THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JUNE 24 
extra manure. It ia now 18 inches high and. 
grows faster than any corn I ever raised. 
g. v. s. 
Litchfield, Meeker Co.—Our spring has 
been early and everything is well advanced. 
From reports from other parts of the country 
in the Kukal, I judge we have been at least 
two weeks ahead of New York and New Eng¬ 
land. I have oats over a foot high, and pota¬ 
toes nearly ready to blossom. Wheat never 
looked better. Corn is well up. All kinds of 
fruit promise well. G. w. f. 
Iowa. 
Bismarck, Clayton Co.—The spring with 
us was unusually dry until May 24, when 
we had a good Biiower followed by heavy raius 
on the 25th aud 27th of that month. In the 
timber regions of northwestern Iowa wheat— 
winter and spring—cauuot make over three- 
quarters of an average crop. On the prairie 
region it looks fairly well, and will make an 
average crop. There ia a decrease in acreage 
of about 1U per cent. Corn is backward. Much 
of what was planted did not sprout, and had to 
be replanted. Wc cannot expect an average 
corn crop without a very favorable season from 
this on. There was an increase of acreage 
planted of at least 15 per cent. Oais and bar¬ 
ley have a smaller acreage than usual. In the 
prairie region both look lair; but in the timber 
and clay regions, they look poorly. Prospects 
for potatoes urc good, with a larger acreage 
than usuul planted. The bugs are appearing, 
but not in force yet. Apples will be about 
half a crop ; small fruits, generally fair. The 
weather has been too dry for strawberries. 
Hay will be a short crop. Pastures were poor 
previous to the rains; but they now afford a 
good bite. On May 30 my son got home from 
a trip through Iowa into Dakota and northern 
Nebraska. He says that in northeastern Ne¬ 
braska there has been no rain since last Octo¬ 
ber, aDd vegetation throughout that whole 
region is badly dried up and crops will be 
short, except, perhaps, in two counties, in 
northwestern low a, where there had been 
timely rains. Prices are : wheat. +5@80c. per 
bushel; corn, 30®p35e.; oats, 22<S>25e.; barley, 
25@40c.; potatoes, 45@55c.; live hogs, $2.75@ 
S per 100 lbs.; cuttle, $2@4.50. J. e. c. 
Fairfield, Jefferson Co.—Propitious raius 
have been conducive to the growing crops in 
this county, and all are doing nicely. The 
stands of corn, wheat, oats and rye. are ex¬ 
cellent. More acres than heretofore are in 
cultivation, and the indications are at present 
that good, old-fashioned crops will be har¬ 
vested. Tho crop of grass will not be excelled. 
The potato crop is large in acres, aud promises 
an abundant yield. Very lew beetles have ap¬ 
peared. Small fruits, with the exception of 
grapes in some localities, are plentiful aud tho 
quality unsurpassed. Apples aud cherries 
will be fair crops, though damaged by the 
cold and wintry winds of early spring. Peaches 
will be very scarce—trees killed by the severity 
of our cold winter. Should the weather prove 
favorable for a few weeks longer, we shall 
have no cause of complaint of what the fields 
and orchards will give us, and another good 
harvest will make our people happier and 
more contented than they have been for a long 
time. j. r. 8. 
Davenport, Scott Co.—Since the rains on 
the loth of last mouth, the prospects herea¬ 
bouts are good for immense crops. Wheat is 
looking splendid, and I think it will be an 
enormous crop. Corn, too, is very flue, but 
small for this time of year. There is a good 
stand and the weather has been favorable to 
work it and keep it clean. Potatoes are look¬ 
ing first-rate, and I think will be a big crop. 
The rain that is falling as I write, is just in 
time for them. The onion crop here bids fair 
to be immense. The fruit prospect is not very 
bright; there will be very few applco nnd cher¬ 
ries, aud other small fruits are about half a 
crop. g. w. s. 
Bentonsport, Van Burcn Co. — Winter 
wheat is promising a full crop. Rye is 
about three-quarters of a crop. Corn is a good 
stand and the ground is clean, promising a 
full crop. Potatoes, also, promise a full crop. 
