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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
OCTOBER 19 
in parts of Kansas. As to wheat, the yield 
was poor—from six to 14 bushels per acre, 
averaging nine bushels. It is selling for 70 
cents. Oats were a very good crop, averaging 
50 bushels per acre. Price 16 cents per bush¬ 
el. Rye was a poor crop, averaging 14 bush¬ 
els per acre; quality poor. Price 37 cents 
Corn is king. Early-planted is pretty good; 
late-planted was hurt by our August 
drought, and the frosts on September 2 and 
19. Price 28 cents. Potatoes have made a 
good yield and are of good quality and I 
have scarcely heard of any rot. Price 20 
cents. The Anglo-Swiss Milk Condensing 
Factory at Dixon, has so far been quite sat¬ 
isfactory to farmers. September 8 was 
its first pay day. It has been running 60 
days, with only one condenser; with 1,000 
cows they have 12 of them and are still add¬ 
ing more buildings. j. w. d. 
Alden, McHenry County, October 5.— 
There is a prospect of a fair yield of clover. 
Hulling has not commenced. This is the 
first crop in several years. Oats a good 
yield, but light. Barley very poor. Wheat 
a complete failure. Corn about the usual 
crop; a frost in the middle of September 
spoiled it for fodder. Hogs $3.50 100 pounds. 
A. M. L. 
Indiana. 
Fort Wayne, Allen County, October 2. 
—Counting 100 as an average crop of clover 
seed, the present crop is 50 : 
price $3.50 to $4.00 per bushel. 
Corn, 75, “ .33 “ .38 “ 
Wheat, 100, “ .75 “ .80 “ 
Oats, 100, “ .20 “ .25 “ 
Potatoes, 100, “ .25 “ .35 “ 
Apples, 80, “ .25 “ .50 “ 
We had wet and cold weather from May 
12 to June 15, by reason of which corn was 
injured very much on clay soil. My state¬ 
ment is for northeastern Indiana, and in 
the southern portion of the State corn is a 
full average. F. p. R. 
Lagrange, Lagrange County, October 2. 
—Clover seed is reported by thrashers to be 
turning out very well—possibly 20 per cent, 
better than last year’s crop ; much of the 
crop is yet unthrashed. Wheat is turning 
out 25 per cent, better than it did last year, 
except in some fields that were sown late or 
poorly fitted. Farmers are about done 
seeding and wheat is looking fine. Corn 
promises a fair average yield and was fairly 
out of the way of the killing frost which 
we had here on September 21 and 22; but 
very little was cut up, so most of the fod¬ 
der has been greatly damaged. Oats were 
a very large crop; much more than the 
usual acreage was sown and the yield has 
been all of 40 per cent, above the average. 
Potatoes also were above the average, 
about 30 per cent, and are very fine. Ap¬ 
ples are below the average in yield ; there 
are only a few peaches. Pears a large 
crop. Strawberries were a failure; other 
berries and fruits were large crops. Gar¬ 
den truck all very good except late stuff 
which has been cut short by the dry 
weather. c. M. G. 
South Whitley, Whitley County, Octo¬ 
ber 3.—The clover seed crop in this locality 
was exceedingly good in quantify and qual¬ 
ity. Wheat is looking first-rate. Corn crop 
about an average. g. F. m. 
Goshen, Elkhart County, October 2.— 
Clover has been damaged considerably by 
the weevil, but is an average crop. We 
have had abundant harvests of all staple 
crops. E. s. 
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Sep¬ 
tember 30.—Clover seed as compared with 
previous years, is more than an average crop 
Corn is good. Potatoes are better. Wheat 
which was sowed late does not look very 
well. j. e. 
North Webster, Kosciusko County, 
September 30.—Clover seed is not half a 
crop compared with the yield in former 
years. Com is a fair crop with some. It 
was caught by early frosts. Early-sown 
wheat is looking well and plenty of farm¬ 
ers are still sowing wheat on corn ground. 
Potatoes the best crop raised here for sev¬ 
eral years, and there is no rot. Oats good. 
All kinds of fruit ditto. j. w. r. 
Ligonier, Noble County, October 1.— 
Clover seed in this section is good. There 
is about the usual acreage; yield from two 
to four bushels per acre; quality first-rate, 
and the seed is nearly all hulled. Weather 
cool and dry. Corn not more than two- 
thirds of a crop on that account. Wheat 
seeding is still unfinished and what is up 
grows slowly and gives poor promise. A 
full acreage has been sown. Potatoes plen¬ 
tiful and of good quality, having been plant¬ 
ed largely upon low ground on account of 
the lesson learned from former dry seasons. 
w. w. L. 
