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Carolina to 119 in Tennessee. These figures would be still higher but 

 for occasional injury from floods or too heavy rains in April, and rust 

 in May and June. In some instances rust has attacked the stalk and 

 destroyed the heads, but generally is confined to the leaves. In Xorth 

 Carolina, depredations of the chinch-bug are reported. While the aver- 

 age in Texas is not high, the quantity of wheat produced will be largely 

 in excess of former supplies, and in some counties the yield informally 

 reported is very high, 20 bushels per acre being the estimate for Dallas, 

 and 20 to 25 for Hood. In one instance, in Prairie County, Arkansas, 

 a field yielding 40 bushels per acre in prairie-sod is reported. The crop 

 will be heav;^' in Tennessee. The varieties sent from the Department 

 have generally, though not in every instance, given great satisfaction j 

 our correspondent in Sullivan County, Tennessee, reports 59 stalks 

 from one kernel of Fultz wheat. 



In West Virginia and in all the Northwestern and Pacific States an 

 increased acreage is reported. In West Virginia wheat, in some quar- 

 ters, stands drought better than any other crop. Several counties an- 

 ticipate the finest crop for years. In Eussell, Ky., rust has spoiled a 

 splended crop ; in some other counties drought has prevented the filling 

 of the grain, but the general condition is 25 per cent, above average. 

 North of the Ohio Eiver the crop was considerably winter-killed. The 

 chinch-bug is reported as injurious in some counties of Illinois and Wis- 

 consin. The prospect is below average in all these States except Illinois, 

 which reports winter- wheat 117 and spring-wheat 108. In some coun- 

 ties of Minnesota there is a tendency to introduce winter-wheat. The 

 grasshopper is at work in Steele and Faribault Counties. In Iowa, Mis- 

 souri, and Kansas the chinch-bug is threatening extensive injuries ; 

 otherwise the crop is generally very i^romising. The dry weather in some 

 localities has greatly shortened the straw, but the heads were filling 

 rapidly. In Wilson, Kansas, chinches were more destructive on uj)land 

 crops. The Tappahannock and Fultz wheats are generally well reported. 

 The Touzelle succeeds in some cases ; in others it is a complete failure. 

 Dry weather in the fall reduced a superior prospect of winter-wheat in 

 Nebraska to about average ; spring-wheat is reported at 109. On the 

 Pacific coast there has been a considerable increase in acreage ; the con- 

 dition is above average. In Del Norte, California, the Fultz, Tappahan- 

 nock, and White Surrey varieties have lately been tried, with excellent 

 results, the Tappahannock being the special favorite. In some localities 

 excessive rains have injured the crops, but the conditions of growth are 

 generally favorable. 



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In most of the States the acreage in winter-rye is fully equal to or 

 surpasses that of last year. The comparative aggregate area is 101. 

 A remarkable increase, 50 per cent., is found in Nebraska, and 20 per 

 cent, in Vermont. The States reporting a decrease are Ehode Island, 

 New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, West 

 Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and 

 Missouri. The condition of the crop is below average in all the New 

 England States except Connecticut, and also in New York, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Ohio, 

 Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The maximum, 115, is in Nebraska ; 

 the minimum, 80, in Vermont. In the Northwest the crop, in several 

 counties, was greatly injured by the chinch-bug. In some parts of Penn- 

 sylvania the yield is annually lessening. In some counties of Virginia, 

 on the other hand, the prospect is better than for years. 



