523 
Alabama, and California. The Western States give the lowest figures: 
Towa, 83, (a depreciation on the whole crop of last year of one-sixth;) 
Illinois, 85; Indiana, 88; Ohio, 85; Missouri, 79; Kansas, 79; Nebraska, 
76. Other States do not exhibit a depreciation of more than ten per 
cent., except Pennsylvania, which is reported at 86. The prevailing 
characteristics of the season have been a wet spring, a Summer too dry 
and short, early frosts,in many places cool rains in early autumn. The 
early-planted corn ripened well; much of the late-planted was immature 
when frost came, some of it so soft as to be of little value after thorough 
freezing. That portion of the early-planted which was deficient in 
drainage, either natural or artificial, was either ‘drowned out” or in- 
jured in its vitality and subsequent growth. 
The winter set in too early for the in-gathering, one county in 
Wisconsin having twelve inches of,snow when only a third of the crop had 
been harvested. The losses always apparent through insufficient or in- 
efficient culture are doubly manifest in a season like this. Indications 
of this fact are everywhere observable in such remarks as these: * In- 
telligent cultivation has produced good crops; ” ‘Crops shortened one- 
fourth by bad culture ;” “Corn culture is declining through a lack 
of rotation.” 
‘The following extracts should not be deemed the substance of our 
- own reports, as it would be a monotonous and interminable task to write 
or read all the volunteer remarks appended to the systematic returns 
intended for tabulation. They are only specimens selected with refer- 
enee to peculiarities of local reports : 
MAINE.— Faldo : Corn was badly injured by drought and the corn-worm. Oxford: 
Injured by frost; quality poor. Sweet-corn is becoming quite afarm product. A large 
eanning establishment absorbs the product of an area fifteen miles square. Another 
establishment is in operation just across the line of Cumberland County. Piscataquis: 
Shortened by cold season and killed by frost before ripening. Androscoggin: Cold, 
late planting-season prevented its filling, but what did fill ripened well in October. 
Sagadahoc : Cold, wet spring rendered the crop very inferior. Cumberland: Shortened 
one-tenth by cold, wet spring and drysummer. Half the crop is sweet-corn, of which 
there were manufactured 3,000,000 cans, netting the farmers $135,000. 
New HaMpsHirEe.—Hillsborough: Abont average. Carroll: Fodder plenty. 
VERMONT.—Lamoille : Retarded by cold August and damaged by frost in September: 
Rutland: Injured by June drought. .E£ssex: Slightly frosted; one-tenth spoiled. 
Franklin: Good, though late; not frosted. Orleans: Injured by frost early in Septem- 
ber; large proportion of soft corn. 
Massacuuskrtts.—Berkshire : Corn mostly confined to the valley towns; crop average ; 
sweet-corn culture enlarging. Norfolk: Yield reduced by drought in spring and early 
summer; quality good. 
New Yor«.—Yates: Short crop; unfavorable planting season. Seneca: About 
average. Oneida: Uneven; suffered from June drought. Warren: Frost too early for 
corn, much of which had been replanted. Chemung : Some pieces good, but the general 
average islow. Washington: Late, and injured by frost. rie: Early plantings injured 
by cut-worms ; some fields destroyed. Adam’s Early, from the Department, was not so 
early as the common eight-rowed corn. Rockland: Very uneven; dry planting season. 
Genesee: Very uneven; some fine pieces and many poor ones; very fine where early 
planted in good soil and uninjured by worms. Ontario: Came up unevenly; yield in- 
ferior ; first frost October 25. J¥yoming: The corn season lengthened greatly, benefit- 
ing the crop. Early Huntington has ripened well, making good soft meal for cooking, 
but its ears are short and its yield is less than our common corn... Columbia: Good, and 
well harvested. Otsego: Shortened by cool summer and early frost. Allegany: Did 
not germinate well after replanting. Sullivan: Injured by frost. 
NEw JERSEY.—Atlantic: Unusually good; abundant rains since August. Sussex: 
Not so good as last year; the ear-ends are bare of grain to a greater extent than usual. 
Gloucester: Late ripened but no injury from frost; first killing frost October 26. Mer- 
eer: Late planted and injured by June drought and September storm, but not by frost. 
Burlington: Good ripening season. Warren: Shorter than was anticipated. Union: 
Sound and ready for market. Hudson: Yield better than was anticipated; ripened 
before frost. Hunterdon: First killing frost October 28, the latest ever known here. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Tvranklin: Corn matured better than was expected; no serious 
