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from the Department in the fall of 1873 yielded about three bushels. That from seed sent 

 last fall is doing well. 



North Carolina.— Swrry: Injured by freeze in April. Wake: Injured by cold and 

 drought. 



Georgia. — Rabun : Very promising. Catoosa : Winter-rye from the Department look- 

 ing very nice, though the rust is on the blades. 



Mississippi. — Scarcely ever fails in this county ; a full crop. IVilkinson : Winter-rye 

 nearly all destroyed by rust. - 



Texas. — Collin : Winter-rye from the Department a week later than the common, but 

 the heads are larger and very fine. Lamar : Will yield better than ever before. 



Arkansas. — Prairie: Wheat extraordinary, and rye, if anything, better. Izard: Very 

 little in the county, but that is good. Arkansas : Six feet high, and over ; very good. 



Tennessee. — Looks well, but not much raised. 



West Virginia. — Pendleton : Greatly injured by freezes in April. 



Kentucky. — Oldham: Frozen out in winter. Lincoln : Was pastitred late, for want of 

 feed, and does not look so well on that account. 



Ohio. — Crawford : Much injured by the severe weather in April. 



Michigan. — Allegan : Never looked better. 



Iowa. — Des Moines : Winter-rye damaged more than ever before by the cold and dry 

 weather in April. Jefferson : Damaged in winter. 



Missouri. — Bates : The dry fall and cold winter killed nearly all. Jefferson : Unusu- 

 ally good. Platte : Promised a splendid harvest, but already destroyed by grasshoppers. 



Kansas. — Allen: Mostly taken by the grasshoppers. Broicn: Grasshoppers the cause 

 of low condition. Washington : Best prospect for years. Jackson : Looked well up to last 

 week ; since then the grasshoppers have commenced ravages. Jefferson : The reduced con- 

 dition owing to ravages by grasshoppers. Leavenworth : Destroyed by grasshoppers. 



Nebraska. — Pawnee : Grasshoppers have taken 20 per cent., and are still at wark. 

 Boone : Seemed to stand the freezing and thawing much better than wheat. Cass : Cut 

 short Bne-fourth by grasshoppers, Thayer : Looking splendid. 



OATS. 



The breadth of oats is slightly increased. The comparative, area of 

 some of the largest States is as follows : New York, 105 ; Peuasylvania, 

 99; Ohio, 98; Michigan, 100; Indiana, 104; Illinois, 105; Missouri^ 103. 

 In New York and New Jersey this croj) has replaced winter-killed wheat 

 to some extent ; and in the West the area has been similarly enlarged. 



New York. — Queens : Look well. Genesee : Acreage increased, from the wheat area. 

 Wyoming : More than usual being sown ; coming up well. Rockland : Suifering from 

 drought. Orange : Materially injured by drought prevailing through May. 



New Jersey. — Warren : Acreage increased by sowing in place of wheat plowed up. Stand 

 short on account of late sowing and protracted drought. 



Pennsylvania. — Bucks : Started badly, owing to drought. Perry : Low condition, ow- 

 ing to late spring and drought. Lycoming : Very backward, owing to cold and very dry 

 weather in May. Lancaster: Very backward. iJerA;s : Very backward, owing to drought. 



Maryland. — Baltimore : Exceedingly backward and suffering for rain. Montgomery : 

 Will be a failure. Wicomico : Acreage smaller than usual, owing to the late spring. Dor- 

 chester : Look poorly, owing to the backward season. Cecil : Very much injured by 

 drought. 



Virginia. — Fluvanna: Weather very favorable for the crops. Bedford: Seriously dam- 

 aged by protracted dry weather. Augusta: Injured by hard freeze about the 1st of May, 

 and now suffering from drought. Highland : The poorest show I have ever seen. Amelia : 

 Farmers think they will not reap the seed sown. Caroline : Very late, but may make a 

 fair crop. Tazewell : Looking very badly. Rappahannock : Will be cut short 50 per cent, 

 by unfavorable weather in May. Sussex : A greater acreage than usual, but 5 per cent, 

 below average. Campbell : Well-nigh destroyed by the cold and drought. Bland : Nearly 

 ruined by the dry weather. Pittsylvania : Greatly affected by late spring and unfavorable 

 weather. Washington: The worst prospect ever seen. Dinwiddie : Late spring and scarci- 

 ty of seed reduced the area ; look badly. Cumberland : Suffering very much for rain. 

 Henrico : Winter-oats, average ; spring, scarcely. Orange : Seriously affected by late 

 spring and protracted drought. Pulaski: Will be an entire failure without rain .soon. 

 Clarke : Will be an entire failure. Craig : Cannot make more than half a crop. Chester- 

 field : Winter-oats badly killed, but branching finely ; spring-oats look bad. Greenville : 

 Will be a failure without rain soon. Mecklenburg : Injured by frost in April. Madison .- 

 Very small and indifferent. Spottsylvania : No growth. Prince Edward : Very backward. 

 King and Queen : Poorer than for many years. 



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

 promising. Gates : Spring-oats very much damaged by frosts in May. Ashe : Injured 

 to some extent by a severe freeze. Forsyth : Very small. Stokes : Unusually late. Cam-^ 



