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RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
I WiNTimor, Kenn. Co., Maiue.—There is more 
•wheat sowu hero this year than has been for 
many years, anil it is generally looking well. 
Maine is again getting to he quite a wheat- 
growing State. About the usual amount of 
corn was planted; but the cold, wet weather 
makes a good crop doubtful. There is a fair 
prospect for an average crop of potatoes. The 
apple blossoms were very abundant—uncom¬ 
monly 60 for the ‘' off year.” Grass is not as 
good as last year. p - 11 • *>• 
Bethlehem, Litchfield Co., Conn.- Thcgras6 
crop is our main crop, aud it is looking very 
well. Rye takes the place of wheat with us, 
and it looks better than usual; it is not winter- 
killed as much as it commonly is. Corn is 
rather backward; about the average area has 
been planted. Potatoes arc looking well, and 
more of themhavebeeu planted thau last year. 
Apples are uot very promising. Pears are 
better than last year. Small fruits are about 
an average. A * c - 
Syracuse, Onondaga Co.. N. Y.—'The long 
drought appears to he over at last. For sev¬ 
eral days we have been having fine showers, 
and crops are greatly benefited thereby. From 
the present outlook, the grain crop in this 
county will Vie below the average, while hay 
must be light. Our wide-awake farmers will 
remedy this deficiency in a great measure by 
sowing corn, millet, etc. Strawberries are 
ripening slowly, and command a paying price 
(12} cents), but in a few day we shall probably 
have a rush and a decline in price. The apple 
crop cannot be heavy. Of other kinds of fruit 
we shall ha,e about the usual supply, n. u. 
Sandusky, Erie Co., ().—The prospects for 
crops here are, as near us I can ascertain, as 
follows: wheat, corn and oats, good ; grass, 
short, on account of dry weather iu the early 
part of the season; potatoes promise a good 
yield; peaches cm the Peninsula promise a 
larger yield than last year, but on the main¬ 
land they were winter-killed; grapes will be 
an average yield. t. f. u. 
South Bend, St. Joseph Co.. Iud. — The 
prospects for wheat here are good; for pota¬ 
toes. good ; for corn, rather discouraging with 
the exception of a few fields. The majority of 
the farmers had to replant. The wire- aud cut¬ 
worms are playing havoc in mauy fields. 
Apples are one-fourth of a crop ; pears, ouc- 
fourth; peaches, an entire failure; nearly all 
of the trees were killed by the preceding win¬ 
ter. Small fruits are in abundance. I am 
testing 6omc of the newer sorts, such as the 
Lady, Brighton, Champion and Moore's Early 
Grapes; Sharpless, Glendale, G. American and 
Crescent Seedling Strawberries; aud Gregg 
Raspberry. T - A - p - 
La Fayette, Tippeeauoe Co., Ind. — The 
prospects for bouutiful crops in this county 
were never better; the wheat is the largest 
' acreage and the finest promise ever known in 
the county. The corn is backward, but tbe 
promise good and the acreage very large. The 
potato crop is very prosperous, the acreage, uu 
average one. Fruits are not more than an aver¬ 
age, perhaps below, on account of the severe 
winter. I have been over most of the county 
in person. R - 
Sterling, Whiteside Co., III.—The prospects 
for crops in our county are that wheal aud hay 
will be light; oats, barley aud rye about an 
average; corn aud potatoes never had any 
better appearance at this time. Although our 
orchards were loaded with blossoms, fruits w ill 
be scarce. n. b. 
Lapeer, Lapeer Co., Mich.—We arc having 
fine growing weather. Wheat looks splendid, 
and promises a very heavy crop. A large area 
of corn has been planted and looks fine— 
farmers are going through it the second time. 
Potatoes are large and nearly ready to blos¬ 
som. In fact, there is everything to encourage 
the farmer. The hay crop is heavy, and will 
be ready for the mower by the 24th inst. Po¬ 
tato bugs arc plentiful. Spring crops look 
well. *• K. 
Hart, Oceana Co.. Mich.—The weather here 
is very dry. Wheat is short, but heading quite 
well. Corn is backward ; we are just begin¬ 
ning to cultivate it. Oceaua county will have 
p, large crop.of potatoes, if the season is favor¬ 
able. Hay will be a poor crop generally. The 
reports on fruit have been good, still the frost, 
on the 0th inst., may have injured the crop in 
many places. Now the plum, peach, pear and 
cherry trees are loaded. D. w. c. 
Mathekton, Clinton Co., Mich.—The grain 
prospects in this section are quite favorable. 
Wheat is looking very well, although many 
pieces are not so heavy as last year. Clintou 
county will probably average from 15 to 20 
bushels per acre. Com and potatoes have 
been kept back by the dry weather, but promise 
a fair yield. The fruit crop will not exceed 
half that of last year. J. t. 
