THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CROP REPORTS. 
(Continued from pag-o 411.) 
Bolsters Mills, Cumberland Co., Maine.—The 
weather Is cold and wet and everything Is back¬ 
ward. Wheat Is looking fair. Com 18 just, corn¬ 
ing up, but looks yellow. What potatoes are up, 
are looking well, but the beetles arc very plentiful. 
The fruit crop isn’t started, so that we canuol tell 
how It will turn out. .Small fruit, however, will 
be quite abundant. All kinds blossomed full. Wc 
had a heavy frost on the 8th and It (lid some dam¬ 
age. r. s. r. 
Haverhill, Grafton Co., N. H.— Wheat, com, 
and potatoes are looking finely, notwithstanding 
the lateness of the season, Perhaps we may ex¬ 
pect average crops. Grass never looked better. 
Fruit has been Injured a good deal. The potato 
bug has put in an appearance; but what the re¬ 
sult will be remains to be seen, as the season ad¬ 
vances. H. li. a. 
Cornwall, Addison co., Vi,.—it was very dry here 
until about the flrst of June; we have had consider¬ 
able rain since then. 1 think hay will be about 
half a crop. Winter wheat Is very good; spring 
wheat aud oats ate rather below an average crop. 
The prospect Is good fur a great quantity of fruit. 
Potato beetles are plentiful. Market prices are 
very low—good butter brings only fourteen cents. 
W. M. E. 
Harwinton, Lltohfleld Co., Conn.—Some farm¬ 
ers planted corn in May, as we had a few warm 
days; it came up well, but a frost on the last of 
the month cut most of it down. Ot hers walled till 
June, and on the night of June 7th a frost came, 
doing some damage In low land, on the whole, 
corn Is looking well. Potatoes are looking well; 
frost cut them dowu In May, but they have a good 
start now; bugs are showing their ambition lobe 
equal to any emergency. Apples blossomed moder¬ 
ately well; but about the time the blossoms were 
fading, frost aud cold winds came on In low lands. 
There will be no fruit on the hills; that is, there 
may be a moderate supply, but nothing to what 
we had last year, itye Is looking well. Oats are 
from fair to very good. Wheat Is but little raised 
here; more was put In last fall than usual; It Is 
looking encouraging. Grass Is looking remarkably 
well. The weather Is cool—just the weather for 
grass. Butter Is selling for from lfi to 800. per 
pound; eggs, 120. per dozen. c. c. 
North G itllkord, n'pw i laven Co., conn.—We had 
quite dry weather In May, but lately we have had 
abundant rains. Potatoes and corn, especially 
the former, were damaged to some extent by late 
frosts, though they are growing finely now. There 
Is not much wheat, raised in this section, but more 
than usual has been planted tills year and It looks 
weH. Grass Is our principal crop. A small crop 
of apples. Pears abundant. Many old meadows 
are light, but grass on newly-seeded land will be 
heavy; on the whole, there will be a fair average 
crop—more daisies than usual, which are now in 
full bloom. c. a. x. 
Rome, Oneida Co., N. V.—We have our crops all In 
the ground, except perhaps turnips, and some other 
late summer crops. We have hail the liuest time 
for getting In crops the past spring; not a rainy 
day to put back spring’s work, as Is frequently the 
case; but, as an onset, we have been suffering 
from a May drought, such as probably has never 
visited this section before. The ground not having 
been frozen much the past winter and the great 
body or snow on the ground having melted off last 
spring, the soil was thoroughly saturated with 
water at that time, and no plowing was done till 
nearly the last of April, since which time there 
has been no rain to hinder the labors of the farm, 
and during the month of M ay only three light show¬ 
ers, one on the fourth, then pleasant weather UU 
the 16th, when we had a misty day, but not enough 
rain fell to stop the Held work of man or beast, 
but It kept the ground and air moist, for one day. 
