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Indiana. — Grant : Half a.crop. Madison: Not more than half a ci'op, ami that not 

 of good quality ; frost. Posetj : The great Hood swept away fully half the crop ; the 

 quality is good. Decatur : The rains caused the thin uplands to produce astonishingly, 

 making up for the losses by high water. Union ; Damaged by frost. liipley : Loose on 

 the cob. Dearborn : Lighter and more chali'y than last year. Martin : Much of it light 

 and chaffy. Wabash : Poor ; a cold, wet August and early frost will reduce the value 

 of corn 50 per cent. Warren: Frosts injured the late planted; upland will yield 50 

 bushels per acre. Wells : Light and chaffy. Hamilton : A very large per cent, injured 

 by frost. Jasper : All late corn untit for market ; damaged by frost. Marshall : Planted 

 late and injured by early frosts ; none yet lit to crib. Warwick : A great deal on bot- 

 toms entirely ruined. Lawrence : That left by the flood ripened well and is very sound. 

 Pike : An average crop except on flat and bottom lands overflowed, on which 50,000 to 

 100,000 bushels were destroyed. 



IixrNOis. — Henderson: Late will be very light. Fulton: Large yield, but light and 

 chaffy. Lake : The early frost destroyed the hope of a large yield of sound corn. Wood- 

 ford : A very heavy crop. Clinton : Have not had as good a crop in the uplands for 

 ten years. Mercer: Damaged by frost. Pike: Good and well matured. Shelby: All on 

 high laud well matured and yields 40 to 65 bushels ; on low land, nipped by frost. 

 Grundy: Yet unlit to crib. Johnson: Main crop in good condition, but late-planted 

 injured by frost. Lee: Much soft. Macoupin: On upland, much better than usual; 

 on lowland, injured by frost. Vermilion: Injured by frost. Carroll: Much soft. De 

 Kalb : Did not ripen sufBciently to make good merchantable corn. De Witt : From 50 

 to 75 per cent, soft, and will not make good merchautable corn. Iroquois : The yield 

 will be large, notwithstanding many pieces ou flat laud were destroyed ; very little yet 

 dry enough for cribbing. Knox : Damaged by frost ; a' wonderful quantity of soft corn. 

 Mason : Late corn suffered from frost, but still the crop is very large and of good qual- 

 ity. Ogle : Badly injured by frost. Some farmers will not have half a ci'op in yield or 

 quality. Winnebayo : Not more than half a crop either year. Franklin : Ou all high 

 land, never better in yield and quality ; on low, flat land, a failure. Montgomery : Not- 

 withstanding the amount drowned out, the crop is abundant, and is selling, delivered, 

 at 25 cents. Saint Clair : Notwithstanding the losses by the heavy floods, we have an 

 extraordinarily line and well-matured crop ; 60 to 80 bushels per acre on good covn- 

 land. Effingham: As good a yield as last year, and better in quality, but hardly half 

 a crop. Henry: Very large in quantity, but materially injured by frost. Boone: A con- 

 ' siderable amount of poor, soft corn. Jefferson: Superior in quality on high lands. Fay- 

 ette : On high lands, turns out well ; of the best quality, aud a fine fall for gathering 

 it. Peoria : Lighter in weight than was anticipated. Morgan :. Comes out much bet- 

 ter than was anticipated. 



Wisconsin. — Eau Clair : The light crop owing to frost, August 22. Janeau : So badly 

 frost-bitten and unripe, that very little will do for seed. Bock: Did not matiire well ; 

 yield light, and quality very poor. Chippewa : Euined by frost in August ; some pieces 

 of early corn produced part of a crop. Clark: Almost entirely destroyed by the 

 frost iu August. Dodge : Nearly all killed by frost in August. Walworth : In the 

 northern part, ou all loW ground an entire failure ; all light and of poor quality. 

 Richland: Too green and soft to crib. Washington: One-half is soft. Iowa: Killed on 

 low ground by early frost. • 



Minnesota. — Redwood : The best yield ever grown. Winona : Late in maturing, and 

 too soft for market. Fillmore: Poor crop, owing to frost and wet, cold autumn. 

 Wright: Injured by frost. Isanti : A very large x>erceutage is soft, owing to the severe 

 frost August 22. Goodhue : Very little ripened. Jackson : The season too cool to 

 secure a good crop. MilleLacs: Injured by frost in August. Rock: Caught by frost in 

 most places. 



Iowa. — Black Hawk : A fine crop, but the quality very inferior owing to frost. Story : 

 Frost-bitten and loose on the cob. Johnson : Damaged by frost. Mitchell : A very 

 slim crop. Pocahontas: Not turning out as well as expected. Guthrie: Not as' good 

 as expected before husking. Franklin : Killed before ripe ; loose on the cob. Hardin : 

 The more the crop is handled the poorer it is found to be. Marion : More unmer- 

 chantable corn than usual. Clinton : The season too short and cold for the crop to ma- 

 ture ; a large per cent, unfit for market. Des Moines : Taking yield and quality together, 

 not half a crop ; more soft corn than for the past five years, owing to frost. Fremont :, 

 Late corn very much damaged ; otherwise we should have had an enormous crop ; 

 some make 125 bushels per acre. Greene : Did not fill out as was expected. Harrison : 

 Slow in drying ; but little gathered. Howard : Very little sound corn. Jasper : Frost 

 came before maturity ; scarcely an ear can be found not loose on the cob. Polk : Will 

 not do to crib for a month to come. Pottawattamie : Price, 25 cents per bushel. Wood- 

 bury: Prevented from maturing by continued rains. Calhoun: Not yielding as well, 

 and not as sound, as was anticipated. Grundy ; Soft and much shrunken. Linn : Not 

 as good as was anticipated; much loose ou the cob. Madison: Not yielding as ex- 

 pected; light and chaffy. Emmett : A poor crop. Shelby: Twenty per cent, will be 



