruction by drought. There never 
was a larger acreage, a fuller stand or cleaner 
Cultivation, or a more brilliant promise the 
first of June ■ all of which will come to no¬ 
thing, or next to nothing, unless we have rain 
this month. Who has not heard of the fierce and 
fatal character of the weather of the second 
week in July, in Illinois and the West? But no 
one could have a true conception of it, except 
through personal experience. The present 
week is cooler, with some, though remote and 
uncertain, promise of ruin. Our fruit crop, 
from first to last, was the poorest for years; 
so, also, of vegetables and potatoes. The lat¬ 
ter are now selling at £1 to $1.50 per bushel, 
according to quality, against JJO and -it) cents 
for the five previous years. Wheat was good; 
oats are proving great, and hay a half crop. 
If wo get corn, we shall have all we can rea¬ 
sonably ask for. B. F. j. 
Indiana. 
Rockville, Parke Co., July 19.—We are 
having a very alarming drought, no rain for 
nearly six weeks. Corn is suffering badly. 
Potato vines dead. Pastures drying up and 
useless Wheat is all cut and the yield will 
be 1>etter than we expected. Oats poor. 
Fruits of all kinds a poor yield. The insects 
are too numerous ami must so continue as 
long as the small boy and his sling and the 
pot-hunter and sportsman hold sway. Pro¬ 
tect the birds, the skunk, fox, weasel, and 
they with the birds will give us smooth fruit 
where now we get none. x. x. 
Pendleton, Madisou Co., July 2U.—Three- 
fourths of the wheat crop are thrashed and 
Stored iu ware-houses; au average of 50 bush¬ 
els per acre; quality good: worth 65 cents. 
The prospect for corn is below au average. 
Very little rain in the last JO days. Old corn 
scarce at 40 cents. Potatoes will not. exceed 
two-thirds of an average crop. A large crop 
of oats, both in 3’ield and acreage. Fruits 
are very scarce. Apples, pears, plums aud 
cherries, failures. A small crop of early 
berries; the late ones have dried up on the 
bushes. Pastures are dried and scant 
S. W. H. 
' Iowa. 
Eld ridge, Scott, Co., July 23.—This is a 
barley county. Wheat does not pay, though 
a few of the larger farmers raise some spring 
wheat, more for the sake of the straw than 
the grain. Some wheat was sown, but the 
weather has put a temporary "veto” on fann¬ 
ing operations. Prices are low with the ex¬ 
ception of bogs; as we had a cholera wave last 
fall and winter the prices for pork dd not 
alfcct us. There is more corn held than usual 
and prices are not so high as in the early win¬ 
ter. It seems us though wo will have a chance 
to dispose of u very short crop at an uuusually 
low figure. l c. s. 
Keokuk, lx*e Co.—Corn acreage 25 per 
cent, less than last year; promise is well, but 
will be cut one-half if the drought continues. 
Wheat acreage 25 per cent, more than last 
year; all harvested in good condition and it will 
average 20 bushels per acre. Oats the same 
as last year; generally well hooded but short 
in straw. Rye usual acreage 50 per cent, less 
than last year. Crass one-half crop less on 
account of worms aud drought. Pasture 
acreage same as last year; early promise well, 
but late will lie cut 50 per cent, on account of 
drought aud beetles. Apples a failure. Ber¬ 
ries about one-half crop. j. e. 
Kansas. 
Michigan V alley, Osage Co., July 14.— 
Wheat a failure; oats a fairly good crop. 
Corn looks well, considering the terribly hot 
and dry weather we have. The acreage of 
corn is larger than for many years. Buck¬ 
wheat is just bei ng sown. Early potatoes and 
some vegetables are good, but cucumbers, 
melons and beans are drying up. Peaches 
none. Apples a fair crop. Pasture grass is 
short. Tame grass a failure in this part of 
Kansas We have not had our share of raiu 
for 18 months. d. y. 
Partridge, Reno Co., July 17.—Three- 
fourths of all the large fruits, such as apples, 
peaches, pears, etc., were killed by late frost. 
Wheat, a largely diminished area, and 50 per 
ceut. of it plowed up, because of winter killing 
and chinch bugs. There won’t be half enough 
for bread. Oats, n large increase planted, but 
not over one-half crop, owiug to drought, 
which still continues. Potatoes half a crop. 
