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ton: Slightly injured by frost September 20. Crawford: Late, and already frost-bit- 
ten. Medina: Below average; frosted in low grounds. frie: "Frost did considerable 
damage at points six or eight miles from Lake Erie, but along the lake there has been 
none. Huron: Hurt by frost considerably September 20 and 21; ; fodder will be scarce. 
Auglaize: Early frost injured corn and fodder. Geauga: Large growth of stall but 
light ears. Mahoning: Injured by frost September 20. Adams : Weather seasonable 
for gorn since June; good crops in gate of chinch-bugs in some places. Delaware: 
Early plantings a good average crop; late plantings intercepted by frost and will be 
about half a crop. ~ Defiance : : First killing frosts September 20 and 21; some damage. 
Athens: Average; would have been oreater but for the July iiood. 
MicuiGan.—Lenawee: First frost ‘eptember 20. Wayne: Upland crops shortened 
by drought. Branch: Not over two-thirds of an average. Ottawa; Heavy growth 
of fodder, but not well eared or grained; frosts nearly every night for two weeks; too 
dry for corn. Shiawassee: Heav y frost September 21; grain less injured than forlder. 
InDIANA.— Huntington: Considerable corn frosted ; ‘first frost September 9, ten days 
earlier than last vear. Madison: Injured by heavy frost September 19 and 20. Ohio: 
Injured by frost September 15, 22, and 23. ‘Steuben: A little over a half crop. Floyd: 
Crops made before the drought; never better. Brown: Early plantings very good; 
late a little frosted September 14 and 15, Dearborn: Matured rapidly ; out of danger. 
Hamilton: A great deal of corn will be frosted. Cass: Poorest crop for many years; 
three-fourths more or less injured by frost. Howard: Damaged by frost September 14 ; 
a large portion will be unmerchantable. Johnson: Frost causing corn to shrink and 
become loose on the cob. Marion: Seriously injured by frost. Martin: Late corn 
damaged by drought. Montgomery: Sharp frosts; heavy mast inthe woods. Noble: Con- 
siderable soft corn. Shelby: Badly damaged by frost. Warren; Hurt by white frost 
September 13. Fulton: Frosted. ‘Decatur; Well matured and sound on ditched lands; 
on others a failure through wet season. Scott; Injured by chinches. Hancock: In- 
jured by wet and early frost. Franklin: Ripening well. 
ILLiwois.—De Kalb: Corn frost-killed in some localities. Jersey: Late corn injured 
by frost. Franklin: Early planted never bétter; the whole crop in August promised 
to excel any former crop. but dry weather and chinch- bugs have ruined ‘late plantings. 
Macon: Mostly out of danger though some late. plantings have been frosted. Winne- 
bago: Late corn killed by severe frost during the first week in September. Bureaw: 
Many pieces poor and soft; others very good. Clinton: Much injured by drought and 
chinch-bugs. Edwards: Fine in spite of chinch- bugs. Vermilion: Light, and badly 
injured by frost; but little more than half of last year’s yield, and half of that unmer- 
chantable. Sangamon : Late oan injured by frost. Washington: Late corn in- 
jured by drought and chinch-bugs. Carroll: Killing frost September 14. Champaign: 
Late plantings entirely failed ; “earlier plantings sate. Cumberland : Largely injured 
by frost September 25. Kankakee: Half spoiled by late planting. Massac: Injured by 
drought. Moultrie: Reduced to a fourth of a crop by drought and early frost. Pope: 
Injured by chinches. Putnam: Blades extensively killed by frost September 14, 19, 
and 20. Ogle: Injured by frost September 14. Piatt: Late corn frosted. McHenry: 
First severe frost September 13; fodder destroyed and grain injured. Mason: Late 
corn badly frosted. McLean: Late corn injured by frost on the 13th September and 
killed on the 20. Knox: Late plantings mostly a failure. Montgomery: Fall very 
favorable to corn, which is late. 
Wisconsix.—Muarathon: Much damage by heavy frosts. Dunn: Heavy frosts Sep- 
tember 13and 14. Clark: Crop saved before frost ; raised only for home consumption. 
Waukesha: Generally ripe and in the shock before frost. Douglas: Injured by frost. 
Green Lake :, Suffered from August drought. Richland: Heavy frost September 14. 
Green: Late plantings badly frosted. Vernon: Injured by drought. 
MINNESOTA.—Ramsey : Good where well cultivated. Mower: Ripened before the 
September frosts; good condition. Wicollet: Small crop; wet spring and poor seed. 
Red Wood: Considerably frosted. Blue Larth: Heavy frosts, but corn out of their 
way. 
Iowa.—Montgomery : Unripe corn killed by frost September 19. Marion: Injured 
by drought. Sioux: Damaged by grasshoppers. Yama: Heavy frosts. Cass : Short- 
ened by « drought nearly 40 per cent. Clinton: Heavy frost September 19.. Allamakee: 
Frost-bitten September 13and 14. Calhoun: Good, though somewhat late. Chickasaw: 
Injured by drought on sandy soils, especially along river-bottoms. Harrison: Late 
planted and injured by drought and grasshoppers. Mahaska: Hardening finely, but 
will be short. Union: Shortened by drought from June. Johnson: Shortened by 
drought; almost a failure on clay land; fair crops in some localities. Muscatine: 
Early plantings g good; late plantings poor. Pocahontas : Nearly as good as common. 
Jefferson : Damaged by drought. Carroll: Pennsylvania corn did well. Grundy: 
Light crop, but ripened well; September frosts did little damage. Hardin: Consider- 
ably frosted. Scott: Shortened by drought. Plymouth: Heayy frost September 10. 
Aills; First heavy frost September 19, Mitchell: Excellent. Monona: Probably not 
over a half crop. 
