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THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Maryland. 
Ingleside, Queeu Anne Co.—The prospect 
for the wheat crop is much better than it has 
been for years. No fly, or near ly none. The 
heads of wheat are excellent, as compared 
with the straw. On light lands it la said to he 
better thau usual. Potatoes are pestered with 
the “ potato bug,” aud are not doing so well. 
Corn is rather backward for this season of 
the year. Fruits are plentiful, particularly 
peaches ; but there are fears of their dropping 
off before ripening. Peaches are the staple 
fruit here. c. it. j. 
Denton, Caroline Co. — The prospects iu 
this section for both grain and fruit are, 
on the average, very encouraging. Wheat 
has a medium-sized head, well tilled, and unless 
a long, dry spell comes, there will be a large 
yield of corn. We have about two-thirds of a 
crop of peaches on the trees, and in some in¬ 
stances a full crop, and the prospects for good 
prices for them are very encouraging. 
w. R. E. 
Bbooklandville, Baltimore Co. — Wheat, 
as compared with last year, will be 30 per 
cent, less in yield. Corn is looking tine. The 
prospect for a line crop is good. The same 
may be said of early potatoes. Fruit, only fair. 
WESTERN STATES. 
Indiana. 
Winchester, Randolph Co.—Present indi¬ 
cations promise a more thau average wheat 
crop with a large increased acreage over last 
year; in fact, some fields look as promising as 
they did last year at this time, and but few less 
so. Oats will be short, owing to the drought 
several weeks ago. The same remark applies 
also to the llax crop. We are now having 
some opportune rains which may bring both 
out, but not to a full crop. Corn docs not 
promise so well, as nearly all has had to be re¬ 
planted, since from some cause the seed failed 
to germinate, and we had but little weather 
warm enough to be good corn weather. Con¬ 
sidering the extreme cold of winter and the 
cold and frosty weather during the lirst week 
of May, our fruit prospects are very line. There 
will be a full crop of apples—as some trees are 
very full, while others have but few. Most of 
the pear trees are full; some young ones were 
killed by the winter, others were more or less 
injured; I shall lose about live percent, out 
of 300 trees planted some five years ago ; the 
Duchesse and Bartlett suffered most. Grapes 
are all more or less injured, either by the ex¬ 
treme cold last winter or the frost during the 
first week in May. so that there will hardly be 
more than hall' u crop. Strawberries are ripen- 
iug and doing well. Raspberries promise a 
full crop. The Snyder Blackberry is the only 
one that promises a crop. A flue rain on the 
night of the 10th. d. e. u. 
La Forte, La Porte Co.—After four hours’ 
drive through our farming country and getting 
the opinions of some of our mc^fr reliable farm¬ 
ers, 1 should judge that the wheat crop will be 
above an average, and equal to that of 1877. I 
did not see a piece that did not indicate 25 
bushels per acre, if the weather continues 
favorable. The above yield cannot be expected 
throughout the county, as in many portions 
the soil is naturally too light. Thu acreage of 
wheat, coin, oats and potatoes, is about the 
same as usual. There iB a fair stand of corn. 
The hay crop is light. Apples, the same. Straw¬ 
berries were somewhat injured by frost while in 
blossom, but will give a fair yield of large fruit. 
Mammoth Cluster promises well. The Kilta- 
tiuny Blackberry is a failure in this vicinity. 
It can’t stand the winter. Grapes promise 
everything ; but we have no hopes of them on 
vines over ten years old, except on some ordi¬ 
nary varieties, such as Ives’s Seedling, and the 
like. j. s. B. 
Angola, Steuben Co. — The prospect for 
wheat in this section is very good ; the crop of 
straw, however, will not bo heavy; but if the 
ears till well, the crop ot wheat will be rather 
above tbe average. Corn is a little backward 
here, owing to two causes: first, poor seed, 
and, second, the cold and wet weather which 
we have been having; the corn has a good, 
healthy color, and, should we have a favorable 
season "with a late fall, 1 see no reason why we 
may not have an average crop, to say the least. 
