THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JUNE SI 
but the prospects are now that it will fill well 
and make nearly an average crop. Corn is 
coming up badly and very unevenly, having 
been twice replanted. Potatoes are looking 
well aud since the rain prospects are fine 
for a good crop. From' present appear¬ 
ances we expect a good average crop of ap¬ 
ples and other fruits. j. g. 
Martinsburgh, Berkley Co. — The wheat 
crop throughout this section is very fine; we 
have now a good stand and large heads. 
Barring accidents, there will be a large crop. 
There is a large acreage planted to coin, and 
it stands very well and so far looks well. The 
season thus far has been fins. Oats will be a 
short crop. Potatoes arc looking in good con¬ 
dition—an average acreage planted. d. 
Paden’s Valley, Wetzel Co.—Wheat is 
about two-thirds of a crop. Corn is backward 
—all replanted, and some thrice—and looks 
poorly. Early planted potatoes promise well, 
as do also later plantings—beetles not trouble¬ 
some. No apples at all; but few cherries. 
There will be some pears, if drought does not 
dry them up. Excessively dry weather since 
about April 25. e. k. p. 
Kentucky. 
Glasgow, Barren Co.—Indications are that 
tobacco will be a short crop in tills county, 
say two-thirds of a crop. The oat crop is 
6tunted by drought; wheat will not be more 
than two-thirds of a crop, maybe less. Corn 
is a bad stand, much of it had to be replanted. 
Potatoes—early crop—short 25 per cent owing 
to dry weather. Very few peaches. Scarcely 
any cherries. Apples will he only two-thirds 
of a crop, e. r. k. 
Henderson, Henderson Co.—Wheat in this 
section will be a good, full average crop. 
Corn is looking well since the rains. Owing 
to dry weather immediately after planting, we 
have rather a bad stand. Potatoes are not cul¬ 
tivated to any extent here. The fruit crop 
will be a complete failure—there will be a few 
apples, but all the peaches can be carried in a 
bushel basket. t. w. w. 
Carlisle. Nicholas Co.—Our wheat in this 
connty is splendid—fully 120 per cent within 
20 days of harvest. The corn is backward, wo 
have a good 6ct, however, and it is growing 
rapidly and looks well- We never had a better 
show for a crop ol potatoes. The fruit crop is 
about 50 per cent short. Peaches arc a failure. 
Other sections of our country arc not 60 en¬ 
couraging. c. w. it. 
Danville, Boyle Co. —Wheat will be about au 
average crop—was somewhat shortened by 
drought in May. Corn is a bad stand aud 
offers the worst prospect I have ever known at 
this season. The potato prospect is good. No 
fruit except apples, which will be about a 
quarter of a crop. w r . l. c. 
Tennessee. 
Strawberry Plains, Jelferson Co.—Wheat 
hereabouts is half a crop — perhaps two- 
thirds. Corn promises a full crop, though suf¬ 
fering for rain. Of potatoes, Irish, half a crop; 
sweet, half a crop. Spring aud winter oats are 
a failure. W r e have had au unusual drought 
for the last four weeks aud are still wanting 
rain. j. m. m. 
North Carolina, 
Lowell, Gaston Co.—Harvesting has begun 
in this neighborhood, some wheat having been 
cut five days ago, aud ere this is in print the 
grain will all have been gathered aud much 
of it thrashed, for with us thrashing follows 
quickly on the hai vest. Corn is looking very 
well, aud much is beiug laid by. Vegetables 
aud gardening generally are in fine trim, and 
yield well, for on.' weather has been excellent 
for crops. For about a week we have had no 
rain, except one light shower, hut the light¬ 
ning in the north this evening and the heavy 
bauks of dark clouds gathering foretell a good 
rain. Nothing, however, needs lain, cotton 
being now the crop to be considered, and it is 
a plant that requires heat. Our cool uighte, 
with heavy dews for the past week, have hin¬ 
dered the growth of cotton, but the grass aud 
weeds are out, the fields are clean anil there is 
a good stand, aud every indication points to a 
good crop. Our farmers are raising their own 
bread aud meat and other table supplies. They 
are plowing their lands deeper this year than 
before, and au era of material prosperity is in 
sight, with plenty to live on and the cotton for 
a money crop. Our farmers who are out of 
d- it are laying up money, and others are pay¬ 
ing off their mortgages contracted during the 
period when they ouly raised cotton and 
bought their supplies. The cotton mills here 
are workiug over-time. There is never a fail¬ 
ure iu the supply of water. The health of 
Lowell and vicinity is very good, the highest 
temperature thus fat having been S8" Fah. iu 
the shade, with always a gentle breeze. c. 