Oats, spring wheat and hay arc from a half to 
three-quarters of a crop, it having been too dry 
in April and May. Apples arc from half to three- 
quarters of a crop. Grapes that had been win¬ 
ter-protected are half a crop. Of pears aud 
peaches there will be none—the trees are badly 
injured. Small fruits will be few. Garden 
vegetables look fine. c. r. 
Pella, Marion Co.—Wc have had plenty of 
rain, aud everything is growing fiucly. Corn 
never looked better, and is entirely free of 
weeds- Small grains look well. Potatoes 
promise a full crop—there is no trouble with 
the Colorado beetle this year. Fruit of all 
kinds will be a very Bbort crop. Blunt’s corn 
is growing finely, and so are all the other seeds 
sent out by the Rural. c. & n. 
Valparaiso, Porter Co.—The crop prospects 
for wheat in this county are better than usual, 
and a large acreage is under it. Oats are 
rather backward. A very large area has been 
planted to potatoes and they promise well. 
Times are mending, aud farmers are hopeful. 
s. w. o. 
Charlestown, Lee Co. — Wheat prospects 
are good. There was not a good stand of corn, 
on account of dry weather ; but the prospect 
Is better now. Potatoes are fair. Peaches are 
a failure. Apples will be half a crop. Oats 
are short, and so is grass. m. b. c. 
Missouri. 
Rocksville, Bates Co.—The prospect for 
corn has never been better. The outlook 
for wheat is for a medium crop; it was 
winter-killed badly. What remains is fill¬ 
ing nicely, aud will be harvested about the 15th 
inst. Oats are medium. Eurly potatoes are 
good ; late potatoes have only just been planted. 
There will be no fruit except grapes; the 
vines are loaded. We had a late freeze that 
killed the other fruit. j. n. c. 
Columbia, Boone Co.—Wheat promises well 
—straw short, but beads well tilled. None but 
winter wheat is,raised here—Fultz and Clawson 
are the Lest. Corn is suffering from drought. 
Potatoes are poor also; we used the first on June 
the first. Fruit of all kinds are a failure, ou 
account of severe winter and late spring frosts. 
Poaeh trees are mostly killed. Began cutting 
wheat June 9th. s. m. t. 
Nebraska. 
Bhownville, Neiualia Co. — Wheat is 
not as good as usual, fall wheat particu¬ 
larly. As a rule, it was planted too late 
last fall, and therefore was not in good condi¬ 
tion to puss the winter ordeal and that of a 
very dry spring. Spring wheat, for the latter 
reason, is not as good as farmers desire; but, 
on the whole, it offers a very fair prospect. 
The increased acreage this season, in all small 
grain crops, will more than make up for losses 
in yield. The potato acreage is smaller this 
year than before, perhaps, for several years. 
Crops having been good aud prices low, less 
attention was given to this crop this season. 
The general fruit crop is short with us this 
year. The apple prospect is fair; in fact, 
some of the more reliable, varieties are show¬ 
ing fruit, such, for iustauee, as Ben Davis, 
Wine Bap, White Winter Pea tin am and Rawle’s 
Januet. Cherries are a moderate crop. Peaches 
are nearly an entire failure, though some trees, 
in favorable localities, show' a fair crop. Of 
plums, apricots, prunes and nectarines there 
will be none. Grapes will be abundant. Straw¬ 
berries started out with an elegaut showing, 
but seemed to blast when fruit should have 
set. Blackberry plants were iujured last win¬ 
ter, aud show scarcely any fruit. Corn, while 
in some respects somewhat backward, is a good 
stand, aud affords most favorable prospects. 
k. w. F. 
