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NEw YorK.—Chemung: Good. Hay having been scarce and dear, much grain has 
been fed, thus maintaining flesh and thrift. Grain has been relatively much cheaper 
than hay. Corn is worth in market $20 per ton; hay, $22; straw, $12. Seneca: 
Thrifty. Cattle and sheep, as a rule, are well sheltered and well cared for in this 
county. Genesee: Not as good as last year; still buried in snow, and many farmers 
short of fodder. Hay, $15 per ton. 
New Jersey.— Warren: Look better than for many years. 
PENNSYLVANIA.— York: Poor, on account of searcity of hay. Cumberland: Better 
than for many years. Cameron: Rather below average. Feed scarce. Clearfield: Better 
than usual. Feed plenty and cattle scarce. Dauphin: Looking unusually well. Long, 
severe winter, with scarcity of hay, but corn-fodder plenty; and it appears that cattle 
winter better on that than on hay. Bucks: Very good. Owing to the high price of 
hay and low price of grain, more grain than usual has been fed. Beeves: Better than 
was expected. Cheap corn and better care. 
DELAWARE.—Sussex : Ten per cent. below ayerage. 
MARYLAND.— Baltimore: About 60 per cent. of the cattle are poor and much pros- 
trated, owing to scarcity of hay, and consequent poor and insufficient feed. Many 
farmers, however, as well as dairymen, are keeping their cows in good condition. Ex- 
perience has taught us that cows poorly fed are a loss. Somerset: Quite thin from 
scarcity of feed, occasioned by extensive drought last summer. Howard: Very poor; 
no grass last summer; no hay this winter. Feed scarce and high. 
VirGiniA.—Clarke: Worse than I have ever known. The winter has been intensely 
severe, and unusually Jong. Provender very scarce, and cattle were in poor condition 
when winter set in, in consequence of the long drought of last autumn. Page: Good, 
owing to much better care than formerly. Our people are providing good shelter for 
stock. We find a great saving in food by so doing. Greenville: Average. This people 
devote their time so much to cotton and tobacco that scarcely enough forage is stored 
for the work-horses; consequently, at this season of the year, it is no uncommon sight 
to see bales of northern hay hauled fifteen or twenty miles from the depots inte the 
country. This hay, when brought home, costs at least $50 per ton. Essex: Exceed- 
ingly thin and poor. The increased acreage of cotton and pea-nuts has so lessened the 
quantity of forage that but few have been well fed. Grayson: Good breeds in good 
condition. So little attention has hitherto been given to proper sheltering that many, 
as heretofore, are in an emaciated condition. Nelson: Fair. Our farmers are slowly 
but surely learning the importance of sheltering their stock in winter. Halifax: Better 
than last winter. Too little attention paid te housing, feeding, and care of stock. 
Fauquier: Better than wasexpected. Thelowprice of grain induced farmers to lengthen 
out the short supply of hay by feeding more grain. Madison: Bad, owing to severe 
winter, scarcity of food, and careless treatment. 
NorTH CaRoLina.—Chowan: Bad, owing to the extremely cold and wet winter. 
Rutherford: Good. Feed plenty. 
SoutH Carortrna.—Clarendon: Very poor, owing to intensely cold winter and want 
of food and shelter. Chester: No winter quarters to come out of. 
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