Harlan, Allen County, October 1.—Clo¬ 
ver seed is not as well filled as it has been 
in some years; but the acreage is large so 
that the crop will be more than an average 
one in this county. Hay is a large crop. 
Potatoes a full crop. Oats a large one. 
Wheat an average one. Corn a half crop. 
Buckwheat poor except Japanese which is 
good. The weather has been very dry here 
ever since June. Some farmers have not 
sowed their wheat yet, and but little wheat 
that has beeu sown has come up yet. This 
report will answer for sevei’al counties here¬ 
abouts. s. M. 
Haw Patch, Lagrange County, October 
1.—The season has been good, except that 
it has beeu rather dry for corn. Clover 
seed (Mammoth) four to seven bushels to 
the acre—an extra large yield. Medium 
Clover two to four bushels. Corn will 
average about 40 bushels. Wheat averages 
24 bushels, and oats 40 bushels. jf. c. L. 
Bourbon, Marshall County, October 5.— 
The present crop of clover seed compared 
with those of former years, is very poor. 
Wheat above an average crop. Corn an 
average. Potatoes a large crop, bringing 
25 cents per bushel. Wheat in the ground 
is looking fine. s. B. t. 
Columbia City, Whitley County.—The 
clover crop is an average of those of other 
years here. Wheat is not looking well; 
the weather is too dry. Corn is a fair crop ; 
some is not matured yet on account of 
frost and dry weather. w. A. s. 
Kansas. 
Vidette, Shawnee County, September 
30.—From June 17 up to date the rainfall 
has been 15>£ inches, the greatest fall at 
any one time being 2 % inches; minimum 
one-eighth inch. Temperature: maximum 
08; minimum 36 degrees, mean 66 degrees. 
This has been the coolest season in this lo¬ 
cality during my observations, for 20 years. 
Wheat is thrashing 30 bushels per acre; 
quality fine. Oats were killed by rust. 
Corn is perfect where it was thoroughly 
cultivated and the ground was not too wet. 
Potatoes are rotting badly. Garden truck 
is fine. Chinch bugs have entirely disap¬ 
peared. The acreage of wheat sown is 
larger than usual. Wheat is bringing 
65 cents; oats, 15 cents; corn, 20 cents; po¬ 
tatoes, 40 cents per bushel. All kinds of 
fruit abundant. j. e. n. 
Michigan. 
Flint, Genesee County, September 30.— 
Clover seed will be below the average, ow¬ 
ing to the weather being so very dry; we 
have had no rain in two months. Wheat is 
very good, averaging about 18 bushels to 
the acre; but it is below the average in 
quality, being more or less shrunken. Oats 
about the same as wheat. Corn a light 
crop. Potatoes below the average, but of 
good quality; no rot. Apples below the 
average. a. g. 
Lansing, Ingham County September 30. 
From my observation, I judge that clover 
seed, as compared with last year, 1ms a 
larger acreage and the crop is very much 
better: growth not large, but very well 
filled. The late cutting of hay prevented 
some pieces from filling well; but it is 
mostly well ripened and well filled. Early 
potatoes very fine and plentiful; late croj) 
somewhat shortened by drought: very dry 
here, winter wheat will ma.e no root or 
top, unless rains come soon; apples not 
plenty, selling at $1. 25 to $1.50; corn below 
an average and much fodder was frozen 
one week ago. Oats and hay very good in¬ 
deed. Wheat very jjoor and badly shrunken 
owing to the “ green aphis : ” Pasturage 
very poor; in fact, there is none, and I am 
feeding my herd of 40 cows as regularly and 
as much as in midwinter. Even with 
this care they have shrunken in milk more 
than one-third. A. A. K. 
