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dléton : Although planted late, now very promising. Maleigh : Very promising 
Monongalia: Rains during the past week fine on the corn. 
KENTUCKY.—Shelby: Three weeks behind. Adair: Very weedy; cannot have a full 
crop; too wet to cultivate it. Jefferson: Promises well. Laurel: Very weedy; it has 
been necessary to plow it when the ground was very wet, and it has consequently 
been‘injured. Butler: So wet that corn cannotbe plowed. Fayette: Very good. Ander- 
son: Looking very fine. Grayson: Crop badly damaged, (by excess of rain.) Lincoln: 
Rather better prospect than usual. Henry: Promisesa heavy yield. Logan: Generally 
looking badly for want of work; lowlands drowned out and lost because too wet 
to plow. Pulaski: In bad condition on account of excess of rain. Russell: Rain 
nearly every day in June; corn badly in the grass and weeds; many have given up 
portions of their crop. Clinton: Doing well, except that wet weather has prevénted 
cleaning out and working it. Johnson: Recent heavy rains have injured the crop. 
Boyd: The acreage of corn is lessened owing to the scarcity, or rather the unreliability, 
of labor. 
Ou10.—Noble : Drought has kept corn back. JVilliams: Suffering terribly from 
drought and worms. Logan: The late wet spring affected not only the acreage but 
the progressive condition of thecrop. Miami: Growing very fast. Genesee: Growing 
finely ; much of it late. Jackson: A little late; average prospect. Medina: Is push- 
ing ahead. Adams: Rather small, but stands well on the ground, and is very clear of 
weeds. Hrie: Did not come up well; verylate. Jranklin: Late, but doing well now. 
Lorain: Late; its not germinating well caused second planting. Marion: Much has 
been replanted; growing rapidly. Morgan: Backward. Pickaway: Planting late; many 
have but just finished; great trouble to get ‘‘ stands;” causes, unsound seed, wire- 
worms, and ants. Vinton: Small but good color. Mercer: Late spring, bad seed, 
bad management, and cut-worms a great drawback on the corn crop. Coshocton: Do- 
ing well. Crawford: Late planted, and much replanted on account of bad seed; pros- 
pect fair. Delaware: Prospect for more than an average crop. Geauga: Much seed- 
corn failed to come up; some have had to plant the third time; late, but growing 
finely. Morrow: In consequence of poor seed, unfavorable weather, &c., many had to 
replant, some the third time, making the stand very uneven. Ottawa: Most had to 
plant their corn over a second time, and many three times. Washington: Good stand 
but late; growing finely. Hancock: Looks well. Athens: Backward, but of good 
color, and generally clean. Our best corn lands—the Hocking Valley through the cen- 
ter of our county—were visited on the first of the month by the most destructive flood 
ever known here, and all corn, wheat, and grass swept away. The loss immense. 
Micnican.— Wayne: backward, but thriving now finely. Branch: Very uneven and 
late, owing to poor seed; doing wellnow. Calhoun: Must be largely short of the usual 
yield. Van Buren: Has suttered from bad seed; many had to plant twice; also from 
the late drought. Clinton: Very generally failed to germinate; was planted two or 
three times. Genesee: Rapidly improving. Gratiot: Great complaint of poor seed- 
corn; many have planted three or four times. Ravages of cut-worms have been great 
in some localities; severe drought for about six weeks; fine showers the last week in 
June. Hillsdale: Doing well. Manistee: Luxuriant. Mason: Much had to be replanted, 
the seed having rotted in the ground; looks well. Mecosta: The seed that was grown 
last year, except what was cured in the house, failed to grow. The first planting looks 
exceedingly well, and the second planting is coming on and looks well. Shawawassee : 
Very late, and much injured by extreme drought. Tuscola: Has been injured to some 
extent by the cut-worm; more forward than usual. Washtenaw: Did not come up 
well; coming forward very rapidly. Livingston: Badly injured by the cut-worm; 
extreme drought prevailing. Kent: The stand very poor, owing to poor seed; the 
season favorable. Lapeer: A large portion of the seed planted failed to grow, and had 
to be replanted; exceedingly dry weather kept it back, but late rains are now pushing 
it forward. Montcalm: Farmers had to plant over two, three, and some four times, on 
account of the seed being damaged, as was supposed, by the cold of last winter. 
Newaygo: A large amount of corn had to be replanted, owing to bad seed; yet the 
condition of the crop appears to be a full average. Antrim: Plenty of rain and good 
warm weather. 
INDIANA.—Scoti: Late planted, but looks well. Wayne: Late planted and small, 
but advancing rapidly. Huntington: Cut-worms taking a great deal of the corn. 
Ripley: Severe drought; late planted corn will not be worth anything. Crawford: 
Later than usual, but good color and thrifty. Decatur: Came up badly; half the 
crop planted over again; many have a bad stand; three weeks late; rain needed 
badly. Orange: Corn-fields well pulverized and clear of weeds; rains light and nu- 
merous. Owen: Cold; backward spring unfavorable for plowing, planting, and cul- 
tivating corn. Dubois: Cut down in some places by the army-worm, but prospects 
good for a large crop. Bartholomew: Looks better now than a year ago, but we can- 
not hope for a better crop than we had in 1872. Cass: Backward. Jloyd: Never was 
better. Hamilton: Small and very weedy. Harrison; Late, but stands good and 
growing finely. Marshall: Late planted, and seed not good ; at least three-fourths of 
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