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not be worth barvestiug:. Page : Not making a favorable show. Pittsylvania : Some wheat 

 injured by late frosts. If'ashington : Heading very low, and short heads ; very dry weather. 

 Patrick : The cold in April injured forward wheat. Very dry. Nelson : Damaged by the 

 cold in April, but has rallied wonderfully. Fairfax : Where drilled early, and on land in 

 good tilth, promise of a full average crop ; fields broadcasted and late look badly. Din- 

 widdie : The grain now in the milk, and promises a fair crop. Cumberland : Dry weather 

 just as the wheat began to head will cut it'shorl very much. King George : Not promising. 

 Matthews : Very slightly affected with rust. Orange : Seriously affected by backward spring 

 and protracted drought. PutasH : Early stalks entirely killed by the freeze in April ; late 

 stools came out finely ; now suffering from drought. Charles City : A few farms, improved 

 by green clover, plaster, and farm-yard manure, present a very handsome promise of wheat. 

 Clarke: Will not be half a crop. Halifax: Injured by frost, and now has rust on the 

 blade. Highland : Now coming in head and only about 6 inches high, owing to a dry May. 

 Essex : Growth small, but heads fine. Prince George : Damaged by rust on the blade. 



North Caiiolina. — Chowan: Injured by late cold weather. Gaston: Healthy and 

 promising. Transylvania : Damaged by freeze in April, but very much recovered. Four 

 times the usual amount planted. Surry: Injured by freeze in April. Gates: Very much 

 injured by freeze in April and frosts in Slay. Haywood: An excellent stand of late wheat ; 

 early injured by severe freeze in April. Fultz wheat from the Department exceedingly fine. 

 Ashe: Somewhat injured by a severe freeze. Forsyth: Good. Franklin: Has improved 

 and promises well. Stokes: Looking well, except symptoms of rust. Camden: Injured by 

 rust. Hake: Injured by cold and drought. Alamance: Improving. Person: Prospect 

 never better. Burke: Prospects encouraging. Wilson: Injured very much by cold in April. 

 Caldicell : Much injured by the April freeze and by a five weeks' drought. Hi-rtford : The 

 prospect for a good return better than for years. Montgomery : The fears that wheat was 

 Ijadly injured by the frosts prove groundless. Perquimans: Rust on the leaves. Ansoii : 

 Somewhat injured by frosts. Alexander : Injured by severe freeze in spring ; what survived 

 is the best for j'ears. 



South Carolina. — Laurens: W^eather favorable for wheat. Lexington: Somev/hat in- 

 jured by late frosts and rust. Edgefield : Unusually fine. 



Georgia. — Columbia: Ten days back, would have reported wheat 10 per cent, above 

 average ; but the rust has taken it, and is spreading like wild-fire. Gordon : Early, dam- 

 aged by frost and overflow. Rabun: Never better. Troup: Injured some by rust. JFcbstcr : 

 Injured by rust. 7 rty/or : Half already harvested ; promises a goed yield. McDuffie : Hever 

 better. Catoosa : Looking well, notwithstanding the rust is on the blade. Chattooga : Very 

 dry ; May favorable to wheat. Douglas : Very promising. Walker : Badly rusted, which 

 is unusual with dry weather and cool nights. Garnett : Light straw; weather favorable for 

 filling and good grain. Laurens : Good. Clayton : A fair stand on the ground, now be- 

 ginning to turn, and no appearance of rust. Coweta : More than half will be harvested 

 this week. Floyd: Has improved wonderfully the last two or three weeks. Marion: Spring- 

 wheat being harvested ; crop good. Hancock : Suflering very much for want of rain. 

 Heard: A tine pro.spect. Carroll: Head short but full of large grain ; weather most favora- 

 ble for several seasons. Upshur: Good. Morgan: Heads rather short, but well filled with 

 grain. 



AXABAMA. — DeKalb : Short straw and short heads, but well filled. Franklin: Exceedingly 

 fine, with a greatly increased area ; no appearance of either rust or smut. Limestone : Good 

 but very rusty. Bullock : Rust, but confined principally to the blade. Lawrence : Crop 

 early and unusually good. Calhoun: Good; being harvested. Amite: Spring-wheat greatly 

 damaged by rust. Walker: Now harvesting, and the best crop since the war. Marion: 

 Crop as good as last year's, which was better than usual, and acreage 50 per cent, greater ; 

 harvest beginning. Colbert : As promising as ever known. Morgan : Prospect better than 

 for several years. 



MISSISSPPI. — Noxubee : Fine ; now being harvested. Winston : Looking better than for 

 years. De Soto : Ripening, and looks splendid. Tishemingo : Good, and twice the usual 

 quantity. 



Louisiana. — Jackson : The Fultz and Clawson wheats, from the Department, had put 

 forth large, full heads, when the rust struck and ruined them. Spring- wheat has not been 

 so badly affected by rust, and many fields have turned out good crops. Bossier: Entirely 

 ruined by rust. 



Texas. — Blanco: Fall-wheat injured by the drought ; spring-wheat promises 20 bushels 

 per acre. Dallas: The crop all that could be desired; now being harvested — May 22d. 

 Upshur : Fair prospect ; no rust as yet. Collin : Being harvested ; crop very fine. Wood : 

 Better than for years before ; heads large and full. Red River : Nearly ready to cut ; pros- 

 pect good. Polk : Has not done well, owing to excessive rains in the winter. Lamar : Will 

 yield better than ever before. Williamson : Looks very well ; the Tappahannock and Red rust- 

 proof Ohio, now cutting, will average from 16 to 30 bushels per acre. Spring- wheat prom- 

 ises equally well. Navarro: Nearly all harvested; condition, 150. Cooke: Harvest com- 

 menced; a heavy yield. Bosque: Mostof it harvested in good condition ; quality good, and 

 acreage and yield larger than usual. Waller : Fultz wheat from the Department headed at a 

 height of 30 inches, and was then struck with rust. Hunt: Nearly all harvested; Tappa- 



