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of the South is of excellent quality, except in Virginia and Tennessee; 

 but no surplus of southern wheat can be obtained except in the wheat- 

 district of Texas. In the West the winter- wheat escaped damage from 

 rain to a greater extent than spring-grain. Much of both kinds was 

 harvested in good condition, the rains in the spring-wheat region com- 

 ing later than farther South, but a large proportion of both was injured 

 in the shock by heavy and repeated storms, to such an extent as to 

 cause panic among farmers, while millers were often at their wits' end 

 to know where to obtain grain fit to grind for flour. Recent reports 

 are more favorable, and it is to be hoped that the prevailing estimate 

 of depreciated quality may prove somewhat exaggerated. 



A few counties in Arkansas are greatly extending wheat-culture, iu 

 one of which, Woodruff, 10,000 bushels of No. 1 are reported grown on 

 500 acres. In Texas, 20 to 25 bushels per acre are frequently reported, 

 and a crop of Touzelle sent out by the Department produced 30 bushels 

 per acre. 



The following local wheat-items are appended : 



Maine. — Piscataquis : Much injured by rust and the weevil. Oxford : Best crop for 

 years. Waldo : Injured by mildew and the midge. 



Vermont. — Caledonia: A good growth, but rusty and smutty. Grand Isle: Injured 

 in harvest by -wet and heat. ' 



New York. — Seneca : Winter, an unprecedented failure ; spring, a good crop, but 

 small in acreage. Queens : About half a crop, of good quality. Sieuhen : Reduced by 

 drought. Genesee : Nearly a failure. Eichmond: Much damaged in harvesting by wet 

 weatlier. Erie : Very poor ; some caught in the rains. Orange : Little more than half 

 an average yield, but of excellent quality. 



New Jeusey. — Sussex : Not half a crop. Warren : Only two-thirds of a crop ; grain 

 good. 



Pennsylvanlv. — Northampton : Turns out in thrashing better than expected. Brad- 

 ford: A poor crop harvested ; iu fair condition. Armstrong: Slightly damaged by wet 

 harvest. Bedford : Damaged after cutting by excessive rain. Cambria : Much grew 

 in the shock. York: About half a crop. Beaver: Grew iu the shock; some stacks 

 appear green. Bucks : Product less thau was supposed, and quality very Inferior. Fay- 

 ette : Damaged iu the shock. MvKean : Green and spoiled all over the county. Indi- 

 ana : Housed in a wet condition and badly spoiled. Tioga : Some injured by the wet. 

 Washington : Much injured in the shook by wet. 



Maryland. — Howard: Inferior jneld. Caroline: Turned out well. Dorchester : An 

 extra crop of fine, plump wheat. Baltimore : Of good quality, secured in good condi- 

 tion. Saint Mary's: Greatly damaged by late heavy rains. Calvert: Harvested in 

 good condition, but much since damaged by the almost constant rains. Cecil : Yield 

 far shore of average, but the grain good. Harford : Complaint of grain sprouted in 

 the stack. 



Virginia. — Powhatan: Unusually good iu quantity and quality. Caroline: Mostly 

 left in the shock through the rains ; the little thrashed out, in bad order. Page : Se- 

 cured iu good condition before the rains. Middlesex : Greatly damaged since harvest 

 by wet. Rappahannock: Fears that it will be much injured in the stack. Spottsyl- 

 vania : Fully 20 per cent, above average; nearly all secured. Chesterfield: Condition 

 good when harvested, but much injured since hy wet weather. Floyd : Damaged by 

 continued rains. King George : Better than last year when harvested, but very 

 heavy damage in the shock by rains. Louisa : Greatly injured in the shock by rains. 

 Madison : Harvested iu good condition ; many crops very liuo. Cumberland : Greatly 

 injured by rust. Pulaski : Badly damaged by incessant rains. Wythe : One-half too 

 much injured by sprouting to make Hour. Gloucester : Much injured in the field by con- 

 tinual rain, Bedford : Very much damaged by rains. Craig : Damp and molded by 

 wet. Orange : Seriously damaged by the long rains in quantity and quality. Charles : 

 Materially injured ; much still in the shock. Essex: Injured in the shock by rains : 

 Fairfax: Generally yielded well ; the best fields, 20 bushels per acre. Henrico: Much 

 injured in the shock. Highland : .Good in quality, but small yield ; say Go. Lancaster : 

 Harvested in good condition, but shocks that were left in the field injured by rain. Mont- 

 gomery : Badly damaged by rain iu the shock. Bichmond : Much has been injured by wet. 

 Culpeper : Badly damaged in the shock. King and Queen: Much lost in shock and stack. 

 Fluvanna : Much sprouted in the shock. Buchanan : Seriou.sly injured iu the shock. 

 Smith : Damaged during harvest; 



North Carolina. — Mecklenburgh: Poor; injured by rains. Person: Seriously hurt by 

 rains. Caswell: Damaged by wet after harvest. Chowan : Small crop, but good.. 



