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iujured in t'oe sliociv by the prevailing rains. TVahasha : Was put into the shock in fine 

 condition, but it commenced raining ten days ago, and it has been impossible to secure 

 it yet. Carver: About half shocked and si^xonting badly. Cottonwood: Was badly 

 destroyed by grasshoppers, and now being badlj^ injured in the shock by wet. Todd: 

 One-third damaged either in the shock or stack. Douglas: The best crop, when cut, 

 ever raised in the county, but 75 per cent, standing in the shock and threatened with 

 ruin by the rains. Freeborn: Damaged in the shock 10 per cent. Martin: Average 

 yield, about 22 bushels per acre. Scott : A loss of at least 33 per cent, in shock and 

 stack by rains. Watonwan : The little that the grasshoppers left nearly destroyed by 

 rains. Winona : About one-third in the stack in fair order ; the remainder wet ami 

 growing. 



Iowa. — Appanoose: Will not return the seed. Franldin: Badly blighted. Floyd: 

 Considerable blight. Hardin: Badly blighted. Harrison: Much injured by rains. 

 Folk: Blighted very much. Shelby: Damaged in shock and stack. Woodhury : Reduced 

 at least one-third by blight, and being much more reduced by continual wet. Benton : 

 Blighted and poor quality. Buena Vista: Only about 2 per cent, in stack, and almost 

 continued rains. Cass: Shortened 50 per cent, by blight and rust. Fremont: Greatly 

 damaged by grasshoppers when in the head, and subsequently by hail and wind storms. 

 Plymouth : Injured by blight and scab, and now the rains destroying thousands ot 

 dollars' worth. Sioux : A great portion destroyed by the rains. Cerro Gordo : Full 

 90 per cent, still remains in the held, and much of it sprouting. Chickasaw : Being 

 badly damaged by wet ■weather; all badly blighted. Des Moines: Our spring-wheat 

 ■will all be graded No. 3, or else rejected. Marion : Thrashes out small in quantity, and 

 much of it poor. Fotfaivattamie : Will uot average over 8 bushels per acre, and poor 

 at that. 



Missouri. — Gasconade : After it was cut 33 per cent, lost by wet ■weather. Camden : 

 All that was not swept away damaged in the shock by sprouting. Nodaway : Fall- 

 ■wheat winter-killed ; spring, injured by chinches while growing, and by rains in the 

 shock. Polk : Injured by sprouting in the shock. Moniteau : The portion of the crop 

 saved badly damaged from swelling and sprouting. Butler : Damaged after harvest 

 by rains. Christian: Injured by the wet. Franklin: Injured in the shock fully 33 

 per cent, by sprouting. Harrison : Injured some by wet weather. Platte : Xot more 

 than 25 per cent, of the usual yield, but the kernel fine. Taney : Damaged 25 per cent. 

 in the shock. Vernon : Condition reduced since harvest 35 per cent, by damage in the 

 shock. Wayne: Euiued by the "wet ■weather. Lincoln: Damaged by rains. Adair: 

 A total failure. Dallas: Damaged by ■wet in harvest. Grundy: Averaging only 6 

 bushels per acre. Laclede : Not half a crop, and that greatly damaged in the shock. 

 Maries : Greatly damaged in the shock. Montgomery : Badly damaged by rains. Perry : 

 Injured by rain one-eighth. Saint Francis : Considerably sprouted in the shock. Stod- 

 dard : At least one-third ruined in the shock. Daviess : Greatly damaged in the shock 

 and stack. Benton : Nearly a total failure. Newton : Injured some by rust, and badly 

 sprouted by rains. Dent: Eeduced 50 percent, since harvest by rains. Clay : Utterly 

 destroyed by grasshoppers. 



Kansas. — Doniphan : Almost nothing s*ived. Pepuhlic : Considerably injui'ed by rain 

 before stacking. Labette: Fair when cut, but injured S percent, in the shock by rains. 

 Jackson : Berry good, but yield reduced by the grasshopper. Leavenworth : -Grain good 

 but cut short by grasshoppers. Lyon : Badly damaged in the shock. Clay : Average 

 15 to 20 bushels. Anderson: Little sown and alight crop. tVashington : Much dam- 

 aged by rains in harvesting. Montgomery : Daniaged 10 per cent, since harvest by wet 

 ■weather. Coivley : Never better. Woodson : The figures, 85, indicate the condition 

 when harvested, but the crop was subsequently badly damaged by wet ■weather. 



Nebraska. — Dixon : Never better. Pawnee .-Cut short by grasshoppers. Webster : A 

 little lighter in yield than last year. Boone : Average yield 15 bushels per acre. Clay : 

 Light, injured by drought; quality will grade No. 3. Knox: Turns out poorly, owing 

 to the ravages of the grasshoppers. Madison ; Badly injured in the shock by heavy 

 rains. Antelope: Good quality, but 10 per cent, injured in the shock and some in the 

 stack. Gage : A great many pieces did not pay for cutting on account of weeds. 



California. — Del Norte : Some late vrheat rusty. Placer : Yield far better than an- 

 ticipated before thrashing. Stanislaus : Good quality, weighing 63 pounds per bushel. 

 Not more than one-third of a crop in yield. 



Oregon. — Benton: Fall-sown, good ; spring, cut short by drought. Grant: Never 

 before so uniformly good. Linn : Shall have 25 per cent, more in bushels tban in any 

 former year. Douglas : Eeduced by extreme heat and drought. Tillamook : Improved 

 beyond expectations since the last report. 



COTTOX. ' 



Our correspondent.s report the condition of cotton far better than in 

 September of last year, except in the more southern of the Atlantic 

 coast States. 