Crete, Saline Co.,—I have just returned 
from a two-weeks trip in parts of thirteen 
Western aud Middle States, aud 1 have closely 
observed the crops. While all crops in Ne¬ 
braska are as good as, aud in many cases better 
than, those of other States, I think our crops 
here this year will be below the average, for 
this State. On account of the dry weather in 
April and the first half of May, and the ap¬ 
pearance of the chinch bugs, the wheat crops 
will not turn out more than from six to ten 
bushel per acre, in my opiuiou. Barley is 
thin, heading very low and will hardly pay ex¬ 
penses. I never saw a more even or finer stand 
of corn than in Nebraska. Frosts on the 5th 
and (1th of May injured the peach crop. Pota¬ 
toes at present look well. During the latter 
part of May we had fine rains. The amount 
of rainfall for the month was three inches. Al¬ 
though the yield of small grain will be less 
than usual, the increased acreage will enable 
Nebraska, to turn out more marketable pro¬ 
ducts than ever. h. m. w. 
Bhownville, Nemaha Co.— I have just re¬ 
turned from a trip oyer this county, aud I 
think I never saw the growing crops look bet¬ 
ter at this season of the year than now. The 
rains of a few weeks ago revived things 
wonderfully, and the present cool weather will 
make the fall wheat (now in the blossom) fill 
splendidly. Spring wheat is thin on the ground, 
owiDg to dry weather in the spring. Corn 
never looked better. Fruit crop: small fruit, 
good; apples, fair; peaches, light. Nemaha 
county has suffered neither trom drought nor 
storms. The harvest 11y—sometimes called the 
17-year locust—will do some damage to young 
timber, probably, but it will be very slight. 
8. A. O. 
York, York Co.—We have in this couuty as 
good prospects as we ever hud for fine crops 
of all kinds. More wheat and corn have been 
planted this year than at any period before, 
aud the prospects now are good for splendid 
crops of both. No storms of hail or rain, 
although we have hud severe oues, have dam¬ 
aged these crops at all. Potatoes are troubled 
somewhat with the Colorado beetle, but not 
more Mian usual. But little fruit is grown 
here yet, men having neglected planting until 
within a few years. Barley is looking well. 
Oats are not quite so well as usual. The 
weather continues fine. We have rain enough 
to make everything grow well. j. n. r. 
Purple Cane, Dodge Co.—We have had an 
extremely dry spring—all small grains are 
short and thin, and heading out weakly. Corn 
is late, but quite fair. Potatoes are flourishing. 
The prospects for a fine crop are good. Grass 
is short and thin. Tho weather has been rather 
cool for the season, throughout—much wind. 
Strawberries are poor for want of rain. Rasp¬ 
berries are excellent. The soil is so dry and 
hard as to seriously cheek breakiug. Many 
of our hardiest trees were killed by last win¬ 
ter’s cold. Stock is in very Hue condition. 
Prices of produce are entirely too low. Plenty 
of youug grass-hoppers are doing much dam¬ 
age. There are few potato beetles, s. H. M. 
Gjubon, Buffalo Co.—Winter wheat is bead¬ 
ing out aud looks well, but not much of it was 
sown. A largo acreage of spring wheat was 
sown, and it gives promise of a bouutiful har¬ 
vest. I have never seen a better prospect. 
Double the usual amount of corn has been 
plauted. It is a good stand, aud ba3 been 
plowed the first time. Potuioes are not look¬ 
ing as well as last year, and the Colorado 
beetle is busy depositing its eggs. Plenty of 
seasonable rains. The prospect never was as 
bright in western Nebraska as to-day. I have 
been in the State eight years. s. c. B. 
Syracuse, Otoe Co.,—Wheat is half a crop. 
The stand is thin. Winter wheat is tilling 
well. Barley, light. Oats, light; Corn was 
never better. The stand is good, clean and 
thrifty; acreage, as large as usual. Potatoes 
look well, clean and thrifty—acreage large. 
First new ones ou the 0th iust. Early Rose 
average 22 to the lull. The fruit crop will be 
light. This is our “off year” for apples. 
Tnere will be but few peaches. Strawberries, 
almost a failure. Raspberries show well. 
Grass and cattle are in good condition. Hogs 
are healthy. h. t. v. 
