garden truck about an average, but the pota¬ 
to bugs are worse than ever before. The hay 
crop will be the best for several years. 
Apples, cherries, peaches, pears, and grapes are 
all good here, but in many places, in this and 
adjoining counties, the fruit has fallen off to 
a large extent. j. s. c. 
Paterson, Passaic Co.—Weather too cool 
for many crops. Wheat, rye and oats are all 
very good. Hay promises better than for the 
last five years. Potatoes and garden truck 
doing well. s. M. j. 
Ileluwnrc. 
Dover, Kent Co.—May was wet and mostly 
cool, yet vegetation has grown right along. 
Corn is being worked the second and third 
times. Wheat, a fair crop. Black-caps and 
blackberries look promising. Peaches are 
dropping very badly—more on the ground 
than on the trees. Other fruits in abundance. 
s. t. s. 
GUEENSPRINO, Newcastle Co.—Corn not 
looking as well as last year; wheat about 15 
per cent, bettor. Rye aud barley are not 
grown here to any extent. Potatoes and gar¬ 
den truck about the same as last year. Apples 
are more plentiful. Pears not so good. 
Peaches about half as good us last year in 
some sections, and in others all killed by the 
freezing weather in February. Crapes about 
the same as last year. Hay is at least 50 per 
cent, better. Oats about the same. j. j. w. 
Hockessix, Newcastle Co.—Corn, acreage 
75; condition 80; wheat, condition 100; oats, 
condition !«); potatoes, acreage HO; condition 
00; apples, 85; pears, 60; grapes, 95; hay. 105. 
These are the principal crops raised in my 
section. I have used 1U0 to represent an av¬ 
erage. t. L. I. B. 
McDonough, Newcastle Co.—The wheat 
crop better than last year. Grass is heavy, 
but wet weather has interfered somewhat 
with haying. Corn is looking well. Good 
season for oats, but not a large amount sown. 
P. W. A. 
Milton, Sussex Co.—Nothing has suffered 
for lack of rain. Corn, area, 100; condition 
05; wheat, area, 100; condition, 100; oats, 
area, 80; condition, 100; potatoes, area, DO; 
condition, 100; garden truck, area, IK); con¬ 
dition, 100; apples, condition, 95; no peaches 
in this vicinity. V\ hat few there are in the 
country are near salt water. D. E. w. 
Smyrna, Kent Co—Corn, backward; 
wheat, a trifle better than last year; hay 
full crop, but no weather for making; grapes, 
full. Apples and pears light; peaches, quarter 
to half a crop. w. p. c. 
Maryland. 
Allen, \\ icomicoCo.—The average present 
condition of the following crops as compared 
with last year at the corresponding time is; 
corn, 50; wheat, 125; oats, 300; rye, 125; pota¬ 
toes, 150; apples, 75; pears, 75; peaches. 75; 
grapes, 150; bay, 300. O. P. j. 
CALVERT, Cecil Co.—Corn very late, but 
hiokiiig well, with a favorable season will 
come up to last year’s crop. Wheat never 
looked better ut this time; 15 per cent, better 
than last year. Rye and barley not much 
raised. Potatoes aud garden truck come up 
to last year's. Apples, pears, peaches, bay, 
clover better, and Timothy not so good. 
J. M. H. 
Catonsville, Baltimore Co.—Wheat and 
oats better than last year. Rye a full aver¬ 
age; corn, uncertain. We have had many 
rains since May 1, which have hindered work¬ 
ing ground before and after planting. Potato 
prospects good. Apples, probably a full crop. 
Pears a good crop; peaches fair. Hay full 
average, but full of weeds. Garden truck 
pretty good. W eather has been aud is very 
cool and cloudy. a. l. c. 
Chesapeake City, Cecil Co.—Wheat a full 
average crop; oats, but few sown; prospects 
good. Corn late, but looking well. Have 
had continuous Showers for a month past. 
Grass crops, clover and Timothy, heavy where 
the catch was good. Peaches (acreage much 
reduced from a few years since), praqiects 
good for full crop on what remains. Cherries 
and all small fruits, prospects good. Early 
potatoes, prospects good for full crop. Apples 
and pears very light crops. t. b. h. 
Denton, Caroline Co.—Corn, quite ns good 
as last year. Wheat better, heads larger; 
looks flue. Never saw oats so good. Rye 
fully equal to last soason’s. Potatoes and gar¬ 
den vegetables bettor. Apples and pears not 
as heavy a crop as last season. Peaches not 
half a crop here, and the “June drop” has 
liegun. An abundance of grass and clover, 
but no hay weather; too much rain. Grapes 
promise well new; but then, the rot. 