Greensboro. Guilford Co.—The wheat har¬ 
vest is now commencing in this section. W'heat 
was thinned by the severe winter, but it has 
come on wonderfully, and farmers think it 
will be a full average crop—far ahead of last 
year’s. Corn prospects are good, but the crop 
has not advanced far enough to tell much 
about it yet. The prospects for Irish potatoes 
were never better; farmers are now eating 
full-grown ones. We arc never troubled here 
with the Colorado beetle. The peach crop is 
poor—killed out by frost on all low places. Iu 
some sections, however, there will be about 
one-third of a crop. The apple crop is good. 
A fair crop of cherries and pears—the former 
now ripe and gone. Winter oats are almost 
au eutire failure, having been killed out by the 
frosts of winter. Spring oats look promising. 
J. Van L. 
Asiieville, Buncombe Co.—The wheat crop 
iu this section presents an unfavorable appear¬ 
ance. The severe winter froze out a great 
deal, and that which remains is low and un¬ 
promising. The corn crop, up to this time, is 
good. Tobacco plants are plentiful, but the 
planting has been retarded by the dry weather. 
It is of great importance of get the crop set 
out by the 10th of June. If planted later than 
this, the cutting comes too late; aud although 
it may' escape frost, the cold winds of October 
render it almost impossible to eure it a bright 
golden color. With the growers of fancy gold 
leaf the color is all. for without color it is held 
to be u failure. I fear that the crop cannot be 
as good as last year’s. s. c. s. 
Chapel Hill, Orange Co. — Wheat was 
thinned by the severe winter, but has had a 
favorable spring, and will probably he a much 
better yield than last year. Corn is a good 
stand and a good start. Frequent rains have 
caused much grass. Potatoes arc doing re¬ 
markably well. Fruits W'iJl be perhaps from 
20 to 50 per cent, of a full yield, the average 
being from 25 to 85 per cent. Oats, a very 
light harvest. Cotton starting well, but with 
less acreage. a. w. m. 
South Carolina. 
Glendale, Spartanburg Co. — So far, up 
to the present time, the corn aud wheat look 
well iu this section of coumiy, and the pros¬ 
pects of good crops are favorable. Potatoes 
are doing well—I think better than lor several 
years. The prospects for fruit arc uot very 
promising on account of late severe frost iu 
spring. j. a. 
Alabama. 
Birmingham, Jefferson Co. — The wheat 
harvest is now about over, aud though the 
stand was injured somewhat by the cold wiu- 
cor, it promises a full average crop. Winter 
oats were thrown up by the cold, and will not 
be over oue-lbird of a crop: spring oats arc 
about 90 per cent of an average crop. Clover and 
pasture are good. The com prospect is ubove 
average. Cotton, too, is above an average. Po¬ 
tatoes are au average crop. Peaches are all 
killed in the valleys, hut we have large quan¬ 
tities of laud, *‘ above the frost line,’’ well 
adapted to fruit culture, on which there is 75 
per cent of au average crop. Apples are a 
quarter of a crop in the valleys aud a full crop 
on high lauds. Grapes are a full crop. Gar¬ 
dens are fine. w. j. e. 
