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apell in the middle of June retarded the growth of grass very much. Fayetie: The 
hay-erop lighter than for many years. Hrie: Clover not three-fourths of a crop. 
Chester : The early spring was wet and cold, making the ground in a condition to 
bake; the weather then setting in hot and very dry cut short the hay-crop and spoiled 
the pastures. Dauphin: The entire month of June has been excessively dry, and pas- 
tures are almost burned up. Centre: Hay-making is about finished ; the crop was good. 
Crawford: A severe drought for some six weeks has shortened the hay-crop and the pas- 
tures very much. Lawrence: June very dry and hot, almost parching up the pastures 
and mea*lows, up to the 23d; then a heavy rain completely soaked the ground, but too 
late for most of the hay, which will not be much over halfacrop. Tioga : The severe 
drought in June injured clover, timothy, aud pastures. Susquehanna: Feed plenty. 
Indiana: The hay-crop will be light. 
MARYLAND.—Montgomery : Most of the clover-fields failed of aset. Dorchester: The 
drought (which still prevails) has seriously shortened the clover and timothy. Balii- 
more: The hay-crop considerabiy injured by the protracted drought. Howard: Abun- 
dant early rains gave us good clover, and the subsequent drought has affected it but 
little. Charles: The drought of last year is being felt in the grass-crops. 
VIRGINIA.—Pulaski: Grass promises well. Northumberland : Timothy and clover thin, 
owing to the effects of winter, but the growth good, as it was last year. On several farms 
the army-worm has appeared, and farmers are mowing the crop tosave it: Rappahan- 
nock: The clover sown this season is well set, and promises well. Stafford: Condition 
__of pastures better than last year. Warren: Pastures are parched hy the dry weather. 
“Clover, injured by frost in winter, is entirely destroyed by grass-hoppers in the north- 
western part of the county. Sussex: Clover and timothy are rapidly superseding barn- 
straw. Powhatan: Pasturage good. Caroline: Pasturage never better. Chesterfield: 
Pasturage excellent from frequent rains. The first cutting of clover good, with a fine 
prospect for a better second crop. Timothy and grasses generally good. Loudoun: 
June dry; pasturage giving way, while clover and timothy have held their own 
pretty well. Fairfax: The hay-crop will not be a full one. Old timothy meadows have 
not recovered from the drought of the past two years. Fauquier: Grass promises a full 
crop. Madison: Pasturage good; clover good, but acreage iar below average; timothy 
excellent. Nansemond: Clover late and short. Prince George: Clover and timothy, 
where not killed out by the drought last summer, have produced a heavy yield. Henrico : 
The cool, wet weather of April, May, and June wasthe very thing for grass,and Henrico 
was never more blessed in this respect. Clover, finer than I ever saw it, was cut and 
sold nearly a month ago, and the second crop is mostly fine. Montgomery: All crops 
late except grass; the season dry until July ist. Highland: Pastures better than 
usual. 
-NortH CaroLtwa.—Piti: The few small lots of red clover planted last spring have 
proved a decided success, and will stimuiate its increased production. Ashe: Grass 
fine. 
SouTH CaroLina.—Greenville: Clover is cut in June; second crop promises to be 
the best; timothy is as high as the wheat this year. 5 
GEORGIA.—Lumpkin: One of my assistants sowed the Italian rye-grass, (sent by the 
Department, ) and, if it continues as it now promises, he considers it the best pasture. 
ALABAMA.—Greene : The crop of clover is small but exceedingly good. Morgan: Our 
. clover crop (for hay) nearly lost by wet weather. Randolph: But little clover sown. 
MississiepPi.— Wilkinson: Red clover, timothy, Italian rye-grass, mesquite, orchard, 
and other grasses were very fine, but have been much damaged by excessive rains. 
The clover-crop cut off one-half in value from having no weather in which to harvest it 
Louistana.—Franklin: Pastures could not be better. 
ARKANSAS.—Independence : Pasturage never better. Arkansas: Grass never looked 
better. Fulton: In the last year or two several of our farmers have sowed clover for an 
experiment, and it promises to do well. 
TENNESSEE.— Coffee: Rain all the time since the middle of June, which will injure 
the hay-erop very muchif it continues two weeks longer. Giles: Out of the past 
twenty-two days it has rained nineteen, and is raining still; the meadows need mow- 
ing. Loudon : Grasses have not suffered. Stewart: All the grasses have done well. 
Giles: Much of the clover was killed by the winter freezes. Pastures that were almost - 
bare on the ist of May are now luxuriant. Jackson : Grass-crops very fine. Montgom- 
ery: Where not frozen out clover looks well. Bedford: Clover sufiered during the 
winter by the hard freezes, and owing to the late spring pastures are not equal to last 
season. Bradley : On account of the dry April, clover was reduced to less than half a 
crop. Knox: The month of June has been one of almost constant rains, which have 
made the clover and timothy much better. Lincoln: In the midst of an unusually wet 
spell, the hay crop is now ready, and in a few instances suffering for want of cut- 
ting. Granger: A cold snap about the 6th of March killed about one-half of our elo- 
ver and timothy. Monroe: Pastures generally improving ; clover good where it was 
not killed by frost and cut-worms in the spring. Timethy and red-top splendid. Witl- 
son: Clover not so good as last year; much of it blighted by the freeze of winter. 
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