Potatoes are looking unusually well at present, 
and are uot, as yet, troubled very much by the 
bugs. The prospects for a good crop of fruit 
are most flattering, unless it be peaches, and 1 
think they wilt uot fall much below the aver¬ 
age. Oats are not looking very well, but grass 
is light. At. p. c. 
West Lebanon, W arreu Co.—The crop pros- 
pectB are very good. Wheat is better than 
ever before through the county, and a larger 
acreage is under it. Cum is doing well now ; 
the farmers have replanted almost half the 
acreage. The replaut is doing well; recent 
raiue have removed all fears of a failure of 
corn in this region if we get rain iu earing 
time. Small fruit is promising; also apples. 
The acreage is very large. The potato area 
also is very large, and the crop was never in so 
good a condition at this time of year. Oats 
are only ordinary ; the weather was a little too 
dry after sowing. J. f. o. 
Indianapolis, Marion Co.—After a discour¬ 
aging drought of five weeks, we had a rain¬ 
fall of from three to six inches, from the 1st to 
the 0th inst. Wheat is in splendid condition. 
Corn started poorly, and is backward; con¬ 
siderable replanting has had to oe done. Cool 
weather following rains is very favorable lor 
all crops, keeping the ground from baking, 
and improving the chances for the com crop. 
Potatoes are doing well. The oat and flax 
crops will be very light. Small fruits will he 
iu great abundance, and tbe prospect for ap¬ 
ples Is good. Farmers are in good spirits and 
driving their work. a. h. 
Martinsville, Morgan Co.—The prospect 
for the wheat crop is at present very flattering, 
most farmers think the crop will be even bel¬ 
ter thau last year's—better heads and less straw. 
There has been some complaiut of the com 
crop ; a great deal of replanting has been done, 
a large portion of the seed saved from last 
year’B crop proving bad. There is an excel¬ 
lent prospect for an extra-large crop of pota¬ 
toes, notwithstanding the Colorado beetle has 
put in an appearance as usual. No peaches, 
and a light crop of apples. Small fruit in 
abundance. h. a. s. 
Connersville, Fayette Co.—We had this 
year the driest May known to the oldest in¬ 
habitant. This has been of vast benefit to tbe 
growing wheat, retarding its growth, etc., 
though damaging to corn, oats, hay and flax ; 
of rye we sow but little. The recent rains 
have greatly improved the prospects of all our 
crops, and from present appearances, we shall 
have au unusually heavy crop of wheat, and 
tair average crops of corn, oats, hay and llax. 
Clover will he rather short, but good. 
A. B. C. 
Goshen, Elkhart Co.—Winter wheat never 
looked better ; is very advanced ; acreage, av¬ 
erage. Most of the seed corn failed to grow. 
Replanting was necessary. The weather has 
not been favorable for com. Potato prospect, 
good ; but the potato beetles have begun to 
work. The high price of potatoes the past 
winter has increased the amount planted. The 
fruit crop, iu which the northern part of our 
county is largely interested, bids to be very 
good. Ajjples are the only fruit not promising 
well. j. w. x. 
Rcshville, Rush Co.—Wheat is coming out 
finely since the lute rain, and prospects are 
good for a splendid crop. Bad prospects for 
corn at present; tuauy are just planting it 
for the second and third time. The dry 
weather and bad seed have been the causes of 
its failure. Oats and flax are very short; they 
cuunot be more thau half crops. No peaches 
or small fruit. Apple prospect an average 
one. Meadows are short. l. l. 
Valley Mills, Marion Co.—Wheat iu our 
section is above the average condition, and the 
acreage is greater thau has been cut for sever¬ 
al years. The acreage of com is less than lust 
year aud the crop has been kept back by 
drought, but there has been abundant rain the 
past two weeks, aud it now looks well. Pota¬ 
toes will hardly be au average crop. The 
prospect for apples is good. No peaches. 
