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zelle too late for the climate. Page: Harvesting well; grain good but yield 25 per cent. 
below average. Lancaster and amber varieties best for this climate. Rain now falling 
may injure the crop. None of the smooth wheats have matured well. Stafford: Bet- 
ter than last year. Wythe: Not over half a crop; few use the drill; drilled wheat 
looks much the best, especially when early sown. New Kent: Fine in quality. Orange : 
Damaged by winter-killing and fly, but greatly improved by late favorable weather ; 
quality good; Fultz the best. Nelson: Badly winter-killed and unpromising in April, 
but harvested unexpectedly well; heads and grains unusually large. King George : 
Wheat greatly improved; fine harvest weather. Powhatan: Rains in May and fine 
June weather acted like magic, bringing the prospect to an average. Clarke: Since 
last report the Hessian fly has been very destructive on the crop ; many fields destroyed 
and given to live stock for pasture. Chesterfield : Harvested in fine condition ; excellent 
quality and large yield. Washington: One-half winter-killed. Bath: Very light. 
Floyd: What escaped winter-killing is fine, with large heads and superior grain. 
Greenville : Filled well; a tolerable crop. Loudon: Injured by fly; where no fertilizers 
were used the crop isa total failure. Middlesex: Light straw; good grain; average 
yield. Craig: Thin, but filling well and of good quality. Culpeper: Fultz excels all 
other wheats. James City: Fultz promises 20 for 1; very popular. Cumberland: 
Fultz a great success. Fauquier: Injured by drought in some places. Gloucesier: 
Crop heavy and remunerative on good lands well fertilized and tilled; German red 
generally preferred to the smooth heads. Madison: Generally very sorry ; some fields 
rusted; a few good crops where not winter-killed. Mecklenburgh: Quality never better ; 
Touzelle and Tappahannock yielded well. Henrico: Came out wonderfully. Smyth: 
Better than was expected. J/ontgomery: Ten days late; bottom crops rusted. Henry: 
Short but good. Halifax: Injured by chinch-bug. Highland: Badly winter-killed. 
Essex: Quality excellent. Prince George: Damaged 20 per cent. by rust. 
NortH Carorins.—Caldwell: Largely winter-killed. Burke: Generally good. 
Greene: More or less injured. Stanley: Early red good; later varieties more or less 
injured. Lincoln: Marked improvement in wheat; farmers more hopeful of a fair 
yield. Forsyth: Better than was expected. Catawba: Broad-cast wheat froze out ; 
drilled brings full crop. Clay: Almost a failure; Fultz very good. Gaston: Wheat 
shortened. Davie: Three-fourths of a crop; grain fine, heads large. Guilford: Win- 
ter-wheat in some places a half crop. Davidson: In many places winter-killed. Ala- 
mance : Very late harvest; 70 per cent. of a fair crop. Gordon : Not over 2} bushels per 
acre. Floyd; Injured in the shock by wet. Polk: Injured by wet. Jackson: Touzelle 
not suited to the climate ; Fultz excellent; stands winter well. Stokes : Touzelle did 
well; Tappahannock better. 
Sour Caroiina.— Williamsburgh: Yield reduced by heavy rains during the bloom. 
Union: Raise one-third of our supply. “Greenville: Late sown a failure. 
GEORGIA.—Gwinnett: Poor. Gilmer: Damaged in shock by wet. Marion: Touzelle 
a failure ; Tappahannock good. Polk: Injured by wet. Jackson: Touzelle not suited 
to the climate. Cobb: Injured by wet. Whitfield: Early sown wheat good; late sow- 
ing mostly a failure. Upson: Wheat promising. Schley: Thrashed out finely. Madi- 
son: Very sorry crop—three bushels per acre. Muscogee: Below expectation. 
ALABAMA.—Jackson : Wheat shortened by heavy rains. Barbour: Heavy rains have 
injured wheat. Blount: Much damaged in the shock. Clarke: Tappahannock ruined 
by rust. Crenshaw: White wheat from the Department grows finely. Randolph: 
Cropinjured. Saint Clair: Damaged by rain in the shock. Calhoun: Fultz better than 
most varieties. Marshall : Fultz wheat from the Department a great success. Lee: 
Touzelle wheat not suited to climate ; Tappahannock good, but ten days later than the 
native purple straw. 
Mississipp1.—Lee : Wheat did well though somewhat shrunk; white wheat has a 
strong straw, enabling it to resist the heavy winds and rains. Hinston: White wheat 
winter-killed. 
Texas.— Bell: Much grain injured by rain; thrashed between showers. Gonzales: 
Tappahannock and Touzelle badly rusted; Algerian and Turkish flint better for this 
latitude. Medina: Nearly destroyed by grasshoppers. Ellis: But little saved; that 
cut with cradles is damaged. Bandera: Destroyed by grasshoppers. Hunt: Much 
loss in harvesting from impracticability of using machinery. Burnet: Injured by grass- 
hoppers. Victoria: All the wheat eaten up by rust. Lampasas: Will be injured in 
the shock. Coryell: Contrary to expectation a half crop will be gathered. Kaufman; 
Injured by wet in the shock. Lavaca: Rust has destroyed small grain cultures. 
Blanco: Both winter and spring wheat acreage increased 50 per cent. Dallas: Bad 
harvest weather; sprouted in shock, yet the average yield is estimated at 20 bushels 
per acre. Collin: Rainy harvest has caused much grain to be injured in the shock. 
Kendall: Entirely destroyed. Tarrant; Greatly injured by rain. . 
ARKANSAs.—Fulton: Yield light; berry good. Arkansas: Little raised; experi- 
mental crops good, though thin. Independence: Never better. Newton: Injured by 
protracted rains; affected with the spot; Tappahannock and Fultzfrom the Department 
ten days earlier than native varieties. ‘ 
