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Lovistana.—Last Baton Rouge: Potato-oats did finely, but were prostrated by 
storms when in milk and ruined. 
Trexas.—Red River: Large acreage and heavy yield. Polk: Very small acreage ; 
Canada oats yield 100 per cent. more than any other. Dallas: Red rust-proof oats 
yield from 60 to 75 bushels per acre. Burnet: Nearly a failure; potato-oats from the 
Department did not return the seed. Marion: Uncommonly fine. Rusk: Above 
average. Montgomery: Red or “anti-rust” oats have done well; common kinds rusted 
by spring rains. . 
TENNESSEE.—Greene: Fine crop. Roane: Very good. Monroe: Best crop for several 
years. 
WEST VirGINIA.—Hardy: Injured by rain in the stack. Mercer: Very good. Min- 
eral: Considerably injured by wet. Tucker: Better than for twenty years. Brook: 
sprouting in the stack. Grant: Very good, though sometimes harvested in bad con- 
dition. : 
Kentucky.—Lincoln: Injured by storms. Anderson: About average. Lewis: Full 
and heavy. Fayette: Light. 
Ou10.—Coshocton: Better than was expected. Washington: Late and injured by storms. 
Hardin: Potato-oats rusty aud smutty; not equal to the New Brunswick. Stark: . 
Injured by rust. Licking: The Birlie oats.did not fill. Greene: Generally good grain 
but short crop. 
MicHIGAN.—Gratiot: Remarkably heavy. Montcalm: Largest yield for many years. 
Lapeer: Full average, and well filled. Hillsdale: Shortened by June drought. 
Jackson: Short but well filled. Newaygo: A little over average. Shiawassee: Average. 
Inpiana.—Jennings: Very good. Morgan: Potato-oats three weeks later than the 
native varieties. Perry: Injured by rain. Lake; Fair and well secured; grain very 
bright and nice. Newton: Yield 15 to 20 bushels per acre; ordinary average 40 to 60. 
Harrison: Promised well, but were badly injured by heavy storms of rain and winds. 
Brown: Yield light. De Kalb: Short but good. 
ILtrnors.— Morgan: Badly blown down; did not fill well; light yield. Clinton: 
Largely destroyed by drought, storms, and bugs. Boone: Not over three-fourths aver- 
age; rusted. Winnebago: Do not yield as well as was expected. Wayne: Blown 
down by storms. Mason: Good yield and quality. Cass: Light. Ogle: Decreased 
area; crops well secured; potato-oats from the Department yielded 2 bushels from 
four quarts of seed. 
MINNESOTA.— Goodhue ; Good. 
Jowa.—Lamar: Below average. Woodbine: {Potato-oats from the Department de- 
stroyed by grasshoppers. Benton: Yield increased by fine weather. Jackson: Light. 
Missourl.— Washington: Good crop. Platte: Saved in good condition. Newton: 
Half a crop. Cape Girardeau: Nearly ruined by winds. falls: Very fine and well 
harvested. Cape Girardeau: White Schonen and Excelsior grew well, but were 60 
badly blown down that they could not be reaped. Grundy : Potato-oats a success. 
Kansas.— Smith : A gallon of potato-oats from the Department yielded five bushels. 
Ellsworth : Potato-oats did well. : 
NEBRASKA.— Boone: Stacked in good condition. Washington: In many places an 
entire failure ; badly eaten by grasshoppers. Burt: Injured by grasshoppers. Gage : 
Somewhat injured by chinch-bugs. Dixon: Badly damaged by grasshoppers. 
OREGON.—Curry : White Schonen oats from the Department (second crop from seed) 
grew 9 feet high, very thick ; filled enormously, heads long and heavy ; best variety 
grown here. Clackamas: Never better. Grant: Cropfrom 40 to 50 bushels per acre. 
Polk: Yield splendid. 
Daxota.—Clay : Late oats destroyed by grasshoppers. Union : Damaged by grass- - 
hoppers. Lincoln: Seriously damaged by grasshoppers. Minnehaha : Small yield, 
but good quality. Hanson: Affected by grasshoppers. 
MontaNna.—Lewis and Clarke: Badly damaged by grasshoppers ; many fields will 
not be harvested. 
New Mexico.— Mora : No oats yet harvested except in irrigated land. 
Uran.—Boxelder : Harvest abundant ; grain plump and fine. 
RYE. 
Rye averaged in Rhode Island, 101; Connecticut, 102 ;;Maryland, 102; 
Mississippi, 100; Minnesota, 100; Kansas, 102; Nebraska, 104; and 
Oregon, 103; in New Jersey, 97; Pennsylvania, 99; Arkansas, 99; 
Ohio, 99; Michigan, 98; Wisconsin, 99; Iowa, 99; and California, 97. Of 
the remaining States the lowest average, 84, was in Kentucky and North 
Carolina. The following notes, selected from our regular{correspond- 
ence, will give some idea of its local status—Delaware and Louisiana 
made no report of this crop: 
