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too dry to prepare for seeding. We have not yet begun, when we ought 

 to be nearly done. Moniteau : 'No rain since the last of July, and very 

 little sown. Fraiiklin : No rain for six weeks. The ground is so hard 

 that farmers cannot plow ; 20 per cent, less than average will be sown, 

 and that late. Jasper : ISTo rain for two months, and wheat-sowing 

 nearly suspended. Putnam : Late rains have made the ground in good 

 condition, and a large area is being plowed for fall crops. Pettis: The 

 ground is too hard to break up, owing to the extremely dry weather, 

 and there will not be nearly last year's amount sown. 



Kansas. — Woodson : The area will be double that of previous years. 

 Bourhon : Dry weather makes it bad for sowing wheat. Jackson : More 

 sown than in any previous fall. Cloud : The seeding is all done. Labette : 

 Chinches have injured the wheat after it came up, by killing some. 

 Lyon : Dry; the wheat not growing, and much of it not up. The pros- 

 pect for a crop next year is growing less every day, but that which 

 was drilled in early is growing and looks well. Cowley : A full crop is 

 being put in. Shaumee : A large acreage sown. 



^■' Pennsylvania. — Bureau : An increased breadth sown, but the wheat 

 has not grown as it should. Lancaster : Thickly and well set, and looks 

 very fine. Columbia: Planted in good condition and looks very tine. 



Maryland. — Harford : A greater breadth being put in than usual. At 

 least three-fourths of the farmers prefer drilling. The fine weather 

 causes the crop to look well. Queen Anne : An unusual breadth seeded. 

 The almost entire failure of the oat-crop for several years past has 

 induced the farmers to put nearly all their corn-laud into wheat. This 

 has been seeded rather late, but fertilizers have been used freely, and 

 abundant rains have put the crop in fine growing condition. The Fultz 

 wheat has grown in public favor rapidly, and all who could obtain seed 

 have seeded largely with it. 



Virginia. — Caroline : The weather has been favorable for seeding. 

 Spottsylvania : A fine fall for seeding wheat. A greater breadth than 

 usual "sown, and looks well. King George : Farmers have generally fin- 

 ished sowing. The wheat comes up well. Middlesex : The weather is 

 remarkably pleasant and fine, and efforts are being made to seed heavy 

 crops of wheat. Frederick : The wheat sown from the 20th of Septem- 

 ber to the 1st of October was never exceeded in promising condition. 



North Carolina. — Nash : More seeded than usual. Caswell : Fall 

 remarkably favorable for seeding, and a full average sown. 



Georgia.— Harris : The farmers have planted largely. Troup : Will 

 be more sown this year than last. Barton : Early-sown wheat is look- 

 ing well. Carroll : Planters will sow largely ; more than usual. Doug- 

 las : The farmers are sowing a great deal of wheat. Jefferson : The 

 ground is dry as an ash-heap ; in condition for nothing but sowing 

 wheat, oats, &c. My experience is that the cereals all do better sown 

 in dry weather. More small grain will be sown this fall than for a num- 

 ber of years. 



Alabama. — De Kalb : Preparations are being made to sow a wide area 

 of wheat. 



Texas.— Dallas : Planters trying to sow. The seeding will be much 

 retarded for want of rain. Cooke : The ground so dry and hard that 

 wheat-sowing is suspended. Uvalde : Wheat-sowing deferred up to 

 date, waiting for the disappearance of the grasshoppers. Bastrop : 

 Will be a greater breadth sown than last year. Hunt : Too dry to sow 

 wheat. 



Arkansas.— Baxter : So dry that farmers have not sown any wheat, 

 and cannot till it rains. Boone : So drv that no wheat has been sowa 



