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yet. Prairie: The best season ever kuovvii for sowing graiu. Izard: 

 No rain since August, which has greatly retarded the sowing of wheat 

 and rye. Marion : The extremely dry fall unfavorable to sowing 

 wheat. 



Tennessee. — Knox : The ground better prepared than heretofore ; bet- 

 ter seed selected, and more being sown. The past year demonstrated 

 clearly the marked value of the drill and fertilizers. Fayette : The 

 acreage is being increased considerably this fall. Montgomery : Grass- 

 lioppers are eating the early-sown wheat, which injures it very much. 

 Farmers unusually backward in putting in wheat; dry weather. Giles : 

 A large acreage being seeded. 



West Virginia. — Marion : Larger acreage than usual sown ; has come 

 up, and looks remarkably well. Wood : Looks finely. 



Kentucky. — Hardin : Looks badly, on account of the dry weather j 

 grasshoppers have eaten a good deal. 



Ohio. — Miami : Wheat-fields are looking green and in the best con- 

 dition. Vinton : September and October dry. The ground is hard ; 

 "wheat backward and looks bad. Montgomery : The seeding has been 

 later than usual, owing to the bad condition in which the summer-rains 

 left the ground. It will require a favorable November to make the 

 growth large enough to stand the winter. ClarJc : Much ground has been 

 seeded, and looks well. Mercer : Making a splendid start ; never looked 

 better. Crawford : Looking well. Fairfield : Growing wheat rather 

 backward. Harrison : Starting well. 



3£ichigan.— Washtenaw : Looking well. Charlevoix: October was 

 too cold and wet for late-sown winter-wheat. 



Indiana. — Grant : Early-sown wheat looks well. Madison : Young 

 "wheat looks rather poor, having no rains and no warm weather. Posey : 

 Our farmers are sowing very large crops, using the most approved 

 plows and drills. Dubois : A large breadth is sown, notwithstanding 

 the weather was very dry in breaking-time. A large portion of it is 

 drilled. Lawrence : An average acreage sown, which looks exceedingly 

 well. Pilce : A large acreage sown and looks well. 



Illinois. — Pike: The weather is dry and the wheat small. Crawford: 

 A dry fall and the prospect for a wheat-crop next year very poor. 



Wisconsin. — Clark: The area of winter- wheat will be much larger 

 than last year. Crauford : The ])rospect is poor, on account of late 

 sowing, wet, and cold. Richland : Less sown than usual. 



Missotiri. — Camden : Indications that not one-half as much will be 

 S3wn as last year. Franklin : Continued drought has caused farmers 

 to be very late in sowing. Grasshoppers are damaging wheat in some 

 places. Moniteau : Not one-third of the usual amount sown. No rain 

 since July 31. Benton : The seeding this fall presents a fine appear- 

 ance. Saint Francis : Very little sown owing to dry weather, and what 

 lias been sown and come up is being destroyed by the Hessian fly. 

 Maries: None of any consequence sown; set in dry the middle of 

 August, and no rain yet. Cape Girardeau : The fall too dry for the 

 wheat-crop; many farmers still sowing. Clay: A drought has pre- 

 vailed for two months, very trying to the small grain seeded, but a rain 

 last night will make all right. 



Kansas. — Jefferson : Looking well, though the weather is almost to5 

 dry. Clay : Never looked better. Lyon : The dry weather hard on 

 ■wh^at; much of that sown has not sprouted, Marion: Grows very 

 slowly; very dry since August 1. Leavenworth: Does not grow well 

 for want of rain. 