Then we had cool weather with a number of hard 
frosts the following week, which seemed very dis¬ 
couraging to the farmer. On the 27 th, wc had a 
flue gentle ram which helped the newly-planted 
com, and was particularly bcnetldal to grain, 
spring sown, and winter wheat, of which we have 
only small pieces In tills section. These are look¬ 
ing very well, though they have not made as much 
growth as they would have done, had there been 
the usual rainfall during the month of May. Since 
June has come wu have had gentle showers that '< 
have revived the fields considerably, and, should 1 
we have timely rains now, our crops may still be : 
up to the average, although the crop of hay must 
be light on most grounds. Home rich moist lands , 
will produce well, and the rowen crop, It we have , 
a moist summer, may lie abundant. That, how¬ 
ever, will depend upon the later rains. .Should 
these be abundant, there will, no doubt, be a flue , 
crop of rowen this fall, and If the Urst crop prove 
short, considerable of the second will be cut for t 
hay. our farmers are largely engaged in the , 
dairy Industry, aud a short hay crop is a sore loss !. 
to them, as the grass crop Is their malu depend- J 
ance for both summer and winter feed lor their ( 
cows, our method of fitting ground for corn, Is , 
to draw and spread all tUe manure we can make 5 
durlug winter and spring, on sward ground, ^ 
spreading It as we draw It, aud as soon as spring 
opens, use either a brush or harrow to go over the 
ground and break the lumps and smooth the man¬ 
ure as tine as possible before the ground Is plowed, 
which we usually defer till near the time of plant- I 
lng. This year the ground so manured kept moist c 
much longer than when no manure was spread, so H 
that It was more easily plowed In consequence of v 
the moisture retained. Usually the month of May a 
Is quite wet so that our grounds are abundantly \ 
wet tor plowing for corn, but this year It was 1 
quite the reverse, aud some pieces were delayed 
for rain to come and soften the ground, so the corn t: 
was not planted till the flrst of June. Home pieces u 
are so dry that the writer was Informed, ou this & 
mb of June, that the corn that had been planted li 
some time had not sprouted yet, but that It was fl 
thought to be planted too deep. The corn on my t] 
I farm, planted after the 20th of May, we are now 
working out the flrst time. We are also working 
and shall finish to-day, afield of sweet corn planted 
thick for feeding purposes. The yellow field corn 
we shall begin upon to-morrow. Blunt’s White 
Prolific is up and looking finely, l don’t, expect to 
get rich from that tills year, but Intend to give It 
good culture and report result in the faII. My trial 
patch of potatoes Is looking finely ; we have them 
weU worked out once, and as t hey were planted 
on a new piece—that Is, where no potatoes have 
been planted during the past few years—they are 
notlufested with the beetle so’far to their detri¬ 
ment,. The Beauty of llebron, and Bliss’s Triumph 
are taking the lead In growth so far. We shall 
watch the race with some Interest, aud intend they 
shall hare a ralr field, and no favor to either; ana 
If they prove a success, 1 shall report In the faU. I 
Intend to keep off the bugs, and also destroy alt 
the weeds among my potato crop tills year, If pos¬ 
sible. Last, year our potato fields were badly over¬ 
run with weeds lu tills vicinity, and the crop was 
small. We hope lor more potatoes this year and 
fewer weeds. We have some winter wheal In this 
town, that Is looking much better than the aver¬ 
age of a few years ago. We have for the past two 
years had extra crops of winter wheat. This year 
the best piece Is one where wheat was grown 
bust year, sown ou clover sod arter harvest. Last 
year the ground was carefully plowed aud the 
same piece sown to wheat again. A little barn¬ 
yard manure was spread upon the ground both 
years and the crop was an extra good one last year, 
and promises to be equally good this year, with 
probably a shorter straw. A field on an adjoining 
farm, sown after oats in the fall of 1877, produced 
also an extra crop in isis. it was sown agate last 
fail to wheat, but iloos not look as well as the first 
piece mentioned, at tills writing,probably from lack 
of manure, although a barrel or salt was sown lo 
the acre ou the last-mentioned piece before sowing 
the wheat, last fall. j, T . 
Sharon Center. Schoharie Co., N. Y.,—The 
Irst day ol the month gave us a line shower, the 
trst to wet a man’s shirt, since the snow left. Of 
he 16 days of tills mouth It has rained more or 
ess on twelve. Yesterday, last night and this 
nornteg we had a heavy rain, the nrst time we 
lave seen water standing In water holes. Grass 
s too far gone lo give us a full crop of hay. spring 
frates are looking very well—drilled grain being 
ar the best. Winter wheat. Is good, but little Is 
alsed here. .Most farmers, however, sow a tit¬ 
le for bread. This was once a wheal section, and 
vlth proper care 1 think we can raise It again. 
l. l. 
