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ing in the Eastern States is sufficient to account for the great decline 
in that quarter. Insect enemies and stormy weather are alleged as 
causes of same decline in the Northwestern States. The following 
table shows the status of the counties reported: 
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States. Sal me, States. Sey teal 2% 
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I TET) 5S eres aS ee 2 2 5 PRGSAR t=. =:-'<.< 15 210 15 
Noewmtlampshine: -on5-.-2|.=-+.--- 3 5 Arkansas + 16 7 3 
Vermont ...... <a eA Bee eel eee 10 Tennessee ...-- 41 8 5 
Massachusetts .. Des sia 2 6 West Virginia 17 5 7 
Rhode Island .-- Astras s:]sthehose 3 || Kentucky ..- 22 12 9 
Connecticut . ; aL aes ee Dei Ohio ..--- << 2 13 42 
iNew York ..-.... 3 42 3 37 || Michigan . 7 dq 25 
New Jersey ...-.. al ee ae as 2 Se 13 || Indiana .-. 10 8 33 
Pennsylvania ....- ANSE SSS 8 3 44. || Illinois ...- 14 23 29 
Delaware ....... .-- Alea ap wile 2 || Wisconsin 19 7 5 
Maryland). 2.-..-.-. 2 2 11 |} Minnesota 10 14 11 
Warman oe a 40 23 9 || Iowa.... 16 22 11 
North Carolina ..... 31 13 12 || Missouri 28 18 20 
South Carolina . 9 3 3 Kansas .. 19 15 Gh 
ASOLO S OF oat ence es che 34 17 5 Nebraska - 7 5 3 
TRG EE Se eee 8 pM eee = Walitornia ..... 22 -- 1 5 12 
PAULA DAMA se oe accross ae 25 9 BSUMIMOLBOON 5. . 2-020 ae ek ok il 4° eee 
Mississippi ...... 2.2.2... 11 6 6 — 
AGOMISlaNa hess 55 ciccsee e's 4 3 1 MO talls eo She ose wes 425 270 417 
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MASSACHUSETTS.—Norfolk : Oats having had an early start, are not so much affected 
by drought. 
CONNECTICUT.— Hartford : Oats about two-thirds of a crop. 
NEw Yorx.—Columbia: Almosta failure. Schoharie: Not over ahalf crop. Warren : 
Unavoidably a short crop. Wyoming: Injured by drought. Orange: Poorest erop 
ever known. Chautaugau: Backward but looking well. Rensselaer : Many fields will 
not be harvested. Schenectady: Heading out 6 inches from the ground. West- 
chester: There will be no oats. Ad¢bany : Heading out 6 inches high; many fields will 
be pastured. Chenango: Suffered from drought. Erie: Thin. , 
NEW JERSEY.—Sussex: Injured by drought. Morris: Short and poor. Camden: 
Short and thin. 
PENNSYLVANIA.— Montgomery: Oats poor; injured by drought. Wayne: A failure- 
Westmoreland : Injured by drought. York: Straw short but yield good. Union: Back. 
ward. Bucks: Very light; some pastured and some turned under and sown with Hun- 
garian grass. Clearfield: Promising. Centre: Shortened by drought. Dauphin: Only 
ahalf crop. Fayette: Short strawed, but heading well. Huntingdon: Injured by cold 
weather in April and May. Lycoming: Injured by drought. Lancaster: Very poor ; 
heading low. Tioga: Injured by drought. Pike: Average yield 40 bushels per acre. 
Indiana: May yet reach a reasonable crop. 
DELAWARE.— Kent : Injured by drought. 
MaryLanp.— Washington: Crop will be short. Baltimore: Injured by drought. 
Queen Anne: Very much revived by the late rains. 
VIRGINIA.— Pulaski: Promising. Fluvanna: Unusually good. Lunenburgh: Oats 
promising. Wythe: Oats sown late and unpromising. Warren: Threatened by grass- 
hoppers. New Kent: Fine in quality. Orange: Fine crop assured. Caroline: Season 
favorable. King George: Excellent. Powhatan: Good. Sussex: Better than for sev- 
eral years. Clarke: Injured by early drought, but greatly improved with late favor- 
able weather, especially in the north part of the county. Chesterfield: Winter seed- 
ing yielded largely; spring seeding heavily headed; prospect of largest yield since - 
the war. Washington: Heading low on account of drought. Bath: Look well. 
Middlesex : Winter oats excellent. Nansemond: Late and short. Madison: Unusually - 
promising. Gloucester: Drought has cut short a very promising crop. Sussex: Better 
than for years. Mecklenburgh: Fair crop. Henrico: Very good. Halifax: Much im- 
proved since June 1; injured by chinch-bug. Highland: Doing well. Prince George: 
Best crop in many years. Campbell: Extraordinary promise. F 
NortuH'CaroLina.—Forsyth : Very fine. Franklin: Suffering through drought. Da- 
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