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Wetzel: Damaged in the shock. Barbour: Nearlj^ destroyed by the wet weather. 

 Cabell: The wet weather destroyed all. Summers: Seriously injured. Harrison: 

 Badly damaged. Tuler : Floated ofl' in shocks by the floods. IVai/ne : Greatly injured 

 by the rains. 



'Kentucky. — Fleming : Damaged at least .50 per cent, by wet. Clarice : Greatly in- 

 jured by wet weather; very few saved. Kenton: Badly sprouted. Owslei/ : Poorer 

 than ever before known. Daviess : Hardly any saved in good condition. Edmonson : 

 Good when harvested, but 25 per cent, or more lost by rains. Shelby ; Was above 

 an average, but reduced to 50 by losses from wet weather, and the portion saved 

 in a damaged condition. Marion: Crop heavy, but all fell down, and was not har- 

 vested. Laurel: Was average, but could not be harvested. Clinton: Injured in the 

 shock, Scott : Badly damaged by the rains. Carroll : Ruined by the rains in many 

 cases. Graves : Wet weather destroyed 25 per cent. Bracken : But little of a good 

 crop harvested, owing to the wet. Breckinridge: Damaged iu the shock. Owen: In- 

 jured by the rains. Hardin: Damaged 60 per cent. Russell: The part saved very 

 fine, but three-fourths an entire loss. 



Ohio. — Trumbull : Much destroyed by the rains. Logan : A.n enormous crop. Mach 

 of it leveled to the ground by rains. The farmers could not cut them, for it rained 

 morning, noon, and night. Now came the army-worms, (previously unknown here,) 

 and countless millions of these little volunteers cut them in their peculiar way, just 

 severing the oat from the stem, till in some places the ground was almost covered with 

 oats. Fields that promised an abundant crop will not be harvested. Henry : Heavy 

 growth; down early, and did not fill well ; also, badly injured in places by the army- 

 worm. Montgomery: Damaged. Cosliocton : Almost impossible to harvest them, owing 

 to rains; hundreds of acres fed to the hogs. Delaivare : The storms in harvest de- 

 stroyed at least one-half of a magnificent crop. Hancock: Full 60 per cent, destroyed 

 by the army-worm. Holmes: Bad) j"^ damaged. Medina: Suffered a great deal from 

 the army-worm, yet fields largely injured by them yield 25 bushels per acre. Van 

 Wert : Worms and the wet destroyed a large portion and damaged the remainder. 

 Williams : Promised splendidly, but the wet weather and the army-worm destroyed a 

 large portion. Washington: Not more than half were saved in good condition. Pike: 

 Damaged by rains, after harvesting, 50 per cent. Athens: But little of a good croii 

 cut ; destroyed by wet. 



Michigan. — Iosco: Promises unusually well. Lapeer: Very heavy; some fields 

 yield 80 to 85 bushels per apre. Manistee: A magnificent crop. Wayne: Crop har- 

 vested, and was never better. Washtenaw : Heavy ; much damaged by rain iu harvest. 

 Branch: Very fine, but many late oats destroyed by the army-worm. Delta: Short 

 straw, but generally well filled. 



Indiana. — Elkhart: A good crop has been housed. Franklin: Almost a total loss. 

 De Kalb : Injured by wet weather and the army-worm. Floyd: Blown and washed 

 down ; nine-tenths cut with the scythe and stacked like hay. Dearborn : Promised well, 

 but was ruined by the floods. Howard : Almost a total loss. Ripley : What we saved 

 are worthless. Hendricks : Nearly all lost by wet weather. Grant : Were splendid till 

 the rains, but not one acre out of fifty saved. Clark : Badly damaged by the rains. 

 ?7mow; Destroyed by rains and storms. Warren: Harvested in bad condition. Wash- 

 ington : Not more than one-third of a crop saved, and that in bad condition. Brown : 

 Damaged in the shock. Clay : Much of the crop turned over to the hogs, and that 

 harvested badly damaged. Dubois : About half saved and much injured. Hamilton : 

 Very little of the crop saved. Knox : Large amount destroyed by the floods and the 

 remainder greatly damaged. 



Illinois. — Morgan : Used up by the storms. Schuyler : Damaged by rains ; much of 

 the crop pastured with hogs. Madison : Half ruined by heavy rains. Johnson : In- 

 jured by wet weather. Henry: Secured without material injury. Clinton: Not one- 

 third cut, and that badly damaged in the shock. Ford : Turning out well in thnash- 

 ing. Jasper: Damaged, and many not saved at all. Marion: Rotted on the ground. 

 Fope: Damaged in the shock. Clark: Nearly ruined by the rains. Carroll: Average 

 about 45 bushels per acre. Mason : Badly bleached and sprouted. Menard : Damaged 

 by the rains. Moultrie : But few saved, owing to wet and winds. Perry : Reduced 

 in quantity and quality by rains 50 per cent. Vermillion: A heavy crop; perhaps half 

 saved. Edwards : Crop was splendid, but fully one-half could not be harvested. 

 Effingham : But few cut, and they so badly damaged as to have no substance. Fayette : 

 Not one acre in ten harvested. Iroquois: A large crop harvested in bad condition. 

 Macon: Abcmt one-half the crop cut. Massac: Injured in the shock 25 percent. Ogle: 

 Injured by army-worms. Richland : Not more than 50 per cent, were harvested, owing 

 to wet. Sangamon: Badly injured by wet. White: Were above an average, but could 

 not be savd. 



Wisconsin. — Washington: Yield 50 to 60 bushels per acre. • Ozaukee: Never a greater 

 yield per acre. Columbia: Good. Walworth: First-rate. Calumet: Average 70 bu.shel8 

 per acre. Crawford : Over a full crop 10 per cent. 

 Minnesota. — Renville : ]Much better than for two years. Steele : Best crop in yield 



