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vie: Never better. Alamance Faircrop. Davidson: In many localities winter-killed. 
Polk: Better than for several years. Greene: More or less injured. Cherokee: Prom- 
ising; free from rust. 
_ SouTH Caroiina.—Lezington : Potato-oats from the Department Tipened three weeks 
later than the black oats, and, consequently, injured by the late rains ; yet the potato- 
oats is superior, being a foot taller than the black. 
GEORGIA.—Schley : Oats in fine condition. Calhoun: Large crop. Douglass : Finest 
crop for many years; potato-oats did very well. Muscogee : Below. expectation. 
Spalding : Never looked better Gwinnett: Fine; fullaverage. Cobb: Injured by wet. 
Whitfield : Entirely free from rust; never batter. 
FiLoripa.—Jackson : Largest crop ever raised. : 
ALABAMA.—Blount: Oaits- -crop very fine. Chambers: Very fine. Clarke: Carter 
“rust-proof” oats very fine. Geneva: Good. Bullock: Unusually good. 
Mississiepl.— Grenada: Potato-oats from the Department very fine; sown about 
Mareh16. Macon: Fine. Grainger: Very fine; 30 bushels peracre. Winston: White 
oats mature too late, ten days after red oats. La Fay yetie: Unusually good. Jefferson: 
Very fine, but considerably fallen through wind and rain. Wilkinson : Injured by ex- 
cessive rains. 
LouIsiana.— Morehouse : Potato-oats fine. Caddo: Average, eighty bushels per acre. 
TENNESSEE.— Wilson : Unexceptionable. Donelson: Very good. Monroe: Best crop 
in many years, but badly lodged. Bradley: Promise an abundant yield. Robertson: 
A splendid crop ruined by rain and wind. 
TEXAS.—Gonzalez : The “ Mississippi red” oats do not rust. Rusk: Fine and large; 
did not rust. Bandera: Destroyed by grasshoppers. Cooke: Greatly improved by the 
rains. Burnet: Injured by grasshoppers. Upshur: Late rains saved thecrop. Polk: 
Red or “ rust-proof” oats a perfect success. Kendall: Entirely destroyed. 
ARKANSAS.—Fulton: Increased acreage and splendid crop. Independence: Never 
better. 
West VirGiniA.—Raleigh: Very good. Pendleton: Promising; acreage increased. 
Braxton : White Schonen, oats a very promising crop; also the Black Norway. Bar- 
bour: Good. Mercer: Quite promising. Cabell: Late, but looking well. Pocahontas : 
Fine condition. Monroe: Over average. 
Kentucky.—Boyle: White Schonen fine, but badly lodged. Johnson: Somewhat 
injured by rain. Scott: Very tall; will fall if wet weather continues. Russell: Very 
fine. Pulaski: Some fields rusted and somes fallen on account of rain. McLean: Excel- 
sior a successful crop, but rather late in maturing; more productive than native va- 
rieties. Logan: Superior. Fayette: Barly-sown very good; late-sown very poor. 
Lawrel: Promise a good yield. Adair: Better than usual. 
Ou10.—Hamilton: Birlie oats a failure ; potato oats not promising. Allen: In- 
ferior in quantity and quality. Athens: Oats were promising, but late winds and 
rain have left them flat. Hancock: Look well. Holmes: Short but growing finely. 
Portage: Increased acreage; good color, but short-strawed; greatly improved by late 
rains. Morrow: But half the usual acreage sown; condition below average. Dela- 
ware: The fine weather will probably bring the crop to a full average. Crawford: 
Sown late and will be short. Coshocton: Wet April and May, and dry June, have 
eut down the yield one-half. Morgan: Backward. Mercer : Acreage reduced. Ma- 
rion: Late sown; acreage reduced. Lorain: Crop late. Adams: Suffering for rain. 
Medina: Sown late and hurriedly. Jackson: Short-strawed, but stand well on the 
ground. Greene: Early-sown good, but the most were late-sbwn on account of wet, 
and are very poor. Williams: “If rain does not come soon the crop will be a failure. 
Noble: Injured by drought. 
MrcuiGan.— Washtenav : Crop short. Tuscola: Need rain. Lenawee: Shortened by 
drought. Clinton: Suffered severely from late drought. Cass: Injured by drought. 
Van Buren: Suffered from drought. Jonia: Suffered from drought. Calhoun: Injured 
by drought. Branch: Shortened 40 per cent. by drought. 
INDIANA.—Brown : Rain just in time to save a short crop. Morgan: Average con- 
dition; half average acreage. Montgomery: Light; short-strawed; heads medium. 
Noble: Will not amount to much. Newton: Short- -strawed, but heads and grains well 
developed. Martin: Destroyed by drought. Harrison: Late, but look well. Kosciusko : 
Failure through drought. Lake: Shor rtened by drought, but benefited by late rains. 
Owen: Reduced acreage and short crop. Orange: Look well. Hipley. Made a good 
start, but are suffering from drought. 
Intrno1s.—Franklin : Badly injured by late storms. Ogle; Acreage decreased ; con- 
dition below average. Montgomery: Average restricted by spring rains. Macon : 
“ Potato” oats ripen ten days later than “ Surprise” oats. Lawrence: Decreased acre-. 
age; promising. De Kalb: Promising. Marion: Ruined by chinch-bugs. Jersey: 
Very good; stand up well and are well filled. Iroquois: Acreage restricted by bad 
sowing weather in spring. Clark: Small acreagesown. Madison: Acreage reduced 
one-half by bad spring weather at sowing. Sangamon: Very promising. 
WIsCONSIN.—Dunn : Early-sown oats good. 
