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drouslit. Barlington : Comiug furward. Mercer : Fine rains have brought up the crops 

 to average. 



Pennsylvania. — Kortlicmpion : Late and small. Camhria : Improving during ten 

 days past. Westmoreland: Backward, and injured by cut-worms. Bucks: Improved 

 by late rains. Colwnibia : Doing well, but two weeks late. Armstrong: Largest crop 

 ever planted, and growing fast. Clinton: Well set, but backward. Lancaster: Irregu- 

 lar, but growing finely. Butler : Fine. Montgomery : Looks well in spite of drought. 

 Elk : I'rost-killed to the ground. Indiana : Doing finely ; cut-worms in a few places. 

 Lycoming : Very late, but recent rains and fine weather have done wonders ; crop fine 

 on bottoms but short on uplands. Lawrence: Backward, but improved by late fine 

 weather. Washington : Suffered from cut-worms and wire-worms, but the replanted 

 crop is doing well. Daupliin : Injured by wire-worms. Sullivan: Cut down by frost. 



Delawake. — Sussex : Favorable weather; 



Maryland. — Caroline : Injured by cut-worms. Worcester : Very fair, but backward. 

 Frederick: Looks well. Baltimore: Fine condition and culture, with copious rains and 

 fiue weather. Dorchester: Looks well, but a little backward. Harford: Looks re- 

 markably well ; complaints of cut-worms. Montgomery : Cut-worms made stands poor. 

 Wicomico : Grain-prospects excellent. Washington : Doing finely. Cecil: Greatly bene- 

 fited by late rains. 



Virginia. — Powhatan : Shortened by drought ; no rain from April 26 to June 1. 

 Spottsylvania : Enlarged area, and improved stand and growth. Stafford : Looks well. 

 Greenville : In many cases corn was replanted two or three times, yet the stand is 

 poor ; cut-worms. Halifax : Late, but much improved ; good color where not infest- 

 ed with chinches. Ki7ig George: Promising. Charles City: Very promising on the 

 river-bottoms, but poor on uplands. Washington : Injured by cold ; insects. Au- 

 gusta : Backward; cold and drought. Highland: Promising. Chesterfield: Large crop 

 and looks well. Nansemond : Escaped drought better than other crops. Prince George : 

 Small but healthy. Northampton: Promising. Dimciddie: Full croj) planted. Meck- 

 lenburgh : Backward. 



North Carolina. — Mecklenhurgh : Fine. Chowan : Three weeks late. Pamlico : 

 Acreage increased ; promising. Beaufort : Later than last year, but a better stand ; 

 condition good. Anson: Bottom crops injured by floods ; upland crops promising. 

 Perquimans: Good prospect. Franklin: Backward, but promising. Wilson: Back- 

 ward, but promising. Caswell: Average yield; quality very good. Alamance: Back- 

 ward. Davidson: Late, but growing well. Yadkin: Cut-worms; crop backward and 

 stand not good. Carteret: "Adams Early" and "Sugar," from the Department, doing 

 finely ; well suited to this region. Greene : Splendid. Hertford : Greatly shortened 

 by drought. Haywood : Bud-worms on bottom crops. Onslow : Small for the time of 

 year. Polk : Uuusually late and small, but well worked and of good color. 



South Carolina. — Colleton : Had to be replanted, but is now promising. Beaufort: 

 Fine weather ; crop promising. Orangeburgh : Irregular. Darlington : Later than last 

 year, but doing w^ell. Newberry: Promising. Bichland : Late; stand poor; drought. 

 Georgetown : Doing well. Spartanburgh : Small, but good and well cultivated. Union : 

 Backward, but coming forward. Lexington : Generally good ; early plantings partly 

 injured by late frosts. Edgefield : Injured in some localities by worms. 



Georgia. — Fannin: Destroyed by cut- worms on lowlands; impossible to get a 

 stand. Lumpkin : Small, but promising. Worth : No rain in six weeks. Troup : Xot 

 so tall as usual, but of fine color. Schley: Now silking and tasseling. Pickens: Smaller 

 than usual, but in better cultivation and condition. Bullock: Eather dry. Dooley : 

 Promising. Muscogee: Di'ought ; corn small and tasseling low. Eichmond: Above 

 average, especially on sandy soils. McDuffie : Will j^roduce 90 per cent, of home con- 

 sumption if the good season lasts fifteen days longer. Gwinnett: Fine condition and 

 well worked in May. Columbia : Good tillage and seasonable rain gave the crop a 

 good start. Hart: Acreage increased; backward but doing well. Butts: Fine. Ter- 

 rell : Small ; drought. Appling : Backward, but promising. Banks : Clean and well 

 worked. Milton : Improved b.y late rains. Madison : Late, and poor stands. Ogle- 

 thorpe : Backward. Pulaski : Excellent stands of late corn. Upson : Doing well ; 

 season fiue. Walker : Late, and not so well worked as usual. Cobb : Suffering for rain. 

 Lincoln : Great improvement. Twiggs : Tasseling lower than ever before known. 



Florida. — Madison : Doing finely ; somewhat injured by drill-worm. Jackson : 

 Drought. Jefferson: Injured by wind and hail. Wakulla: Needs rain, which has just 

 set in. Hamilton : Shortened by drought. Gadsden : Stalks short but grain good. 

 Leon : Poor culture in some places, drought in others. Putnam : Fine. 



Ai^\.bama. — Xaitre«s ; Injured by drought. Saint CZair; Promising. Clarke : Injured. 

 by drought; grasshoppers destructive ou stiff' swamp-lands. Macon: Backward. 

 Crenshaw: Drought. Alontgomery : Well worked, but slightly dwarfed by drought. 

 Calhoun: Fine. DeKalb : Backward but healthy aud well cultivated. Dallas: Dete- 

 riorated from drought. Marshall: Looks well. Perry; Higher average than for ten 

 years. Lawrence: Late, but growing finely. Monroe: Injured by drought. Pike : 



