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has not increased enough to bring up the aggregate product to last year’s extraerdi- 
nary yield. Mercer: Half of last year’s aggregate product and not nearly so well ma- 
tured. Pleasant: A good crop in spite of late plantings, excessive rain, and poor cul- 
ture. Marion : Smaller than last year by 10 per cent.; quality poorer. Mineral: Un- 
usual amount of soft corn; heavy freeze October 30. Brooke: Much replanted and 
consequently did not escape frost. Jefferson: Well matured and but little frosted. 
Braxton: Yield a little less than last year and not quite so good. Morgan: A very re- 
markable crop considering the drawbacks of the early season. Harrison: Good and in 
good condition. Tyler; Quality very good. 
KENTUCKY.—Hardin: Less than was supposed. Oldham: Average and of good 
quality. Jefferson: Over average and well matured. Laurel: Wet June prevented 
plowing and the grass and weeds took the fields. Nicholas: Early crop injured by 
drought; late crop betterthan last year. Jineoln : Wellmatured and sound. Spencer: 
Greatly impaired by drought; frost with ice October 23. Taylor: Wet, early season 
prevented working the crop ; drought then occurred and lasted till October, greatly 
reducing the yield. Clinton: Acreage and yield decreased. McLean:. Drowned out 
in the bottoms, many fields being abandoned ; on rolling land the season did not ad- 
mit of good cultivation. Graves: Below average 5 percent ; May and June wet, fol- 
lowed by droughtin July and August. Logan: Barely enough for home consumption. 
Ohio: Short and bad; freeze October 28. Fayette: Superior ; none frosted; dry and 
sound. Arderson: Above average; good growing and gathering season. Johnson : 
Injured by drought. Owsley: Injured by wet and storms ; much rotten corn. ' Living- 
ston: Injured by spring floods and summer drought. Jackson: One-fourth below av- 
erage; quality equal to last year’s. 
Ou10.— Vinton: Injured by rain and floods. J ulton: Late planting and dry sum- 
mer; short crop. Jackson: Best crop for many years; quality good. Medina: Crop 
diminished by late planting, imperfect tillage, grasshoppers, and early frosts. 
Coshocton: Inferior; ripened prematurely and was frosted; poor harvest season. 
Lorain: Shortened by replanting, grasshoppers, and frost, September 20. Crawford : 
Frosted in September. Delaware: Very disappointing. Geauga: Injured by replant- 
ing, poor seed, grasshoppers, and September frosts. Henry: Unfavorable growing sea- 
son and early frosts. Wyandot: Replanting and early frosts; much soft corn. 
Lawrence: Best crop for several years. Hamilton: Good on clay lands but poor on 
sandy soils. Mercer: Very light, and much not well matured. Perry: Increased 
acreage ;‘crop far above average on high lands; injured by early frosts on some lew, 
lands, which reduces the average quality. 
MICHIGAN.—Shiawassee: Mostly matured, but the fodder was badly injured by frosts. 
Mason: Shortened by summer drought. Lapeer: Generally good and well matured, 
though some tields had been replanted. Calhoun: Mach damage from defective seed; 
decreased area. Gratiot: Had to be replanted, in some cases three times, which re- 
duced the yield seriously. Jackson: Cold weather interferes with gathering corn. 
Ottawa: Too dry to fill well. Oakland: Pair; stalks excellent. Oceana: Greatly 
shortened by drought. Antrim: Injured by August drought. Berrien: Shortened by 
excessive drought, but of good quality. Livingston: Worst season and poorest crop 
ever known here; late planting, poor seed, and cut-worms. 
INDIANA.—Ower: Half average; excessive rain, then drought, and then frost, 
Marion: Yield greatly shortened by late spring, decreased acreage, heavy rains, floods, 
&e. Grant: Half crop. Noble: Considerable soft coru. Hendricks: Very little 
damage from frost. White: Shortened by summer drought and September frost. 
Miami: Considerable soft corn; late cold spring and early fall frosts. Montgomery: — 
Acreage reduced ; plantings late, and some crops caught by frosts ; much soft corn. 
Ripley : Good in some places; in others injured by late cold spring and by early fali 
frosts. Gibson: Early corn good; late plantings shortened by drought, chinch-bug, 
and frost. Hamilton: Nov gathered, and will be injured by the prevailing weather. 
We like our own corn better than the Pennsylvania yellow. Martin: Shortened and 
depreciated in quality by the August drought. Stewben: Most of the corn unhusked. 
Cass: Shortened by late planting, drought, and early frosts. Morgan: Short and in- 
ferior. JFells: Unsound. Brown: Early plantings good and sound ; late plantings 
caught by frost; light ia the cob and chatiy. Dearborn: Early plantings good ; late 
variable; some ruined by drought and others by chinch-bugs. La Porte: Yield equal 
to last year in quantity, but rather poorer in quality on account of drought. Floyd: 
Best crop for years; worth 45 cents per bushel in wagons. Ohio: Shortened by 
drought and chinches. 
Iutrnors.— Kankakee: Fair crop on high lands; on flat prairies late plantings were 
injured by drought and autumnal frosts. Richland: Shortened by unfavorable plant- 
ing season and rainy harvest. Madison: Increased acreage will bring the crop up to 
last year’s aggregate; crop late. Pike: Shortened by drought and chinehes. White- 
side: Considerable soft corn; stock turned into the fields to eat it. Tazewell: Septem- 
ber frosts made much short corn. Jéacon: First plantings well matured; late plant- 
ings, about two-thirds of the crop, will not do to crib, but are being fed to cattle and 