J. w. K. 
Easton, Tabot Co,—There has been much 
wet weather. Pasture good as compared with 
last year. Corn about 100; wheat (uow being 
harvested) 100;oats, 125; potatoes and other 
small truck 100; apples and pears, 80; peaches, 
100; grapes, 100; hay 150; (unusually fine 
growth of Timothy) most farm products prom¬ 
ise bountiful yields—Prospective prices very 
low, T. 
Frederick, Frederick Co.—Corn not quite 
so good as last year, owing to so much being 
planted late. Wheat nearly double, except 
where injured by fly. Oats, a full crop; rye, 
not so good. What little barley there is will 
make a full average crop. Potatoes a full 
crop. Garden truck much better than last 
year. Hay more thau double the crop of last 
year. Apples a fair crop. Pears half a crop. 
Peaches and grafts very abundant. Small 
fruits promise an abundance. d. g, 
Nottingham, Prince George Co.—Wheat 
above average of 1885, Corn generally good, 
but a deal below last year at this time, owing 
to late planting. Oats and rye above average; 
potatoes and garden truck ditto. Apples fair 
crop. Pears scarce. Peaches fair to good. 
Hay generally above an average. Tobacco, 
the main crop of this section, generally later 
than last year, although those few whose 
stand was not injured by fly arc ahead, aud 
their crops looking fine. w. \v. w. 
Salisbury, Wicomico Co.—Wheat prom¬ 
ises well; oats unusually good; rye very good; 
potatoes very good; peach prospect good. 
s. A. 
SOUTHERN STATES. 
Virginia. 
Berkeley Springs, Morgan Co.— The corn 
crop promises better this year thau last. The 
wheat crop will be from 50 to tiO per cent, 
larger. There will be large crops of oats and 
rye: potatoes promise to be good. The fruit 
crop will lie exceptionally good, consisting of 
apples, pears and peaches. This county con¬ 
tains many orchards that are beginning to 
bear well, but it cannot as yet be classed as a 
large fruit-growing county. e. van r. 
Claremont, Surrey Co.—Outlook good for 
a very abundant fruit crop, including all 
kiuds that are grown iu this climate. The 
season favorable for all kiuds of crops, parti¬ 
cularly small graiu and grass. E. D. a. 
Gleeks Mills, Bath Co.—Wheat promises 
full average crop—far ahead of last year- 
average acreage. Rye about an average of 
other years. Oats more sowed than usual, 
not. quite so promising as last year. Corn, 
much late-planted: weather too wet to work 
it enough: too little sunshine. Grass, our 
principal crop, above an average. Potatoes 
look flue. Apple crop must be light, many 
trees not having bloomed. Best fleeces 
brought 20 cents per pound. w. r. g. 
Dalevillk, Botetourt Co. — As compared 
with crops last year at the same date; the 
average wheat acreage is 25 per cent, more; 
average yield 30 per cent, more; corn area 
10 per cent, less: yield 30 per cent, less; oats 
25 percent, more; yield 10 percent less; po¬ 
tatoes acreage the same; yield 10 per cent, 
more; garden truck area unchanged: yield 5 
per cent, better; apples 10 par cent, less; 
peaches 5 percent, less; tobacco area 15 per 
cent, less; condition the same; hay area 5 per 
cent, more; yield 5 per cent. less. n. c. B. 
Fredericksburg, Spottsylvauia Co. — 
Wheat area about same as last year, condition 
10 per cent, better; corn area small, due to 
wet weather at. time of planting. If season 
continues good, crops will be better than last 
year. Oats, average area planted; best pros¬ 
pect for years; rye increased acreage; 10 per 
cent, better; potatoes and gardeu truck better 
than last year; orchard fruits prospect not 
good; grapes will be good unless the season 
should be too wet; hay, best for years if we 
can get suu enough to cure it; tobacco, an 
average crop will be planted. C. B. m. 
Gaines’ Cross Roads, Rappahannock Co. 
—We are just in the middle of wheat harvest; 
it is !W per cent better than last year. Corn. 
25 percent, better than last year; oats and rye 
25 per cent, better; hay, 90 per cent, better; 
apples, 20 per cent, less than last year; garden 
truck, 10 per cent, better. C. B. w. 
Lee, Goochland Co.—Owing to an almost 
unprecedentedly wet Spring, crops are all 
backward. All river-bottom crops seriously 
hurt, if not entirely destroyed by various 
floods in April. All corn on such lands hail 
to be replanted; corn planting not yet doue. 
V\ heat earlier iu the season promised a fair 
crop, but owing to ravages of the chinch bug 
it will be curtailed one-third. Upland gross 
exceptionally line. No Timothy or clover on 
bottom land. Grapes alone of fruits promis¬ 
ing well. Tobacco planting late, though, 
doubtless, a larger area than last year will be 
planted. On the whole, the outlook is exceed¬ 
ingly gloomy for farmers in this section. 
J. R. A., JR, 
Lovely Mount, Montgomery Co. — Crops 
of all kiuds much better now than last year. 