Cuknanoo Forks, Broome Co., N. Y.—The whole 
f May and the first days of J une were very dry, 
with occasional froses, but since about the loth 
we have had frequent showers and good growing 
weather. n. k. 
Colombia, Lancaster, Co., Fa.,—in this part of 
Lancaster co., so far as my observations extend, the 
grate crops are quite promising. Wheat generally 
Is making a healthy growth, and la now promis¬ 
ing a full average yield. In some sections the 
severe hall storm ol the 4th Inst, nearly rutJuAi 
many fields, aud smashed lots ol glass on green¬ 
houses aud dwellings. Rye so far looks quite 
promising. Oats are rather short, having been 
sown late. Gross too is rather short, but thick 
on Hie ground, and will turn out an average crop 
of hay. owing to the drought through the month 
of May, vegetation Is rather backwards, but now 
the late soaking rains are giving it a start. Corn, 
too, comes up well, and potatoes, so far, are very 
healthy. Farmers now generally apply Paris- 
green as soon as the bugs make their appearance, 
though yet the pests are not as pleutliul as m 
former years. In general, the prospect tor good 
crops are cheering, aud farmers have no cause 
tor •• grumbling,” unless it is at low prices of pro¬ 
duce and high taxes. Bweet cherries are very 
tew ; sour or Morello cherries, a fair medium crop. 
Htrawbcrnes were a very short crop from the 
drought In May. Cherries, Peaches, Pears and 
Plums bloomed profusely, but the fruit Is drop¬ 
ping oil very much, ahd will not require thinning 
by huud-pluklng. Peaches and Pears may ripen 
a medium crop. Although Plums are very full of 
fruit, now, by the time it ought to ripen, the •• little 
l urk” will have caused the lust plum to drop, 
as usual! Of apples 1 might say there are none. 
The trees bloomed very sparsely. Last year they 
were white with bloom, still we had no apples, 
aud, ol course, we expect none this year, urapes 
were never more promising, at this season of t he 
year. t. u. g. 
Menno, Mifflin Co., Pa.—We have nne growing 
weather after a long dry spell. Wheat is doing 
well. It Is not likely to be a full crop, Uowever. 
lu our township It Is pretty good, but in some 
pans of our valley It Is not half a crop, aud the 
wet weather may yet damage ll somewhat while 
it Is in bloom, oats, i think, never looked better, 
and corn Is doli g very well. The acreage is about 
as usual; as farms here arc generally small, the 
proportion to each crop doesn't vary much. Pota¬ 
toes are* more Ilian an average, and are doing well. 
Fruit Is not over an average. Grass is short, but 
well set on ground. Wheat sells for $1.05; corn, 
sue.; oats, aoc.; butter and eggs, so. ilorses and 
cattle are doing weH. Fat cattle sell from u to 
to $5,50 per ion pounds five-weight. Cows are very 
low. D. A. H. 
Mill Village, Erie Co., Pa.—The weather dur¬ 
ing the past few days has been very cool, and two 
or three frosts on the creek bottoms have done 
some damage, crops are looking well, except 
wheat which was badly winter-killed. Potatoes 
are scarce and readily leteli is to sue. per bushel. 
Wheat Is worth $t li>; oats, line.; butter, lu to 
laxc.; eggs, tec. per dozen. a. c r. 
Bumneytown, Montgomery Co., Pa.—In this sec¬ 
tion all vegetation suffered tills spring by an un¬ 
usual drought, but recent rates give us a promise of 
a fine crop of grass. Wheat is not quite as good as 
last year, corn, oats and potatoes are growing 
finely; and, the season now being favorable to 
their maturing, we can expect more than an or¬ 
dinary yield. Apples, pears and other small fruit 
Indicate a full crop. e. m. b. 