Unionville, Tuscola Co., Mich.—Crops o# 
all kinds arc good, with a good fruit crop in 
prospect. K- a. T. 
West Salem, La Crosse Co., Wis.—We are 
having fine growing weather here now. Wheat 
looks well, but there has not been as much put 
in as formerly: more of w hat has been planted, 
is wiuter wheat thau has been put in for a 
great many years. Most of it is the Odessa, 
which is also used as a spring wheat. There 
have been more corn and oats put in than 
usual, as farmers are turning their attentiou to 
stock raising. Clover is very heavy. Some 
have commenced to cut their hay, as a great 
mauy cut early ou account of their desire to 
get seed. Potatoes are looking well; there 
are some bugs on them, but the pests have not 
hurt them any vet. On low lands fruit is not very 
one-half crop. The wheat was damaged 
slightly by the drought and frosts of March, 
and the present dry weather shortened the 
crop somewhat. Some have already harvested 
their wheat and the balance will probably be 
all harvested by the 21st. Oats will not be 
half a crop, owing to the drought and frosts of 
March and the very dry woathor at the present 
time. Of com l never saw better prospects for a 
full crop than we have at preseut writiug. Corn, 
that was properly planted and has been well 
cultivated, stauds three to four feet high, while 
fields that have been neglected do not, of 
course, look so well. Early potatoes made a 
splendid growth the fore part of the season, 
but, owing to the present dry weather, the early 
potato crop will be nearly a failure, unless we 
have heavy rains soon. Late potatoes were 
planted about two and three weeks ugo, and 
it will depend on the coming weather whether 
we have a late crop or not. The fruit crop for 
this section and for nearly the whole State will 
not be worth mentioning. Peach trees arc 
badly winter-killed and there will not be a 
bushel in the county where there were thou¬ 
sands last year. The apple aud nearly all 
other fruits were damaged by the frosts of 
March, except a few orchards in high localities. 
I do not think there will be 50, or at the most, 
100 bushels of apples iu the whole county. 
Grapes, as far as I have seen, promise a full 
crop. We have not had any rain in this sec¬ 
tion for a month or more and, as a eonse- 
pleutiful; butoD the high ridges it is better. We quence, all gardens and some other things are 
do not often have to thin out our fruit here. 
A great many think it cheaper to buy their fruit 
thau to set trees aud not have fruit once in 
three or four years. Small fruit is abundant. 
M. L. II. 
Wiota, Lafayette Co., Wis. — Corn,a good 
stand and promising. Wheat, more sowed 
than for several years, as but little has been 
raised here lor some years, on account of 
chinch bug, which have now disappeared, as 
nearly as I can learn. It looks well. Oats, ex¬ 
ceptionally good. Potatoes, less thau usual 
planted, ou account of scarcity of seed; 
promise well. Fruit, both wild and cultivated, 
will be abundaut. w. r. 
Osseo, Trempealeau Co., Wis.—Wheat prom¬ 
ises to he an abundaut crop. Corn is steady. 
Oats arc plentiful. Potatoes are. as usual, a 
good crop. Fruit is at the present at a stand¬ 
still, owing to some frosts on the first of the 
mouth. Other crops arc comparatively good. 
o. e. 
Independence, Buehauan Co., Iowa. — 
Wheat aud oats are about the same as last 
year, with less acres of wheat and more of 
oals. Corn is looking unusually well for this 
season of the year, aud a larger area has 
been planted. Potatoes ure not as good as 
last year, but more of them have been 
planted. There will be a fair crop of small 
fruit; not many apples are raised here as yet. 
The hay crop will be light. c. e. c. 
Bed alia, Pettis Co., Mo.—Wheat is a fair 
crop. We commenced cutting it this week. 
Corn is growing fine—we never had a better 
prospect for it. Potatoes are looking fine— 
Early Rose were fit for table ten days ago. 
There are no upples or peaches. Grapes 
promise well. We are having fine rains almost 
nightly. w. s. h. 
Fremont, Dodge Ca., Neb.—The acreage of 
small grain iu this and Bauuders county has 
increased more than 20 per cent, over last year. 
The prospect for an abundant harvest of small 
grain at this date was never better at the cor¬ 
responding period of former years. Wheat, 
oats aud barley 6tand thick, and more clear of 
weeds than in former years. Corn is a thrifty 
and vigorous 6tand, and promises an excep¬ 
tionally large yield. Fruit of all kiuds had 
suffered some injury by the late frost that we 
had, but we expect fair a\erage crops. 
T. I. E. 
Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Col.—Owing to 
a dry May wheat is backward, and headiug too 
early. A good crop is promised in most locali¬ 
ties, however. Corn, though not yet suoessfully 
raised in this State, looks well and promises 
better than iu former years. Ten years ago 
it could not he raised at ail ; now 40 to 00 bush¬ 
els per acre are turned out. Potatoes on these 
plains are a failure ; in the mountains, 1000 to 
300J feet higher aud eight miles distant, they 
are a decided success—better in many respects 
than they are in the 8tates. a. b. e. 
