280 



pers. Otoe: Grasshoppers. Cass: Grasshoppers; poor chance. Johnson: Replante<l 

 came up well, aud is growing fast. Claij: Thiu on the gronud. 



California. — Sonoma: Late heavy rains have made a great improvement in corn, 

 but have somewhat damaged small grain. Amador : Benelited hy late rains. 



Oregon. — Clackamas : High prices have induced a large planting. 



The Territories. — San Miguel, New Mexico : Drought. Santa Fe: Too dry. Taos: 

 Drought. Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory: Good iu some places, and poor iu others. 

 Yankton, Dal'ota : Late. Hanson. Dakota : Season late for corn. Lincoln, Dakota: Too 

 cold and wet for corn. Taos, N'ew Mexico : Veiy poor ; drought. 



WHEAT. 



The average couditioii of wlieat of botli kiuds for the entire country 

 is 82. The average condition of winter-wheat for tbe States iu which 

 it predominates, including California, is 74 ; of spring-wheat, 00. The 

 South Atlantic and Gulf States, which have been comparatively free 

 from insect-pests, and have suifered less than usual from rust, report a 

 high condition. Korth Carolina, 102 ; Georgia, 108 ; Alabama, 106 ; 

 Mississippi, 113 ; Texas, 135 ; Arkansas, 119. Tennessee and Oregon, 

 each 102, are the only other States which report winter- wheat above 

 average. In the K'orth Atlantic and Middle States, the figures are low. 

 Virginia, 83 ; Maryland, 76 ; Pennsylvania, 78 ; ]S"ew Jersey, 63 ; and 

 New York, 45 — lowest of all. Between the AUeghanies and the Mis- 

 sissippi, West Virginia averages 04 ; Kentucky, 82 ; Ohio, 71 ; Michi- 

 gan, 79 ; Indiana, 69 ; Illinois, 76. Missouri returns 72 ; Kansas, 91 ; 

 Iowa, 95. In California, though there is no obvious line of distinction, 

 a part is classed as winter and a part as spring wheat ; the former aver- 

 ages 76 and the latter 55. 



Among the States producing spring -wheat to any considerable extent, 

 Maine returns a condition of 101 ; New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and 

 Iowa, 99 ; Vermont, 100 ; New York, 91; Pennsylvania, 88 ; Illinois, 96 ; 

 Minnesota, 102 ; Kansas, 85 ; Nebraska, 71 ; Oregon, 106. The princi- 

 pal causes which affected the condition over large areas, in the winter 

 and spring, were reported in June* Local causes modifying it since 

 will be sufficiently noted in the extracts from correspondents which 

 follow. 



Maine. — Androscoggin : Spring-wheat looks well, winter-wheat not raised. Cnmher- 

 land : Grain looking well. 



New Ha:mpshire. — Hillsioi-ougli : Small grains look well. Butland : Grain-crops 

 late but promising. 



Vermont. — Grand Isle: Winter-wheat badly killed. 



New York. — Schoharie: Winter-wheat light. Wyoming: Winter, killed. Dutchess: 

 Nearly a failure. Jefferson: More promising. Orange: Considerably winter-killed. 

 Suffolk: Winter-crops badly injured. Seneca: Too far gone to be benefited much by 

 recent rains. Erie: Wiulier-wheat very uneven, except alongside timber. Steuben: 

 Wiater-grain badly injured. Queen : Short. 



New Jersey. — Warren : Short crop, sti'aw short, aud the grain not full. Burlington : 

 Heading better than was expected. Mercer : Winter-grain greatly improved. Salem : 

 Short, through winter-killing. 



Pennsylvania. — Northampton : Half crop. Perry : well headed and filling rapidly. 

 Cambria: Improving; harvest will be ten days late. Lebanon: A very fine wheat-field ; 

 was made so by harrowing and dragging the ground just after plowing. Cumberland : 

 Promising. Bucks: Discouraging prospect; half cro^). Columbia: Grain slow iu fill- 

 ing. Lancaster: Improving with late rains; heads largo. Franklin: Fine. Montgom- 

 ery: Half crop. Montour: Ripening slowly and unevenly. Tioga: Half crop. Wash- 

 ington : Late ripening. Sullivan : Mauj- fields plowed up for buckwheat. 



Maryland. — Frederick : Improving. Carroll : Greatly improved within a mouth : 

 Fultz especially fine throughout the county ; large heads and well filled. Baltimore : 

 Late-seeded fields below average ; earlier iu fine condition. Dorchester: Not quite so 

 good as last year. Harford: Greatlj^ improved. Montgomery: Straw short, but heads 

 well filled. Calvert : Greatly benefited by late rains ; straw short, but grain unusu- 

 ally good. Washington : Very great improvement duriug Juue. Howard : Poor crop. 



Virginia. — Powhatan : Crop large for the amount of seed sown. Bland : Improved 



