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West Vikginia. — Braxton : Short. Cahell : Much below an average. Jaclson : 

 Short from early clron;i;ht. Marion : Many meadows not worth cutting ; pastures 

 short. Pocahontas : Short, especially timothy. Pendleton : Pastures and meadows 

 reviving, bnt too late to make full crop of bay. Mercer: Hay light; pastures short. 

 Hancock : Native grasses thrifty ; clover and timothy below, but general crops an 

 average. Barhonr : Injured by drought. Monroe: Very tine; never better. Preston: 

 Greatly improved. Harrison : Pastures good ; meadows light. Mason : Pastures im- 

 proving rapidly. 



Kentucky. — Hardin : Pasture shorter than for years ; clover winter-killed ; farmers 

 depend almost entirely on clover for grazing. Lincoln: Hay short, but pasture fine 

 and abundant. Pendleton: Promising. Metcalfe: Hay and pasturage good. Lofjan : 

 Clover having been destroyed by worms and winter, farmers sowed wheat-lands with 

 clover and timothy in February and March, producing a stand the like of which 

 "has not been seen in a generation." Gallatin : Very line and season favorable. 

 Callaway : Clover winter-killed. Cnmberland : Clover and timothy looking fine. 



Ohio. — Boss -• Shortened by freezing in April ; meadows being pastured. Trumhull : 

 Old meatlows poor. Morrow : Improving ; clover mostly killed. Perri/ : Growing 

 rapidly. Coshocton : U)) to a fnll average. Holmes : Clover badly frozen ; not over 

 half crop. Hanimn : Below an average, owing to drought. Hancock : Very abund- 

 ant, except clover, which was winter-killed. Delaware: Clover winter-killed; timothy 

 quite good; pastures fine. Van Wert: Clover killed; less than an average. Henry: 

 Clover heavy, down and rotting, too wet to cut; timothy never better. 



Michigan. — Kalamazoo : Pasturage excellent thus far. Menomonee : Looks badly. 

 Wexford: Dry weather; meadows very poor. Delta: Injured by hard frost in June. 

 Branch : Very heavy, but weather unfavorable for making hay. Hillsdale : Not prom- 

 ising; clover almost run out. Mecosta: Damaged by frost. Lake: Damaged by frost 

 •in June. Grand Traverse : Suffering from drought. Wayne : Shortened by drought. 

 Manistee : In good condition until fros.ts of June 12 and 13. Livingston : Clover win- 

 ter-killed. Shiawassee : Pasture good, but beginning to suffer from drought. Oakland : 

 Hay-crop light. 



Indiana. — Grant P;asture was never better. Clarke : Pastures very fine. Jennings : 

 Very fiue. Franklin : Timothy good, and is our only dependence for hay. Perry : 

 Extra croji of grass and clover. Steuben: Clover lodged, and too wet to cut. Warren : 

 Pastures look Avell ; timothy was never better. Whitley : Timothy meadows never 

 looked better ; have more pasture than can be used. Washington : Timothy looks 

 well, but breadth not large. Pike : Pastures good. Marshall : Hay in great danger 

 from continued rains ; crop an average. Crawford : Winter-killed ; season favorable 

 for what remained. Cass ; Badly winter-killed. Scott : Badly winter-killed. Lake : 

 Timothy thin on the ground ; clover badly winter-killed. 



Illinois. — Pike: Did not make a strong growth on account of early drought; pas- 

 ture improving. Clark : More than an average. Madison : Has suffered to some extent 

 by army-worm. Menard: Clover damaged to some extent by hard winter. Vermil- 

 lion . Pastures growing finely, but timothy and clover below an average on account of 

 drought, grub-worms, and winter. Shelby : Clover rotting on the ground ; timothy 

 never better ; too wet for hay-making. De Kalb : Will not be an average. White : 

 Clover winter-killed. Putnam: Clover all winter-killed. Randolph: Timothy badly 

 injured by the army-worm. Cook: Clover badly killed out. Boone: Winter- killed ; 

 scarcely any in the county. Sangamon : Pastures improving ; old clover killed ; young 

 growth doing well ; timothy somewhat injured by the army-worm. Livingston : Pas- 

 tures very good ; meadows fair. Mason : Timothy light ; old clover killed ; young 

 clover doing well. Montgomery : Hay will be abundant. Massac : Clover badly win- 

 ter-killed ; timothy fine. Monroe : Timothy is the standard hay here ; grew finely, 

 but has been injured by the army-worm. Moultrie: Timothy badly down, Fayette: 

 Grass and pasture splendid. 



Wisconsin.— nawjjacrt; Never looked better. Walworth: Crop heavy; pasturage 

 never better; hay-making difficult on account of frequent rains. Green : Hay and pas- 

 ture never better. Saint Croix: Injured by early drought, but improving with recent 

 rains ; cannot come up to an average. 



Minnesota.— »S7ecZe ; Wild-grass meadows have only an average growth. Sibley: 

 Timothy and pastures badly injured by grasshoppers. 



Iowa.— Franklin : Clover badly winter-killed. Lee : Clover nearly all killed. Scott : 

 Clover and timothy badly winter-killed. Louisa : Hay-crop will bo very light. How- 

 ard: Pasturage, both wild and tame, better than usual; low lands, being submerged, 

 give poor promise for wild hay. Hardin : All kinds ffourishing. Madison : A large 

 part of clover winter-killed. 



Missoum. — Cass: Prairie-grass fiue, but immense herds of cattle have been imported 

 to eat it down ; but little hay will be cut. Howard : Timothy eateu by army-worms, 

 and clover winter-killed. Saint Genevieve : Timothy badly injured by army-worms. 

 Saint Clair: Millet culture increasing. Madison : Timothy almost destroyed by army- 

 worms. Jasper: Alfalfa a success. Dallas: Much chess in timothy. Cole: Pasture 



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