Ogden City. Weber Co., Utah.—Crop pros¬ 
pects in this section of Utah are above 
the average. This is true both of fruit and 
small grains, corn aud potatoes, on land that 
is watered by irrigation; but ou dry farms; 
that is, on laud dependent on rain, the crops of 
small grain arc mostly dried up; but even 
there corn and potatoes promise well, a heavy 
raiu having fallen on the eighth, aud another 
such a rain after a few days, will insure a crop 
of each even ou dry farms. •>. m. k. 
Everett, Woodson Co., Kan. — Wheat in 
this couuty aud part of Kansas, will average 
about two-thirds ot a crop : carly-sowu wheat 
which was put iu iu good shape, will be a full 
crop, late and poorly sown wheat will be about 
looking wilted. J - J - 
Washington, Washington Co., Kan.—Fall 
Avheat is good; spring wheat is not. so good, 
but will make an average crop. Corn never 
looked better—a good staud and growing finely. 
Potatoes look tine, and some are large enough 
for use. Apples, peaches and small fruits will 
be above average crops ; wild fruits will be u 
largo crop. The weather has been a little too 
dry until lately; but considerable rain has 
beeu falliug. Health is good. ,r. V. b. 
Ottawa, Franklin Co., Kan.— Fall wheat is 
an average crop. Com looks well, and has 
every appearance of a fine crop. The same 
can be said of potatoes. Apples will be half a 
crop. Peaches and pears are failures. Grapes 
will be half a crop. We have had a good 
season, and crops ol every kind are in good 
condition. About half the wheat is harvested. 
w, u. c. 
Garnett, Anderson Co., Kan.—The pros¬ 
pects for wheat, corn and potatoes are good iu 
this county. Fruit will be about half a crop. 
i. w. o. 
Easton, Talbot Co., Md.,—Wheat promises 
an average yield. It has not so large a growth 
as last scasou, but it is bettor filled. Coru, not¬ 
withstanding the cool and backward season, 
looks well; it is a good stand aud lias about 
the average acreage. Potatoes have made a 
good growth aud ought to give a good yield, 
though the crop is not growu extensively here. 
Peaches, pears aud small fruits promise to be 
abundant n. c. 8. 
St. Clara, Dodrklge Co.. W. Va—We have 
fine growiug weather now. The farmers in 
this section expect average crops. Most of 
them had to plant their com the second time, 
owing to the frost having injured the first 
planting, but now it bids fair to do well. Po¬ 
tatoes are looking well; some have had early 
potatoes and green peas already. Our wheat 
will be short in straw, owing to dry weather; 
but will head well. Our fruit crop will be 
poor, owing to late frosts. Grass is uot look¬ 
ing so well as a year ago. Owing to dry 
weather most of the farmers are working their 
corn the first time. Prices of produce here 
are low: corn, 50c. per bushel; Irish potatoes, 
50c.; wheat, 70c.; eggs, 6e. pur dozen; butter, 
6@10o. per pound; cows, $2O@iji30, according 
to quality; young cattle, $10@^15; sheep, $2 
@$3 per head. s. w. w. 
Owensboro, Daviess Co., Kentucky.—The 
corn crop of this section, although not as for¬ 
ward as usual at this season, yet looks woll, 
and the prospect is good for an average yield. 
The wheat crop is the best and largest over 
growu here. Harvest began on the I2tli inst., 
und the yield will be 30 per cent, larger thau 
the average crop. Potatoes are doing well. 
No peaches, aud uot a full yield of apples. 
J. M. A. 
Black Hawk, Nicholas Co., Ky.—Much of 
the wheat crop of Kentucky will be harvested 
during the week ending on the 21st. Grain is 
good; the straw, short; it will avenge 12 bush¬ 
els to the acre—not as many as last year, but 
the acreage will give as much wheat- Corn is 
a bad stand; fields spotted; from three inches 
to two feet high. Much has been replanted. 
With a good season from this out, it will make 
a fair crop. Potatoes show well for a largo 
crop. Outs and timothy will be half crops. 
Blue-grass is not first-rate, but there will be 
enough for the demands upon it by cattle and 
horses. There is a light crop of strawberries. 
No raspberries or blackberries. All this ap¬ 
plies to northern Kentucky. T. s. r. 
Athens, MeMinn Co., Teuu.— Our wheat wifi 
all be harvested on week ending June21. Wheat 
was badly thinned out by the cold weather, but 
it is the heaviest-headed l ever saw here. I think 
the yield will be above an average. Wheat will 
start at &l per bushel. The stand of com is 
good; the yield will depend much on the sea¬ 
son. Irish potatoes are not much raised here. 
