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tions of growth having improved since the opening of spring. Pennsyl- 
vania reports a heavy preponderance of counties above average; but 
in New York and New Jersey the general indications are not so favor- 
able. Neither New Jersey nor Delaware report any spring-wheat, 
which branch of culture appears, to be quite limited and below average 
in New York and Pennsylvania. On the whole, the wheat-crop of the 
Middle States is somewhat above average. 
In all the South Atlantic and Gulf States the general condition of the 
crop is below average. Virginia reports 43 counties below average, 
to 10 full average, and 11 above. North Carolina 26 below, against 15 
average and above; 8 counties in Georgia report some growth of 
| spring-wheat, of which 4 are below average. Of the interior Southern 
States, Arkansas is above average, while Tennessee, Kentucky, and> 
West Virginia are below. North of Ohio River the reports of winter- 
wheat are below average; Ohio shows 10 counties above average against 
13 below; Michigan 6 above and 21 below; Indiana 8 above and 25 be- 
low ; Illinois 7 above and 25 below; Wisconsin 2 above and 14 below. 
In spring-wheat, however, these States present a much more promising 
prospect. Iminois shows 15 counties above to 8 below; Wisconsin 10 
above to 7 below. 
West of the Mississippi, Minnesota presents in spring-wheat 8 coun- 
ties above average to 4 below; Lowa, 22 to 8; Missouri, 8 to 2; Kansas, 
17 to 2; Nebraska, 8 to 2. In winter-wheat these States show 45 coun 
ties above average to 44 below, with a large proportion of full average — 
counties. On the Pacifie coast, California reports 7 counties above and 
16 counties below average; Oregon 10 above against only 2 below. 
Matne.— York; Wheat looks well. 
* Connecticut.—Hariford: Covered with snow all winter; it came ont good. . 
New Yorx.—Livingston: Looking very poor. The winter was long and cold, with 
but little snow; badly winter-killed. JVyoming: Has improved very much in tke last 
ten days. Genesee: Injured when spring opened; weather unfavorable since. Ontario : 
Badly winter-killed. 
New Jrersey.— Warren: Very promising. ; 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Clinton: Very promising. Westmoreland: Much winter-killed; 
growth very uneven. Washington: Winter-killed to some extent, but early rains 
pushed it forward, causing it to stool much better than for several years. Union: Win- 
ter-wheat looks splendid. Montgomery: Very promising. Chester: Doing well 
wherever there is a good stand. Berks: Looks remarkably well. Bucks: Looking un- 
usually well. Northumberland: Looks unusually fine. Lancaster: Prospect for a good 
crop all over the county. Cambria: Beginning to show well. Spring-wheat very 
backward on account of the cold, wet spring. Lycoming: Looking remarkably well. 
Greene: Winter very hard on wheat. Spring favorable. Fulton: Very seriously in- 
jured by the fly, which has not been so bad for many years. 
DELAWARE.— Sussex: Quantity sown very smail; no spring-wheat. Kent: Badly 
winter-killed on low ground; looks well on land thoroughly drained; complaint of 
fnjury from the fly in some parts of the county. 
MARYLAND.—Saint Mary’s: The late May rains have greatly improved the prospect of 
wheat. Howard: Promises an average crop. Washington: Was very promising until 
within the last eight or ten days. The fly and joint-worm are now making great de- 
struction. Caroline: Looking well except on low and wet land, where itis very badly 
winter-killed. Drilled wheat stood the winter better than that sown broadeast. The 
new red wheat from the Department very promising. Fultz wheat looking well, The- 
winter hurt the Touzelle considerably. The Russian bearded white wheat (the second 
year from the Department) promises to be a great acquisition ; it is quite hardy, 
standing the winter as well as any other variety. altimore : Crop presents a luxuri- 
ant appearance; slight injuries by the fly on late-sowed fields. Cecil: In many fields 
thin, bué growing finely. Queen Anne: Winter-wheat now in bloom; heavy growth of 
straw, and promise of fine yield. . 
VirGinia.— Botetourt: Now looking well, but much of it winter-killed. Powhatan: 
Many complaints of fly in wheat; high lands will probably produce an average ; low 
lands fall short. Spottsylvania: The crop has continued to improve; the plants very 
strong and healthy. Pulaski: Improving rapidly, bunt cannot make over one-third of 
acrop. Fluranna: Has sufiered great injury from winter-killing, also from spring-fly ; 