Harvest will be 10 days to two weeks earlier. 
Wheat a fair stand and good heads, though 
some danger of rust owing to the continued 
rains for the past five weeks almost daily. 
Oats better than for five years past—heavy 
yield expected, though small acreage sown. 
Corn, large acreage planted—far advanced, 
though, owing to rain, not very clean. Clover 
abundaut, damaged by lodging, Timothy 
bids fair to be very heavy. Apples good, in 
spots. Peaches, none. Potatoes, on small 
acreage, look welL Grapes more abundant 
than for years. Scarcely any rye. No barley. 
Pear trees full. Spring-sown grass a fine 
stand Everything too abundant for the 
farmers; prices very low. G. E. 
Monteithville, Stafford Co.—Corn, poor; 
wheat, 105; oats, very good; rye, 100; no bar¬ 
ley; potatoes and garden truck inferior; ap 
pies, pears, peaches and other orchard fruits 
less than last year’s crop; hay uncommonly 
good; tobacco promises well. j. o. L. 
Norfolk. Norfolk Co.—Garden truck, large 
cron, but low prices: potatoes nearly all sold: 
apples and pears very light: few peaches; 
corn about, an average ; what grass is 
grown is good: but little is raised; grapes, 
an average. K. e. b. 
Peaksville, Bedford Co—The condition 
of corn, compared with last year's crop, is 
about 80: wheat, 200; rye, potatoes and 
peaches about 100; apples, 85 or 90. Clover 
hay is plentiful, but the quality is injured by 
continued wet weather; none cut as yet aud 
now two weeks behind. There will lie very 
little choice Timothy hay this season, but a 
fair crop of second-class. Tobacco 20 jvr 
cent, less area, but condition far better; 90 
per cent, of whole crop planted and living 
well. r. K . 
W ytheville, Wythe Co.—Wheat is look¬ 
ing welland now being cut. On account of 
wet weather it may be a little damaged by 
rust. Last year not half a crop: ditto in lss4. 
Oats promise a good crop. Coni rather late, 
but looks well. Rye looks promising; two- 
thirds crop in 1885. Potatoes, promising with 
good season. Apples will be plentiful; large 
yield for 1 885. Peaches, a fair yield; scarce 
in 1885. Grapes, promising: hay, a fair crop. 
Corn late on account of first planting being 
mnch destroyed by cut-worms. A good deal 
of grain destroyed by a severe hail-storm 
about May 15. w. h. r. 
West Virginia. 
Charleston, Kerswha Co.—Com, wheat, 
oats, potatoes, apples, pears, grapes, hay and 
tobacco—our principal crop—are all good. 
T. p. 
Keyser, Mineral Co.—Wheat is much bet¬ 
ter than for several years. Oats, very good; 
rye, very good; also potatoes, garden truck 
and fruits of all kinds. Hay only an average 
cro P- R. M. W. 
Little Falls. Monangalia Co.—Last year 
wheat was an entire failure, this year we will 
have far more than an average crop. Oats 
better than last year. Corn will !*• from one- 
quarter to one-third more than last year. Fruit 
will lie also ahead. Berries and cherries in 
quantity. Potatoes and gardeu truck finer 
prospects by one-half at least. Grass one- 
third to one-quarter better than last year. 
J. M. j. 
West, Wetzel Co.—Wheat more than 
double the crop of last year: area about the 
same. Corn good. Oats aud gl ass look well, 
with a large acreage. Potatoes good. To¬ 
bacco nearly planted, with a large acreage. 
Barley, rye and root crops not much grown 
here. Garden truck good. j. h. 
W ellsbuug. Brook Co.—Corn, average 
amouut in ground, backward for time of 
year. Wheat, prospects better than for sev¬ 
eral years. Oats short and sowed; conditions 
favorable for the crop. Potatoes flue; pros¬ 
pect. for a good crop. Garden truck, an 
abundant crop iu prospect. Local hail-storms 
have done much damage to tender plants. 
Apples, short set of fruit, although a good 
bloom. Meadows very light aud full of for¬ 
eign growth. Rainfall in abundance. 
J. D. s. 
•\orth Carolina. 
Dover, Kent Co.—Corn looks well. Wheat 
excellent, much better than last year. Oats 
good. Rye excellent, but little raised. Barley 
none raised. Early potatoes excellent. Gar¬ 
den truck generally very good. Apples and 
pears abundant. Peaches, some orchards full, 
some but u few. Small fruits abuudant. 
Grapes, prosjicct good. Grass excellent, bet¬ 
ter than last year. Tobacco, sorghum, hops, 
broom-corn, etc., none raised iu this section. 
r. d. d. 