Anniston, Calhoun Co. — The weather 
has been dry here for months. We have 
had no rain at all iu 24 days. Crops are back¬ 
ward, with the exception of cotton, of which a 
larger area is planted than ever before. W’heat 
is very poor. Oats are medium. Corn is small, 
owing to drought, but if the weather be sea¬ 
sonable it will yet make a full crop for urea 
planted, which is less tuau usual. Prices are: 
oats, 55e.; corn, 80c.; wheat, $1.25. All fruits 
are total failures except apples, of which we 
may get half a crop. Everybody has plenty to 
eat, aud we have no tramps. c. a. s. 
Huntsville, Madison Co. — W r e are now 
harvesting the largest wheat crop that has 
been raised in this county. The oat crop 
promises to be very fine. The vegetable gar¬ 
dens have suffered somewhat from lack of 
rain ; but are doing very well. The late freeze 
in March killed most of our fruit. I have one- 
third of au acre in tomatoes, that I Lhiuk will 
produce 200 or 250 bushels. I picked the first 
ripe tomato Juue 2. Corn aud cotton are doing 
very well. Cotton is somewhat later than 
usual. p. 11. M. 
Georgia, 
Sheltonville, Forsytli Co.—Wheat is being- 
harvested, aud the prospects are good for a 
heavier crop than we have had in this section 
for years. Corn is growing finely and looks 
well. Farmers are about up with their work. 
Our fruit crop will be very short, owing to the 
frost in April; some orchards are full, while 
others have none at all. Potatoes are not 
raised in this secciou except for family use, 
though the prospect for a good crop is flue. 
Other crops are all looking very well. 
e. p. it. 
Griffin, Spaulding Co.—In this section 
wheat is as fine a crop as we have ever had. 
Up to the present, corn is promising well. 
Cotton holds out flattering hopes of a fine crop. 
Potatoes are only medium. Fruit is almost a 
failure in this section. Oats are not more than 
half a crop. Farmers in general are in high 
hopes as to our main money crop—cotton— 
both as regards the yield and the chaqces of 
high prices in the fall. We have a very large 
area under it. t. g. 
Washington. Wilkes Co.—It is three weeks 
to-day since we had rain in this section. 
The wheat and oat crops arc good, lfurvest- 
iug is about finished. Corn needs rain. Cotton 
is doing well. The potato crop is backward. 
1 planted the Blunt corn, April 10th, itcame up 
well, and is uow nearly six feet high. Planted 
it on rows I had prepared for cotton. Fruit 
prospect, poor. j. c. d. 
Marietta, Cobb Co.—Wheat, will likely be 
above an average crop. Corn looks well, but 
needs rain—can say nothing definite with re¬ 
gard to it yet. Potatoes are below the average, 
as we have had a dry spring. I think the fruit 
crop will be below half a crop of inferior fruit; 
late frost has hurt it. Cotton, a fair average. 
j. i. c. 
Texas. 
Will’s Point. Van Zandt Co. — This 
town, of about 1,200 inhabitants, is beautifully 
located, and in the middle of a rich aud fertile 
prairie. The country surrounding is com¬ 
posed of prairie aud timber pretty equally 
distributed, aud, from the fertility of soil aud 
healthfuincss of location, is most admirably 
adapted to persons from the North who desire 
to make for themselves cheap and comfortable 
homes. Improved land can be had at from 
five to eight dollars per aere, and unimproved, 
from one to four dollars, according to location 
and quality of soil. Land is much lower here 
than farther west, for immigration, as is ofteu 
the case, to u great extent has passed beyond 
this, aud to regions far inferior in every 
respect. Wheat, barley, oats, corn and eotton, 
as well as most kinds of grass, succeed ad¬ 
mirably. Fruit of most kinds do well, but for 
the Grape I do not think any place in the world 
can excel it. Nearly all the stock sent from 
here to 8t. Louis and other markets were 
raised and fattened entirely on the prairies, 
without ever having been fed or housed. 
