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Nebraska. — STadison: Promises a good crop. Thayer: Looking splendid. 

 California. — San Joaquin: Injured by a "cold wave" the first part of April. Stan- 

 islaus : The fields very spotted, owing to drought. 

 Utah. — San Pete: Very good. 



CLOVER. 



The acreage in clover was increased in all tbe New England States 

 except Rhode Island. New Jersey maintained her previous area, but 

 the other Middle States reduced theirs from 4 per cent, in New York to 

 18 per cent, in Delaware. Maryland and Virginia reduced their acre- 

 age to some extent, but the other southern coast States enlarged. In 

 the Gulf States this crop has as yet been slightly cultivated. Alabama 

 and Mississippi increased their small clover-fields, while the other 

 States of this region make no returns. Arkansas slightly increased her 

 area, while the other inland Southern States showed a considerable de- 

 cline. The reduction of acreage was still more general north of the 

 Ohio River and west of the Mississippi, though Wisconsin nearly held 

 her own. The Pacific States enlarged their acreage. 



The condition of the clover-crop was greatly depressed by agencies, 

 both animate and inanimate, though the former caused but a small por- 

 tion of the general disaster. It is remarkable that this crop suffered 

 more severely from winter-killing in the southern than in the northern 

 sections of New England ; while Connecticut reports onlj- 82 per cent, 

 of an average, and Rhode Island 60, the other States of this region 

 were nearly or quite average. All of the Middle States were below av- 

 erage, the crop being winter-killed or greatly dwarfed by the extreme cold. 

 The same causes operated in the South Atlautic and Gulf States, though 

 Mississippi reports a full average condition for her small clover-crop. 

 In Arkansas the crop was above average, bat in the other inland South- 

 ern States it suffered severely from the extreme low temperatures of 

 the winter and spring. North of the Ohio the crop shows the same 

 superiority of condition in the northern sections that was observable in 

 New England. Michigan and Wisconsin show a higher condition than 

 Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. West of the Mississippi Riv^er the crop is 

 cultivated to a small extent ; audit showed a very serious depreciation, 

 suffering most in Kansas, where it was subjected, witji other crops, to 

 the devastation of grasshoppers. On the Pacific coast it was reduced 

 20 per cent, below average in California and 5 per cent, in Oregon. The 

 following notes of its condition are condensed from our reports : 



Maine. — Cumherland : Needs rain. Sagadahoc: Needs rain. 



Vermont. — Grand Isle; Clover winter-killed. 



Rhode Island. — Kent : Clover winter-killed almost universally. 



New York. — Seneca: Clover largely plowed up for corn. Queens: Much winter-killed. 

 Kings : New clover greatly destroyed. Genesee : Badly killed. 



New Jersey. — Monmouth. : Largely killed. IVarren : Very short ; cold spring and 

 drought. 



Pennsylvania. — Beaver : Most of the young clover winter-killed, and plowed up. Ches- 

 ter : Young clover sown with wheat is very poor. Bucks : Half winter-killed. York : 

 Shortened by cold and drought. Columbia: Tolerable. Lycoming: Very poor. 

 ♦ Maryland. — Calvert : Greatly dwarfed. Howard : Shartened by late, dry spring. 



Virginia. — Highland: Dried up. Halifax: Half crop. Richmond: Young clover mostly 

 frost-killed. Spotisylvania : Very poor. Madison : Very indifferent. Mecklenbur gh : In- 

 jured by frost, April 18. Henrico : Short 25 per cent. Dinwiddie : Promising clover-crop 

 badly frozen. King William: Greatly injured by frost. Washington: Half crop. Camp- 

 bell : Greatly injured, but improving. Rockingham : Yery unpromising. Prince George : 

 Damaged by May drought. 



North Carolina. — Caldwell : Clover injured by drought. Hertford : Looks fine ; 

 •nearly ready to cut. 



Georgia. — Walker . Looked well in March, but has suffered from drought. 



