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Iniinois.— Kankakee: Winter-wheat killed by extreme coid in April. De Kalb: 
Winter-wheat, both drilled and broadcast, nearly killed out; in many places not over 
10 per cent, left. Winnebago: Increased proportion of spring-grain. Pope: Badly 
winter-killed; not over a half-crop. Williamson: Poor stand of winter-wheat. 
Jersey: Growing very rank. Wabash: Rank growth; on rich soils it will lodge badly. 
Randolph: Prospect good; spring rains have lengthened the straw. Saint Clair: 
-Probably not over a half-crop will be thrashed; harvest will be two weeks late, 
and late harvests have never been copious. McLean: More spring-wheat would have 
been sown if seed had been accessible. Ogle: Winter-grain largely winter-killed. 
Perry: Chinch-bugs in the wheat. Putnam: Winter-wheat mostly winter-killed. 
Scott: Wheat drilled in early looks weil; broadcast nearly all winter-killed. Henry: 
Spring-grain good. Hancock: Crops mostly thin. Bond: Largest and best crop ever 
grown; earlier sown fields well headed but beginning to lodge. 
WISCONSIN.—Large breadth of winter-wheat sown, but 60 per cent. of it winter- 
killed. Juneau: Spring-wheat promises an abundant crop; winter-wheat badly 
“killed out. Jefferson: Badly winter-killed. Walworth: Small grain backward, but 
green and promising. Dodge: About 25 per cent. of the winter-wheat re-sown on 
account of winter-killing; most of the residuelooks well. Fond du Lac: Spring-wheat 
on the prairies destroyed by an insect; in the openings the soil is more compact and 
furnishes less scope of mischief. Sheboygan: Winter-wheat largely winter-killed, and 
replaced with spring-wheat. Calumet: Wiunter-wheat unpromising. Waupaca: Winter- 
wheat extensively sown, but without regard to condition of soil; hence 75 per cent. 
re-soayn with spring-wheat. Grown: Winter-wheat killed to some extent. 
Minnesors.—faribauli : Spring-wheat impaired by excessive rains. Dodge: Wheat 
sown in March; some of it looks remarkably weil; wheat acreage double that of all 
other grain. Steele: May favorable for grain. Winona: Increased acreage of winter- 
wheat, of which three-fourths were winter-killed. Cotlonwood: Looks well. Goodhue: 
Spring-wheat sown late but promising. 
Towa.—-Clinton : Winter-wheat all killed. Powieshiek: All sorts of grain backward. 
Muscatine: Badly winter-killed. ZLowisa: Fall-wheat badly frozen out. Marion: Wheat 
badly winter-killed; much of the ground replowed; winter-wheat all killed, but little 
sown. Delaware: Weather good for small grain. Johnson: Wheat looks well. Ring- 
gold: Winter-wheat badly winter-killed; spring-wheat very promising. Howard: 
Wheat wintered in the stack and thrashed this spring did not grow well; some fields 
had to be re-seeded; wheat generally is stooling finely and will give heavy crops of 
straw. Buena Vista: Wheat a fine stand, but beginning to turn yellow. Des Moines: 
Winter-wheat nearly all winter-killed; drilled as bad as broadcast. Mitchell: Small 
grain looks well; very little winter-wheat raised. Lee: Spring opened faverably for 
small grain, which was sown in good condition, and looks well. 
Missourit.—Bbenton : Chinch-bugs threatened to destroy the wheat in some sections. 
Polk: Very fair crop promised. Crawford: Full average. Caldwell: Winter-wheat 
reported killed in exposed localities. Boone: Chinch-bugs just begining to destroy the 
wheat. Cass: Very little spring-wheat; winter-wheat looks fine, promising a large 
crop. Greene: Small grains greatly improved by late fine weather, but harvest will be 
two weeks late. Vernon: Wheat badly beaten down by hail. Moniteaw : Looks finely. 
Iranklin: Chinch-bug destructive on upland clay soils. Stone: Damaged by frost 
and Hessian fly ; crop twelve to fifteen days late. Perry: Generally thin. Pulaski: 
Attacked by chinch-bugs. Nodaway: Wheat looks splendid. Jasper: Chinch-bugs 
destructive. Maries: About a third of the winter-wheat winter-killed and plowed up; 
a third badly injured by the Hessian fly; another third looks fine. Jackson: Winter- 
wheat never gave fairer promise. 
KAnsas.—Doniphan: Wheat promises an abundant yield. Washington: Spring-wheat 
unusually good; rain greatly improved winter-wheat. Wabaunsee: Touzelle wheat a 
failure; will not stand the weather. Cherokee: Harvest in fifteen or twenty days; 
drilling preferable, and that very early., Riley: Winter-wheat but two-thirds of a 
stand; some fields entirely killed. Neosho: Looks fine, but is full of chinch-bugs. 
Labetie: Fine; no chess; few complaints of insects. Linn: Winter-wheat very fine. 
Republic: Badly winter-killed, and largely plowed up-for corn. Marion: Spring-grain 
never looked better. Bourbon: Chinch-bugsin wheat. Cloud: Spring-wheat replacing 
winter-wheat, frozen out. Coffey: Harvest will be two weeks late. Reno: Wheat 
sown in August looks well; later sowing almost a failure. 
NEsBRASKA.— Burt: Winter-wheat entirely frozen out. Cass: Wheat growing very 
rank. Gage: Wheat lodging badly. Thayer: Badly winter-killed, especially where 
sown after September 15. Cuming: Wheat attacked by the red-legged locust. 
OrrGon.—Lane: Large amount of wheat sown. Clackamas: Wheat had a fine start, 
but was cramped by late. dry weather. Douglas: All kinds of small grain promise 
splendid crops. 
CALIroRNIA.—Alameda: Grain injured by frost and drought, there being no rain 
since February ; thousands of the best acres of wheat will not pay for harvesting. 
Contra Costa: Superior on heavy, well-cultivated soils, but on sandy and late-sown 