There is a plentiful supply of small fruit. 
A. D. 
Lebanon, Boone Co. — The wheat pros¬ 
pects iu Central Indiana are much above 
the average. Corn is late, but doing well. 
With a fair season from this on we shall have 
a full average crop. Potatoes and vegetables 
are fair, except that they are a little late. Ap¬ 
ples are good: no peaches; small fruit uot 
quite an average for our county. Times are 
much better than they were two years ago. 
J. N. 
Elrod, Ripley Co.—For wheat we had the 
finest prospect we luive had for several years; 
but owing to dry weather through May, the 
crop has been reduced to about an average one 
throughout Ripley, Dearborn and Jennings 
counties. Fur corn we have a very fair pros¬ 
pect. Peaches are all killed, as are a great 
many of the trees, but of apples aud small 
fruit, I think we shall have plenty. r. j. 
Kokomo, Howard Co.—Iu this county aud 
section of Indiana wheat never promised bet¬ 
ter aud the acreage is the largest ever sown. 
Com is not promising—all the early planting 
having had to he replauted. Added to a bad 
spring, there seems to be ageueral defect iu seed 
com. Potatoes will be abundant, as will also 
all kinds of fruits except peaches. Peach trees 
were nearly all killed the past winter. 
A. N. G. 
Warsaw, Kosciusko Co.—Wheat is looking 
well; there is a large acreage and the crop 
will be immense. Corn is somewhat backward, 
but a good yield is always the rule iu this sec¬ 
tion of the country. Potatoes are doiug well. 
Fruit will be a failure so far as peaches are 
concerned ; apples will he about half a crop. 
N. u. p. 
Boonville, Warrick Co.—Wheat is extra¬ 
good. Harvest begins about the 20th inst. 
The prospect for corn was never better, and it 
has the largest acreage ever planted in this 
county. Peaches are very scarce ; apples, one- 
fourth of a crop; no cherries. Early-planted 
potatoes are good. Tobacco will be two-thirds 
of a crop. K- 
La Porte, La Porte Co.—From present indi¬ 
cations the yield of wheat in La Porte county 
will be the largest ever known, aud is esti¬ 
mated at from 800,000 to 1,000.000 bushels. 
Corn and potatoes are not sufficiently advanced 
to base any judgment upon their appearance, 
but the acreage is as large as on former years, 
and both are looking well. n. c. s. 
Rome, Perry Co.—Wheat in bottom lands 
looks well; on uplands, short, owing to dry 
weather. Corn is backward. The apple crop 
is fair; of peaches there will he none; small 
fruits, ditto. Oats very short. Hogs healthy. 
No potatoes planted yet, but a larger crop than 
usual will be put in. i. l. w. 
Fort Wayne, Allen Co.—The wheat crop in 
northern or northeastern Indiana never looked 
more promising at this season. Meadows will 
be light. Corn is backward; much of first 
planting failed. The fruit crop is fair, except 
peaches and cherries. On the whole, farmers’ 
prospects are good. J. d. <*• n. 
New-Castle, Henry Co.—The outlook for 
wheat was never better in this county. The 
drought in May did it good, while it was an 
injury to corn, oats, hay and flax. The receut 
rains have brought the latter out splendidly. 
The fruit crop will hardly be half the usual 
one. R» m. n. 
New Harmony, Posey Co.—The wheat crop 
was never looking better in this county than 
now; much of it will he ready to cut by the 
12th inst. Owing to drought, corn has not 
come up regularly, hut receut rains are mak¬ 
ing it all right. A good prospect for fruit ex¬ 
cept for peaches. f. d. b. 
Columbus, Bartholomew Co. — The wheat 
crop is somewhat injured by drought, but it 
will be above an average. Corn is backward. 
