, 1877-05-14

!onEs frcnttd' anu thc prospects oF atpe cFap
or other inacctA. Cattle arc romewhat Ecarccr.
Bhecp double thnt Of last Jeas, Fruit OF al kinds
Is n se1
for rich harvest next fall.
ia nELLR COUNTY,
ine eetcats wheat corn, and oats. Grain of a!i
s!nas looks well FL anl @ prom'tes duo; some tsw
!e1s:ssS @ .ssa9 !. oeo @ d",as tns ,ett E!a!s sss,
eFs, @ stosE sta n Ese condition. and farmers
NORRIS COUNTY.
Acreage more than 1ast, ycas. increase about 8
weil. The ets:.hop,,sfs n!e hatchier ont 4 az:
snt tne sapty Ss hsse aoue sa ts
hog crop of ihis year. The cattle crop 10 also on
the inerca'e: The fru!t eIop rrou,lse. falr thu.
thc Int ycas "f about zoo. Farmers arc cheerful,
except for fear uf Rra-shoppers
MITCHELL COUNTY.
Acreage one-thlrd moro than last year. Leading
Il oks hna and promises iatge yield some grass.
s o. &C. ;, o
s6ens Gne;tensh. ronals.ion has lnesease4 abent
ncrs appesr cheerful and In good spirits ,
MARSHALL coUNTY.
Acreage about tho ra1no A. la't year. Leading
cereals arc corn. whsat, oats, and rye. cEops arc
Eou e :s e% sa::s"psss sSnS .a :ns 8 s
yeal, sna cattle and sheep aboat ss per cent mose
hese. II ioc4. eseseaa and tse .sme se"
oFa'ly ase cheerful and In aood tp!rits.
MIAMI COUNTY.
cereals 40 wheat and corn: t'ra!n looks Ane. and
An extra good:crop l. looked for: No Rta-snoppers
o. n,ss's +" hs locality IloE shSn sne
ehang0d. Fruit crop promfex large, aud farmers
generally arc In the pcst Of spirits.
KEMKHl COUNTY.
Small grain about tho 6nrne a. last year. There
linn a.t Leading cereals % aro corn nd Nv wfeat
almost i,nosstie to prodiet The oatleok - yet !:
There Is vast deposit ot gras.hopprr eggs IN this
county, butts rory, few have yet hatched out AM!
DO any damage. !ior crop I. on the increase; cat
tic have Increased third moro than last ytar,
aud all arc free from diacase Of any kind. This
how how. There il good deal Of iaat ycars Corn IL
thls county, and slsoEe,her farmers s:u cheerful,
popn.tion for tho ast swo s' sesrs % L fou,
y, GOO to 10. 0oo Or moro.
nluE COUNTY.
Acreage 25 per cent n,ofe than Inst ytnF. Lead.
nGycr looked better TINA they do nt present. The
prorpseta fo. IN Immense wheat crop arr vcfJ
arc abuut 6, 700 cattie and 1.00D sheep in thf.
Sonnty ssn'asian'e l,n ;oe 900
cIs ars in tho best of spirits. snd anticipate an
abundant harvest.
RILEY COUNTY.
Acreage 20 per cent more thnu last year. Lead.
1nE cetcaIs ARE corn, whtal uat, rye, anu barley.
Corn was planted lste, and Is consequently litte
AZ 9tasr stsn' aTs IN oufsn h
yet they have done iltuo Of no damage. Hog
crop oyGE thst VI last year. and cattle have In:
Stuck Ia In YGyy Qpp1 condition, aud farmers arc
In good splfits
HUssKLL COUNTY.
Acreage nbont Two tlmos that Of last rear. Lead
Ing cercnls wheat corr, rye, and uata. Whsul
and rye never looked better than at presunt. NJ
gsa.shoppets or othe. !n.scss. Cattle and ahao1
dlscase. Tasrs srs about 20, o!o hcud OF cattls
and ~. 900 head Of sheep in this county. The
ses Il oot and tho
nErupL1u COUNTY.
Acreage ono.thtsd H,ore than Inst }car. Leading
Sssao .a4 st so
Etasshoppets heso. but none to d. any harm yet.
rhe.c az about .. COO hogs In the county, and
cattle and sheep ato on the increase. Fruit al
looks Anc, And farmers arc feeling very much Gu
couragcd. ---..-~
Acreage moto than last year. Leading cereals
whe.t step WI 30 light. = the xta..hoppsrs a.
os eaa ind so apeeea
crease ovof Last years. Fruit crop never locked q
| hne ns now. 1lave an Immense immigration 4
/ this country. Stock IL tn xuoi condition, an
farmers are ]ubllunt and In the bust OF sprits.
| HALIHE CUuSTY.
Acreago moro than last year; Increase about one
| fourth. Leading cereals arc whnat, coln, unt
1 onts, also barley and broom corn. Wheat Is ex
trnaiycly planted aud looks unusually wGEt; 0the
| grain also look nne. Thcrt nfe some few xrnsa
hoppers, but not enough to do any serioua damauc
1ay crop larger than aat cattle aEo scurccf
llAve large eplln[gratton This yoar. Stock 10 II
excellent condition, and farmers generally aro II
| good spirits And hopeful.
WILSON COUNTY.
AcscANp 10 per cent moro than Iast year. Lead
ngeerculs arc wheat, ryu, oats. barley, and cDfn
| Ten per cent MorU wheat than last yeaF; utha
| grains about the same. There weFo Eecat n,uny
| 'hoprers here eaty In thu scason, bnf they hAyt
| bow disappeared, aud no damage do1e to cEups.
log crop 1alne last year. Sheep hAyo tncruu4es
about u per cont, aud cattlo about thg same. NJ
| decreahs amohg stock. Population hAA lncrca-ct
about S00 In tho last year. Fruit looks nNe, an,
farmers fsel cheerful mud In tbs bost Of spirits.
| WAuDAuHsER COUNTY.
Acreage Z per cent more than last year. Lead
| Ing cereals arc wheat corn. md oats. Crops ri
| look hne. Soma f1w VsashhoppcEs. but shoy hatcl
| out and dthappearln bhort tine, and no latnns
| done by then, yet. Thura ure about ], s0u hogs
II, D0U cattle. and >, U00 h0r4cs in ths county N
tlEscssv among stock. Fruit 1ouks nne, aud ID
| fArmefs AEe cheerful mud confident.