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Arkansas. — Sfove : Better tlian for mauy years. 



Tennessee. — Wilson : Dainafjed by excessive rains. 



West Virginia. — Braxton : Tolerably good. Randolph : Nearly ruined by the Tvet. 



Kentucky. — Clarke : Greatly injured in shock by wet -weather. Daviess : Badly 

 damaged. Scott : Badly damaged by the rains. Spencer : Rains destroyed 25 per cent. 

 BrecTcinridge : Damaged in the shock. Owen : Injured by the rains. 



Indiana. — Floyd : A good crop, harvested before the heavy rains. 



Ilixnois. — Sangamon : Badly injured by the wet weather. 



Missouri. — Nodaway : One-fourth destroyed by grasshoppers. HaiTison : Injured 

 some by the wet weather. Adair : Not so good as last year by 30 per cent. Daviess : 

 Greatly damaged in the shock and stack. — Clay : Utterly destroyed by grasshoppers. 



ELansas. — Dickinson : Good, and being largely grown for feed. Jackson ; Yield 

 reduced by the grasshopper. Leavenivorth : Cut short by grasshoppers. Woodson : 

 The condition when harvested, 100, but since badly damaged by wet weather. 



Nebraska. — Pawnee : Cut short by grasshoppers. Webster : Good. Clay : Injured 

 by drought. Madison : Injured by grasshoppers, but harvested in good condition. 



BAELEY. 



This crop did well in the Northern States. The range of condition 

 ^hen harvested was, in New England, from 100 to 104 ; New York, 98; 

 Pennsylvania, 92; Michigan, 103; Wisconsin, 102; Minnesota, 99. It 

 ■was 80 in California, and 90 in Oregon. The production of barley in 

 the Southern States is too limited to be worthy of mention, except in 

 Texas, where the condition was 108. In the rainy belt the crop was 

 much damaged, though less than wheat and oats. The condition was 

 reduced to 71 in Ohio ; 64 in Indiana ; 78 in Illinois ; 81 in Iowa ; 85 in 

 Missouri ; 74 in Kansas ; 79 in Nebraska. The reduction in the three' 

 last-named States is to be partly credited to the grasshoppers. 



The average for the country is 85. 



New York. — Steuben : Filled well. (Greene : Mostly secured in good condition. 



Pennsylvania. — Bedford : Suliered from rain. 



Texas. — Bed River : Very good. 



Tennessee. — Wilson: Damaged by excessive rains. 



Michigan. — Lapeer : Never better. 



Wisconsin. — Washington: Yields 40 to 50 bushels per acre. Ozaukee: Never a greater 

 yield per acre. Columbia: Good. Calumet: Averages 60 bushels per acre. 



Iowa. — Scott: Yield good, but condition bad. Benton: Of very poor quality. Tre- 

 mont : Greatly damaged by grasshoppers, hail and wind. Sioux : A great portion 

 destroyed by the rains. 



Missouri.— Nodaway : Almost ruined by grasshoppers. 



Kansas. — Republic: Considerably injured by rains befor^ stacking. Ellis: Thin on 

 the ground, but good berry. Leavenworth : Cut short by grasshoppers. 



Nebraska.— Pawnee: Cut short by grasshoppers. Clay: Injured by drought. 



Calip'ORNIA. — Placer : Damaged by frost in April. 



Oregon. — Clackamas : Did well. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



The only States reporting any decrease in the acreage of buckwheat 

 are Maine and Illinois, 4 per cent.; Maryland, 5; Virginia, 3; West 

 Virginia, 1 ; and Iowa, 2. Those reporting an increase are Massachu- 

 setts, 25 per cent. ; New York and North Carolina, 1 ; New Jersey and 

 Minnesota, 7; Kentucky and Oregon, 5; Ohio, 4; Michigan, 10; Indi- 

 ana, 6; Wisconsin, 3; Missouri, 20; Kansas, 23; and Nebraska, 28. 



In the Northwestern States, the previously thriving condition was 

 extensively and seriously injured by frosts on the nights of August 21 

 and 22, and again, in a more limited extent and degree, on the 28th and 

 29th. With this exception the reports of condition are almost univer- 

 sally favorable. In New England, (except Maine, 95,) the Middle States 

 and Virginia the average condition ranges from 100 up to 110, Massa- 

 chusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia being at the latter figure. Eeturns 



