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account of cool weather. Sihley : An increase in corn, on account of tlestructiou of 

 other grains hy grasshoppers, but it is late. 



Iowa. — Crawford : Doing finely, but much of it late planted and short. Franklin : 

 Ground too wet to properly cultivate. Lucas : Very wet ; cultivated little, but grow- 

 ing well. Greene : Excess of rain and want of cultivation. Casa : In some places the 

 stand is poor, owing to bad seed and cold weather, but the late warm rains are bring- 

 ing it forward rapidly. Story : Rains and overflow have injured the corn-crop. Black 

 Hawk: Foul and very backward ; acreage very large. Lee: In the weeds, and harvest 

 nearly at hand. A week or ten days of favorable weather will make a great improve- 

 ment, roweshiek : Not promising ; uneven stand, and fall of weeds. Marion : Greatly 

 in need of cultivation, which it cannot receive until the ground dries. Mahaska : In a 

 critical condition from rain ; cannot be cultivated. Howard : Not very promising, 

 except on high and dry situations. Harrison : Acreage not so great as last year ; aver- 

 age condition. Hardin : Foul ; suffering from an excess of rain and want of cultivation. 

 Floyd : Not quite usual size, but, where well worked, of good color ; some too wet to 

 cultivate, consequently weedy. Fayette : Small, but a fair stand. Decatur : Season 

 wet and corn weedy. Clinton : Somewhat backward, but generally clean and in grow- 

 ing condition. Allamakee: Backward. Tama: The most discouraging prospect ever 

 known in the county ; very wet, and weeds and grass, in many fields, outgrowing the 

 corn. Jones : Weather not favorable to cultivate, and weeds growing rapidly. Cerro 

 Gordo : Getting quite weedy. Madison : Condition below an average ; much had to be 

 replanted and is very late ; rain has prevented the necessary cultivation. Buena Vista : 

 Getting weedy, and, on account of very wet weather, not promising. Cherokee : Eather 

 too wet for corn. Hancock : A good stand, but does not grow ; too wet. Lyons : Too 

 wet to cultivate properly. Monona : Late, compared with last year ; suffered from 

 heavy rains. IVchster : Very wet for past three weeks ; nothing done, in the way of 

 working corn, for ten days. Grundy : Cultivation has ceased on account of rain ; pros- 

 pect discouraging. Shelby : About 20 per cent, of the seed planted failed to germinate, 

 and fields had to be replanted ; the last planting is rapidly gaining on the first. 



Missouri. — Crawford : Wettest season ever known here ; corn badly injured. Greene : 

 Croi) backward, but clean and in good order. Gasconade : Injured by chinches, espe- 

 cially on low lands. Chariton : Acreage increased by plowing up the wheat area ; well 

 cultivated; fine growing season. Franklin: Good stand and growing fast. Jefferson: 

 Flooding rains. Cass : Two-thirds of the crop twice replanted ; a good season will still 

 bring a fair crop. De Kalh : Grasshoppers badly injured a very promising crop ; they 

 did not touch corn on the north side of timber or on a north slope ; they came from the 

 south and lighted on a south slope. Carter : Very promising. Harrison : A little too 

 much rain. Howard : Crop very promising. Daviess : Damaged by grasshoppers. 

 Johnson : Replanted for Avinter fodder ; crops swept by grasshoppers. Lincoln : Late, 

 but promising. Maries : Late, but good. Vernon : Hundreds of acres of grasshoppered 

 corn being rexilanted ; new crop in fine condition and growing fa-st. Stone : Late, but 

 looking well. Saint Francis : Heavy, washing rains made the crop late. Ferry : Never 

 better ; plenty of rain. Jasper ; Late, but very promising. Cole : Splendid. Clay : 

 Swept by grasshoppers. Carroll : Splendid crop, well advanced, of clean culture and 

 vigorous growth. Shelby : Fine crop ; injured by late heavy rains, preventing its thor- 

 ough cultivation. Grundy : Looks well on uplands, but injured by heavy rains on the 

 bottoms. JS'ewton : Enlarged acreage ; looks fine. Knox : Injured by flooding rains. 

 Benton : Season favorable. Schuyler: Season backward and cold; crops late. 



KiiLKSAS. — Smith : Looking very well. Doniphan : Corn replanted, in some cases, four 

 times ; some prospect of a good crop. Neosho : Has come on finely since the grasshop- 

 pers left ; fine growing weather. Franklin : Large acreage sown since the grasshop- 

 pers left ; a few of tlie latter, mostly having the red parasite attached, are injuring corn. 

 Washington: Prospect for a large yield. Wyandotte: Largely replanted, and subse- 

 quently injured by heavy rains and grasshoppers. Woodson : Great increase in acre- 

 age ; Liberty Township has 20,000 acres in coru, and the poorest is above average in 

 condition ; replanted corn small, but looks well. SumnSr : Prospect splendid. Shaw- 

 nee : Backward, but promising. Nemaha: Increased acreage due to grasshopper raid. 

 Labette : Promises better than for two years back. Jackson : Replanted, in some cases, 

 three or four times, on account of grasshopper-ravages ; farms on bottom land and in 

 timber belts, suflfered most. Ellis : Looking well. Crawford : Looking well. Chero- 

 kee: Finest i^rospect ever known hero. Brown: Badly injured by grasshoppers. An- 

 derson : Increased acreage ; condition poor, on acoouut of replanting after the grass- 

 hoppers left. Allen: Late planted, but encouraging. Johnson: Coru planted since 

 June 1.5 came up quick and looks finely. Douglas: Nine-tenths of the crop replanted 

 on account of grasshoppers, but looks well. Cowley : Badly in the weeds. Atchison : 

 Largely replanted within ten days; may yet make a crop. 



Nebraska. — Richardson : Replanted three times ; poor chance ; drought. Webster : 

 Looks fine. Madison: Grasshoppers. Knox: Damaged by grasshoppers, but growing 

 lip again. Hall : Bad stands. Cedar : Backward ; cool weather. Sage : Grasshop - 



