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enough for hay. Lamoille: Winter-killing bnfc partially retrieved ; crop light. Chit- 

 tenden: Hay-crop from two-thirds to three-fourths of last year. 



Massachusetts. — IVorcefttcr : Hay shortened by drought. 



CONXECTICUT. — Litchfield : Lands newly seeded with either clover or timothy are 

 tolerable, but the grass-crops generally are short. 



New York. — Oneida: Grass shortened by drouglit. Steuhcn : Grasses injured, and 

 pastures very short ; hay light. Columbia: Grass-crops light. C/(.e»a)(,i7o; Quite a fall- 

 iu"' off from last year in grass-crops, but itn])roving. iJdaware : ^Meadows never so 

 near a failure. Schoharie : Hay light on old meadows. Livingston : Grass growing 

 finely. Dutchess: Drought very severe. Genesee: Clover badly winter-killed. Orange: 

 Shortest hay-crop for years. Ontario: Meadows short. Seneca: Clover light; timothy 

 meadows considerably winter-killed and mixed with other grasses. Sullivan : Many 

 meadows reduced to pasture by the drought. FranJdin : Grass improved by late rains. 

 Erie : Hay-crop very good ; pasture much improved. 



New Jersey. — Warren: Pastures, clover and timothy uncommonly short. Btir- 

 Ungton : Lightest crop of hay ever known. Hudson: Injured by extreme winter 

 weather. Mercer : Hay and pastures very short. 



Pennsylvania. — Xorthainpton : Crops short. Canibria : Grass rapidly improving. 

 Cumberland : Short. Bnclcs : Hay lighter than for years; late pasture poor. Arm- 

 strong: Pastui'e and clover considerably winter-killed. Clinton: Pasture and hay 

 short. Lancaster: Hay short. Butler: Hay injured by frost. FranJcUn : Improved 

 hay prospect. Montgomery: Timothy and natural grasses improving. Wayne: Grass 

 very poor. Indiana : Clover and timothy a" half crop. Montour : Very little cloVer 

 hay ; timothy short ; pasture poor ; good rains of late. Tioga : Timothy meadows 

 injured by June frosts. Chester : Severe drought ; wells and springs going dry. 



Maryland. — Carroll: Grass very short. Dorchester: Grass-crop good. Harford: 

 Hay-crop one of the lightest yet known. JSfontgomery : Hay half a croj). Calvert: 

 Pasture better ; clover very inferior. Cecil : Hay below average. 



Virginia. — Tacewell: Grass-crops shortened by drought in May. Powhatan: Drought; 

 pastures almost bare. Bland: Improved by late rains. Spottsylrnnia : Pasture good; 

 clover and timothy shortened by drought. Bappahannock : Pasture and grasses short 

 through drought. Orange: Pastures good, but clover and timothy were injured 

 by the hard winter and spring. Henrico : Clover reduced half and timothy a third 

 by cold weather. Craig: Great improvement: rain. Halifax: Pastures greatly im- 

 proved; clover injured by frost in April and dronjiht in May. Mecblenhurgh : Clover 

 frosted in spring. Wythe: Pastures and meadows short. Charles City : Clover short- 

 ened by cold weather ; timothy good, what little is raised. Elisabeth City : Pasture 

 nearly ruined by drought. Grayson: Improved by rains. Fairfax: Brought out 

 wonderfully by late rains. Highland: Rains have improved grass-crops. Roanoke: 

 Failure in all grass-crops. Goochland: Hay-crop ruined, especially clover. Nansemond: 

 Dried up. Montgomery: Orchard-grass increasing; seed cheap, and its fattening 

 power as good as that of any other grass sown. 



North Carolina. — Gaston : Crab-grass not so troublesome as usual, enabling farmers 

 to work their lands better. Henderson: Clover almost frozen out. Beaufort: First 

 crop almost a failure ; frozen out ; second will be better. Mitchell : Alsike clover a 

 decided improvement over the red. Alamance: Natural meadows fine; cultivated 

 grasses average. Davidson: Grasses injured by cold. Edgecombe: Grass-crops injured 

 by drought. Hertford : Pastures dry. Hayicood : Season favorable for clover and other 

 grasses. Buncombe: Pastures and meadows good. Clay: Alsike clover, from the De- 

 partment, yielded 81 tons of hay ]}ev acre. There will be a groat demand for seed next 

 spring. 



Georgia. — Forsyth : Clover doing well. Towns : Clover promises to be a success. 

 Hall: Pasture and clover shortened by drought. Upson: Pastures good. Cobb: Pas- 

 ture failing. 



Florida. — Putnam : Guinea-grass does well on good land ; three crops per annum. 



Alabama. — Chambers; More attention to grasses; timothy and Incern attracting 

 attention. Calhoun : Too dry. Marshall : Pasture good on the range. 



Mississippi. — Greene : Clover fails on our sandy soils. Winston : Kentucky blue-grass, 

 from the Department, does well. 



Texas. — Collin : Pasture unusually weedy. Goliad : The native (Panicum fascicn- 

 latum) is preferred to any other grass, and its i)i-opagation is rapidly increasing. Kauf- 

 man : Clover almost died out. Hunt : Pasture shortened by drought and grasshoppers. 



Arkansas. — Independence : Increased attention to grasses. 



Tennessee. — Lincoln : Season favorable to spring clover. Carter : Clover damaged 

 by drought, but recovering from late and abundant rains. Greene: Clover poor; timo- 

 thj^ healthy; army-worm destroyed some meadows. Monroe: Meadows greatly im- 

 proved by late showers. Johnson: Meadows improved by late rains. Wilson: Pasture 

 never better. Obion : Meadows ruined by army-worms. Blount : Pastures dry ; 

 clover almost a failure. Montgomery: Hay of all kinds heavy. Ilobertson : Siiring 

 clover looks well. Giles : Grass-croxis harvested above aver.'ige. 



