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to be much injured. Tippecanoe: Mtirli late corn injured by frorsts. Marion: A very- 

 light crop, niju.-suuily late, aud the fodder kilbnl by frosts. Union : Damaged by storms 

 blowing it down, and by frosts. Wahauli : Damaged by frost about 10 per cent. Gib- 

 son : Good where not drowned by the wet. Grant : About half a crop. Sleuhen : A 

 <:;reat quantity of soft corn. Switzerland : The largest crop ever produced, and the 

 ([uality unsurpassed. Perry: Good. Hamilton: Considerably short, and much injured 

 by heavy frosts ten days ago. 



Illlnois. Hancock : The largest crop ever raised, aud out of danger from frost. 

 Pike : Very good, but late. Carroll : Cut off at least 30 per cent, by premature frosts. 

 Pope: Injured by rains in the summer and by dry weather in Se])tember. Clark: 

 Heavy losses on the bottoms by the floods, but fully compensated by the superior 

 growth on the high lands. Merctr : Late, damaged by frosts, but the crop is large 

 and the quality generally good. Slcphenson : Fiosts in August ruined much. Bureau : 

 A very heavy crop. Cook: An extra crop, well ripened. Be Kalh : Owing to frosts 

 there must be enough soft corn to sink the average down to 100. Fayette: Good on 

 high lands, not injured by frosts. Grundy: Will average 50 bushels per acre, all 

 sound. Shelby : Drying off finely and bids fair for a larger yield than generally ex- 

 pected. Vermillion: Nearly all ripened and will be A No. 1. Fulton: The finest crop 

 since 1S60. Logan : Heavy crop, but somewhat injured by frosts and will be chaffy. 

 Ma>ion : Good but considerably frosted on low lauds. Montfjomtry : Fine, though 

 drowned out in some parts. Ogle: Injured by frosts. Lee: Will not average half a 

 crop of good sound corn. De Witt : As fine a prospect as was ever seen until frost en- 

 tirely killed the stalks ; nearly all will be loose on the ear and much too soft for mar- 

 ket. Massac: Injured by dry weather. Sangamon: Cut by frost. 



Wisconsin. — Crawford : In low and narrow valleys a total failure, but average in 

 some i>laces. Greene : More damage by the frost in August than at first supposed ; corn 

 thought good for half a crop proves to be less than one-third. IVaupaca : Very few 

 fields came to maturity. Juneau : Only 75 per cent, of a crop, owing to frost in Au- 

 gust. Ozaukee: Killed by the early frosts. Pepin: Not so much injured by frost as 

 was expected. Richland: Cut short by frosts. Milivaukee: Frosts about the 20th of 

 September made sad havoc with corn. Walworth : A failure in many parts ; some farm- 

 ers will not have a bushel of sound corn. Brown : Affected by frosts. Adams : Frost in 

 August destroyed nearly 25 per cent, of the entire crop — killed it outright ; the remain- 

 der generally nnripe. Outagamie: Injured very much by heavy frost August 21. 

 Pierce : Considerable soft corn. Vernon : Almost a failure ; all in the valleys killed by 

 frost in August. Saint Croix : Shortened by frost ; inferior in quality. 



MiNNKSOTA. — Goodhue : Caught by a severe frost. Mower : Killed by frost on the 

 22d. Pcdwood : No better crop ever raised and now out of danger. Fond du Lac : 

 Early frosts have left much soft corn. Portage: In some fields, totally destroyed by 

 frosts ; in others, uninjured. Fillmore : Nearly ruined by frosts on the low lands. 

 Olmstead: Damaged by frost. IMnona : Late twenty days; killed by frost in some 

 places. Wright : In some localities destroyed by a heavy frost August 21. Steele : 

 Ripened in average condition, with good- yield and largely increased acreage. Millc- 

 Lacs : Suffered cousiderebly from frost. 



Iowa. — Story : Damaged by frost 10 per cent. Marion : Good on dry ground ; poor 

 on wet. Poweshiek: Badly damaged by frost September 20. Allamakee: Much dam- 

 aged by frost. Clinton : Very heavy, but all injured more or less by killing frost Sep- 

 tember 17 and 20. Hardin : Much of the crop will be light aud chaffy. Harrison : 

 Short ; injured by the grasshoppers and excessive wet. Lee : Now out of danger, and 

 will turn out far better than indicated by my last report. Mahaska : Quite backward. 

 Montgomery: Well matured before frost. Delaware: Injured by frost. Guthrie: Late, 

 and some damaged by frost .* Decatur : Badly cut by frost. Washington : A part of the 

 crop splendid ; that replanted injured by frosts. Des Moines : Killed by frost ten days 

 ago. Will have a large amount of soft corn. Hancock: Frost has damaged most of the 

 corn. Johnson : Good. Franklin : Killed by frost before ripe. Shelby : Cut by frosts 

 on some bottom-lands. Madison : Light, owing to frost. Cerro Gordo : Has regained 

 some of its lost time and bids fair for almost average. Lda : On low ground, loose on. 

 the cob. Iowa : Injured by frost. Tama : One-third of the crop damaged by frost 10 

 to 20 per cent. 



Missouri. — Barton : Enormous crop. Have a field of 300 acres that will average 

 fully GO bushels per acre. Camden: Being gathered iu good condition. Many fields, 

 ■with stalks averaging 15 feet in height, will husk out 100 bushels of fine sound corn to 

 the acre. NodauHiy : Fully 80 per cent, of the first planting was eaten by grasshoppers. 

 The replanted promised more than a full crop, but frosts in September injured it fully 

 40 per cent. Crawford : Very good. Perry : Very good, but some injured by di'onght 

 since the 1st of August. Platte: Will have a large surplus if not injured by frost. 

 Clay : The first planting destroyed by grasshoppers, and the second by rains ; the third 

 is as fine as ever seen and maturing well. Iron : Extra good. Moniteau : Enormous 

 crop. Osark : Better than for years ; some fields yield 75 bushels per acre. Pettis : 