Garden truck not over oue-half crop. Corn is 
PUlTeriug for rain no>v, bpt wjth a few good 
showers we would have by far the largest 
yield on record; there is fully 33 per cent, in¬ 
crease in acreage aud a good stand; but it 
needs rain badly. G, f. 
Valley Township, Ellsworth Co., July 22. 
—Wheat poor, three to six bushels per acre; 
onts mostly not worth cutting; ryefaif; corn, 
which had at. first a vefy good stand, is now 
nearly all burned up on account, of dry 
weather. Potatoes, if not mulched, poor. All 
other vegetables and small fruits of no ac¬ 
count. No orchard fruits in this part of the 
country yet. Prairie-grass, the only kind we 
have here, is drying up. We had no good 
rain during the whole spring and summer. 
_ J. D. 
Louisiana. 
Cottonville, E. Baton Rouge, July 21.— 
Corn crop good. Cane prospects flattering. 
Cotton has had entirely too much raiu for the 
past six weeks. A large planter informs mo 
from sjiecial observation that there are no 
good cotton crops to be seen from Port. Hud¬ 
son to New Orleans, and many fields will not 
give anything. Tenants in many places have 
given up their places and are seeking day 
labor. r. g. B. 
Maryland. 
We,stover, Somerset Co., July IS.—So 
large au area of corn is planted in this section 
that it is not as well tended as it should be. 
Takiug 100 as au average for the last five 
years, the corn crop will stand in area 125, 
aud t);c prospect for a crop, 125. Wheat, 100 ; 
oats, 90; grass, 125; and quality good. Po¬ 
tatoes, 100; prices low. General trucking aud 
garden vegetables fully up to the average. No 
barley, buckwheat, tobacco,cotton or peanuts 
are grown with us. Weather very warm and 
rain is needed. Truckers are now shipping 
tomatoes and melons. We are now eating 
corn from the Northern Pedigree seed. The 
stalks did not grow over two feet in hight, the 
ears shooting forth an inch from the ground. 
The squash aud beaus did well. s. c. s. 
Missouri. 
Cameron, Clinton Co.—This country lies in 
the center of the great corn belt of Missouri, 
iu a region remarkable for the splendid quali¬ 
ty of its graiu crops and immense yields of 
fruits. The general surface of the country 
presents a gently rolling prairie, veined with 
ever-living streams of pure and limpid water, 
whose banks, wherever uncleared for domes¬ 
tic purposes, are fringed with belts of the 
splendid timber growths indigenous to this 
section of the State, thus affording ample sup¬ 
plies for the purposes of fuel aud fenciug. 
Rich in cereal and poniological products, this 
is also one of the best grazing countries iu the 
world, Blue Grass having entirely usurped the 
place of the original prairie grasses, and some 
of the finest herds .of Short-born, Hereford 
and other celebrated breeds of cattle are to be 
found in Clinton County. The rural districts 
are well advanced iu improvements. Many 
miles of Osage Orange hedges are to be found 
lining the highways. The-u were set out be¬ 
fore the days of barbed wire. Good roods iu- 
tersect. each other on almost every section line 
in the county. Tne farm buildings as a rule 
are neat ami comfortable, while many are 
elegant and costly. These evidences of thrift 
aud enterprise show that our people are intel¬ 
ligent und prosperous. The numerous school- 
houses scattered throughout the county show 
that a deep interest is taken in educational 
matters. Three great railroad lines traverse 
this county. These are the Hannibal & St. 
Joseph, the Kansas City Branch and the Chi¬ 
cago, Rock lslnud & Pacific. The Atchison, 
Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. contemplate nn ex¬ 
tension which will undoubtedly' pass through 
Cameron. Thus it will tie seen that Clinton 
County offers superior advantages to the 
Easteru home-seeker. No effort has been 
made heretofore to advertise this section of 
the State. There will Iw a great rush here 
when the real state of affairs is made known. 
Well Improved property within two miles of 
Cameron is selling at $80 to $45 per acre; a 
surprising price when the location is 
considered. Cameron constitutes the com¬ 
mercial center for four very rich counties, 
viz.; De Kalb, Caldwell, Daviess and Clinton. 
