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Lovistana.—Caddo: By mistake in the last monthly report our crop was reported at 
an average of 80 bushels per acre instead of 80 per cent. of an average crop. 
Trexas.—Titus: Never better; free from rust and smut. Red River: Very fine. Up- 
shur: Too short-strawed for cutting to advantage. Uvalde: Damaged by grasshop- 
ers. | 
4 TENNESSEE.— Sullivan : Potato oats not suited to the climate; Schonen maintain 
their high reputation ; Hopetown oats fine, bright-strawed, grain abundant, large, and 
bright. Monroe: Excellent. Blount: Crop larger amd of better quality than usual. 
WEst VirGrmia.— Brooke : Injured in shock and stack by wet weather. Mercer: 
Above average. Schonen did well ; superior to most other kinds ; yield heavy. Har- 
rison : White Schonen and Yellow Scotland oats both excellent. 
Kentucky.—Russell : Very fine. Spencer: Shortened by rust. Daviess ; The most 
promising crop ever known till spoiled, just at ripening, by heavy rains. 
On10.— Geauga ; Almost destroyed by grasshoppers. Mahoning : Badly injured by 
grasshoppers. Vinton: Injured by wet weather. Athens : Acreage reduced by wet 
spring, but yield and quality are good. 
Micuican.— Lenawee : Shortened by drought and rust. Branch : Twenty per cent. 
below average. E 
INDIANA.—Sieuben : Harvested in prime condition. Ripley: Injured by chinch-bugs. 
Noble : Injured by drought. Decatw: Good, but saved with ditficulty on account of 
rains. Scott: Injured by chinches. 
Inirmois.— Franklin : Ten days before harvest the crop was remarkably promising, 
but heavy storms beat down the grain, rendering it very difficult to gather, and equally 
difficult to thrash. Macon: Late sowings badly blown down and imperfectly filled. 
Bureau : Crop short but of good quality. Clinton : Shortened by drought and chinches. 
Washington: Would have been above average but for rains just before harvest which 
beat down the grain. Champaign: Nearly destroyed by storms and worms. Pope: 
Injured by chinehes. Rock Island: Half of last year’s yield. Ogle : Reduced acreage ; 
average yield 38 bushels peracre. Lee; Short and light in weight ; straw better than 
last year for feeding stock. Boone: Deficient in quantity and quality ; generally 
rusted. Mason: Yield less than last year, but quality 20 per cent. better. McLean : 
Inferior, but harvested without rain. nox: Light in consequence of drought. 
Wisconsin.—Green Lake: Failed in some places. Brown: Very light. 
Minnesota.—Blue Earth : Crop large and of good quality ; acreage small. IJsanti: 
White Probestier oats from the Department yielded heavily ; they suit the climate 
well. Nicollet : Turn out reasonably well; good quality. 
lowa.—Harvison: Decreased acreage, but yield and quality good. Muscatine: In- 
jured by drought. Pocahontas: Injured by grasshoppers. Mitchell: Fair. 
Kansas.—Labette: Shortened by drought and chinches. Cowley: Crop moderate. 
Nemaha: Half crop. 
NEBRASKA.— Madison : Largely destroyed by grasshoppers, even in the shock. 
OREGON.—Grant: Excellent; yield in some cases 60 bushels per acre. . 
Ipano.—Nez Percés: Oats sown early on sod ground are yielding 50 and 60 bushels 
per acre. 
WASHINGTON.— Thursten : Enormous crop, in some cases reaching nearly 90 bushels 
per acre; grain eight and a half feet high. Lewis: Never better; harvest delayed by 
wet. 
RYE. 
The general average of this crop is 98. An increased product, com- 
pared with last year, is shown in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Florida, Arkansas,“ Missouri, Kan- 
sas, Nebraska, and Oregon; in all the other States the yield is less 
than that of 1872. The average quality shows improvement in Ver- 
mont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne- 
sota, Iowa, Kansas, and Oregon. Maine, Massachusetts, New York, 
New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, and California report 
a quality of grain fully equal to last year; the other States are all 
below. ; 
ConneEctTicuTt.—New London: Fair in spite of drought. 
New Jersey.— Burlington : Both grain and straw excellent. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Cambria: Fair. Northampton: Crops large and good. 
MARYLAND.— Baltimore : Increased attention to rye culture. 
GrorGIA.— Marion: Rye from the Department tailed, while native grain beside it 
grew 6 feet high. 
Missouri.— Mercer : White Scotch rye from the Department did well; 4 quarts of 
seed yielded 3 bushels. 
