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and quality since 1860, but injured by rains. Waseca : Never so heavy before. Pope : 

 High winds and" recent rains will seriously aflect the yield. Ikdwood : More dam- 

 aged by grasshoppers than other crops. Douglas : The best crop ever raised, when 

 cut, but 75 per cent, standing in the shock and threatened with ruin by the continued 

 rains. Martin : Average yield about 60 bushels per acre. Scott : A loss of at least 33 

 per cent, in shock and stack. Watonwan : The little that the grasshoppers left nearly 

 destroyed by rains. Winona : Badly destroyed in the shock by rains. 



Iowa. — Johnson : Got up in good order, and yielding 40 to 50 bushels per acre. Ap- 

 panoose : Good. Franklin: Well filled, but badly lodged. Hardin: Good ; some pieces 

 yield over 60 bushels to the acre. Harrison : Much injured by rains. Scott : Yield 

 good, but condition bad. Sioux : Crop never better, but a great portion destroyed by , 

 tke rains of the last twelve days. Cerro Gordo : The straw so heavy, that three-fourths 

 were prostrated before ripe, and now being seriously injured by rains. 



Missouri. — Macon : Good, but injured by the weather. Gasconade : One third lost 

 after they were cut, by wet weather. Camden : All not swept away, damaged in the 

 shock. li'odaway : Injured by grasshoppers. Caldwell: A very heavy crop, but bleached 

 and weedy. Moniteau : The larger portion of a very fine crop a total loss, owing to 

 wet weather in harvest. Franklin : Damaged by rains more than any other crop. 

 Harrison : Fine. Phelps : Have improved since the last report. Wayne : Ruined by 

 the wet weather. Lincoln : Damaged by rains. Adair : Poorer than last year by 20 

 percent. DaZias : Damaged by wet in harvest. Laclede: Had a good crop, but almost 

 wholly destroyed by the rains. Maries : Were never better, but a large per cent, 

 lost in harvesting. Montgomery: Badly damaged by rains. Perry: Badly injured 

 by rains. St. Francis : Damaged 15 per cent, in the shock. Stoddard : Excellent crop, 

 mostly ruined by rains. Daviess : Greatly damaged in the shock. Balls : Great losses 

 from rains in harvest. Pettis : Considerably damaged by wet. Newton : A heavy crop, 

 but injured by rain. Clay : Utterly destroyed by grasshoppers. De Kalb : Drowned 

 out by rains in harvest. 



Kansas. — Repuhlic : Considerably injured by rain before stacking. Saline : All 

 crops promising except oats. Neosho : A great many spoiled in the shock by wet 

 - weather. Dickinson : Have suffered much from rust ; average but 10 bushels per acre. 

 Jackson: Yield reduced by the grasshopper. Ellis: Early oats short from drought. 

 Anderson : Much damaged by wet weather. Cowley : Never better. Woodson : When 

 harvested, 105; but since badly damaged by wet weather. 



Nebraska. — Pawnee: Cut short by grasshoppers. _ Webster: Splendid. Clay: Light 

 and chaffy. Madison : Good crop. 



California. — Placer : Damaged by frost in April. 



Oregon. — Grant: Never so uniformly good before. Clackamas: Good throughout. 

 Douglas : Reduced by extreme heat and drought. 



EYE. 



In the northern and southern sections of the country, the rye-crop, 

 when harvested, was nearly if not quite average in quantity, and of 

 fair quality. But in the mitldle belt, like the other cereals, it was much 

 reduced iu quality and somewhat in quantity by the excessive rains. 

 West of the Mississippi, the grasshoppers appear to have had a special 

 relish for this crop. The average condition for the whole country is 91. 

 The range of State averages, in all the States on the northern border 

 and on the coast, except Louisiana, 87, (which produces very little rye,) 

 is above that figure. Those above average are: Arkansas, 112; Texas 

 109; New Hampshire and Wisconsin, 102; Connecticut and Alabama 

 101 ; Maine, Belaware, and Mississippi are average. Among the low 

 est are: Indiana, 78; Ohio, 81; West Virginia and Kentucky, 85 

 Missouri and California, 86. 



Maine. — Oxford : Good. 



New York.— Queens; Well filled. Steuben: Reduced by drought. Sullivan: Much 

 injured in the shock by heavy rains. 



New Jersey. — Sussex : Not half a crop. 



Pennsylvania. — Indiana : Housed in a wet condition and badly spoiled. 



Maryland. — Hoivard : Inferior yield. Caroline : Good. 



Virginia. — Pulaski : Badly damaged by incessant rains. Buchanan : Seriously 

 injured in the shock. 



North Carolina. — Surry : Above average in yield and condition. 



Georgia. — Eabun : Harvested and good. 



Texas. — Upshur : Better than for many years. 



