MONTHLY REPORT. 
CONDITION OF THE CROPS IN JULY. 
During the month of June, conditions of vegetable growtli were re- 
markably diversified in different parts of the country. In the New 
England and Middle States and as far south as the Chesapeake Bay, the 
general character of the season was one of drought; in many counties 
disastrous to vegetation. The opposite class of hygrometrical condi- 
tions prevailed in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, where the rain- 
fall was enormous in some localities and excessive in its general average. 
Cases are reported in which nearly every day of June was rainy. The 
ground became thoroughly saturated, and the grass gained such head- 
way that many fields of corn and cotton were abandoned. This abun- 
dance of moisture, however, was unfavorable to the development of insect 
life, and consequently the depredations upon the cotton-crop were much 
less than the previous reports had given ground to fear. In the inland 
Southern States—Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentueky— 
the rain-fall was abundant, and in many places excessive, but not to 
so injurious an extent as in the States farther south. South of the 
Ohio River the rains were generally moderate, and in many places the 
weather was reported very fine. Westward an increase of atmospheric 
disturbances is noticeable; heavy storms of wind, rain, hail, with thun- 
der and lightning, were frequently destructive of growing crops. West 
of the Mississippi accounts are somewhat variant, the majority, how- 
ever, showing an abiindant rain-fall, while in no case is the drought 
severe. Heavy hail-storms are reported in this quarter also. In Cali- 
fornia the general character of June was cool and dry, with exceptions, 
especially in the northern part of the State. In Oregon the rain was 
more general and heavy; in some cases enabling farmers to dispense 
with irrigation entirely. In Linn County the rain-fall was greater than 
for twenty years. 
WHEAT. 
Our statistical correspondence represents a larger number of coun- 
ties than in any previous report. Returns have been received from 918 
counties growing winter-wheat, and from 337 growing spring-wheat; the 
former have increased 167 and the latter 51 since the June report, show- 
ing a total increase of 218. These returns have been carefully analyzed, 
and a synopsis of their statements will be found in the tabulated exhibits 
accompanying this article. The following table shows the status of all 
the counties reporting in regard to both winter and spring wheat: 