Rkedsville, MarshaU Co., Kan.—Fall wheat 
will be only half a crop, owing to the dry spring 
and high wtndR. The roots of fall grain were left 
exposed to the latter. Spring wheat, oats, corn, 
millet, etc., all look well and promise an abundant 
harvest. Fruit, also. Is doing well. j. o. c. 
Bloom ville Seneca Co., Ohio.—Wheat Is good, 
t orn is poor, the dry weather Injured a great deal 
of the seed and a great many had to replant. The 
prospect for potatoes Is good. There are some few 
Colorado beetles to contend with. Apples and 
peaches will be light, crops. The drought has In¬ 
jured the nay crop somewhat. We shall have a 
good crop of grapes. o. m. m. 
Valley Mills, Marion Co ,lnd,— A very large area 
of wheat promises an abundant harvest. There Is 
a vast acreage under corn. It Is mostly small. 
Much replanting has been done. As July and Aug. 
are the months to bring out corn, no reliable pro¬ 
tection ol the crop can now lie made. Early pota¬ 
toes have been flourishing, but are now receiving 
a sad check from the beetles. Many acres of late 
ones are Just planted. There may be half a crop 
of apples, and only a few pears. w. n. r. 
Anderson, Madison Co., Ind. The spring was 
very cool and backward and very dry until about 
the 80th of May; since then we have had plenty of 
ram. Wheat never looked better, and there 1s a 
large acreage sown. Oats are light in quantity 
and quality. A large crop of rlax has been sown, 
ana tne prospect for an average yield Is good. Po¬ 
tatoes are looking well and about an average crop 
has been planted. o. w. a. 
Bailkyville, Ogle Co., 111.,— There was very 
little rain here from April 10, to May 26 , and veg¬ 
etation suffered considerably from the drought, 
but there came a copious rain on the 26 th of May, 
and frequent heavy showers since then, so the 
crops have revived greatly and are now In good 
condition, winter wheat has headed out well 
and Is very promising; spring wheat, oats and 
bin ley look fair, but some fields are weedy and the 
grain stands too tliln. corn will he a large crop 
here; ll has a bettor appearance Ilian at this time 
last year. Potatoes that were planted during the 
hot dry spell in May, failed to come up well, and 
some have been replanted. The Colorado beetles 
are quite numerous this spring, but vigilaul farm¬ 
ers can out-general them by picking off the first 
ones that appear, and destroying the rest with 
Paris-green, when they become too troublesome 
for hand-picking. Fruit Is a variable—we have 
a good many cherries, plums, etc., but apples are 
scarce. Had early cherries ripe on the loth Inst.., 
but the birds have taken the most of them. Grate 
advanced some In priee here of late, and farm¬ 
ers who had any to sell, have sold the most of what 
they had on hand. Prices are: wheat 6s®i*oc; 
corn, 88^300; oats, 2sc; butter, s^9c. for good 
dairy make; eggs 7c. fish, from the Mississippi 
River, «c, per lb., dressed. w. b. d. 
Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Ill.—Wheat is gen¬ 
erally good and of very good quality. The harvest 
Is lu progress. Corn Is very uneven, owing to the 
very dry time we have had since the middle of 
April. Very little rate has fallen In this part of 
the county since that time; other portions of the 
county and state had rate In abundance. Potatoes 
are Scarce and small. Fruits of all kinds are gen¬ 
erally scarce. I think severe frost late In the 
spring is the cause of failure in this part of the 
Hutto, muntscorn is looking first-rate; stands 
waist-high, aud bids fair to give a good yield. 
M. a. n. 
ItooKR's Park, Cook Co., 111.,— The spring has 
been cold, yet corn looks well; grass, spring wheat 
and oals have suffered for want, of rate in this 
state and Southern Wisconsin. Farther west, as 
In Minnesota. Western Jowa, and Dakota, the 
grass Is good and also all grain crops. w. h. o. 
flint, Genessee co., Mich.—The weather thus 
far has been quite cool and dry. corn Is rather 
backward. Wheat will be a fair crop. Hay Ls a 
light crop. Potatoes look well—plenty of ••bugs.” 
Apples will be scarce In this part of the country, 
the trees having blossomed very light. Cherries 
and plums promise good crops. Early cherries are 
ripening. c. b. 