Farmington, Oakland County, Septem¬ 
ber 27.—The acreage of clover seed is about 
120 per cent, of an average, but the yield 
will be light. We have had no rain to speak 
of since July 3, and the heads are not well 
filled and many seeds are shrunken. Pota¬ 
toes are a very poor crop—only 35 to 40 per 
cent, of an average. The excessive rain just 
at planting made a very poor stand, and kept 
many from cultivating till the ground was 
like a meadow. The same remarks are ap¬ 
plicable to corn, which will be about 50 per 
cent, of an average crop. Oats were rusty 
and not very well filled, yielding from 22 to 
30 bushels per acre. Wheat was the poorest 
I have ever seen. It nearly all would rank 
as “rejected” or “no grade.” The Long- 
berry Kentucky Red was the best variety 
grown on our heavy rolling land. I had 11 
acres of it and sold the entire crop for seed 
at one dollar a bushel; it was the only good 
piece in our vicinity. There is a very large 
crop of apples in this and adjoining coun 
ties, and the price has ruled firm at from 
$1, early, to $1.75 to $2 a barrel. Most 
farmers have sold their crops to the many 
buyers from New York, Chicago and other 
places who have canvassed the county. 
w. B. G. 
Birmingham, Oakland County, Septem¬ 
ber 28.—There will be a light crop of clover 
seed as compared with the crops of the last 
and previous years. The corn crop is very 
light, not half of a full crop. Potatoes 
very light also. Wheat not as large a yield 
as last year. Grass light, also barley and 
peas. Oats good—better than last season. 
Peaches and grapes not half a crop. Pears 
and plums a fair average. Apples a fair 
average crop, which is a surprise to all, as 
this is our “off” year for apples. Small 
fruits not an average crop. All small fruits 
were injured by late spring frosts. No fall 
feed. The entire season has been cool and 
very dry since the middle of June. o. P. 
Rollin, Lenawee County, October 3.— 
Clover seed appears to be a large yield, but 
fewer acres were grown, some having been 
cut for hay and some pastured. Corn 80 
per cent, of an average crop, mostly ma¬ 
ture; wheat 12 bushels to the acre; average 
55 pounds to the bushel. Oats a fair crop. 
Buckwheat good. Potatoes fair; some are 
beginning to rot. Hay a large crop. Ap¬ 
ples extra good in quantity and quality. 
J. O. B. 
Grass Lake, Jackson County, October 
3.—There will not be 10 per cent, of a full 
crop of clover seed. Apples a good crop, or 
75 per cent. Corn, 80 per cent. Buckwheat 
a full crop. Potatoes 75 per cent. Wheat 
50 per cent. Beans are good. Oats are 
two-thirds of an average crop. WM. H. c. 
Allegan, Allegan County, September 
30.—The yield of clover seed will be, I 
think, three times greater than for the last 
four years. A prominent dealer here thinks 
the present crop the largest ever produced 
in this county. Corn two-thirds of a crop. 
Potatoes splendid in quality and quantity. 
New seedings of wheat about an average. 
Pastures ditto. Apple crop below an aver¬ 
age. Peach crop nearly a failure this year. 
E. H. 
Plainwf.ll, Allegan County, September 
28.—Clover above an average, but not 
much has been thrashed. Some yields are: 
17 acres, 73 bushels ; 14 acres, 50 bushels; 20 
acres, 55 bushels. Corn half a crop. Wheat, 
oats and potatoes above an average. Ap¬ 
ples below. Late frosts and cut-worms, dry 
weather in July and August, also cool 
weather in August cut the corn short. 
J. C. 
China, Manistee County, October 2.— 
The season is very dry : but crops are bet¬ 
ter than was expected in the spring. Wheat 
is generally good. Corn is somewhat late 
and frosted, but there is a good growth of 
fodder. Hay was very heavy and well se¬ 
cured in good order. Potatoes good. Oats 
ditto. Prices are generally low except for 
butter which is in demand at 20 cents cash 
for No. 1. Apples about an average crop 
and selling at $1 per barrel hand-picked. 
There will be very little late feed unless we 
get rain very soon. T. D. E. 
Cold water, Branch County, October 7.— 
The prospects are a little better for clover 
seed than they have been for the last two 
years; but on the night of September 21 we 
had a very hard frost that lessened the 
yield on a good many pieces. Hay was an 
average crop, but could not be secured in 
good condition owing to the wet weather. 
Wheat was light and of poor quality, being 
badly shrunken (and in some cases musty) 
as compared with the crops for the last few 
years. Oats were a good crop. Potatoes 
will be more than an average for this sec¬ 
tion. Apples are a fair crop and are selling 
at remunerative prices, bringing at present 
$1.65 and $1.90 per barrel; but, as usual, 
the speculator has the liou’s share, for a 
good many contracted their orchards at $1 
and $1.25 per barrel early in the fall. 
A. J. p. 
Maple Rapids, Gratiot County.—Oats 
and hay are good crops. Potatoes quite 
good. Corn not more than half a crop. 
