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fine. Franklin: Better than for many years. Richland: Corn made; large crop. 
Carroll: Large crop; better than for years. Bossier: Hill crops fine; bottom crops. 
injured by freshets. . 
TEXxas.—Red River: Crop greatly improved ; the “ Pennsylvania Early” did splendidly ; 
ready to crib the last of July. Victoria : Excessive rains prevented making ; crops suf- 
fering in consequence. Polk: Rotting badly in the fields. Coryell: Good condition 
but short. Dallas: Excessive rains cut down the yield to 25 or 30 bushels per acre. 
Wharton: Glowing prospect. Burnet: Nearly average on light, sandy soils; below 
average on heavy black soils; cut-worms injurious. Rusk: Above average. Austin > 
Rotting considerably. Bell: Fine; large surplus on hand. Cooke: Short. Hill: 
Good, but not equal to last year’s crop. Lamar: Short; too much rain. Matagorda > 
Enough for home wants. Marion: Better than for years. Medina: Ripened prema- 
turely. Anderson: Caterpillars plenty. ; 
ARKANSAS.—Independence : Short. Sebastian : Shortened by drought. Prairie : Early 
corn filled well; late doing well. Arkansas: Very good. Union: Neglected for cot- 
ton, and hence far below average ; excellent where well worked. Marion: Early corn 
suttered ; late corn good; the whole about average. Baxter: Shortened by drought. 
TENNESSEE.— Decatur: Half a crop. Coffee: With one more rain our corn crop will 
be the best for years, Sumner: Late corn suffering for rain. Roane: At least average. 
Giles: Average. Putnam: Light crop. De Kalb: Magnificent. Hickman: Late corn 
seriously damaged by drought. Sullivan: Shortened by drought, but good crops were 
raised by those who cultivated them intelligently. Grainger: Fine season and large 
crop. Shelby: Worst crop for years; not half enough realized for home consumption 
the coming year. Lawrence: Injured by dronght. Jackson: Injured by excessive rains. 
in June and July. Rhea: Prospect good; Pennsylvania Yellow ripened; ripens forty 
days earlier than the common varieties. Dickson: Good where well cultivated. Ham- 
ilton: Extratine. Smith: Greatly improved by fine weather. Washington: Very prom- 
ising in spite of drought. Greene: Splendid. 
West VirGinia.—Jefferson: Large growth, but backward. Mercer: Badly damaged 
by grub-worms. Pleasants: Some crops injured by worms. Pocahontas: Fine. Pen- 
dleton: Increased growth. Monongalia: Quite promising. Monroe: Shortened by 
drought. Lewis: Too wet for corn. 
Krentucky.—Taylor: Greatly shortened by drought. Clark: Shortened by drought. 
Jefferson: Season favorable. Shelby: Best average crop for five years. Mercer: Short- 
ened by drought. Hdmonson: Shortened by drought. Lewis: Neverbetter. Anderson: 
Very fine crop; best since 1855. Graves: Worst prospect for eighteen years. Lincoln : 
Unusually good. Logan: Improved by late rains. Warren: Late plantings damage® 
by August drought. Fayette: Above average. Owen: Best crop since 1855. 
OHIO.— Coshocton: Doing well, but ten days late. Jackson: Doing splendidly; out 
of danger from frost. Logan: Very uneven; where submerged by freshets it is likely 
to far exceed average crops. Stark: Poor stand on account of damaged seed. Butler: 
Improved rapidly; needs two weeks of good weather to ripen. Delaware: At least 25. 
per cent. below last year. Greene: Coming on finely, but late. Marion: What corn 
there is looks promising ; needs two or three weeks’ exemption from frost. Holmes: Full 
average, but willripen late. Vinton: Injured by wet; earing imperfectly ; some of it 
still weedy. Warren: Looks splendidly. Mercer: Shortened by drought. Defiance = 
Drying up on heavy clay-lands. Athens: Reduced below average by the destruction 
of some of the best crops by freshets. 
Micuigan.— Wayne: Late corn suffering from drought; many pieces cut up for fod- 
der; crop generally good. Macomb: First plantings generally failed. Lapeer: Cut- 
worms and bad seed caused replantings, and hence the crop is late. Hillsdale: Short 
on account of worms, bad seed, and June drought. Jackson: Has come forward very 
rapidly, and is now fit to cut. Oakland: Doing well on moist land, but suffering from 
drought on dry, sandy soils. Ottawa: Good growth of stalk, but ears not well filled. 
Oceana: Badly injured by drought. Newaygo: Suffered severely from drought. Mecosté : 
Nearly destroyed by drought. 
INDIANA.—Scott : Considerably damaged by chinch-bugs. Decatur: Late corn short ; 
chinch-bugs injurious. Gibson: Early plantings very good; late, in danger from frost.. 
Jennings: Good on dry land, but poor on wet. Madison: Average on dry lands. Mor- 
gan: lmproved; short throughout. Noble: With a good fall season the crop will be tol- 
erable. Perry: Early plantings good. Jarren: Greatly needs rain. Cass: Suffering 
through lack of rain. Dubois: Shortened by dry August. Hamilton : Late and liable 
to frost, but improves as the season advances. Shelby: Injured by drought. Lake: 
Full average crop in prospect. Orange: Late corn drying up. Boone: Will be short. 
Brown: Rapidly brought out by dry, warm August; promises an average. Crawford = 
Will be somewhat injured; early corn mostly made. Newton: Early planted corn on , 
high lands will yield 40 bushels per acre. Wells: Improved through August. Clay = 
Shortened by drought. Dearborn: Shortened by drought. Marshall: Short. Steuben: 
Suffered for rain. Owen: Shortened by heat and drought. 
ILLiNois.—Pike: Light. Crawford: Late corn short; injured by grasshoppers- 
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