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splendid. Clay : Pastures destroyed by grasshoppers. Carroll : Clover badly winter- 

 killed, bnt coming on from seed ; fine weather has brought timothy up to average. 

 Slu'lby : Pasture good, exce])t in Hat laud. Xewfon : Grass abundant. 



Kxssxs.^—lVaxhinglon: Millet promising. Jcffemon : Clover and timothy swept by 

 grasshoppers. Ellis : Millet and Hungarian grass extensively raised and looks well. 

 Cratvford : Cattle doing well on the range. Cowley : Pasture good ; no timothy or 

 clover grown here. Osaye: Clover all winter-killed ; timothy badly damaged. 



Neijhaska. — Elchar(hoii : Grasshoppers took everything green. Webster : Pastures 

 fine. OLoe : Timothy and clover eaten by grasshoj)pers. Johnson : Pasture excellent ; 

 timothy injured by grasshoppers. 



California. — Nevada : Hay-crop fiiir, but injured by heavy rains in the stack ; pas- 

 ture nearly ruined. Farmers are seeding irrigated land with clover. Alameda : Hay 

 injured in the field by rain. Contra Costa : Pastures scanty ; injured by late unseason- 

 able rains. Amador : The value of our pasturage depends upon the ripe grass, which 

 lies upon the ground like hay until the winter-rains rot it. A late rain has nearly de- 

 stroyed the feed by washing this hay ; pasture very short. 



Oeegok. — Clackamas : Pastures excellent, also clover and timothy. Tillavioolc : Pas- 

 ture and grasses never better. Columbia : Pastures never better. Grant : Growth of 

 grass favored by abundant rains. 



The Terkitories. — Iron, Utah : Grass very poor on account of drought and the im- 

 mense numbers of rabbits on the range. At least 5,000 rabbits have been killed by 

 hunting-parties, and still they are destroying our crops. Yankton, Dakota : Grass of 

 rank growth. Clalam, Washington ; Timothy attacked by army-worms, which caused 

 our farmers to commence hay-making sooner than they intended. 



