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BARLEY. 
A general average of 88 per cent. of last year’s crop is indicated. 
An increase is secured of 5 per cent. in Missouri, of 6 per cent. in West 
Virginia and Kansas, and of 19 per cent. in Oregon. The yield is 
equal to last year’s in Connecticut. In all the other States it has 
declined, the greatest loss—28 per cent.—being in Minnesota. The 
quality is equal to last year’s, or better in West Virginia, Ken- 
tucky, Missouri, California, and Oregon. No returns were received 
from Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, 
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Ar- 
kansas, and Tennessee, where it is scarcely known as a crop. 
BUCKWHEAT. 
Buckwheat was of average condition, or above, in New Hampshire, 
Vermont, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Arkan- 
sas, and West Virginia. In all the other States the crop declined below 
average, reaching its lowest point (64) in Iowa. Little is grown in 
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and 
California. In several of the Northern States the crop was injured by 
early frosts. 1 
POTATOES. 
This crop is above average in condition in eleven States, as follows: 
Vermont, 108; Massachusetts, California, and Oregon, 105 ; Connecti- 
cut and South Carolina, 104; New York, 107; New Jersey and Virginia, 
101; Alabama, 110; Texas, 109. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania are 
average, and all‘the other States below; Iowa,51; Nebraska, 56; Kan- 
sas, 58; Illinois, 59; Missouri, 61; Indiana, 77; the remaining States 
range between 68 in Delaware, and 98 in Maine, New Hampshire, 
and Georgia. For all the States, the average condition is 89. Some 
depredations by the Colorado beetle and other insects are noted 
in the Mississippi Valley and as far east as Pennsylvania, and the rot 
has prevailed to a limited extent in a few localities; but in the States 
in which the potato-crop is an important one, and which report a low 
condition, drought has been the chief cause. Our reports generally 
concur in representing the quality as unusually good. 
MAInE.—Piscataquis : Drought severe on potatoes. Waldo: Excellent in quality. 
York: Heavy crops. 
NEw Hampsntre.—Cheshire: Very nice. 
VERMONT.—Rutland : Excellent. 
MassacHUsETTs.—Bristol : Early potatoes affected by drought. Norfoli: Crop larger 
and better than usual. 
CoNNECTICUT.—Hariford: Better in quality than for forty years. 
New York.—Genesee: Fine. Franklin : Worth 40 cents per bushel for food and 30 
cents for starch-making. Columbia: Crop extra, but rotting. Allegany: Shortest 
crop in thirty years; some will not get back their seed and others not over half a crop. 
New JERSEY.— Sussex : Early varieties shortened by drought; later plantings turn- 
ing out very well. : 
PENNSYLVANIA.— Cambria: Potato-bugs very destructive and hard to exterminate ; 
some rot. Indiana: Crop light; injured by bugs. Westmoreland: Potato-bugs do not 
appear to have done much damage, Northumberland: Uneommonly abundant and 
fine. Armstrong: Late potatoes not worth digging ; destroyed by bugs. Butler: Late 
plantings diminished one-half by bugs. Early Rose a full yield. 
Manrybanp.— Baltimore: Early erop light; later never better. Howard: Early plant- 
ings shortened by drought. Cecil: Early potatoes injured by drought; late ones very 
fine. 
VirGinia.— Highland: Good. 
