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Missouri.— Washington : Good hay-crop; young clover nearly killed out by drought; 
pastures dried up. Audrain: Pastures nearly all dried up. Cass: Timothy and clover 
hay fine; prairie-hay shortened by dronght. Greene: Meadows and pastures brown. 
Moniteau: Pastures burned up. Platie: Pastures dry enough to burn. Newton: 
Hay half a crop; grass eaten by insects. Lincoln: Timothy and the first clover- 
erop were fine, having matured before the drought; much clover killed by drought. 
Adair: Pastures drying up. Callaway: Grass short and dried up. 
Kansas.— Cherokee: Hay-crop gathered and largely baled and shipped. Poulter : Hay 
a large crop, and secured in good order. Labetie: Hay a fine yield ; 50 per cent. more 
than any previous yield, and of excellent quality. Bourbon: Timothy doubtful without 
speedy rain. 
NEBRASKA.—Gage: Grass dry enough to burn; hay scarce. / 
CALIFORNIA.—Sacramento: Farmers busy in making hay of alfalfa. Alameda: Pas- 
tures shortened by drought. 
Daxora.—Hanson : Hay-crop fine. 
FRUIT. 
The severity of the last winter has shown its destructive results in 
the shortness of all the fruit-crops. In a few counties insect injuries 
are noted by our correspondents ; but these pests appear to have found 
but little scope for their ravages in the stinted growth of the crops. A 
scarcity and inferiority of fruit is a chronic complaint in our corre- 
spondence. 
Apples.—But one State, Oregon, reports an average crop of apples. 
The condition of the crop ranges from 28 in Rhode Island to 102 in 
Oregon. Of the New England States the highest average, 61, is pre- 
sented by Vermont. The Middle States range from 75 in New York to 
50 in Pennsylvania; the South Atlantic coast States from 40 in South 
Carolina to 84 in Virginia; the Gulf States from 71 in Texas to 83 in Lou- 
isiana; the interior Southern States from 30 in Tennessee to 80 in Ar- 
kansas; the States north of the Ohio from 40 in Illinois to 78 in Michi- 
gan; the States west of the Mississippi from 57 in Kansas to 87 in 
Nebraska; California reaches 88. Many counties, in different parts of 
the country, report an entire failure of the crop. 
Peaches.—This crop is, if possible, in a worse condition than the 
apples. Here, again, Oregon is the only State in which an average 
crop is reported. The State averages range from 18 in. South Carolina 
to 122 in Oregon; in the former 11 counties, and in the latter 6 counties 
reported. Maine, Vermont, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri 
make no reports from any of their counties, the crop being too incon- 
siderable to attract attention. Twocounties in New Hampshire average 
92, 2 in Rhode Island 87, and 19 in California 85. Of the remaining 
States only 11 are above 50, viz: Connecticut, €0; Delaware, (1 county,) 
75; Virginia, 77; North Carolina, 54; Georgia, 60; Florida, 65; Ala- 
bama, 71; Mississippi, 70; Louisiana, 63; Arkansas, 61; Nebraska, 
52; Pennsylvania, 20; South Carolina, 18; Ohio, 25. In this crop, 
also, many counties report the entire destruction of the crop. There is 
also a general complaint of imperfect fruitage. 
Grapes—The general tone of our grape reports is much higher 
than either apples or peaches, yet it is sufficiently discouraging. The 
highest condition is reported in Connecticut, 103; New Jersey, 101; 
Rhode Island, 100; New Hampshire, 99; Louisiana, 98; Mississippi, 
97; Florida, 96; Nebraska, 95; New York, 94; Massachusetts, 92. 
The lowest averages are found in South Carolina, 46; Penn- 
sylvania, 58; Maryland and Tennessee, 58; Ohio, 61.. The Clinton 
grape in Lehigh County withstood the winter well; all others, unpro- 
tected, were winter-killed. Scuppernong grapes were killed by April 
frost in Darlington district, South Carolina, but immediately fruited 
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