Wheat went from 10 to 27 bushels to the 
acre, but some is badly shrunken. Clover 
seed is below the average. Wheat on sum¬ 
mer-fallow looks well; but the weather is 
too dry for it to do well on stubble ground. 
It has never been so dry here at this time 
of the year. g. c. 
Nebraska. 
Davenport, Thayer County, October 3. 
—The weather in this part of the State has 
beeu fair during the past month or six- 
weeks. Thrashing is nearly all done. 
Small grains are of good quality and yield. 
Flax made from eight to 15 bushels per 
acre and sold at $1 per bushel right from 
the machine. Winter wheat made from ‘25 
to 40 bushels per acre, and owing to our 
good wheat crop the acreage sown this fall 
has been trebled as compared with last 
year’s area. The crop has been nearly all 
sowed, having been mostly put in with 
pressed drills, and is coming up nicely. 
A. M. M. 
New York. 
Geneseo, Livingston County, September 
30.—In this section clover has been a heavy 
crop, and an unusual amount of second 
cutting has been secured. From my limited 
knowledge, I should judge there will be 
plenty of clover seed thrashed out. As re¬ 
gards other crops, oats have turned out 
more straw than grain, the yield of the 
latter ranging from 25 to 40 bushels per 
acre. Wheat a fair crop. Potatoes almost 
a failure owing to wet season and rot. 
Corn poor. This is a great section for 
beans grown on the Genesee flats. Owing 
to late floods, almost every one, excepting 
on uplands, had to plant his beans twice 
and some three times over. A considerable 
number, however, after losing their first 
planting did not attempt a second one. 
During the first flood I believe there were 
some 200 or 300 acres of beans on the flats 
under water. Frosts are holding off, so 
there will be more of a crop than there 
would otherwise have been, but it will be 
probably less than one-half the usual ag¬ 
gregate. a. M. w. 
Hoxeoye FALLS, Monroe County, Septem¬ 
ber 28.—No clover seed is raised in this 
section. Hay very heavy. Wheat and barley 
good. Oats and beans light. Corn half 
a crop. Potatoes less than one-third and 
apples one-fourtli of an average. .1. L. P. 
Nunda, IJvingston County, September 
29.—Clover seed is a much better crop than 
last season. Wheat yielded well and is of 
good quality. Oats are an exceedingly large 
crop, one piece of my own giving 75 bushels 
to the acre. Barley a light, crop. Hay 
abundant and of fine quality. Beans rather 
a small amount, owing to wet weather. Po¬ 
tatoes a fair crop. There is not much decay 
among them and they are likely to bring 
high prices. Fruit almost a total failure. 
J. M. 
Johnson’s Creek, Niagara County, Sep¬ 
tember 30.—No clover seed is raised here, 
nor has been for several years, all having 
been destroyed by the weevil: it does not 
blossom. Potatoes a light crop—ruined by 
blight about August 20; not rotting much. 
Apples a failure, quality very poor; much 
injury was supposed to be done by the 
heavy frost of May 29. Corn a light crop, 
a large growth of stalks, but no ears. 
Wheat, barley and oats below an average. 
Grapes an entire failure. G. R. 
Mendon Center, Monroe County, October 
3.—No cloverseed has been raised in this vi¬ 
cinity for several years. It does not fill, ow¬ 
ing, it is supposed, to insects at the roots. 
New seeding is first-class. Fall feed fine. 
Early-sowed wheat is looking well. Potatoes 
are less than half a crop and rotted badly on 
heavy land. Corn is generally light though 
there are some very good pieces on dry, 
rich land. Apples scarce and of poor qual¬ 
ity. Wheat a fair crop. Oats: straw 
heavy; yield light. Few fields go over 50 
bushels to the acre. Hay a fair crop. 
G. L. Q. 
GASPORT, Niagara County, September 30. 
—Small or Medium Clover seed is raised in 
this part of the county and a very little of 
the large and some Alsike seed. I>ast year 
quite a good deal of seed of all kinds of 
clover was raised. The weevil has worked 
in the clover heads very badly and clover 
has not had any bloom, and the bumble 
bees are disappearing. Our main crop 
here is fruit which is poor and farmers 
feel the want of money. A. J. s. 
Ohio. 
Tiffin, Seneca County, September 30.— 
The seed of English Clover is a medium 
crop, and that of the common Red Clover is 
