VirGrnis.— Botetourt: Very promising. Spottsylvania: Crop not large, but very - 
promising. Lunenburg: The weather in May favorable to oats. Warren: Were looking 
remarkably well May 1, but since the dry weather have been attacked by a small fly 
_ which has destroyed from 10 to 15 percent. Henrico: Havenever seen such crops of oats,— 
both winter and spring, as are now growing. Nansemond: Drought in April cut short 
the oat crop. New Kent: Spring oats in better condition than I have ever seen them. 
Prince George: Very good. Washington: Good, Chesterfield: Never looked better. 
Nortu Caroirna.—Hertford: Bid fair for a good crop. Cumberland: Crop promis- 
ing. Anson: Benetited by the wet spring. Greene: Injured by heavy rains in May. 
Polk: Looking better than last year. 
SoutH Caroiina.— York: As the cultivation of corn on the uplands diminishes, 
reliance upon the oat-crop is gradually increased. It is rarely a full one here; rust, 
blight, and the dry weather in May and Jnne generally cut it oft. 
GEORGIA.— Muscogee: Fall oats mostly killed by freezes during the winter. Con- 
siderable quantities sowed this spring, but do not look well. Calhoun : Winter oat 
crop very good; now ready for harvesting. Madison: Fall oats winter-killed. Spring 
oats better than usual. Murray: The season very favorable for oats. 
Fioripa.—Jackson: Crop has done well. Levy: The crop is being gathered; very 
good. 
~ ALABAMA.—Lauderdale: The winter held on so long that our people thought it too 
late to make good oats; hence the acreage is much less than usual. \ Montgomery: Acre- 
age more extensive than usual; healthy and promising. Conecuh: Better than last 
year, owing to late rains. 
Mississippi1.—Rankin: Now harvesting; none sown but red. 
Texas.—Palo Pinto: Almost totally destroyed by grasshoppers. Coryell: Prospect 
good, but the harvest will be at least one month later than usual. We have a variety 
called red oats, which last year made 60 to 70 bushels per acre. Burnet: Injured by 
frosts and grasshoppers. Williamson: Harvesting; promise better than average. Gil- 
mer: Injured by drought. 
TENNESSEE.— Loudon : Never looked better. Gibson: Season has been favorable for 
oats. Grainger: Good. 
West VirGiniA.—Mercer: Shortened by cold, backward spring. Nicholas: Oats 
very good. Monroe: Oats look well. Pocahontas: Fair condition. 
Kentucky.—Hardin: Oats low, but of good color. Lincoln: Promising. Greaves : 
Good. * 
Oun10.—Athens: Oats promising. Warren: Promising. Sandusky: Oats promise a 
poor crop. 
MICHIGAN.—Clinton : Oats sown very late. 
Inp1ana.—Noble: Acreage of oats cut down by wet weather. Dearborn: Season too 
wet to sow oats to any extent. 
ILLiNoIs.— Williamson: Took well. Macon: Yellow from rain and cold. Ogle: Late 
planted, and somewhat under average. Henry: Fine prospect and increased acreage. 
Missourt1.— Polk: Oats look poorly, probably on account of backward season, bnt may 
come out yet. Crawford: Look finely. Caldwell: Look very well. Franklin: Chinch- 
bug in oats. Pulaski: Looking well. Nodaway: Fine. Adair: Very good. Maries: 
Chinch-bugs in oats. 
Minnesora.—Faribault : Rain has prevented the sowing of many oat-fields on the 
flat prairies. 
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RYE. 
The acreage of winter-rye ranges from 83 per cent. of last year’s 
acreage in Rhode Island, to 124 per cent. in Kansas; twenty-four States 
report a decreased and ten an increased acreage. The condition is above 
average in New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Florida, Alabama, 
Arkansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and California; 
Mississippi and Ohio are full average; the remaining States are below. 
The maximum, 110, is found in California; the minimum, 83, is in Illinois. 
Oregon makes no report. Spring-rye is reported in Pennsylvania, 
Georgia, Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, 
and California. The acreage compared with last year ranges from 81 
in Kentueky to 108 in California; the condition, from 79 in Indiana to 
108 in Kansas. 
Massacuusetts.— Middlesex : Winter-rye looking finely. 
Connecricut.—Hartford: Came out good in spring, having been covered with snow 
all winter. 
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