Woodland, Barry Co., Mich.—Wheat in this 
particular locality ls thin, owing to a failure to 
come up well last fail; all there Is of It is now 
heading finely. The Stole, l believe, expects a 
good crop. Corn and oats never looked better, 
despite the cold spring. Potatoes promise well, 
and fruits, particularly small fruits, are abundant. 
Mondovi, Buffalo Co., Wla.—The wheat pros¬ 
pects In this township are good. It came up poorly 
lu the spring on account of dry weather, but about 
lour weeks ago the weather changed to wot, and 
the wheat stooled out nicely and bids fair to be a 
big crop, oats also look splendid, corn looks 
puorly, yellow and small, on account or wet and 
cold. Potatoes bid fair to be a big crop. F’rult ls 
good. 11 ay Is the heaviest crop that we have had 
for years. r. t, 
Minneapolis, Hennepin Co,, Minn.—The weather 
has been rather cool so far in the summer. Jl was 
very dry early lu the spring, but we have had 
plenty of rain for the last five weeks. Wheat is 
doing splendidly; there Is every prospect for a big 
crop if it does not run to straw so much ;is to lodge, 
corn ls of a good color, but backward for want of 
hot weather. Potatoes are looking well; there are 
plenty or old bugs to stock each hill with eggs, but 
we don't fear them much as long as we can get 
Paris-green and water to sprinkle them with. 
Btrawberi les will be a very heavy crop Just be¬ 
ginning to come lo market. Raspberries, currants, 
etc., all bid fair to be heavy crops. This Is nut an 
apple state. We had a light frost on the isth. 
c. c. c, 
Farmington, Dakota co., Minn.—Crops of all 
kinds are looking finely, and bid fair to give large 
yields. There ls no particular section that looks 
better than another,but all look weU. Grass ls heavy 
and win yield a much larger crop than we have 
had for years. Fruit ls a fair crop; children also. 
r. c. i. 
Trot, Davis Co., Iowa.—This section of the 
country has been dry through the early part of 
spring but for the last two weoks, It, has been 
raining every day. Fall wheat ls the principal 
sorts raised here; It ls doing very well except 
late sowing. Oats bid fair ter a good crop. Pota¬ 
toes are largely planted and are looking well. 
Owing to the dry weather corn had to be largely 
replanted, it. is now too wet to plow, and some ol 
It is getting weedy. Fruit, will be scarce. Wheat 
sells for Sue. to SH)c; outs, 48c; corn, 25 to 26c; pota¬ 
toes soc; weather, cool to-day j. «. 
Unadilla, Otoe Co., Neb.—1 came here about 
six years ago from West Hoboken, N. J. 1 liked the 
country so w ell, that 1 bought so acres of laud and 
commenced farming. 1 was here during the grass¬ 
hopper siege, and bad to work hard to make both 
ends meet; but l think 1 did better than staying 
around New York and working three days a week. 
I ain by trade a carpenter. We have had a very 
dry spring, and small grate Is very short and thin, 
but the corn crop looks Uno. Fruit, of aU kinds 
will be scarce. We have Just had a good rain, and 
It looks as If we should have more. Corn, hogs, 
cattle, and wheat bring fair prices—wheat, 76c.; 
corn, SOC.; hogs, $2.70<3$3,90 per loo pounds; cattle, 
$>i(A$4.i5 per ditto. Barley aud rye are grown here 
for Iced only, as this Is a stock section. We raise 
some fine hogs aud cattle. h. j. p. 
Kearney, Buffalo co., Neb.—Crops in this sec¬ 
tion of the country arc looking splendid; raising 
winter wheat here Is an experiment this year, but 
ls likely to prove a success, as It, Is already headed 
out and looking fine. Spring grain and corn are 
looking bettor than on any previous year. Fruit 
growing is lu Its lnluncy here yet, but what little 
there ls, shows good prospects of a fair crop. Plums 
aud grapes comprise onr wild fruits, and the pres¬ 
ent prospects are that there will be an abundance 
of both, though of both, there 1ms been none of 
any consequence for the last, three years. The 
prices of country produce arc about as follows: 
wheat, 72c.; corn, tec.; oats, 40c.; potatoes, soc.; 
butter, 12CJ4.; eggs, luc., flour, $2«i2 40 ; hams, 
loc.; shoulders, «>;c.; bacon, 1% o,; green peas, 
$1 50 per bush. ; radishes, 6c. u. a. w. 
