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Tvell. Van Wert : Daniagefl by rnst and. wet weather. WilUams : A large portion 

 sprouted ia the shock. Carroll : The grain somewhat shrank. Marion : Not so much 

 hurt by the rains as was anticipated. Morgan : Much sprouted, and more than half 

 damaged in the shock after harvest. Union : Some so badly injured that it will not sell 

 at all. Tuscarawas: Sprouted to some extent. Geauga: Winter-wheat yielding 20 to 

 25 bushels per acre, of excellent quality. Washington: Injured by rains in July. G-al- 

 lia: Badly damaged in shock and stack. Pike: Damaged by rains, after harvesting, 

 10 per cent. Scioto: The Scioto swept all its bottom-lands, destroying some wheat. 

 Athens : A light crop; greatly injured by wet after harvest. 



Michigan. — Iosco : The finest crop ever raised, promising 25 to 35 bushels per acre. 

 Grand Traverse : Plump and well headed, but in danger from wet weather in harvest. 

 Lapeer : Berry excellent, and yield better than expected from the amount of straw. 

 Manistee: Injured by heavy rains during harvest. Mecosta: Winter- wheat yields bet- 

 ter than was anticipated, but varies from 5 to 35 bushels per acre. Shiawassee : Light 

 in quantity and quality. Mason : Much damaged by wet after being cut. Saginaw : 

 Shrunk some with rust, but yield more than was expected. Tuscola : Harvested in 

 good condition, and the yield in some instances equals 40 bushels per acre. Alpena : 

 Very heavy; considerably damaged by rains in harvest. Some fields averaged 40 bush- 

 els per acre, after an estimated loss of 10 bushels per acre by rains. Charlevoix: Spring- 

 wheat not harvested; some fields of winter injured by rains after the gi'ain was cut. 

 Ottawa : A better crop than for years. Washtenaw : Mostly secured in good condition, 

 but late ; damaged by wet weather. BrancJi : Light yield, inferior quality, harvested 

 in good condition. Leelenaw : Winter, about 20 per cent, grew in harvesting ; spring, 

 the best ever raised, harvested in good condition. 



Indiana. — Franklin ; Sprouted and rotted. Madison : The great floods of August 

 ruined a large amount. Elkhart : Was stored in good condition. De Kalb : Badly 

 injured by rust and wet weather. Floyd : Sj^routed in the shock, but loss not so great 

 as expected. Howard : Badly damaged by weevil, and worse by rains. Morgan : On 

 the river and creek bottoms was all washed away and that on the uplands badly 

 damaged by sprouting. Ripley: What we saved is worthless. Grant: Not half a crop ; 

 damaged badly by sprouting. Gibson : Injured greatly by the rains. Clarke : Badly 

 damaged by the rains. Union : Almost ruined by rains in harvest. Warren : About 

 half a crop. Brown : Damaged in the shock. Clay : Several thousand acres either 

 swept off or ruined by the overflow, and that saved much sprouted in shock and stack. 

 Dubois: Weather-beaten, sprouted, and rusty. Knox: The amount destroyed by floods 

 would reduce the estimate 10 to 20 per cent., and all greatly damaged. 



Illinois. — McLean : A large amount was not cut, and what was is of poor quality. 

 Morgan: Used up by the storms. Alexander: Badly damaged after harvest by wet 

 weather. Pike: What there is is of poor quality, owing to heavy rains while iu the 

 shock. Schuyler: Damaged by rains. Madison: Poorly filled. Johnson: A great por- 

 tion sprouted iu the shock. £^eHri/; Secured without material injury. Clinton: Injured 

 25 per cent, in the shock. Jasper: Much injured in the shock. Lee: Yield about 8^ 

 bushels per acre ; poor quality. Marion : A good crop ; half spoiled in the shock. Pope : 

 Damaged by sprouting in the shock. Clark : Above an average crop put into the shock 

 in good condition, but greatly damaged by rains, and on the streams large quantities 

 lost by unprecedented floods. Carroll: Not turning out well. Mason: Poor yield 

 and very bad quality. Menard: Damaged by the rains. Perry: Injured by raius in 

 harvest. Saint Clair: Will fall below half a crop in both quantity and quality. Ver- 

 milion : Poor; injured by rust before harvesting, and all iujured, and much destroyed 

 by floods after ; not one-fourth of an average. Edwards : About one-fifth was uncut, 

 and fully one-fifth was thrown to the hogs. Effingham : Damaged in the shock. 

 Fayette: Damaged considerably. Macon: Badly damaged; one-third rotted in the 

 stock. Massac: Injured in the shock 25 per cent. Mercer: Injured by growing iu the 

 shock and stack. Ogle: Injured by rust, blight, and chinches. Sangamon: Badly 

 injured by the wet weather. 



Wisconsin. — Washington : Winter yields 28 to 30 bushels per acre ; spring, 20 to 25. 

 Ozaukee : Never a greater yield per acre. Columbia : Good. Fond dti Lac : Damaged 

 by lodging and chinches. Waukesha : Damaged by chinches, commencing ten days 

 before harvest. Dodge : The condition improved materially after the 1st of August, 

 cool nights and rainy weather checking the operations of the chinch-bugs. Vernon : In- 

 jured by chinches. Saint Croix : Heaviest crop when harvested for years, but sprout- 

 ing in the shocks. Calumet : Spring-wheat averages 27 bushels per acre. Crawford : 

 Winter, the largest crop for years; spring was badly damaged by chinches. 



Minnesota. — Renville : Much better than for the last two years. Steele : Best crop 

 in yield and quality since 1860, but being injured by raius. McLeod : Nearly all stacked 

 in good condition. Swift : Unfavorable weather for harvesting. Waseca : Nev.er 

 so heavy before. Wright : Not so good as when harvested. Olmsted : Some grow- 

 ing in the shock and stack. Pope: High winds and rain in harvest will seriously 

 affect the yield. Redwood: Every indication of a greater average yield than fifteen 

 bushels per acre. Stearns : Great fears that the magnificent crop will be seriously 



