494 



Michigan, 132. These States grow considerably more than four-fifths 

 of the entire crop. In the Missouri Valley the figures are very high, 

 owing i^artly to the reduced yield last year. They are, compared Avith 

 previous crops, for 1874 and 1875, respectively, in Missouri, 65 and 

 237 ; Kansas, 43 and 202 ; Nebraska, 50 and 544. This great increase 

 in product is also owing in part to a largely increased area — 20 per 

 cent, in Missouri ; 23 in Kansas, and 28 in Nebraska. In Virginia, 

 West Virginia, Missouri, and Nebraska, the silver-hull variety, from 

 seed from the Department, is reported as a decided success, being very 

 prolific in yield ; in Madison, Nebraska, " by count, one stalk yielded 

 3,340 grains, after some grains had been lost off in carrying it to the 

 house."' The product was 12 per cent, greater than last year in Michigan, 

 Indiana, and Texas, and 18 per cent, in California. 



Connecticut. — Xeic London : Injured by frost. 



New York. — Steuhen: Affected by frost. Saratoga: Early sown, very heavy; late 

 sown, badly blasted. 



Pennsylvania. — Monroe : One farmer sowed 4 bushels on the .5th and 6th of July, 

 and thrashed 331 bushels. Sullivan: Never better. Butler: Not such a crop in quan- 

 tity and quality for the last twenty years; ail housed in good condition. Tioga: 

 Good yield and fiae quality. 



Maryland. — Caroline: Cat by the frost. 



Virginia. — Spottsylvania : A tine crop. Highland: The best crop for many years. 

 The silver-hull, from the Department, takes the lead of all other varieties, being ear- 

 lier, heavier, and more productive. 



West Virginia. — Mercer: Good; the silver-hull preferred. 



Ohio. — Perry : Plenty, and of good quality. 



Michigan.^ ITej/or^i ; Nearly ruined. Otimca : Injured by frosts, early and late. 

 Emmett: That sowed late an entire failure. Lake: Almost a total failure from frost. 

 Mason : Almost all killed. Muskegon : Destroyed by frosts. Montcalm : A good crop. 



Indiana. — Decatur : A good crop. Marshall : Extra good. 



Wisconsin. — Uau Claire : The light crop owing to frost August 22. Dodge : Killed by 

 frost in August. Jefferson : A total failure, owing to early frosts. 



Minnesota. — Bedwood : Has yielded far better than last year. Lsanti : A very large 

 percentage damaged by frost in August. MilleLac: Entirely destroyed by frost iu 

 August. 



Iowa. — Hardin: More extensively sown than usual, and yielding well. Marion: 

 Very poor crop. Harrison : Increased acreage, and tine crop, Howard : A failure from 

 frost. 



Missouri. — Cass: The like of the crop was never raised in the county before; aver- 

 age, 1,5 bushels per acre. De Kalb : Raised more extensively than ever before. The 

 silver-hull, from the Department, is a success, giving large returns. 



Kansas. — Osage : Exceeds any crop before raised. 



Nebraska. — Cass : A great amount sown, iu consequence of the destruction of wheat 

 and corn by the grasshoppers. Madison : The silver-hull did very well. 



SOEGHUM. 



An extraordinary increase in this crop, over last year, is indicated in 

 the Southern States and in the Missouri Valley. Georgia returns an 

 increase of 40 per cent. ; Alabama, 93 ; Mississippi, 83 ; Arkansas, 121 5 

 Tennessee, 59; Kentucky, 28; Missouri, 54; Kansas, 90; Nebraska, 

 56. Further north there is a general decrease, though Indiana, 116, 

 and Michigan and North Carolina, 108, are exceptions. While Dear- 

 born, Indiana, reports a very heavy increase in the product, Butler, 

 Ohio, reports that the culture is decreasing every year, and Medina, 

 that it has already reached the vanishing point. The report from Cow- 

 ley, Kansas, states that at least one-third of a crop, very fine in quantity 

 and quality, will not be worked up ; the reason is not given, but appar- 

 ently because the crop exceeds, by that much, the capacity of provided 

 machinery. Our correspondent in Kane, Utah, reports that fields in 

 that county have yielded as high as 200 gallons of sirup per acre ; also, 