Sc at' yi.br, coiraxco., Neb.—crops in this local¬ 
ity are uniformly good. There has been sufllclent 
rain to keep things In good growing condition. In 
some few localities the wheat has been destroyed, 
but such Instances are merely local. Corn Is now 
from 8 to 12 Inches high, and is growing finely. 
Wheat wifi be of an unusually good quality. Po¬ 
tatoes here were never known to fail, or rrult 
there ls very little in this portion of tho State. 
The hay crop wifi be very large. e. a. c. 
Palmyra, Otoe Co., Neb.,—Wheat will be about 
an average crop, If nothing happens to It. Corn 
looks well for the time of year. Of oats very lit¬ 
tle has been sowed—a fair prospect for what there 
Is. There will be no fruit, of any account except 
strawberries. We are having plenty of rate and 
a floe growing time, d. c. 
coutmhps, Platte Co., Neb.—Crops are good. 
Wheat will be short in straw, on account or dry 
weather In early spring, but the heads are well 
formed and filled. Corn, potatoes, frail, etc., were 
never better. Everything Is very prosperous. 
Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colo.—The climate 
here ls very peculiar. The soil Is a rich, sandy 
loam almost everywhere. It consists of alluvial 
deposits, free of sheds and mineral matter. Ills 
level, other than sandstone ledges. The climate, 
winds, cool nights, an absence of moisture, etc., 
together with the elements In the soli, all have a 
tendency to make all vegetation dwarfed. All 
fruit trees, forest trees, shrubs, flowers and grasses 
are short. No forest tree Is higher tbuu 20 or 30 
feet. Garden peas never need slicks, nor do 
grapes. Beans trail along on the ground, and 
everything seems to be as prolific as to the East. 
Cabbage lies flat and spreads out in heads of 40 
pounds without ever being troubled by the tortoise 
bug or green worm. Pumpkins, squashes and all 
vines flourish without fear of Inig or black ant. 
The wheat crop Is very promising and the early 
varieties are Just, heading. Immigration luto this 
.State Is Immense. Every state east of the Missis¬ 
sippi River Is represented dafly. “ Everybody” Is 
coming. Home stay, enter land and settle, others 
buy town property and set, up In some business. 
The western-bound trains are always full or people 
destined ter LeadvlLle or Oregon. Immigrant 
trains of wagons are continually passing, each fol¬ 
lowed by a dog. There seems to be no cry of 
“hard times” here. Every laxly has some money. 
Wages are good, Ji.flO per (lay of eight to ten hours 
being the minimum price paid the poorest day- 
laborers. Wheat does remarkably well In this soil; 
no less than 30 bushels per acre ls the average. 
Corn does not nourish on account of the cool nights, 
but. sluce the country lius been cut up by ditches, 
trees planted and land cultivated, wo have more 
rate, warmer nights and more moisture In the at¬ 
mosphere. All small fruits do better than In tho 
East. Business of all kinds ls brisk. Goodworkmeu, 
mechanics and farm laborers are in demand at 
good wages Wo have, close by us, sheep ranches, 
cattle, chicken and butter ditto, which pay hand¬ 
some profits, sheep pay, clear of all expenses, 
over 30 per cent.; cattle, do better, and chickens 
sell for to fo.'io pm dozen. Among them there 
ls known no disease. They are very easily raised, 
and do not cost as much as In the East. Herds of 
1,500 to 5,000 sheep are seen all over I ho Cool-hills 
and plains at this season. Cattle fine and cover 
the banks of every stream on the plates. Sheep 
are herded every night; cattle, never. Noi a sheep 
has been killed by dogs In this county, cattle, 
sheep and horses die sometimes, and their car¬ 
casses lie u n touched by bird or beast. They waste 
away by a dry decomposition and seldom emit tho 
least offensive ouor. A. k, b. 
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah.— The pros¬ 
pect for wheat ls not as favorable as last year, 
owing to lack of rain and scarcity of water from 