It was founded m 1850, In 1867 its population 
numbered but 000; now it is estimated at 
4,000. The town is well laid out with broad, 
level, well-kept streets. The public buildings 
are substantial and attractive. The Method¬ 
ists, Episcopalians, Baptists, Congregatioual- 
ist>, Christians, Presbyterians and Latter-Day 
Saints, are all provided with suitable build- 
iugs. The school system is excellent. One 
large school building cost $0,000, and accom¬ 
modates 500 pupils; uauthor school accom¬ 
modates 00 pupils, while a eolo ed school of 
70 pupils is iu a prosperous condition. Besides 
these, the place supports the Cameron Insti¬ 
tute, a school for advanced pupils, accommo¬ 
dating UK) students, There are two banks, a 
Building (iijci T,opal Association with t\ capital 
of $100,000, and over 75 leading business 
houses. There are two newspapers, both Re¬ 
publican in politics. There are two large 
flouring mills and a handle factory. The un¬ 
doubted existence of coal, and promising in¬ 
dications of petroleum in the immediate vi¬ 
cinity of the city, with railroad facilities and 
other concomitants, render Cameron one of 
the finest localities in the country for the es¬ 
tablishment of large manufacturing en¬ 
terprises. When the extraordinarily low 
prices at which choice fruit is often sold here 
are considered, apples of the finest quality sel¬ 
ling as low as 27 cents per bushel, and fairly 
good fruit at 10 cents per bushel, the conclu¬ 
sion obtains that Cameron affords a splendid 
location for the establishment of canning, lruit- 
drying and preserving works, on an extensive 
s ale. Iu the immediate vicinity of the city 
are five cheese factories and creameries which 
do a very large business. Several car-loads 
of milk alone are shipped every morning at 
Cameron station to Kansas City, St. Joseph, 
Atchison and Leavenworth, from this re¬ 
nowned Blue Grass region. The rate of tax¬ 
ation in the county is a small fraction over 
one per cent, and the additional city tax one 
per cent. Altogether, Cameron presents an 
inviting prospect to the Eastern home-seeker. 
_ L. D. H. 
New Jersey. 
Lambertsville, Hunterdon Co., July 25.— 
The following is about an average of the crops 
for the year; Wheat, about 40 per cent.; oats 
about 100 . Cora promises to be a full crop. 
Potatoes, 75 per cent; apples, 80; peaches, 50; 
pears, 50; garden truck, TOO. The wheat and 
hay crops have been gathered in good condi¬ 
tion. Oats are damaged by rains. 8. s. 
New York. 
Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., July 23.—We 
have been having heavy rains since the 21st 
inst. Rye a light crop; oats good; grass not 
a full crop; apples cue-fourth of a crop. No 
Baldwins or Newtown Pippins; grapes, cher¬ 
ries and plums, failures. Corn promises well. 
Potatoes are good. Very much hay has been 
spoiled on account of three days’ ram. 
_ R. s. s. 
Tennessee. 
Strawberry Plains, Jefferson Co., July 
21.—In the midst of a severe drought. Crops 
are hardly au average. Wheat 50; corn 80; 
oats 75; potatoes 50; hay 75. Prices low; wheat 
75cents; oats30;corn50; potatoes$1. Farmers 
are hard up for money, aud there is no pros¬ 
pect for relief. Rich for money lenders and 
stock and bond dealers. j. m. m. 
Texas. 
Eagle Lake, Colorado Co.—The crops of 
this county are principally corn and cotton, 
and present prospects are very promising. 
Corn entirely made and a heavy crop. Cotton 
picking commenced under flattering circum- 
tauces. All garden crops very abundant. 
_ T. f. w. 
Wyoming. 
Buffalo, Johnson Co.. July 21.—The crops 
of this Territory for 1888 were , as near as I 
can get at them, oats, 8,259,000 bushels; 
wheat, 500,000 bushels; potatoes, 80,000 bushels. 
Garden vegetables good and we had a full 
supply. Hay, 10,000 tons. Fair crops of 
small fruits were raised. 1S87 crops, oats com¬ 
pared with ISsO, area, 120; wheat, 180; barley, 
100; potatoes, 110; garden vegetables, 110; 
small fruit, 100; hay, 150, Some kinds of 
apples do very well in this climate. We have 
to irrigate for all crops. w. j. s. 
Pine City, Whitman Co. — Crops of all kinds 
look well. Wheat, barley and oats are the 
principal crops raised here. Wheat will aver¬ 
age 28 bushels per acre; barley and oats 45. 
Clover and Timothy uot much raised; we use 
wheat aud oats cut green for hay. The uative 
Bunch G rass never looked better at this season 
of the year. As compared with averages of 
crops for the last live years, wheat, barley 
aud oats are 100, The area of "breaking” has 
increased 25 per cent These conditions will 
apply to Eastern Whitman Co. w. r. 
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