364 



Tennessee, 111; West Virginia, 103; Kentucky, 114; Ohio, 106; Illi- 

 nois, 101; Wisconsin, 107; Iowa, 112; Missouri, 105; Kansas, 149 j 

 iSTebraska, 142 ; it was most reduced in New Jersey, 03, the next in 

 order being Maryland and California, 09 ; Delaware, 76 ; Virginia, 80 ; 

 'New York, 83 ; Pennsylvania, 84. In the remaining States the extremes 

 are 93 and 99. Eeports from all the States, averaged, make the Avhole 

 I^roduct about 5 per cent, less than last year. It is probable that the 

 surplus of other forage-products will fully make up this deficiency. 



Maine. — Piscataquis: A bountiful crop ; 20 per cent, above that of last year. Aroos- 

 took: Large yield but poor quality, owing to wet weather. Oxford: Good and well 

 secured. ForA;.- Considerably injured on low ground. Androscoggin: More than last 

 year; secured in fair condition. 



New Hampshire. — Cheshire: An abundant crop of rowen, sufficient to make tho 

 forage of alJ kinds fully up to an average. Strafford: While the quantity of timothy^ 

 compared with last year, is 80, the quality is at least 110. 



Vermont. — Orleans : A full crop secured. Franldin : Nearly an average yield. Rut- 

 land : Good crop. Windsor : The first crop of hay less than average, but is supple- 

 mented Avith the largest second crop ever harvested, and secured in perfect condition, 

 Caledonia : More second crop than in any previous years. 



Massachusetts. — Plymouth : The wet weather in July and August has secured a 

 large second crop of hay. 



New York. — Tioga : August a wet month, and the late cut damaged. Queens r 

 Harvested in fine order. Madison : Less in quantity, but average or above in quality.. 

 Steuben: Eeduced by drought. Broome: Very light and much injured ingathering. 

 Jefferson : Secured in good condition. Orange : The lightest crop harvested in many 

 years. To meet the deficiency a large breadth of fodder-corn was planted and is look- 

 ing remarkably well. Sullivan : About half a crop. 



New Jersey. — Burlington : All available second crops wiU be gathered. Warren : 

 Very light crop, gathered in good condition. 

 Pennsylvania. — Wayne : Hay-crop light ; secured in better than average condition; will 

 not average more than one-third of a crop,owing to drought in June and July. Armstrong: 

 Slightly damaged by wet harvest. Montgomery : Thefirstcropofhay not average in quaa- 

 tity, but never better in quality; late rains will give a large second crop. Beaver: 

 Better than last year in quantity, but not so well saved. Fayette: Considerably- 

 damaged by -wet weather in harvest. Crawford : The largest crop for many years. 

 Indiana : A very light crop, gathered in a wet condition. Sullivan : But half a crop. 

 Washington : Timothy considerably damaged by grasshoppers. 



Maryland. — Howard : Cut short. Baltimore : Clover, light ; timothy, better. 



Virginia. — Pagie : Almost a failure. Floyd: Damaged by continued rains. Madison r 

 Very short crop. Bland : A larger crop than for some years. Pulaski : Clover damaged 

 by incessant rains. Wythe: Much badly damaged in the cock. Bedford: Short; think 

 the second crop, if cut, would outyield the first. Craig : Very much bleached. Orange : 

 A short crop of clover and orchard-grass, but the rains came in time to make a fair 

 crop of timothy. Charles : The clover-crop very short, but timothy a fair average.. 

 Highland: Good. Montgomery: Injured by protracted rains; large quantities washed 

 away by freshets. 



North Carolina. — Chowan: Wet weather has much hindered the saving of good 

 hay. Davie: Croj) injured by wet weather. 



Georgia. — Muscogee : The rains too late for hay. Elbert : Good crop. Glynn : In- 

 jured by the long drought. 



Alabama. — Lauderdale : A large crop of German millet and Hungarian grass sown> 

 and the hay saved is of excellent quality. Morgan : The natural grasses are unusually 

 fine. 



Mississippi. — La Fayette : A large area of millet sown, and a very large yield. 



Texas. — De Witt: Badly set back by drought. Kaufman: In a week or two the 

 prairie-grass will be in fine condition for hay. Xueces : Grass growing finely. Gilles- 

 pie : Grass for haj' is growing now in fields and prairies. Victoria : Almost a failure 

 from the long drought. Bed Biver : Abuudant. Goliad : A short crop of hay, caused 

 by drought ; but the recent rains will give an autumn crop. 



Arkansas. — Garland: Did well. Independence: An unusual quantity of millet gijown 

 this year. Crawford: Benefited by the rains almost beyond measure. 



Tennessee. — Bledsoe: Very fine crops of German millet, which makes more hay to 

 the acre than anything else. Sevier : Saved in a miserably poor condition. Morgan .- 

 Most of the hay damaged for the want of sunshine. The Dutch millet is the only 

 product the farmers cau boast of. It has yielded 3^ to 4 tons per acre. Greene : Grass 

 was good, but rain and floods ruined it largely. Wilson: Much the largest hay-crop 

 ever raised. Fulton : Only moderate yield. AVild or prairie grass splendid, and many- 

 are saving hay from the woods-grass. 