Fairbuuy, Jefferson Co,—All kinds of small 
grain promise good crops, especially winter 
wheat. The warm weather in May checked 
the spring wheat somewhat, but abundant rains 
have brought it out all right. Corn was never 
better—a good stand, aud growing well. Fruit 
gives first-rate prospects. Fruit-growing is in 
Its infancy as yet, but sueh orchards as are old 
enough to bear, are loaded with fruit. Small 
fruits are good. Stock—our specialty—is look¬ 
ing well. Grass is good. A heavy immigration 
is pouring into this valley. w. w. w. 
Pebble, Dodge Co.—Wheat looks well; so 
also do ail small grains. Corn never was better 
at this season of the year, aud it is an uncom¬ 
monly good stand; there is bardly a hill gone 
in a field of 75 acres near me. Potatoes are 
good, but were frosted a little—no bugs. This 
year in this region there seem to be no insects 
except a few grasshoppers, aud they are doing 
no damage. Plenty of rain, and the farmers 
all feel happy now at the prospect of such 
good crops. * a. e. m’c. 
Seward, Seward Co.—Our prospects for 
good crops of wheat, oats and barley are just 
about fair at this date. Corn is particularly 
promising. Of course, it is yet too early to 
feel certain as to just what the final results will 
prove with the various crops, as very much 
will depend upon the kind of weather we get 
during the next SO days, with small grain par¬ 
ticularly. E. MCI. 
Salem, Richardson Co.—The prospect for 
fall wheat is excellent. Harvest commences 
about the 19tli iust. Spring wheat is a fair 
average crop. Com is in fine condition, and 
if the weather is seasonable it will be the best 
ever raised here. Potatoes are good. Fruit 
will be short—about a quarter of a crop. 
Grapes, good. J. C. L. 
Tecumseh, Johnson Co.—Wheat was some¬ 
what hurt by dry weather early iu the spring, 
but has recovered somewhat. Corn aud pota¬ 
toes never looked better—all dean aud grow¬ 
ing nicely ; both need rain now, but they are 
not suffering. J. s. & d. 
Tkkamau, Burt Co.—The prospects for crops 
in this couuty are very flattering. All small 
grains are looklug very well, while corn is an 
excellent stand aud growing nicely. We have 
had plenty of rain. The acreage under crops 
is large. w. b. w. 
Wahoo, Lumkin Co.—Crop prospects here 
are good. Weather favorable—plenty of rain, 
and all are hopeful. By the way, this is the 
“Garden spot of the West.” h. d. p. 
Kansas. 
Seneca, Nemaha Co.—Winter wheat is all 
headed out, aud the grain in the earlier vari¬ 
eties Is “in the dough.’’ In some portions of 
this county, u severe hail storm about the 5th 
inst. greatly inj urod the wheal aud other crops. 
Where not iujured by this terrible storm, win¬ 
ter wheat promises to be rather better than uu 
average crop. The same may uiso be said of 
spring wheat, which is now heading. There 
is plenty of chinch bugs, but the rain Btorui 
lias discouraged them for the present. Oats 
are a good stand, and look well; bat some 
pieces arc threatened with rust. The tops of 
the early potatoes got terribly battered with 
the storm, and so also did the young corn, but 
they arc recuperating fast, and both give 
promise of good crops. Peaches, no crop. 
Apples, a light crop; strawberries, the same. 
Raspberries and blackberries, a little better. 
Grass, A No. 1. G. n. 
Alma, Wabaunsee Co.—Fall wheat will not 
make over 15 bushels per acre ou au average 
for this county. Spriug wheat and oats will 
be total failures or nearly so, according to lo¬ 
cality : cause, extremely dry weather iu this 
locality—but two rains since lust September ; 
these came about the middle of April; none 
since to date. Early potatoes will make no 
yield, from the same cause; late ones will 
probably make a crop, if we have ruins. 
Heavy, hot aud dry winds come from the 
south continuously. Corn is looking well with 
a good prospect for a crop, if we get rain 
in the next two weeks, As to fruit? we had on 
the last of February a warm spell that started 
the sap, followed by extremely cold weather; 
the cousequence was that the fruit buds were 
killed ou nearly all apple treeR, aud on peach 
trees, wholly so. The same was the ease with 
Cherries and Plums. Blackberries were killed 
to the ground, aud Raspberries badly damaged. 