Hence, with Northern euergy aud care, what 
a chance is here offered to make a complete 
success, by combining fanning aud stock- 
raising together! In this mild as well as 
healful climate, very little feeding or attention 
would be necessary to rear stock aud fatten it 
for market. The season is dry, and crops need 
rain badly. Wheat and corn will not make 
much, if any, over half a crop; hut cotton 
promises finely. e. m. 
Brookston, Lamar Co.—Our spring was at. 
first cold and dry, but on the last of April and 
first of May we had floods of rain. 85uce the 
6th of May no rain lias fallen. Corn is suffer¬ 
ing. But little wheat is grown, and about all of 
it is harvested. The oat harvest too has begun 
—a short crop. The corn crop will bo poor, 
as it is too far advanced for rain to save it. 
Early corn is tasseling. The Irish potato crop 
was light. Cotton looks well where it was 
worked out early. Prices of produce are: 
wheat and oats, none in market; corn, 35c.; 
potatoes. 75c. to$l per bushel; butter, 10c. to 
l2Ac.; eggs. 7c. to Sc. per doz.; green peaches, 
50 cents per bushel; apples, do. The fruit 
crop is good. w. j. n. 
Houston, Harris Co.—We are too near 
the coast for wheat. Cotton and sugar arc 
our staple crops. The latter is doing very 
well. Colton looks poorly, and we have news 
of worms inakiug their appearance in several 
localities. Corn issuffering from want of J ain. 
New sweet potatoes are now in market, but the 
crop will be short unless ruin is given very soon. 
Peaches aud figs are small crops, having been 
cut short by the dry weather uow prevailing. 
.T. F. D. 
Luling, Caldwell Co.-—The corn crop is not 
as good as usual in this county. Wheat is a 
total failure. Oats are nearly as bad. Our 
only hopes are uow iu eotton, which is often 
badly in the grass and “burrs." The “oldest 
inhabitant’’ never witnessed such au unfavora¬ 
ble season for farmers. I. j. e. 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Treatment Jf Tree Roses. 
Mrs. Jt. B. II., Bahlmnsville, N. Y., has 
procured some Tree Roses, and wishes some 
suggestions that may assist her in cultivating 
them. 
Ans. —Owing to our hot summer and the ex¬ 
treme cold of the winter months, rose culture 
does nut succeed as well here as it does in Eu¬ 
rope. Shelter the plants from the strong winds, 
and tic each securely to a stake ; it is also well, 
yot to expose them to the full blaze of the hot 
noon-day sun. If they bliould suffer from 
mildew ; give them a dusting of flowers of sul¬ 
phur early iu the morning before the dew 
leaves the plants; if there is no dew, sprinkle 
them, first, with water. To protect them 
against the ravages of their many insect ene¬ 
mies, syringe them with a weak solution of 
whale-oil soap or other insect-destroyer 
Though many Remontant Roses are hardy, it 
is uot safe to leave Tree Roses unprotected in 
winter. A method of wintering which we 
have successfully employed, is to loosen the 
Rose from the stake aud bend the head to the 
ground, while an assistant, to avoid break¬ 
ing the stock, thrusts a pitchfork under 
the roots on the opposite side, and gently 
raises that side of the plaut. Then make 
a slight hole in the ground in which lay 
the head aud cover it with soil, taking 
care not to break any branches. As the se¬ 
verity of the weather increaes, the plaut should 
be covered with leaves Or other liHer. In the 
spring it is again raised to its proper position. 
Small plauts may be potted in the fall aud 
wintered in a greenhouse. Roses will bear 
severe pruning, aud some pruning is necessary 
to give the head a well-rounded form. Vigor¬ 
ous &hoots may be cut buck one-half, or even 
two-thirds, of their length. 
Calf Suffering from Indigestion. 
