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of the corn replanted. Stephenson: Much replanting. Henry: Planting late. Lee: 
Planting not finished. Boone: Early-planted corn rotted; planting very backward ; 
not finished till May 30. Hancock: Planting late. Marion: Planting a month later 
than last year. Piatt: Still planting, June 5. Whiteside: Planting three weeks late; 
promises a poor stand. Bond: Planting delayed by rain ; cut-worm doing some damage, 
but the high temperature, 99°, has killed many of them. 
Wisconsin.— Walworth: Planting late; not promising. Clark; Early corn cut down 
by frost May 30. Green: Planting delayed by wet weather. 
Mrinnesora.—WUcLeod: Much corn has rotted. Noble: Planting late. Freeborn : 
Planting delayed by rain. 
Iows.— Poweshiek : Planting at least two weeks late; considerable not yet planted. 
Tama: Early-planted corn rotting. Hardin: Just coming up; much of it replanted. 
Carroll: Early-planted corn rotting ; a third not planted yet. Lowisa: Planting fif- 
teen days late. Johnson: Much corn replanted on account of poor seed and bad 
weather. Delaware: Wet weather; bad for corn, which is not all planted. Chicka- 
saw: Not yet planted. Shelby: Twenty per cent. of the farmers have not yet planted 
corn, on account of rain. Mitchell: Backward on account of weather. Buena Vista : 
But little corn yet planted. Audubon: Backward and yellow. Jowa: Weather bad 
for corn. Harrison: Planting delayed by rains. Zee: Not half the corn planted. 
Winneshiek: Planting very late; considerable seed rotted in the ground on account of 
cold rains. : 
Missourl.—Clinton: Planting late; seed rotted in the ground in many cases. 
Platte: But little planted, and that in bad condition on account of the wet. Lin- 
coln: Half the corn-land not yet planted. Polk: Late planting, but finished. Vernon: 
Much corn washed up by floods May 25. Moniteau: Planted in good season and com- 
ing up well. Shelby: Backward. Pulaski: Attacked by chinch-bugs. Nodaway: 
Doing well. Adair: Planting unfinished. Jasper: Corn-season backward. Maries: 
Attacked by chinches. falls: Planting delayed by heavy rains; not half planted. 
Kansas.—Neosho: Looks well; mostly planted before the wet weather set in. 
Labette: Poor prospect. Woodson: Many acres of corn flooded by the Neosho. Linn: 
Planting late. Marion: Many acres of early corn plowed up and replanted on account 
of weeds. Coffey: Crops damaged seriously by rain. Shawnee: Planting delayed by 
wet. Doniphan: Doing well. 
NEBRASKA.—Johnson : Will be put in late. Gage: Too wet to get in corn. Cass: 
But half planted. Merrick: Planting untinished. Washington: Not all planted. Cum- 
ing : Will probably be a failure on account of heavy rain-fall. F 
OATS. 
An increased acreage of oats, and a condition above average is re- 
ported in the majority of the States. The greatest enlargement of acre- 
age is in Louisiana, 31 per cent. above the previous year. The greatest 
decrease is in Ohio, 27 percent. The other States showing a decreased 
acreage are Rhode Island, 7 per cent.; New Jersey, 8 per cent.; Penn- 
sylvania, 2 per cent.; Delaware, 8 per cent.; Maryland, 1 per cent.; 
Tennessee, 1 per cent.; Michigan, 5 per cent.; Indiana, 16 per cent.; 
Illinois, 15 per cent.; New York and Massachusetts are full average 
while the remainder of the States range from 1 to 51 per cent. above 
average. The condition of the crop is average or above in all the 
States except Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illi- 
nois, and California. The maximum is found in Virginia, 113; the 
minimum in California, 83. " 
e MASSACHUSETTS.— Middlesex: Aboutaverage. Norfoli:: Have been more extensively 
sown and look well. In this county great quantities are cut green for fodder. : 
New YorK.—Genesec: Very late in starting; the ground in bad condition, being 
hard and dry. 
New JEeRseY.— Hunterdon: Many have been unable to put in more than a small crop 
of oats in consequence of the late and wet spring. : 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Clinion: Very backward, owing to the wet and late spring. | Berks: 
Look remarkaby well. Bucks: From two to three weeks late on account of wet weather. 
Lawrence: The dry weather is materially injuring the crop. Cambria: Very backward 
on account of the cold, wet spring. Armstrong: At a stand for want of rain. : 
MARYLAND.— Caroline: German yellow oats, from the Department, very promising. 
