425 



damaged. PLvry : Heavy crop ; badly rotted by the rains. Adair : Mostly damaged 

 iu the stack. 



Kansas. — Cherokee : A fine crop, but injured by the wet weather. Labette : Such a 

 yield never known before; the true figures should be 200, instead of 180. Mont- 

 gomery : Very heavy crop. Coidey : A good crop, yielding 50 busliels per acre. 



BARLEY. 



The product of barley returned is 87 per cent, of last year's crop. 

 About an equal reduction in quality is indicated. Except iu Rhode Is- 

 land, 77 and 93, Delaware, 05 and 87, and California, 79 and 98, the fall- 

 ing off iu both quantity and quality is almost exclusively within the area 

 of excessive rains. The States iu whick the crop suffered most are In- 

 diana, 47 and 04; Nebraska, owing in part to grasshoppers, 5.3 aiul 82; 

 Ohio, 63 and 78; West Virginia, 77 and 84; Kansas, 78 and 99. 

 The New England, Middle, IS'ortk western, and the Southern States 

 which grow barley, produced a superior crop in yield and of nearly 

 average quality. The product exceeds that of last year in New York, 

 Kentucky, and Wisconsin, per cent.; Connecticut and Pennsylvania, 

 2; Florida, 25; Texas, 8; Arkansas, 81; Michigan, 10. The product 

 and quidity are below last year's in Illinois, 5 and 20 per cent.; Iowa, 

 20 and 19 ; Missouri, 8 and 18 ; Minnesota averages 90 and 102; Oregon, 

 99 and 100. 



Maine. — Androscoggin : Good. 



Nkw York. — Genesee: Yields well and of fair quality. Onondaga: A fine crop; some 

 fields yield 40 bushels and over per acre. Gi>od breadth planted, but rather light yield. 



Texas. — Williamson : Yield, 35 bushels per acre. 



Michigan. — Calhoun : Thirty to forty bushels per acre very common. OaMand; Good 

 yield and heavy grain. 



Ii^LiNOis. — Carroll: Poor in quality. 



Wisconsin. — Walworth : In both quantity and quality exceeds any recent crop. 



Minnesota. — Mower: Good; less sown than formerly. Noble: Our first crop ; a fine 

 one. Fillmore: Secured before the rains in good order. 



Iowa. — Marion: Much injured in the shock. Muscatine: The berry is good. Gregne : 

 Materially injured iu the shock and stack. 



Missouri. — Ferrg : Injured by the rains. 



Nebraska. — York : Three times the area of any previous year, and a fine crop, except 

 that it was colored before harvesting. 



Californla. — Del Norte: Very fine. Placer: Quality much better than quantity; 

 injured by the north winds. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



The condition of the entire crop is not far from average. In the five 

 States which produce above four-tifths of it the average is, New York, 

 94; New Jersey, 99; Pennsylvania, 103; Virginia, 100; Ohio, 90. In 

 Pennsylvania. Beaver reports the best crop for several years ; Indiana the 

 bes^for ten years; and Elk the best since 1859. In New England the 

 general condition is slightly above average. In Massachusetts, in which 

 25 per cent, increase of acreage was reported, the condition is 110; Mis- 

 souri, with an increase in area of 20 per cent., and Kansas of 23 per 

 cent., are both 4 per cent, above iu condition ; and Nebraska, with an 

 increase of 28 per cent, in area, is 3 per cent, above. Early and later 

 frosts have damaged the condition extensively in the Northwest, espec- 

 ially in Wisconsin, and slightly in other localities. 



Vermont. — Grand Isle : A very large growth ; some injured by frost. 



Massachusetts. — Berkshire: Failed to fill. 



New York. — Steuben: Matures slowly and unevenly. Delaware: Favorable weather 

 for ripening. 



Pennsylvania. — Bedford: Good growth but late. Armstrong: Damaged by frost. 

 Beaver: The best crop grown for several years. Indiana : The best crop for 10 years ; 

 got up in good condition, and about all thrashed. Elk: The be-rt crop since 1859. 