U. T. 8., Bear Canyon, Col. 1ms a six-weeks- 
old heifer calf which he allows to suck half 
her dam’s milk mornings aud evoniug*. The 
other morning it would suck only half a dozen 
times, then draw back its head, and eject the 
milk fresh and uneurdled. This it did until 
it had milked the cow dry, and continued the 
practice tor five days. The last evening of 
its ailment, it refused to suck, seemed to be in 
much paiu, would lie down and stretch itself 
out at full length, then rise up and try to kick 
its sides, take a few steps backward aud repeat 
the whole proceeding. On the third day he 
gave it a little melted lard. The calf at writ¬ 
ing wms quite well, and lie asks what ailed it, 
aud what was the proper treatment. 
Ans.—T he naif doubtless suffered from 
indigestion and consequent irritation of the 
stomach. Under these eireumstauees the milk 
frequently solidifies iu the stomach and re¬ 
mains undigested, causing gastric derange¬ 
ment. aud wholly stopping nutrition. The 
remedy is to give one ounce of carbonate of 
soda dissolved in water, aud to pollr this dowm 
the throat with care to avoid injury. A slen¬ 
der cow’s-horu is a good thing to do this with. 
Pour the fluid down, a little at a time, aud let 
the calf swallow it. An hour afterwards give 
one ounce of castor-oil and an injection of 
warm, soapy water. The injection may be 
be given by menus of a bladder to which a 
tube of elder wood, having the pith removed, 
and smoothed on the outside, is fastened. 
Grease the tube before inserting it iu the rec¬ 
tum, and inject about one pint. 
Yellow Huston Blackberries, etc. 
IF. M. A'.. Washington, 1). C., 1. finds here 
and there in his blackberry patch a bush com¬ 
pletely' covered with something like red dust 
or powder ; when the plant is shaken, the dust 
Hies around, and lie asks the cause of it aud a 
remedy for it. 2. He has had some seed sent 
him like peach seed, but much smaller, and 
he sends us a heresay description of the plant 
and fruit, and asks us to name the tree. 
Ans. — 1 . The trouble is a fungus commonly 
known as " yellow rust." It frequently pre¬ 
vails on our w ild Black-cap Raspberries aud on 
Blackberries, both upright aud trailing, aud 
often attacks the cultivated kinds, as iu this 
instance. Its effect is to change the whole 
character and growth of the plant, making it 
slender and feeble in growth, as well as un¬ 
fruitful. It would seeui as though some va¬ 
rieties are more susceptible to its attacks than 
others. A notable instance is that of Mr. Olimer, 
of Ohio, who had a famous and profitable 
plantation of 10 acres of Kittutiuny Blackber¬ 
ries entirely destroyed by this iuugus aud this 
fate awaits our correspondent’s, unless arrested. 
The flying dust mentioned shows the iuugus to 
be ripe aud ready to propagate itself in this way. 
The only absolutely safe remedy lcnoi.cn is to 
dig out aud burn every plaut, root and branch. 
us boon as the disease is manifest. 2 From 
the description given, we should guess the 
young trees are Nectarines. 
Yellow Rust on Blackberries Again. 
N. C., Berlin, Conn, says “After the snow' 
disappeared, last spring, I noticed that some 
of my raspberry bushes appeared much in¬ 
jured, the bark on many of them being Jooso 
near tho surface of the ground. I cut them 
back pretty well when trimming, and the leaves 
started fiucly, but the plants did uot bud, nor 
did the lcavs on the affected vines attain thesize 
of those on the others. They soon began to look 
sickly, and the under sides of the leaves became 
thickly covered with yellow spots. A few 
days ago, I rooted them all out lest they should 
affect the Round plants." And he asks whether 
the severe winter was the cause of the ailment, 
or if the sickly appearance, us if they hud 
been winter-killed, was due to some disease, 
aud Whether the unsouud plants would affect 
the others Injuriously. 
Ans-— The trouble hero is evidently the 
“yellow rust," alluded to in the foregoing 
answer. We presume the plants were 
Black-caps, us we do not remember having ever 
