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Its first appearance was remarked some two years ago. In spots it has entirely killed 
out the grass.” Noble: Pastures good. Huntington: Pastures very short. Cass: 
Clover sown this spring has taken finely. 
Intinois.— Pope: Clover badly frozen out. Winnebago: Pasture short; half the 
clover winter-killed. Williamson: Army-worm taking the meadows. Randolph: Badly 
injured by drought last year. Perry: Army-worms in meadows. Fulton: Two-year 
old clover badly winter-killed; will bring butahalf crop. Montgomery: Pastures and 
meadows fine. Boone: Clover badly winter-killed. 
WISCONSIN.—Jefferson: Clover badly winter-killed. Walworth: Grass-créps back- 
ward, but healthy andgreen. Saint Croix: Clover badly winter-killed. Dunn: Grass 
prospects improving. Green: Clover largely winter-killed. Monroe : Clover badly 
winter-killed, but what was left is fine. Vernon: Two-year old clover winter-killed ; 
younger doing finely. 
MINNESOTA.— Dodge: Clover badly frozen out. Steele: May favorable for grass. 
Winona: Pasturagelate. Goodhue: Red clover extensively winter-killed ; other grasses 
much injured. 
Jowa.—WMuscatine: Pasture injured by grub-worms last year. Zouisa: Clover badly 
frozen out. Floyd: Pasture good but unusually late. Winneshiek: Old clover-mead- 
ows and pastures badly frozen out. ~ ; 
Missourt.—Holt: No tame grasses raised. Caldwell: Old clover-roots badly killed. 
Greene: Late fine weather greatly improved grass-crops. Shelby: Grass-crops fine. 
Pulaski: Increased attention to clovering. Adair: Clover and pastures look well. 
Ralls: Grasses look well. 
Cauirornia. Kern: Much attention to Alfalfa; largely grown on irrigated land. 
Butte: Alfalfa the only clover grown; dry spring has cut down pasture. Stanislaus: 
Hay will yield from one-fourth to two and a half tons per acre. 
CoLoRADO.— Conejos: Very little grass for stock. 
UraH.—Salt Lake: Grass crops unusually promising. San Pete: Pasturage very 
good. Wahsatch: Rains very genial to spring pasture. 
Ipano.—Nez Percé: Late rains have made fine pastures. 
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FRUIT, 
Almost every variety of fruit appears to have been more or less in- 
jured by the unusual severity of the winter, and the late spring frosts 
The damage to the peach-crop from these causes has been universal, and 
in most sections very serious, not only destroying the crop for this sea- 
son, but the tree itself. Specific statements will be found in the extracts 
below. In the New England and Middle States the average amount of 
apple-bloom falls about 24 per cent. below medium. The average per 
cent. for the remaining States is considerably higher, though less than 
medium. The only States in which the average amount is above medium 
or 100 are: Virginia, 102; Louisiana, 101; Michigan, 106; Wisconsin, 
104; Iowa, 110; Kansas, 122; Nebraska, 128; and Oregon, 163. In 
Delaware the return from Sussex places the amount of peach-bloom at 
200; New Castle, 25; and Kent, 100. The average of the counties re- 
porting from Alabama and Mississippi is 100; from Tennessee,101. But 
in all the other States it is below 100, and in the principal peach-grow- 
ing States much below. In New Jersey, 70, and average condition, 81. 
Marine.— York: The apple-blossom is much better than usual for the odd year. 
Somerset: Apple-trees just in bloom. Androscoggin: Apples, pears, and peaches not 
yet in blossom to any amount. Piscataquis: Apples not in bloom yet. 
New Hamesuire.—Hillsborough: The fruit-trees, not yet in bloom, look well. Che- 
shire: Apple-trees have but commenced blooming. The extremely cold winter paraly- 
zed the fruit-trees, destroying a great number of them, and also of grape-vines not 
protected. 
MAssAaCHUSETTS.— Middlesex : Very full blossom of pears. Berkshire: Pears in fall 
bloom; apples just showing blossom. Norfolk: Apples low; peaches lower; many of 
the peach-trees are winter-killed ; pears look well. 
Connecticut.—Hartford : Peach-trees much injured by the cold winter; fruit-trees 
blossomed two weeks later than usual. 
New YorK.—Greene: The winter was so severe that our peach-bnds are all killed, and 
some of the trees. Rensselaer: The first apple-blossoms May 24; fifteen days later than 
usual. Cattaraugus: Apple-trees justin bloom. Steuben: Fine show of frnit of all kinds. 
