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earlier, the condition woald be above avera.sje. Franklin : Late corn looks fine, but if 

 we do not have raiu within a week it will only be good fodder. Dickinson : Splendid. 

 Graham: Splendid; some pieces averas^e 50 bushels per acre. Labette: Such a crop 

 was never realized before. Jackson: The moat prosperous crop ever seen growing in 

 Kansas. Douglas: Promise of one of the heaviest crops ever harvested. Cherokee: 

 The prospect never so good before. ^/fe« .• Tbe heaviest ever raised. Butler: By far 

 the largest ever raised ; some fields will yield 100 bushels per acre. Ellis : Has never 

 been heavier. Leavenworth: Unprecedented in growth. Lyon: Hardly could be bet- 

 ter. Sedgwick: Heavy. Clay: Never better. IW'osho : Coming but remarkably. iS'e- 

 maha : Never better. Linn: Many farmers count on 75 to 100 bushels to the acre — an 

 overestimate, I think. Jackson. : The most promising I have ever seen growing in 

 Kansas. Cloud : Splendid. Jefferson : The best for many years. Johnson : Never saw 

 better, but it is late and in danger of frost. Wyandotte : Looking well, but late. Eice : 

 Good ; will average about 40 bushels per acre. Osage : Enormous crop. Anderson : A 

 heavy crop. Washington: Large acreage and immense yield. Cowley: Never better. 

 Atchison : The portion not damaged by the grasshoppers is as fine as ever seen. 



Nebraska. — Dixon : A splendid crop. Hall : Crop will be good if frosts hold off. 

 Webster: The best prospect we have ever had. Boone: Very large growth, but some 

 injury by grasshoppers. Clay : Never promised so well. Knox : Promise of a large 

 crop.' Madison : Has grown luxuriantly, and not badly injured by grasshoppers. Ante- 

 lope : Late bnt good, except that one-eighth of the county was injured by grasshop- 

 pers. Merrick: Unprecedented crop. 



WHEAT. 



Excepting- iu the Xevv England States and in those of the Gulf region 

 and the Pacitic coast, the damage to the crop, between the periods of 

 ripening and thrashing, by frequent and heavy storms, has been very 

 general. Within the wet area, the continuous rains visited in July the 

 Ijortions ia which wheat ripens early, and in August the latitudes where 

 it is harvested later, so that over the whole region the crop was very 

 generally caught either iu harvest or in the stack. In Michigan, Wis- 

 consin, and Minnesota, (in which the yield was extraordinary,) and in 

 the Middle States, the rainy season was in progress at the time of re- 

 porting, and therefore the extent of the damage was yet undetermined. 

 A considerable portion of the crop in Maryland, and a larger portion in 

 the Gulf States, were secured in good condition before the rainy reason 

 came on. The damage from wet in Kansas and Nebraska, though exten- 

 sive, appears to have been less than in the valleys of the Mississippi 

 and Ohio. 



In Iowa, injury from blight or rust, reducing both quantity and quality, 

 was very general. Most of the States report local injuries to condition 

 from the same cause. Local injuries by the weevil are noted in Maine 

 and Indiana; by chinches, in Indiana, Wisconsin, and Missouri ; and by 

 grasshoppers, in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and throughout the grass- 

 hopper region of the Northwest. In California the crop, though reduced 

 in yield and in some localities affected in quality by rust, was generally 

 harvested in superior condition ; while in Oregon an extraordinary yield 

 appears to have been secured without serious damage. 



The condition of wheat, when harvested, for all the States averages 

 79. The State averages are as follows : Maine, 98 ; New Hampshire, 

 101 ; Vermont, 98 ; Massachusetts, 100 ; Connecticut, 100 ; New York, 

 65 ; New Jersey, 90 ; Pennsylvania, 85 ; Delaware, 92 ; Maryland, 92 ; 

 Virginia, 86 ; North Carolina, 97 ; South Carolina, 97 ; Georgia, 98 ; 

 Alabama, 105 ; Mississippi, 139 ; Louisiana, 85 ; Texas, 122 ; Arkansas, 

 113; Tennessee, 98 ; West Virginia, 74 ; Kentucky, 80 ; Ohio, 61 ; Mich- 

 igan, 88 ; Indiana, 61; Illinois, 73 ; Wisconsin, 98 ; Minnesota, 101 ; Iowa, 

 77; Missouri, 67 ; Kansas, 83; Nebraska, 80; California, 70; Oregon, 106. 



The quality of the present crop is poorer than for several years. That 

 of the Pacific coast is fine, notwithstanding the decreased yield ; that 