Peaches are killed on low lands—plenty of 
them on high lands. Apples will be a light 
crop. Blackberries are ripening and will be 
very abundaut. e - s - R - 
Griffin. 8palding Co.. Ga.—Wheat in this 
section of Middle Georgia is nearly all har¬ 
vested, and the thrashers are busy getting 
it oat. Some say that tho crop is twenty per 
cent, above an average. The highest yield 
is forty bushels per acre in different places. 
Farmers, however, estimate the average 
yield as varying from ten to fitteeu bush¬ 
els per acre. The quality is good, and its 
weight about six tv-two pounds to the bushel. 
The variety mostly growu is Purple Straw. 
The price of wheat at present is $1 per bushel. 
Strawberries are receiving considerable at¬ 
tention here, and, owing to tho severe cold 
snap on the 4th of April, were nearly all killed. 
Monarch of the West is giving more thau gen¬ 
eral satisfaction in this section. It stands cold 
and heat bettor than any variety I have ever 
tested, and I have tried more than twenty. It 
yields more, and the fruit is finer in size and 
bettor iu quality. Great. American is doing 
better this season than last, and may prove a 
valuable new variety with us. Com is about 
an average iu area planted, and is dean and 
well cultivated. It has a good color, and in 
some places is beginning to shoot and tassel. 
Price, 70c. per bushel. Oats were badly in¬ 
jured by freezing, and the crop will not be an 
average one. Price, clean, 65c. per bushel. 
Of Cotton there appears to be an increase in 
the acreage planted of at least five per cent, 
over last year. It came up well, is clean aud 
well cultivated, and is now a good stand. 
There is no appearance as yet of worms. 
Price. 114c. for middlings. Poaches and pears 
arc almost an entire failure. Orchard Hill, 
six miles from hero, where there are thirty 
thousand trees, has not shipped any fruit 
up to this time, that we have heard of. The 
Woodruff fruit farm lost nearly tho eutire 
crop of peaches and pears by the freeze on the 
4th of April. Last year I was gathering fine 
ripe peaches from my early Beatrice trees, and 
some from Hale’s Early, at this time; this 
year there is not a peach. The losses from 
this crop couut by thousands, and will be se¬ 
verely felt by fruit-growers. Apples are hardly 
a factor in our fruit crop, and their loss will 
uot be seriously felt. Irish Potatoes are an 
average yield, though smaller thau usual in 
size, owing to a dry May—the time in which 
our earliest mature. My Beauty of Hebron 
are good in yield and quality, but not as large 
as Early Rose. The Eurly Rose is the hardier 
here of the two varieties; it stands the ex¬ 
tremes of heat.and cold better. Where Beau¬ 
ties were coming up, or just out of the ground, 
on April the 4th, they were killed so completely 
as to never come out, aud one patch I had 
planted on an eastern exposure was totally 
lost, while one I had planted on a western 
slope did not get hurt, and were fit to eat May 
the 4th, aud when the sun began to come down 
iu summer style, and the thermometer went up 
to 89 deg. in the shade. May 24th, my Beauties 
wilted and the tops died outright, leaving me 
plenty of small potutoes of fine flavor which I 
intend to plant, again about the 10th of July 
for a fall crop. The early Rose did not die 
down so in the hot days, and have made 
larger potatoes, but they are uot so fine 
in llavor or so mealy as the Beauties. La¬ 
bor is sufficient for the demands of the 
farmer, and hands never worked better or ap¬ 
peared better satisfied. There are no emigra¬ 
tion agents here, and no exodus of the colored 
people. If we could avoid politics there would 
be no trouble among our laboriug population. 
j. G. R. 
Twin Lakes, Orauge Co., Fla.—No wheat is 
raised in this part of Florida, and only a very 
email amount of corn for local use. Sweet 
potatoes, too, are raised only for private use. 
This is an orange country. I don’t think the 
prospect good for a large crop of these. Heavy 
winds blew otf many oranges when quite 
small; what remains will be larger and finer, 
though. Thousands of young trees, just com¬ 
ing into benring, may raise the crop to medium, 
or perhaps better. °- °- s ‘ 
Greenville. Washington Co., Miss.—Corn, 
potatoes and fruit prospects arc good. No 
wheat raised in this section. Cotton, cal fish 
aud blackberries are the main crops, aud are 
irood. Dewberries are all marketed at 10cent* 
per quart; the demand was greater than the 
supply. Weather, middling; mercury, 90 m 
the shade, with an upward tendency. 
Jitdsonia, White Co., Ark. This is not, 
strictly speaking, a grain-producing country. 
Wheat is turning out as well as usual, 
prospects for good crops ol corn, aud also ot 
potatoes, arc quite promising. The chief pro 
ductions of this section are cotton aud fiui- 
T|)(? former bide well tQ R fair )Ul 1 
