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Tennessee. — Grainier: Clover short and small. Lauderdale: Injured by drought. 

 Loudon : Almost a failure. Sumner : Young' clover a good stand, and jvigorous. Lincoln : 

 Drought of last summer and armj'-worms ruined the crops. Coffee : Killed by drought of 

 last year. Greene : Below average. Carter : A failure. 



West Virginia. — Jefferson : Largely destroyed by grasshoppers and drought. 



Kentucky. — Gallatin : Short. Graves : Winter-killed. Calloway : Mostly frozen out. 

 La Rue: Old clover iuditferent ; young, very fine. Simpson : Drought. Meade: Drought. 



Ohio. — Jl'arren: Badly frozen out. Union: Badly frozen out for two years; all over a 

 year old destroyed. Coshocton: Short. Ashland: Mostly frozen out. Delaware: Badly 

 frozen out. Gallia : Badly frozen out. Perry : Mostly frozen out in April. Lucas : 

 Winter-killed. 



Michigan. — Lenawee: Very poor ; many have lost their last seeding. Ottawa : Looks 

 well. 



Indiana. — Decatur: All killed. Ripley: Injured by the extreme cold of winter. Fa- 

 yette : Old clover mostly winter-killed, and plowed np for corn. Washington : All that was 

 mown or pastured last fall was entirely frozen out. Gibson : Mostly killed. Wabash : Old 

 clover all frozen out. Wells: Badly winter-killed. Brown: Badly frozen out. Fulton: 

 Largely winter-killed. 



Illinois. — Probably 99 per cent, of the seeding of 1874 was ruined by drought; old 

 clover badly winter-killed. Fulton : All frozen out. Schuyler : All killed except last 

 spring's seeding. Tazewell : Froze badly in both old and new meadows. Clark : Badly 

 winter-killed. Monac : Old clover badly frozen out. Franklin : Badly frozen out, e.spe- 

 cially old clover. Pike : Winter-killed ; drought. Macon : Old clover mostly dead. Iro- 

 quois : Winter-killed. Vermillion : Winter-killed. Cook : Winter-killed. Logan : Winter- 

 killed. 



Minnesota. — Wabasha : Badly winter-killed. 



loAVA. — Henry : Winter-killed. Jefferson : Winter-killed. Louisa : Entirely killed ; 

 scarcely a field escaped. Guthrie : Alsike came through the winter well.. 



Missouri. — Caldwell : Somewhat frozen out. Jefferson : Clover now in bloom. Perry : 

 Short ; badly frozen out. 



Kansas. — Nemaha : Mostly killed by drought of last year. Brown : Swept by grass- 

 hoppers. Cherokee : Large acreage sown, but two-thirds eaten by grasshoppers. Neosho : 

 Destroyed by grasshoppers. 



Nebraska. — York : Clover tried with indifferent success in a few cases. 



PASTUEE. 



The condition of spring pasture was above average in Maine and Ver- 

 mont, but below in all the other Xew England States, the greatest de- 

 preciation being in the southern counties. A need of rain was generally- 

 noted, and a lateness of growth. The depreciation was general through 

 the Middle and South Atlantic States, where drought and low tem- 

 perature combined to check vegetation. Fine local rains and improved 

 growing-weather has improved the prospect in many counties. The 

 condition was above average in all the Gulf States except Alabama, 

 and in Arkansas and Tennessee. In West Virginia and Kentucky grass 

 was much injured by cold weather and very backward, but the prom- 

 ise was imi)roviug. North of the Ohio Eiver the condition was slightly 

 above average in Michigan, but below average in the other States, the 

 minimum, 81, being in Ohio. West of the Mississippi, Kansas reports 

 a condition above average, but the other States below. In some dis- 

 tricts, as in Een ville, Minnesota, grasshoppers were devouring the spring 

 pastures. California reports very short crops ; but Oregon is above 

 average. Our few reports from the Territories indicate a late growth. 



Maine. — Androseoggin : Pasture promising. Sagadahoc: Well forward, but need.8 rain. 

 Cumberland : Needs rain. 



New Hampshire — Hillsborough: Grass promising, but needs rain. Carroll: Grass but 

 little winter-killed. 



Versiont. — Orleans : Pasture about sufiicient to sustain animals without other feed. 



Massachusetts. — Norfolk : Late and below average. Berkshire : Good for the season. 

 Plymouth : Unpromising. 



Rhode Island. — Kent : Grasses badly winterkilled. 



Connecticut. — Litchfield : In many places grass is a dead failure. 



New York.— Greewe ; Burning up. Rockland: Rain greatly needed. Q_ueens : Very 



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