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which we are now passing. Crawford: Looks the best of any crop for a long time. 

 Lawrence: Looking much better than for the h\st eight years. Carter: The prospect 

 better than ever known at this season. Jasper : Having been sown (mostly drilled) 

 mnch earlier, and ttie groand much better prepared than nsual, and the fall being 

 very favorable, the prospect is very flattering. Shelhji : Looks very fine ; at least oue- 

 ibnrth more than nsnal sown. Chtfi : Promising. Harrison : A very dry fall has in- 

 jured the small grain. Nodawufi : Looking well. Phelps : Yi-A,% been rather dry for 

 wheat, but it looks tolerably well ; about 6,500 acres sowu. rerry : Increased acreage, 

 and put iu in superior order. 



Kansas. — 3Iia>ni : ludications good. Lincoln : Looks very poor, owing to the long 

 drought since sowing. Marshall: A large per cent, sowu very late. Bourbon: Was 

 being injured by dry weather, but a warm raiu, November 24, brought relief. EUey : 

 The grasshoppers aud dry weather discouraged wheat-sowing. Cherokee : Looks uuu- 

 sually fine ; sown earlier and the ground iu bettor condition than usual. Douglas : Has 

 suffered for want of rain, but in fair condition now. Coffey : Looks well, with a double 

 amount sown. Franklin: That sowu early looks promising; a considerable portion 

 was sown late and is backward. Jackson : Quite thin on the ground, but looks well. 

 Lyon: The drought since seeding has damaged the crop somewhat, but recent rains 

 have improved it. Keosho : Put iu early an(l iu better shape than ever before, (mostly 

 drilled;) looks well. Osage: The long-continued drought has considerably damaged 

 the wheat crop. Washington : That sowu iu the middle of August looks well ; that 

 sowu late has not had rain enough to germinate. Woodson : Uniformly above an aver- 

 tige. Wabaunsee : Acreage greater than last year, but the great drought has reduced 

 liie prospect 50 per cent. Ottawa : But a small acreage sown, aud that badly damaged 

 by the dry fall. licno : Looks very well, except where it was eateu by grasshoppers, 

 ou the outer edge of the field. Smith : Iu the north part of the county, looks well ; in 

 the south part, very bad. 

 NK15KASKA. — Neniaha: But little sown on account of drought. XnckoUs : Poor. 

 California. — Sonoma: But little sowu as yet, owing to want of raiu. Should the 

 seasou be favorable, a very large acreage, greater than ever before, will be sown. San 

 Lnis Obispo : No winter-seeding has yet been done, on account of having no rain. Ama- 

 dor: No rains to date; a large area of wheat being put iu by "dry-sowing." San Joa- 

 quin : More surface covered this fall with wheat than ever before. Prospect good for 

 a large crop. Tuolumne : As there has been no rain, the winter- wheat has not started. 

 Mendocino: The rains have just commenced, and no wheat has yet been sown. Butte: 

 As the raiu is late this year, the sowing-season will begin iu Decemlter and will last 

 till March, aud later if March should prove a wet month. San Bernardino : No raiu 

 having fiiUen, but little gram is yet sown, and that on such lands as are susceptible of 

 irrigation, aud light sandy soils, which latter is called " dry-sowiug." Stanislaus: Not 

 yetnp. First rain of the seasou November 2S. 



Okegon. — Clackamas: The dry fall has retarded the growth of all kinds »f winter- 

 grain; but the season for sowing winter-grain here continues from tlie 1st of Septem- 

 ber to the 1st of March, and, as we have ample time yet to put iu a large crop, I feel 

 well assured that the harvest of 1874, iu this county, will be much larger than ever 

 before. Douglas : Have had hardly rain enough to moisten the ground sufficiently for 

 plowing ; consequently very little winter-grain is yet sown. Not more than half the 

 area sown last year will be this. Tillamook: Looks better than nsual, with a larger 

 acreage than last year. Columbia : Our farmers are putting every available a(5re into 

 wheat, on account of the failure iu the potato crop. 



Utah. — Morgan : The autumn has been so dry it was impossible to plow, except 

 bottom-lands soaked by the river ; therefore there is not sufiioient winter wheat, rye, 

 or barley sown to report. Kane : Winter-grain has not been sown, owing to the land 

 being too dry to plow. San Fete : Not so good as last year, on account of the long 

 dry weather. Salt Lake : A much larger breadth sowu than in any previous season. 

 Idaho. — JSez Ferce : The fall has been too dry to sow winter-grain. 

 AiuzoNA. — Maricopa : Owing to the low prices this fall, there will not nearly so much 

 grain be sown as last year. 



Washington.— Walla- Walla : As the fall has been remarkably dry, but little plowiug 

 and seeding has been done so far, though we look for an open winter, aiul expect, to* 

 plow during most of it. Clallam : In the fall of ld7-2, 250 acres sowu ; 1500 this fall. 



WINTER-RYE. 



Maine. — Androscoggin: Injured by worms. > 



Connecticut. — New London : In excellent condition. 



Pennsylvania. — Butler : All sowu in duo season aud looks excellent. 



Maryland. — Washinqton : Has a good appearance. 



YuiGmn^.—NorihunScrland: Very little seeded ; does not do well here. White rye 

 seeded two years will become almost black. Caroline : But little yet up. Floyd : Looks 

 favorable. ^Montgomerij : An exceedingly fine season for winter-rye. 



North Carolina.— jp^erso;! ; The dry fall has caused the crop to look weakly aud 

 "bad. 



