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son, Lenawee, Saint Joseph, and Washtenaw, a decrease; in Indiana, 
Randolph is reported at 130, while the range is from 75 to 90 in Car- 
roll, Hamilton, Johnson, Madison, Montgomery, Shelby, and War- 
ren; in Illinois, several of the heavily producing counties of the 
southwest, as Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery and Adams, range from 
75 to 95 in comparison with the previous crop, and in the northwest 
a marked appreciation is seen in Ogle, Carroll, Winnebago, and Ste- 
phenson. Several other prominent counties, among them Pike, Wash- 
ington, and Clinton, show an increase. Sheboygan is the only half-mil- 
lion county in Wisconsin which reports a depreciation, while among 
those making gains ranging from 5 per. cent. to 100 are Green Lake, 
Jefterson, Walworth, Dodge, La Crosse, lowa, Green, Buffalo, La Fay- 
ette, Saint Croix, and Waukesha. A single one of these, Dodge, pro- 
duces between two and three millions of bushels. All prominent coun- 
ties reporting from Minnesota return 100 or more. Olmstead, which 
produced more than two millions of bushels in 1869, 105; Blue Earth, 
100; Freeborn, Wabashaw, Fillmore, 110; Washington, 115; Mower, 
125. In Iowa, the counties of Tama,4Grundy, Marshall, and Scott re- 
turn less than 100; Iowa, Clinton, Johnson, and Linn report the same 
as last year; Black Hawk, 125; Benton, 110, (these two counties pro- 
ducing between one and two miliions each ;) Chickasaw, 130; Delaware, 
125; Floyd, 115; Allamakee, Hardin, and Jones, 105. Among the 
prominent counties in Missouri making a favorable comparison with 
last year are Cass, Gasconade, Lincoln, Perry, and Saline. Moniteau 
returns 75. Bourbon, Marshall, and Nemaha, in Kansas, and Cass, Otoe, 
and Gage, in Nebraska, make favorable comparison. In most of the 
wheat-producing counties of California a depreciation is indicated, as 
in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, and Stanislaus. 
The following extracts from correspondence will further illustrate 
local conditions : ; 
MaAInE.— Ozford: Pinched by drought; quality poor. 
New HaMPSHIKE.—Carroll: Does not thrash out as well as was expected; grains 
_ shrunk through drought. 
MAssacHuseEetts.—Berkshire : Winter-grain good ; protected by snow in winter. 
CoNNECTICUT.—New London : Superior quality. 
NEw YorKk.—Livingston: Winter-wheat of first-rate quality. Greene: Less than 40 
per cent. of a full crop. Seneca: About 70; quality good. 
New JERSEY.—Sussex : Wheat-crop larger and of better quality than last year. Cum- 
berland : Good. Burlington : Thrashing out satisfactorily ; Fultz wheat hag fulfilled the 
most sanguine anticipations. Morris: Very good; better than for many years. War- 
ren: Good quality and unusual weight per bushel. 
PENNSYLVANIA.— Northampton : Large crop of excellent quality ; large increase over 
last year. Chester: Crop not sufficient for home consumption. Mifflin: Nearly double 
last year’s crop. Lebanon: A quart of Tappahannock from the Department yielded 264 
quarts, perfectly clean and of the best quality. , 
MArRYLAND.—Baltimore : Better than last year in quantity and quality ; a good aver- 
age. Howard: Better than last year’s crop, which was good. Cecil: Wheat sown - 
about October 1 did well; earlier sowed, injured by the fly, and later by freezing. 
VirGiIniA.— Pulaski ; Short crop; poor seed and unpropitious season ; season fine for 
sowing, but uufavorable to breaking up fallow. King George: Injured by rain in 
shock and stack; more than usual fallow ground put in wheat. Sotetourt: Falling 
short on thrashing ; weather fine for seeding. Stafford: Much injured by rain; some 
of it coming to market in bad condition. Orange: Yielded badly and was injured in 
stack and shock. Montgomery: A signal failure; many farmers will not get back their 
seed. Highland: Largely frozen in winter. Bath: Fultz the best variety here. 
NortH CaARroLina.—McDowell: Lowland crops largely injured by high waters. 
Forsyth: Short, but good., Perquimans: Will soon cease to be grown. Yield, 4 bushels 
per acre. 
SouTH CaRroLina.—Greenville: Wheat from 24 to 9 bushels per acre. Union; Poor; 
very little attention to it when cotton brings 18 cents per pound. 
GrorGia.— Barbour: Tappahannock a success. Cobb : Tappahannock has taken the 
first premium at all the State and county fairs. 
