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OATS. 



Ifetarus for Jane showed an increased area sown. Returns of condi- 

 tion, for July 1, promise a large yield. Except New York, 94, and Penn- 

 sylvania, 98, all the large producing States are above average: Indiana, 

 110; Illinois, Ohio, and Oregon, 103 5 Wisconsin, 104; Minnesota, 100 j 

 Iowa, Texas, and Kentucky, 105; Missouri, 112. The other States which 

 are average or above are, Maine, 103 ; New Hampshire, 100 ; Vermont 

 and Florida, 101 ; Massachusetts, 102; Mississippi, 108 ; Louisiana, 104. 

 Virginia, in which frost, drojight, and rust have combined to injure the 

 cro]), is down to 74. The remaining States range between 82, in New- 

 Jersey, and 97, in Connecticut, North Carolina, and West Virginia, 



Maine. — Androscoggin : Look well. 



New Hampshire. — MUhhoroiKjli : Look well. 



Vermont. — Euiland : Late, but promising. 



CoxxECTicUT. — Xcw London : Late, but look exceediuglj^ well. 



New York. — Schoharie : Fine. Livingaton : Fine growing rains. Saratoga : Promis- 

 ing ; full strawed and grain equal to last year. Genesee : Pinched by drought. 

 Orange: Very short. Seneca: Doing well ; good color. Erie: Very good. 



New Jersey. — Warren: Stand well on the ground and of good color, but short- 

 strawed. Hudson : Some late and shortened by drought. 



Pennsylvania. — Bucks : Improved by late rains. Clinton : Short. Butler : Fine. 

 Indiana : Promising. Sullivan : Promising since late rains. 



Maryl.'V.nd. — Worcester: Generally fair; Canada oats from the Department doing 

 finely. Armstrong : Extra good. Baltimore : Much improved. Calvert : Greatly im- 

 proved by late rains, but cannot yield a full crop. Cecil : Below average, but greatly 

 benetited by late rains. 



Virginia. — Tazewell : Shortened by drought. Bland : Improved by late rains. 

 Alexandria : Eescued from failure by late rains. Warwick : Shortened by drought- 

 Spotisijlvania : \Gxy &hoxt. lia^pahannocJc : Shortened by drought. Orange: Marvel- 

 ous improvement within two weeks. Henry : Mean. Craig : Great improvement : 

 rain. JJinwiddie : Improved. Halifax : Improved. King George : Winter-oats fine ; 

 spring oats failed. Mecklenlurgh : Low-laud crops rusting. Sussex : Injured by cold 

 and drought. WortUngion : Good crop. Wijthe : Short. Gumherland : Short. Wash- 

 ington : Severe drought. Mattheivs : Seeded too late to make a crop. Augusta : 

 Short and thin. Highland : luieriov. Eoanoke : A Mlnre. Chesterfield : Wiuter-oats. 

 good ; spring, a failure. Nanscmond : On some farms not worth cutting. N^orthamjnon : 

 Kusted badly ; fair yield. 



North Carolina.— CAoiran : Good. Beaufort : Drought in May and June. Perqui- 

 mans : Good. Alamance : Winter-oats unusually good. Davidson : Greatly benefited 

 by late rains. Yadkin: Too dry. Greene: Half crop ; injured by frost. Hertford: 

 Very short. Haywood : Favorable season. Montgomery : Best crop ever known here. 

 Caldwell : Improved by rains. Buncombe : Good. 



South CAROi^i^x.—Spartanlurg: Chronic failures discourage the crop. York: Fall. 

 sowings good. Lexington : Above average and of superior quality. 



Georgia.— Troi/jj ; Low, but finely headed. McDuffie : Best crop in twenty years. 

 Columbia : Fall-oats fine, but spring-crops shortened by the May drought. Hall : 

 Drought. Butts : Almost a failure ; drought. Terrell : Better thau last year. U2)son : 

 Generally good. Telfair: Rusted. Walton: Improved. Cohb : Badly injured by 

 drought. Wilkes : Fall-crop good ; spring, par. 



Florida. — Madison : Best crop for years. Jackson : Fall-oats good ; spring, partly 

 rusted. Hamilton : Very fine. 



Alabama.— io!t!«rfcs ; Injured by drought. Saint Clair : Spring-oats marred by 

 drought. Crenshaw : Drought. Chambers : Seriously injured by drought. Calhoun : 

 Poor, except fall-oats, which arc very fine. I)e Kalb : Poorest crop ever known here. 

 Ferry : Need rain. 



Mississwpi.— Newton : Crop unsurpassed. Grenada : Late rains have greatly im- 

 proved the crop. Itankin : Some yields as high as 40 or 50 bushels per acre. Lee : Some 

 rust. Lincoln : Full average ; good condition. 



Louisiana. — Bienville : Injured by rust. Jackson : Never better. 



Texas.— Collin : Red and black oats very good ; white, subject to rust. Bed Biver r 

 Very fine. Folk : Straw shorter thau last year, but heads good. Williamson : Largely 

 increased acreage ; crop good, and will probably average 45 bushels per acre. Bexar^: 

 Never better; averages GO bushels per acre ; one crop averaged 70 bushels, worth 75 

 cents in specie. Titus: Seventy-five per cent, above average. ^omeryiZ^f; Twenty-five 



