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MissouriI.—Benton : Shortened by drought continuing from July 15; on prairie lands 
the crop will be of inferior quality. Adair: Better than was expected. Polk: Dam- 
aged by chinch-bugs and drought. Clinton : Shortened by drought ; unripe corn frosted 
September 18. Cole: Reduced by drought to a half crop in manyplaces. De Kalb: 
Half crop. Mercer: Good. Pulaski: Injured by drought and chinch-bugs. Stone: 
Not over a fourth of a crop. Newton: A little injured by drought and chinch-bugs. 
Grundy : Short 50 per cent. Pettis: Shortened by drought to a half crop. Shelby: 
Light, and poor through drought. Linn: Shortened by frost. 
Kansas.—Labetie: Early plantings, which escaped the chinch-bugs, are fine; late 
plantings worthless. JVoodson: Injured by heavy storms and much of it killed on the 
high lands by frost September 22. Clay : Greatly damaged by drought. Montgomery: 
Damaged by bugs. Coffey: About two-thirds of a crop. Douglas: Late plantings a 
failure. Nemaha: Half crop; a fourth of last year’s crop on hand. Smith: Damaged 
by grasshoppers. Jteno: Averaging from 50 to 60 bushels peracre. /JVilson: Almost 
destroyed by chinches on the uplands; bottom crops escaped. Wabunsee: Cut down 
éue-half by drought; only two or three showerssince July 1. Shawnee : Frost Septem- 
ber 12. Aitchison: Frosts a month earlier than usual. ; 
NEBRASKA.— Madison : Better than was expected. Nemaha: Decreased corn-crop has 
prevented many from fattening cattle. Cass : Not over a half crop. 
OREGON.—Clackamas : Slightly injured by recent frosts. 
CoLtorapo.— Weld: Killing frost September 28. 
Utan—Iron: Corn green and growing; no frost yet. Kane: Large crops; season 
propitious. Tooele: Improved by late rains. 
Ipano.—Ada : Pennsylvania corn the best variety here ; that planted May 10 is well 
matured and a heavy crop. 
New Mexico.—Taos: Will be average if frost delays a month longer; ‘otherwise it 
will be as light as wheat. 
WHEAT. 
The returns of September, averaged with reference to the production 
ot each county, indicated nearly a full normal crop, the average depreci- 
ation being only 5 per,.cent. The returns of October are made in di- 
rect comparison with the crop oflast year, involving, of course, the ele- 
ment of area as wellas condition. The aggregate is an increase of about 
4 per cent., which is equivalent to ten millions of bushels, making the 
promise of the crop about 260,000,000. This may be considered a good 
crop, as large as any harvested since 1869, but about 10 per cent. less 
than that unusual yield. 
The great difference between the rates of yield in the several States in 
1872 necessarily makes a wide range in the percentages in comparison 
with each State product. Minnesota is credited with an increase of 20 
per cent.; Wisconsin with 18; Iowa, 12; Illinois, 6; Missouri, which 
had less than two-thirds of a crop last year, has made an increase of 
nearly 50 per cent., and Kansas has almost as large an increase over 
the poor crop of last year. Ohio’s crop is placed at 2 per cent. above 
that of last year. Kentucky has 8 per cent. less than last year, and 
Indiana 12 per cent., and California 16 per cent. Of the other States 
which make considerable contributions to the aggregate, Pennsylvania 
has an increase of 34 per cent., which barely makes an average crop, 
and New York, with 5 per cent. increase, has still little more than two- 
thirds of a good crop. The crop of the South is less than that of last 
year. 
Among the large wheat-producing counties of the western wheat 
bglt, such as produce not less than half a million bushels in a good 
Season, the following will serve to indicate the sections iu which the 
present season has been propitious, or otherwise: In Ohio, Miami, 
Montgomery, Champaign, Highland, Franklin, Fairfield, Shelby, and 
Wayne show an increase; and Stark, Richland, Sandusky, Wyandot, 
and Holmes a decrease. In Michigan, Livingston, and Barry make 
an increase, and Cass, Clinton, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Hillsdale, Jack- 
