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Halls: Timothy snft'erecl much from wet weather. Worth: Timothy injured by the 

 grasshoppers eating off the leaves. Benton : Prairie-hay better than for ten j-ears ; 

 timothy destroyed by wet weather. Henry: Timothy-meadows almost destroyed by 

 grasshoppers, but the wild and prairie grasses excellent. 



Kansas. — DaiqyMn : Clover and timothy nearly all destroyed by grasshoppers; prairie- 

 grass as good as ever, but not much left in the county. Franklin : Most of the timothy 

 was destroyed by the grasshoppers ; nothing can exceed the growth of our prairie- 

 grass; much of the "blue-stem" is 6 to H feet high. Neosho : The wild prairie-grass is 

 immense ; blue-stem, over large tracts of valley-land, is higher than the head of a man 

 riding through it on horseback. Linn : Prairie-grass was never known better. Dickin- 

 son : Pi'airie-hay being put up in large quantities. Douglas: Promise of one of the 

 heaviest crops ever harvested. Cherokee : Splendid, and large quantities being put up. 

 Butler: Have sometimes seen the prairie-grass heavier, but the quality never was so 

 good. Ellis : Very heavy crop. Leavenworth : The large amount of millet and Hun- 

 garian grass raises the hay up to 110, in spite of the entire loss of timothy and clover. 

 Wyandotte : Hungarian millet a heavy crop. Osage : The quantity of wild grass double 

 that of last year, and of the best quality. Washington : Thousands of tons of blue- 

 grass will be ljut up ; can winter our stock, and that in the grasshopper counties of 

 Missouri. 



Nebkaska. — Wehster : Very heavy. Clay: Will be plenty. Madison: Hay from 

 prairie-grass the best for years. Antelope : Hundreds of tons lost by rains, but grass 

 plenty, and, with good weather, more than an average crop will be secured. 



Califoknia. — Del Norte : Haying finished ; good condition and heavy product. San 

 Bernardino : Hay in abundance, chiefly alfalfa. 



STOGK-HOGS. 



The number of stock-hogs kept for fattening is generally below that 

 of last year, the only States reporting an equal number being Vermont,. 

 North Garolina, and Oregon. As last year witnessed a considerable 

 reduction from its predecessor, the present Report does not indicate any 

 superabundance of swine in the country. The New England States 

 show but a slight diminution, except in Massachusetts and Gonnecticut, 

 where the deficiency will probably be about 10 per cent. The Middle 

 States fall below last year, from 2 per cent, in Pennsylvania to 7 per 

 cent, in New Jersey. The South Atlantic States, except North Garolina, 

 are deficient from 2 per cent, in Maryland to 10 per cent, in Virginia. 

 The Gulf States come short from 1 per cent, in Florida to 13 per cent, 

 in Louisiana. In the inland Southern States the deficiencies run from 

 6 per cent, in West Virginia to 21 per cent, in Tennessee. In the great 

 pork-producing States north of the Ohio Eiver and west of the Missis- 

 sippi, there is a very considerable reduction, Ohio and Indiana, 13 per 

 per cent.; Michigan, 8 per cent.; Illinois, 15 per cent.; Wisconsin and 

 Minnesota, 4 per cent.; Iowa, 10 per cent.; Missouri, 31 per cent.; Kansas, 

 47 per cent.; and Nebraska, 21 per cent. The destruction of feed-crops 

 by grasshoppers caused a heavy export of hogs from the last two States, 

 and the same influence was considerably felt also in Missouri. On the 

 Pacific coast, Galiforuia falls 5 per cent, short of last year, and Oregon 

 2 per cent. No State reports an increased number. The average con- 

 dition as to size and weight also shows a decline from last' year, but 

 not to so great an extent as the number. Oregon is the only State that 

 reports an improved condition, and that of only 1 per cent. The States 

 reporting a condition equal to last year are, Connecticut, New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia. The New England States gen- 

 erally are nearly up to last year, the greatest deficiency, 4 x)er cent., being 

 in Massachusetts. Of the Middle States, New York comes short but 1 

 per cent. The South Atlantic States also show small deficiencies, 

 that of Georgia, 4 per cent., being the greatest. The Gulf States fall 

 off from 2 per cent, in Florida to 11 per cent, in Louisiana; the inland 

 Southern States from 2 per cent, in West Virginia to 9 per cent, in Arkan- 

 sas and Kentucky; the States north of the Ohio Eiver from 2 percent. 



