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that he raised, on 1^ acres, 250 gallons of excellent quality, weighing 11 

 pounds per gallon, and worth $1 jier gallon. 



North Carolina. — Hertford : Above an average crop, yielding well. 



Georgia. — Clayton: Have made more than since the war. Dooly: Injured by dry 

 weather. 



Alabama. — Callioun: The figures for sorghum (800) may seem unreasonable, but it 

 is the first year it has been raised to much extent in this county. I know of three farm- 

 ers in the same vicinity who have made, in tiie aggregate, over 3,000 gallons of good 

 sirup ; and nearly all the farmers have made their own supply. Chambers : The people 

 have made more this year than heretofore. Conecuh : Yield 100 per cent, greater than re- 

 ported in October. Bulloch : Unusually large crop planted, and the yield improved by 

 the favorable fall. 



JNIississiPPi. — La Fayette : The favorable weather of the past month has improved the 

 quantity and quality in an unprecedented degree. Choctaw : Not less thaa 50,000 

 gallons of sorghum molasses made in the county this year. 



Texas. — L'ed Elver : Good ; raised to a considerable extent this year ; none here- 

 tofore. Upshur: Twice as much made this year as in any former. Busk: A good 

 deal of sirup made and the culture on the increase. 



Arkansas. — Fulton : Splendid crop, and quality of sirup choice. 



Tennessee. — Blount : Good ; more made than for several years. Monroe : A heavy 

 crop, and the quality of sirup superior. Greene: Good. London: Farmers are improv- 

 ing very much in raising sorghum and making sirup. Rutherford : An enormous crop. 

 TVilson : Much above an average. 



Ohio. — Butler : The culture growing less and less every year. Medina : We have 

 ceased to grow sorghum. 



Indiana. — Dearborn : A very heavy increase in the product. 



Iowa. — Marion: Very poor crop. Calhoun: Very poor yield. The stalks seemed to 

 be destitute of the usual amount of sweetness. 



Missouri. — Johnson : More abundant than anticipated, and good molasses is being 

 manufactured. 



Kansas. — Cowley : Very fine in yield and quality, but at least one-third of the crop 

 will not be worked up. Osage : Exceeds any crop before raised. 



Nebraska. — Antelope : Excellent in quality ; average yield, 100 gallons of sirup per 

 acre. 



HOPS. 



New York. — Schoharie: More than an average crop, good in quality; selling at 10 

 cents. 



Wisconsin. — Juneau : The least profitable of any crop ; average price not over 8 

 cents. Clark: Fatally injured by the August frost. 



Iowa. — Jones : About 25 per cent, of an average crop. Fremont : A large crop. 



California. — Contra Costa : A yard of 10 acres is the first planting in the county. 

 The plants grew well under unfavorable conditions, and the product is half a crop of 

 choice quality. Mendocino : Becoming an important ci'op ; the acreage 50 per cent. 

 increase on last year, and a fair yield. 



FLAX. 



Ohio. — Van JVct't: A great crop, but damaged by rain. 



Illinois. — Piatt: A larger area sown than ever before, but, owing to the excessive 

 rains, little of the crop was harvested, and that in bad condition. McLean : The crop 

 for seed was a good deal injured by the long-continued rains. Boone : Unusually large 

 acreage, and yield as high as 17 bushels per acre. 



Minnesota. — Pope: Did not yield nor fill well. 



Iowa. — Hardin : Sown to a greater extent than ever before, but damaged by wet 

 weather. 



Missouri. — De Kalb : A good crop ; never raised here before. 



Kansas. — Bourbon : Badly damaged by rain, after being harvested. 



Nebraska. — Clay: Did not yield as well as last year, but the acreage was much 

 larger and the product is fully 500 per cent, greater. 