Gooseberries and Currants are failures from 
the same cause. Strawberries, too, in local¬ 
ities where, there was no rain, were a failure. 
The prospect for a crop of grapes is good. 
Immigration is the heaviest since I have been 
in the State (over eight years). In some local¬ 
ities there have been seasonable rains so far 
this season. w. a. 
Milford, Davis Go.—Winter wheat in this 
region will not exceed half a crop. Spring 
wheat does not promise well—some pieces 
have been badly rusted for two weeks. Com 
and potatoes now promise well; corn stands 
more than usually well, and a very large acre¬ 
age has been plauted. A slight frost nipped the 
corn leaves ou the lowest river bottoms slight 
Iy ou June 2d—something I have never known 
to occur so late in the season before. Fruit 
prospects iu this vicinity are not good. Very 
few apples ; few puaehes—many peach trees 
were killed. The cherry crop will be light. 
Grapes look well. Light crops of strawber¬ 
ries, raspberries aud blackberries. e. g. 
Burlingame, Osage Co.— Wheat harvest 
will probably commence next week. Owing to 
late frosts and dry weather, this spring, it 
will hardly yield three-fourths of au average 
crop; the grain will he good and plump, 
though. The prospeet for coru is excellent; 
a larger acreage than usual has beeu plauted. 
It is a good stand, of good color, aud free 
from weeds, as a general rule. Potatoes, about 
10 per ceut. below average. The same frost 
that injured wheat, killed the fruit buds. 
Peaches, none ; apples, a quarter of a crop ; 
cherries, half a crop; small fruit, noue to 
speak of. M. b. 
Larked, Pawnee Co.—Our crops are bad 
enough. We are suffering from lack of rain. 
No ralu to speak of for twelve months. Our 
fall wheat is almost an entire failure. Sum¬ 
mer crops also ^re suffering, and unless we 
get raiu Boon they will be a failure. Coru 
looks well, uow. Oats, barley, flax, millet and 
Huugariau were extensively sown. An un¬ 
usually large area was also planted with po¬ 
tatoes and other vegetables, but they must 
have raiu soon. This eounty is too new for 
fruit. J, w. a. 
Lawrence, Douglas Co.—Wheat will be just 
about a half crop. Oats are almost a failure. 
The prospeet for a corn crop now la good— 
above the average at this season of the year as 
compared with other late years. Eurly po¬ 
tatoes are a flue crop ; apples will be a half 
crop. Peaches, a failure. Cherries, almost a 
failure. Strawberries, a very short crop on 
account of dry weather about ripening time. 
Blaeberries, noue, canes badly wiuter-killed. 
Raspberries, a very short crop. j. 'r. w. 
Paola, Miami Co.—Wheat straw is short, 
but the ears are well filled—probably three- 
quarters of au average crop. Coru prospects 
were never belter at this date. The spring 
being dry, it was well planted aud cared for. 
Oats are a full average. Potatoes, fully up to 
the beBt. Fruit prospects, bad; the winter 
being very severe, killed peaches aud nearly 
all small fruit. Apples will be about half au 
average crop. Immigration large, aud busi¬ 
ness good. H. m. M’L. 
Peabodt, Marion Co.—Wheal will not aver¬ 
age over 50 per cent, of last year’s crop. Corn 
is 100 today; it. needs raiu badly, though; 
aud unless rain does come in teu days it will 
be soriouslj damaged. Potatoes are at a 
staud ; young oues have set ou early varieties, 
but the weather is too dry for them to mature. 
Peaches won’t average five per cent, of last 
year's crop ; apple trees are too youug to bear 
much. There will be some, however. Grape 
vines are well Bet with fruit. J. H. C. b. 
Abilene, Diokinsou Co.—The wiuter wheat 
crop iu this section will not be over oue-half 
of last year’s. Harvest Is iu full blast uow. 
Corn looks fine aud about four times as much 
has been planted as iu auy other season. Po¬ 
tatoes are looking well. Peaches are a failure. 
Small fruits promise well; apples also. The 
season is rather dry so far. «r. b. x. 
