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considerably duiuaged by raius. Rahigli : Injured by tb 3 wet weather. Doddridge: 

 Nearly destroyed by the rains. H'etscl : A lii4iit crop, aud much of it in a damaged 

 condition. Boone : One-half or more of what was not cairijd awaj' by the flood rotted 

 iu the shock. 



Kkntiicky. — Alien : Greatly damaged in the shock. Lincoln : Not damaged to the 

 extent supijosed. Spencer : Twenty-live ])er cent, destroyed by the rains. Bath : The 

 quantitj- and quality greatly reduced by the raius. Fayette : About two-thirds of what 

 Avas harvested was lost by the rains, and the remainder greatly damaged. Meicalf : A 

 good crop, more than half damaged before it could be thrashed. 



Ohio. — Medina : Turns out much better than was expected, riclcatcay : The quality 

 is 80 bad that our millers are importing wheat from Baltimore to sup})ly their trade. 

 Fratillin : Impossible to save any except the very earliest iu good condition. Noble : 

 One-fourth of the crop grew iu the shock aud washed oft'. Sandusky : Quality inferior, 

 but much better than was expected. If'ashington : A great portion saved in poor con- 

 dition. Hancock: Injured by the rains. Delaware: Injured by the wet. liar ri son : 

 Great damage by the wet weather. Seneca: Quality injured by the raius. Athena: 

 Very ahcrt crop of inferior quality. Bichland: Quality was excelleut, but sprouted. 



Michigan. — Grand Traverne : Damaged fully 50 per cent, by rains in harvest. La- 

 peer : Quality excellent. Tuscola: Has exceeded ail expectation iu quautity and good 

 in quality. A small field of Clawson wheat is reported to have yielded at the rate of 

 52 bushels per acre, without extra treatment. Shiawassee : Light and much shruuken, 

 but harvested in good condition. Benzie: Considerable sprouted. Montcalm : Darker 

 color than last year. Newaygo : Nearly all thrashed, and turns out 15 to 36 bushels per 

 acre. Ottatra: The best crop iu tweuty years in yield and quality, yielding in some 

 instances 30 to 35 bushels per acre, aud weighing 62 pounds to the bushel. Alpena: 

 Winter-wheat yielded 40 to 50 bushels per acre iu tields of 10 and 12 acres. Hamilton : 

 Badly damaged ; will uot pay exjieuses. 



Indiana. — Tipton : Scarcely lit to eat ; badly eaten by the midge aud chinches before 

 harvest, and damaged by rains after. Carroll : Very much injured in yield and quality 

 by the wet weather. Howard: But a small portion saved in merchantable condition. 

 Bipley : Very poor; damaged by the rains. Madison: A light crop; damaged at least 

 one-third by the floods. Franklin : Only a i>art of a very poor crop saved, and that 

 very much sprouted ; it is unfit for flour. Fike : Fultz wheat sown by Mr. James Barker 

 averaged 38* bushels per acre, and weighed 62^ pounds to the bushel. Gibson : At least 

 22 per cent, lost or damaged by the wet weather. Grant : Half a crop. 



Illinois. — Can-all: Light yield and iJoor quality. Fope: Plump grain, but injured 

 in the shock. Mercer : Poor iu quality. Fayette : Four-fifths, more or less, damaged 

 by the rains. Shelby: Makes but a third-rate flour. Fulton: Poor in quality. Mason: 

 Light and poor. Montgomery: Badly damaged ; a great deal musty. Lee: Average 

 yield of 'J bushels per acre, of fair quality. Edwards : Not quite so badly damaged as 

 was anticipated. 



Wisconsin. — Waupaca: Very good. Juneau: Spring wheat was badly injured by 

 chinches, except that sown where clover had been turned under the previous year. 

 This is a noticeable fact. Walworth : Will uot exceed 12 bushels per acre. Craivfoi'd : 

 Turned out better than expected. 



Minnesota. — Chisago: Considerably damaged by rains. Mower: The yield unpre- 

 cedented ; the damage from rains at least 10 per cent. Bedtvood : Not damaged as much, 

 as was feared ; not over 10 per cent, will be classed as " rejected ;" all of a plump, clear, 

 bright berry. Fillmore : Reduced 15 per cent, in quantity and quality by wet weather. 

 Olmsted: Injured in the shock and stack. Bock: Berry fine and plump. Steele: A 

 deterioration of 10 per cent, from a very fine quality by the wet weather. Stevens: 

 Better yield than for some years. Dodge : Not damaged as much as was supposed. 



Iowa. — Marion : Quality inferior. Hardin : Considerably blighted aud injured in 

 shock and stack. Harrison: Greatly injured by blight aud wet weather. Montgomery: 

 Injured in the stack. Muscatine: Light, shrunken, aud discolored. Delaivare: Dam- 

 aged in the shock and stack. Greene : Materially injured in shock and stack. Howard : 

 No such trying time for grain in the shock ever before occurred in the county. Many 

 are waiting for grain to freeze dry before thrashing. Washington : Poor in quality and 

 damp in stack. Des Moines : Utterly useless for making bread. Hancock : Badly 

 shrunk and bleached. Johnson : But little over half a crop, of j)oor quality. Franklin : 

 Berry light ; damaged by rain. Monona : Had 75 acres of wheat on new breaking on 

 Missouri bottoms ; but will have to buy my flour for bread. Shelby : All more or less 

 damaged in the stack. Jefferson: The most complete failure I ever saw. Madison: 

 Yield light, and quality No. 3 or "rejected." Cerro Gordo: Quality inferior. Ida: 

 Badly damaged in the shock and stack. 



Missouri. — Jefftrson: Yield good, but fully one-third damaged. Oregon: Consider- 

 ably damaged by the wet weather. Camden : Was a clear loss of 40 per cent, of the 

 crops by the excessive rains, and the remainder badly damaged. Greene : Greatly dam- 

 aged by the rains. Many persons having wheat on low grounds had not a sheaf left — 

 all washed away. Cravyford : Scarcely a crop in the county not more or less sjirouted 