No peaches ; the prospect for apples is splen¬ 
did. Potatoes, too, were injured by drought 
aud by tbe Colorado beetle. Oats and bay 
will be short. J- d. 
Portland, Parke Co.—Wheat iu this county 
bids fair to be more than au average crop. 
There is a great deal of complaint on account 
of the failure of coru ; as a general thiug, it 
has rotted in the ground. The fruit crop is 
promising. G. w. m. 
Brownstown, Jackson Co.—Wheat will be 
about au average crop; corn, less than au av¬ 
erage. Eftrly potatoes, more thau an average. 
No peaches; au average crop of apples. 
W. L. B. 
Illinois. 
Wheaton, Du Page Co.—The weather lias 
been alternately dry aud cold aud dry and 
warm, with au occasional shower. Theground 
was never in a worse condition for planting 
than this spring, turning up in great, hard 
lumps when plowed. Owing to this and to 
poor seed most of the corn has had to be re¬ 
planted. With a good seasou we may yet 
have tolerable crops. 8mall graius look fair. 
Rye and what little winter wheat there is, will 
be very fair crops. Potatoes are extensively 
planted and look well. This county is the 
home of the Richmoud cherry of which there 
is a fair crop now bcgiuuiug to ripen. Other 
small fruits will he plentiful. Late frosts, after 
the buds began to swell, will have shortened 
the grape crop. We are having a gentle and 
much needed rain now. o. f. r. 
Waukegan, Lake Co.—The dry and cold 
weather we had this spring, kept crops back 
considerably ; but recent rains have started 
them so that they are looking much improved. 
There is but very little wheat raised here. 
What is sown is looking well now, but the 
chinch bug may destroy it. Oats are fair. 
Some corn is well up aud cultivated out; other 
fields have just been planted. The weather is 
too cool for it to look healthy; a large area 
has just been planted. Potatoes are lookiug 
well—lots of beetles. Fruit will be a light 
crop. A great deal of flax has been sown— 
some looks well; some, poorly. N. s. u. 
Pkincevtlle, Peoria Co.—in the immediate 
vicinity of this place, we have had uncommon¬ 
ly dry weather since April 30—only about four 
inches of rain. Wheat is nearly a failure. 
Corn will be about au average crop, Oals 
may be halt a crop, but the snaw is too short 
to bind. Potatoes are looking tolerably fair, 
except that they wilt in the middle of the day. 
Fruit will not be over half a crop. Pastures 
are very dry ; some are obliged to pasture their 
mown ground. M. L. B. 
Kankakee, Kankakee Co. — The pros¬ 
pects for wheat in our county are splendid, 
both for the winter and spring sorts. Winter 
oats are especially fair. The farmers have had 
trouble with their corn seed; nearly all have 
had to replant, but it is now generally up, aud, 
with seasonable weather, the crop will be 
good. Potatoes look magnificent; the yield 
from present appearances will be heavy. Grass 
is rather light. Fruit will be about au average 
crop. J. M. 
Carrollton, Greene Co. — Prospects for 
wheat are good; for corn, good ; for potatoes, 
very good; for fruit, very poor, as far as 
Greene county is concerned. Timothy mead- 
owb are very short; clover fields, good. 
N. J. A. 
Michigan. 
Jackson, Jackson Co —Wheat is look¬ 
ing fair, not very rank, but well rooted by 
the cool weather of spring. The acreage in 
Michigan is not as great as last year, nor is it 
looking as well. There is little complaint of 
damage by the Hessian fly. Many have been 
obliged to replant their corn, especially those 
who planted early; but the moist, though 
rather too cold, weather of the past, two weeks 
is bringing it forward nicely. Not many po¬ 
tatoes are being planted, but those which are, 
up are looking well. Potato beetles are still 
with us and are fought wilh Paris-green. 
Fruit crops were damaged little, if any, last 
spring by trosts, but apples hereabouts did not 
set very full. Peaches are a fair crop. Pears 
have a good showing, if we escape future dis¬ 
aster. Plums will do well if the eurculio is 
successfully fought, aud grapes look finely. 
