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Monroe County, Tenn.—Wheat sown on. clover-fallow is looking well, especially the 
early sown. That on stalk-land is badly winter-killed. 
In more than half the counties of West Virginia there is complaint of 
injury from frost or unthrifty appearance. Warm weather will greatly 
improve the latter defect. The principal injury appears to have been 
done in March, after the disappearance of the winter’s snow. While 
the surface became bare in places, the temperature was too low for 
growth, even in counties so far south as Cabell. The counties in which 
it looks best are Jefferson, Hancock, Taylor, Pocahontas, Tyler, Berkeley, 
Barbour, Hardy, and Morgan. It is 20 per cent. better than last year 
in Berkeley, well tillered and vigorous. Where it is fairly started in these 
counties it is growing fast. . 
In most of the counties of Kentucky the appearance is reported un- 
promising. In Shelby the “early sown stood best; the early drilled 
seems to have done better than broadcast;” in Warren it is “ good, 
better than expected ;” in Lawrence “ good on new land ;” in “ fair con- 
dition” in Boone; ‘looks tolerably well” in Trimble. It is thought that 
few fields will be worth harvesting in Jackson; in Livingston wheat is 
poorer than for many years; and fields have been plowed up in Owsley . 
and Russell. ; 
Hardin County, Ky.— Wheat is in a poor condition ; you would hardly recognize any 
wheat in three-fourths of the wheat-fields, at a distance. Drilled wheat is still in the 
ground, but broadcast is badly lifted out by freezes. Rye looks badly ; it made no 
growth last fall. 
Fayette County, Ky—Wheat has wintered badly; that which was drilled on clover- 
ground has done well; all other kinds much injured, probably to extent of 30 per cent. 
Rye has done very well. 
In Ohio the returns, which are quite general, are favorable in a large 
proportion of the counties. Among those in which condition is most 
promising are Ashland, Adams, Ross, Vinton, Erie, Geauga, Morgan, 
Stark, Perry, Fairfield, Jefferson, Defiance, Crawford, Lorain, Logan, 
Mahoning, and Warren. In Noble it is better than for many years. 
In Morrow many fields, sown early, look well. The counties making 
less favorable reports are Carroll, Delaware, Meigs, Marion, Medini, 
Scioto, Wyandot, Washington, and Urbana. i 
Athens County, Ohio.—Made little growth before winter. Have had many cold, chilly 
winds, killing much grain, and rendering that left alive very weak and unpromising. 
Williams County, Ohio.—Winter-wheat, just now, is looking very badly. It was 
covered with snow all winter until the last week in February, when there was a thaw 
that melted the snow all off, leaving the wheat very green and tender-looking. Then 
there was a change in the weather, the thermometer running down to 8° below zero in 
about twelve hours. And since then wheat looks as though it had been considerably 
scorched, in fact a great deal of it is entirely killed. 
The crop was well protected by snow in Michigan, (the principal winter- 
wheat-growing State of the Northern border,) and scarcely any returns 
indicate unpromising condition. Ice has caused some injury to fields in 
Branch, and 10 some extent in Wayne. In many counties the covering 
of snow was not yet removed, and a possibility existed of injury by 
sudden changes of spring weather. In Saint Joseph the prospect was 
somewhat above an average, but not quite so good as last year. In 
Montealm the crop “never looked: better,” and was above average in 
Lenawee, Lapeer, Macomb, Jackson, Ottawa, Washtenaw, and Shia- 
wassee. A majority of the counties report average condition. 
A few counties in Indiana report superior condition. In Shelby, 
‘‘ better than for several years;” in Randolph, 23 per cent. better than 
last year; in Scott, above average; in Hancock there appears a differ- 
ence of one-third in favor of drilled wheat. In sheltered locations the 
crop looks well in Laporte. In many counties there was little snow, 