Highlands, Macon Co,—Corn backward; 
fully a month later than an average on account 
of continued rains. Wheat good; harvesting 
beguu. aud crop fully up to average, aud 100 
per cent, better than last year. Oats and rye 
looking well and promising full crops. Pota¬ 
toes better than last year—a full crop. Apples 
good; peaches none, buds all killed by cold 
spell in the Winter; grapes excellent; hay the 
largest crop ever known: clover exceedingly 
good; tobacco, the yellow-leaf variety being a 
staple crop in this region, is looking well, but 
is late and may suffer from an early frost. 
We have had the wettest season on record, 
rain every day for a month up to yesterday. 
h. s. 
Mooresville, Marshall Co.—We have had 
so much rain that crops are in bad condition. 
Cotton (our main crop) is backward and not a 
good stand; com needs work but looks fine; 
oats, very fine: wheat, not better than last 
year; fruits of all kinds abundant, but drop- 
ing and rotting bailly; hay, especially clover, 
fine; but too much rain to save hay. 
s. A. L. 
New Berne, Craven Co.—Corn, 20 per cent, 
better; oats, better; potatoes and track, short; 
fruit, not good. Cotton looks well, though 
some is dying. We are having too much rain. 
J. H. 
Raleigh, Wake Co.—The season has been 
excellent, and at present the crop prospect for 
the following must lie at least 25 per cent, bet¬ 
ter than last year at this season. Corn, wheat, 
oats, rye, gardeu truck, apples, pears, peach¬ 
es, hay. tobacco and cotton. The season has 
just suited cotton, and this crop was never 
better. If not subject to drought later in the 
season, crops will be better than in 10 years. 
J. N. 
Woodsdale, Person Co.—Corn, average 
better; wheat, three-quarters; oats, over an 
average; rye, barley, potatoes and garden 
truck, good. Apples, peaches and pears, an 
average. T. t. h. 
South Carolina. 
Blenheim. Marlborough Co.—The crops 
are an average acreage with the exception of 
hay; corn is very small yet, but prondses 
well; wheat looks much better than expected 
in the Spring, will average about 20 bushels 
to the acre, throughout the section; oats look 
well, will be an average crop; potatoes good: 
apples an average crop; peaches and pears 
about an average; hay is light—three-fourths 
to one ton per acre. j. s. 
Georgia. 
Americus. —Sumter Co, Not more than 
half an average crop of oats made. Corn 
shows average. Cotton not over three- 
fourths average, and very grassy. Irish po¬ 
tatoes, finest for years. Garden truck the 
same. Prospects for sweet potatoes very fine. 
The peach crop, I think will not equal early 
expectations, as at least half have either rotted 
on the trees or fallen off. H. w. s. 
Atlanta, Fulton Co.—Corn, 110; wheat, 
40; oats, 85; potatoes aud garden truck, 120; 
apples, 50;pears, 100; peaches late, 75; peaches 
early, 40; hay, 125; cotton, 75. w. c. a. 
Cave Springs, Bibb Co.—Wheat with us is 
now ripe. Same area sown as last season. 
Grain [>oor; but with little over third of a crop. 
Oats usual area, full crop; heavy grain—the 
best in years. This crop not so good in middle 
and lower portion of the State; corn promis¬ 
ing, but two weeks late. Cotton-plant healthy 
and vigorous, but small—two to three weeks 
late—Potatoes tine and large, but owing to 
continued rains, are rotting; sorghum good. 
Garden truck fully up to the average. Light 
crops of both pears and apples. A tine crop of 
grapes, but inclined to rot. Summing up the 
crop, we Mould put it dowu as fully up to 
last seasons, with the exception of wheat, 30. 
Griffin. Spalding Co,—Corn fully equal to 
last year's; wheat, a failure; outs, one-half 
crop; [teaches, 00; apples badly injured by 
cold and insects. Grapes never hail liner 
prospects, except that successive rains have 
brought on rot. Continued wet weather will 
destroy late cotton, but flue promise. Floods 
of rain s . w . M . 
Harmony Grove, Jackson Co.—Cora 10 
per cent, better thau last year, area about the 
same; wheat, half a crop: oats and potatoes 
about the same; gardeu truck better. Out¬ 
look for apples, pears, peaches and other or¬ 
chard fruits good. Sorghum a little better. 
Cotton, our main crop,as about 10 per cent, 
off, owing to cold rains. G, w. o’k. 
Louisiana. 
Cottonville, East Baton Rouge.—Oats a 
poor crop. Corn looking fine, aud a heavy 
crop assured. Cane doing well. Potatoes 
yielded poorly. Cotton is suffering from a 
three weeks’ rain, and is badly in the grass 
and scalded out. All our crops are from two 
to three weeks late. ’ R. G. B. 
Monroe, Ouachita Co.—Corn good. Wheat, 
rye, barley, none. Few potatoes; these much 
inferior to last year. Fruit crop poor. Cot¬ 
ton 80. 