R. T. MeN. 
Lansing, Ingham Co.—Wheat promises only 
about three-fourths of a crop, owing to a pro¬ 
longed drought in May. Coru is backward 
and a poor stand. Some has been replauted. Po¬ 
tatoes are Looking well; but they were slightly 
cut by frost on the mornings of Juue 6 and 
7, iu low places. Grass will be light—not over 
two-thirds of a crop, and pastures were poor 
till June 1. Small fruits will be an average 
crop, if rains are frequent from this time for¬ 
ward. Apple orchards hardly show what the 
yield will be at this time. c. l. i. 
Charlotte, Eaton Co. — Wheat promises 
hardly au average crop; it is rather thin, and 
the lly is pretty busy. Corn is looking first- 
rate, except ou au occasional field where the 
worms have been at work. Potatoes and oats 
are very fine. Cherries, peaches aud apples 
will be abuudant. T. m. f. 
Bay City, Bay Co.— Wheat prospects are 
good iu this section—too early to speak de¬ 
finitely about other crops yet. D. C. G. 
Wisconsin. 
Lavalle, Sauk Co.—The season has been 
rather backward, with occasional rains, but not 
sufficient until May 24, when it raiued copious¬ 
ly, and coru that was not planted had to lie 
over a week or more. Crops look well, and 
the prospects are good for fair yields. Wheat 
is worth 00@90e.; coru, 40c.; oats, 25e.; bar¬ 
ley, 35c.; butler. 6@lle.; wool in the dirt, 20@ 
25c. The acreage under hops is small, but 
what are poled, look well for the season; 
prices nominal. Laud is worth from $10 to 
$40 per acre, according to improvements and 
situation. w. s. h. 
Saratoga, Wood Co. — Wheat looks very 
promising. A large area has been sown and a 
lull crop is expected. Owing to cold weather, 
corn is rather backward. A slight frost on 
the morning of the 7th alarmed the fears of 
many; no damage was done, however. All 
kinds of fruit were badly damaged by late 
frosts; consequently the yield will be light. 
The weather is dry aud warm at present. 
J. J. H. 
Evansville. Rock Co.—We had quite a se¬ 
vere drought early in the spring, lasting until 
May 23, when heavy rains changed the aspect 
entirely. The crop of small fruit will be good. 
Apples will ; erhaps yield 50 per cent, ot last 
year’s crop. Tbe prospects lor wheat, late 
oats, corn and potatoes, are good. Early oats 
are too thin lor a crop. Clos er is short, but a 
heavy yield of timothy is expected. g. b. 
Darien. Walworth Co.—Crops of all kinds 
look very well in Lhis region at this date, al¬ 
though they arc a little late in consequence of 
dry, cold weather, during the latter part of 
April aud beginning of May. Prospects for 
the large fruits arc poor. Straw berries are 
just beginning to ripen—a good crop. Cherries 
are scarce. w. h. 
Madison. Dane Co. — Wheat is growing 
well, but is thin on the ground. A good deal 
of complaint is made of seed corn rotting in 
the ground. No fruit iu this vicinity. 
G. e. b. 
Minnesota. 
Le Sueur, Le Sueur Co. — The wheat 
crop never looked better than it does at 
present, both on prairie and timber land. We 
have had abundant rains, warm days and cool 
nights. Corn Is well up aud looks healthy. 
Farmers in this section have planted au uiui- 
sually large acreage to potatoes. The crop 
looks well and promises a heavy yield. No 
beetles at present writing. Very little fruit is 
raised in this county, comparatively speaking, 
but apple trees of the hardy kinds are loaded 
with fruit. Last year the heavy frosts killed 
all the fruit, hut this season we have not had 
any hard frosts, and small fruits of all kinds 
look well. 1 received some of the Blunt 
Corn, planted it in my garden without any 
