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Texas.—Fannin: A half bushel of Tappahannock produced 39 bushels weighing 64 
pounds each. Tilus: Great improvement, both in quantity and quality. ‘Upshur = : 
Did well. Zilis: Twice as much wheat gathered as last year, but will be light in 
weight on account of rains during harvest. Uvalde: Damaged by grasshoppers. 
ARKANSAS. —Montgomery : Injured by wet in the shock. 
TENNESSEE.—Jackson: Half gallon of Tappahannock, broadcast, thrashed out 2 
bushels of nice full grain; the same quantity of Fultz produced 34 bushels. Bedford > 
But little over a half crop; quality inferior; affected by sweat and scab. Sullivan: 
Tappahannock taken by the fly ; Fultz comparatively free from the ravages of the fly, 
and appears to be otherwise hardy and prolific. Dickson: Almost ruined by scab; 
some ‘“ sick wheat ;” none of as good quality as last year. Knox: Black weevil has 
eaten up many lots of wheat; F ultz a success and very popular. Monroe: Poor; qual- 
ity under par. Lincoln: Tappahannock did well; 4 quarts produced 2} bushels. Car- 
ter: Much of the white wheat is of good quality, but red is considerably damaged by 
seab. Montgomery: Some ‘sick wheat” reported. Blount: Forty per cent. short, and 
inferior in quality. 
West VirnGinii.—Tyler: Quality generally good. Brooke: Injured by wet in the 
stack; otherwise it would have been above average. Fayette: Plump and heavy. 
Jefferson: Did not thrash out as well as was expected; quality good. Mercer: Half 
crop; quality inferior; injured by midge. Braxton: Yield generally satisfactory. Har- 
rison: A half bushel of Fultz yield 34 bushels in spite of winter-freezing; it stands 
winter better than Tappahannock wheat. 
Kentucky.—Russell: Not over a half crop; injured by spot; some “sick wheat ;” 
difficult to get good seed. 
OxnI0.— Vinton: Fultz promises to supersede all other wheat. Montgomery: Fultz 
very successful; from 3 quarts sown in 1871 were produced 3 bushels in 1872, and 
99 bushels in 1873. Medina: Thrashes out of good quality and abundantly. Geauga: 
Average yield of excellent quality. Licking: From 4 quarts of Tappahannock badly 
winter-killed -was harvested a bushel of very good wheat. Morgan: Fultz from the 
Department very satisfactory ; Tappahannock also did well, except on low grounds, 
where it rusted. Delaware: Season poor for wheat; yield reduced 25 per cent. Athens: 
Average; would have been above but for the July flood. i 
MicuiGan.—Branch: Not over 60 per cent.of an average. Calhoun: Full average. 
Lenawee: Turned out better than was anticipated ; quality first rate. Clinton: Sound 
and good, but less white than last year. Cass: Foul from winter-killing, but when 
cleaned it is equal to last year. 
Iypiana.— Steuben : Harvested in prime condition. Floyd: Light and poor; fiour 
dark. Brown: Thrashed out below expectation. Hamilton: Three bushels of Fultz. 
yielded 60. Noble: Good yield. Decatur: Short, and damaged by rain in the shock. 
Scott: Injured by chinches. Hancock: Damaged in the shock by wet. 
ILLrNors.— Macon: Some kinds badly shriveled ; Genesee the plumpest berry. JVin- 
nebago: Good. Bureau: Will average 16 bushels per acre of No. 1 quality; some fields 
reach 20 or 25. Clinton: Somewhat injured by wet before stacking. Massac: Injured 
by rain. Pope: Injured by chinches. Ogle: Average about 18 bushels per acre ; 
quality good. Lee: Averages 20 bushels per acre of good quality. Boone: Yield light. 
a : Quality good; deticiency of fall-wheat compensated by increase of spring- 
wheat. 
WISCONSIN.— Crawford : Largest area of fall-wheat ever sown. Walworth: Small 
amount grown. Portage: Red Osauka, thickly sown, yielded-20 bushels per acre. 
Waukesha: Fine; a little heavier per bushel than last year. Juneau: Heavy failures 
in New York cut wheat down from $1 to 70 cents per bushel. Green Lake: Thrashes 
’ out well; better than was expected. Saint Croix: Never better. Vernon: Winter-wheat 
better than it appeared. 
MINNESOTA.— blue Earth: Fair crop, of exceilent quality. Ze Sueur: Fine harvest 
weather. Ramsey: Fine crop; average 17 to 18 bushels per acre. Mower: Prices fell 
from 90 to 65 cents per bushel. Mar tin: Late sowings ruined by black rust; earlier 
of good quality, averaging from 10 to 16 bushels peracre. Nicollet : Red Osauka rust- 
ed badly ; Scotch Fife “did best. 
Iows.—Sioux: Damaged by grasshoppers. Calhoun: Damaged 10 per cent. by 
blight. Chickasaw : Splendid condition; best yield ever known here. Harrison: Will 
yield more per acre than last year; inereased total yield and improved quality. Lowa : 
Increased acreage, but reduced yield per acre. Muscatine: Good in quantity and qual- 
ity. Pocahontas : Injured by grasshoppers. Carroll: Provence wheat scabbed badly. 
Shelby : Provence and White Australian wheats failures; nocase of Provence wheat. 
Tipening ; Oran wheat is promising; Fultz has not done well. Marshall: Averages 
about 10 bushels per acre. Mitchell: Spring-wheat a large crop. 
Missouri.— Gasconade : Tappahannock has excelled all other varieties both in quan- 
tity and in quality. Montgomery: Early-sown wheat damaged by grasshoppers, which 
have been driven off by frosts. Carter: Tappahannock our best wheat. Mercer: 
