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Iowa. — Hardin : Very thin ou the ground. Howard : Those sown before the 17th of April 

 perished by the freezing of the ground 4 J inches deep; those sown after that look well. 

 Washington : Injured by drought for the last six weeks. Des Moines : Very thin on the 

 ground. Muscatine : Injured by drought. 



Missouri. — Daviess: Doing well. Saint Genevieve: Being rapidly devoured by the 

 army-worm. Callaway : Look well ; chinches plenty, but wet weather keeps them back. 

 Hickory : Chinches quite numerous in oats, but not yet doing much damage, owing to wet 

 weather. Lafayette : The only crops the countless millions of grasshoppers are leaving are 

 corn and oats ; after destroying everything else they may turn attention to them. Moniteau : 

 Very promising. Iron: Chinches commencing their ravages. Perry: Look bad. Caldwell: 

 Looking very healthy. Platte : Began to show off splendidly; now not a single field left — 

 entirely destroyed by the grasshoppers, more numerous than ever before. Maries : Never 

 better. Henry : Great ravages by chinches and grasshoppers. Pettis : Prospect never bettor. 



Kansas. — Alle7i : Mostly taken by the grasshoppers. Brown : Grasshoppers have de- 

 stroyed most of the oats. Cherokee : Fine ; attacked by grasshoppers in but few instances. 

 Crawford : Never looked better ; may have a good crop if spared by the grasshoppers, which 

 have already done some injury. Rice : Never better. Anderson : An extra effort made to 

 get out a crop for early feeding, but it is cut short, and in some parts entirely ruined by grass- 

 hoppers. Fields that stood 10 inches high two weeks ago are as bare as the road-bed. 

 Franklin : Cut short by grasshoppers. In this school-district the area sown in flax-seed and 

 oats, this spring, was 290 acres ; now not a vestige remains. Jefferson : A large amount 

 destroyed by grasshoppers. Douglas : Most of the oats already destroyed by grasshoppers. 

 Marshall : Destroyed by grasshoppers. Graham : Seem to be failing — turning yellow and 

 dying. Leaventcorth : All destroyed by grasshoppers. Osage : Very few sown for want 

 of seed. Wabaunsee: Being destroyed by grasshoppers. Johnson: Of my 1 06 acres of oats 

 the grasshoppers have taken 80, and are still walking. Labette : So far free from pests : the 

 most promising crop we have. Neosho: Mostly destroyed by grasshoppers. Atchison: 

 Greatly damaged by grasshoppers. 



Nebraska. — Paicnee : About 20 per cent, taken by grasshoppers, which are s till at work. 

 Franklin : Decrease in acreage, owing to scarcity of seed ; look well. Merrick : Farmers 

 could not obtain seed ; small grasshoppers destroying green stuff. Otoe : Being destroyed 

 by grasshoppers. Madison : Poor ; owing to bad seed. Antelope : The large decrease in 

 acreage due to scarcity of seed, and to fear of destruction by grasshoppers. Cass : Cut 

 short one- fourth by grasshoppers. Thayer: Looking splendidly. 



Utah. — San Pete : Very good. 



Colorado. — El Paso : Deficient, owing to grasshoppers. 



New Mexico. — Taos : Look bad, owing to la,te frosts. 



Dakota. — Davison : Never saw better looking, Lincoln : Never looked better. 



BARLEY. 



Spring barley lias not quite its usual area in the Middle States, but 

 its acreage has been increased beyond the Mississippi. Ohio and Wis- 

 consin appear to, have a full breadth, while other Western States indi- 

 cate a slight falling off". Condition is generally placed very near an 

 average, with some deterioration from insect ravages and drought. 



New York. — Genesee : Acreage increased from plowed-up wheat area. Wyoming : Being 

 sown where wheat has been plowed up, and looks well. 



Texas. — Lamar: Will yield better than ever before. Bosque: Much better than usual. 



Arkansas. — Prairie ; About 50 acres sown in the county ; most of it now ready to cut ; 

 estimated yield 20 to 50 bushels per acre. 



Tennessee. — Washington : Coming into notice and promises to be a good crop. 



Kentucky. — Oldham : Froze out in the winter. 



Ohio. — Pike : Short and thin. Warren : Winter barley an entire failure ; spring, fine. 



Michigan. — Allegan : Planted late but looks well. 



Indiana. — Franklin : An entire failure. Ripley : Winter barley almost an entire failure. 



Illinois. — Cook : Badly injured in April. 



Wisconsin. — Dodge : Poor enough, many pieces being plowed up. Chinch-bugs and 

 grasshoppers plenty. Iowa : Nearly all destroyed by chinch-bugs. Jefferson : Chinch-bugs 

 making sad work with some pieces of barley. Milwaukee : Some fields quite destroyed by 

 chinch-bugs. Sauk: Chinch-bugs materially injuring the barley, so much so that some have 

 plowed it up. 



Minnesota. — Winona: In the western part of the county, decidedly good. Sibley: One- 

 half already destroyed by grasshoppers. 



Iowa. — Howard : That sown before April 17, perished ; that sown later looks well. Dcs 

 Moines: Very thin. Muscatine: Injured by drought. 



Kansas. — Brown : All destroyed by the grasshoppers. Jackson : Looked well up to last 

 week, when the grasshoppers commenced ravages. Jefferson : Nearly all destroyed by grass- 

 hoppers. Graham : Looks fine. Labette : Every acre killed by dry freezes in March. 



