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iDtit need rain. Anderson: Succnnabing to drought. LVoWc : Suffering for rain. Laraca : 

 Prospects favorable. Coolie : Looks well, biTt need rain. Murion : Suffering for rain. 

 Xampasas : Crop safe; grain fine. Medina: Prospective yield doubled since June. 

 Nacogdoches : Short through drought. Shelby : Late planted, but better cultivated than last 

 year. Kcnifman : Promise of best crop for twelve years. 



Arkansas. — Boone : Backward, but coming on finely ; recent warm rains. Fravklin : 

 In fine condition. Clark: Affected by drought ; good weather may raise it to 75. Pulaski: 

 Much injured by eight weeks' drought ; two weeks more will ruin it. Union : Eight weeks' 

 drought. Craishhtad: No general rain since April 5. Garland: No rain for nine weeks ; 

 corn dead. Jackson: Eain badly needed. Bradley: Drought often weeks has cut down 

 the corn-crop very seriously. Columbia : Three weeks more of drought will finish the crop ; 

 not over half a crop at best. Independence: Greatly damaged by protracted drought. Hemp- 

 stead : Almost ruined by a seven weeks' drought. IVashington : Suffered severely from 

 drought. Sebastian : Farmers, during' the drought, put the crop in fine order for the late 

 genial rains. Fulton : Generally well cultivated, of good color, and growing finely in spite 

 of drought. Arkansas: Damaged by drought and cut-worms. 



Tennessee. — Loudon : Less than I ever saw it at this season of the year. Madison : Bad 

 stands and looking badly on account of drought. Lincoln : Badly affected by drought. 

 Grundy : Backward. Sumner : Drought since May 14, seriously affecting the crop ; still of 

 good color though very low. Carter : Improved by late rains. Hickman : Small, but healthy 

 and growing fast. Bedford: Injurious drought. Blount: Still very small and suffering 

 for rain in some quarters. Hardin : Damaged by drought. Hawkins : Late planted on ac- 

 count of wet spring ; not further advanced than it usually is June 1. Monroe : Late planted, 

 but growing finely; seasonable rains. Folk: The variable season prevented proper cultiva- 

 tion. Roane : Very backward on account of unfavorable weather at planting and now 

 shortened by drought. Cannon : Drought prevented the planting of 10 per cent, of the land 

 intended for corn. Bradley: Corn planted about May. It is very promising ; later or earlier 

 plantings poor. Macon: Small and drying up. Maury: Worst prospect for manj' years. 

 Jdontgtmery : Early corn well tended in good ground, is growing some; some seed in the hill 

 as sound as when it was planted ; result of extreme drought. Wayne: Very late; look* 

 fvell. Hancock: Never looked better. Giles: Well worked. Lauderdale : Stand poor. 

 West Vihginia. — Harrison : Yeiy backward and short. Brooke : Looks well ; crops 

 clean. Monroe : Came up badly on thin old land, llayne : Drought. Cabell : Extreme 

 drought; doing badly. Hardy: Extreme need of rain. Murion: Growing fast; very sea- 

 sonable weather. Morgan: Needs rain very much. Grant: Beginning to suffer severely 

 from drought. Kanauhu : Drought. Letiis : Drought. Mercer : Short and unpromising 

 through drought and worms. Monongalia : Backward, but may turn out well. Fayette : 

 Drought restricted the acreage planted ; it was too dry to plow. 



Kenti'CKY. — Shelby : Looks green, but grows slowly ; from 12 to 18 inches high. 

 Boyle : May yet make an average crop. Franklin : Drought. Adair : Will make a toler- 

 able crop if rain comes soon. Hardin: Smaller than ever known at this season. Mont- 

 gomery : Backward, but recent rains will bring it forward. Laurel : Late plantings of no 

 account ; early plantings look w ell. Anderson : Low and backward, but healthy ; Hip- 

 kins : Corn lost without speedy rain. Butler : Color fiiie, but beginning to suffer from 

 drought; not all planted yet. Graves: Damaged by drought and chinch-bugs. Livings- 

 ion : Chinch-bugs very destructive. Logaji : Looks bad ; not over a half stand, and that 

 Tery uneven ; some fields replanted five or six times; plants range from 3 to 36 inches ; 

 ground too dry. Marion : Put in in bad condition, and growing slowly. Mason : Well- 

 rooted, healthy, and clean. Ohio: Extreme heat and drought. Mercer: Suffering from 

 severe drought. Bussell : Suffering severely ; no rain since April 28 ; probably not over a 

 fourth of a crop. Scott : Not over a half-crop. Owsley : Gloomy prospect. Nelson : Dry- 

 ing up. Grayson : Light showers kept corn groMiug in some places. Henry : Looks well 

 in some localities, but the general prospect is very unpromising; chinch-bug very destruc- 

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Ohio. — Trumlull : Abundant. Coshocton: Late, but looks well. Delaware: Good 

 stand, well-woiked, and promising. Montgomery: Backward through drought. Monroe: 

 Threatened by the long drought, lasting from Slay I. Adams: Tiireatened by drought 

 and chinch-bugs. Cruirjord : Doing finely. Hancock: Surpasses all previous crops, both 

 in acreage and condition. Mahoning: Injured by drought. Marion: Never promised bet- 

 ter at this season. Scioto: Backward, and a bad stand. IVashinglon : Early plantings on 

 good ground are doing well ; late plantings small, and a poor stand. Meigs : Suffering 

 from continued drought. Columbiana : Driest season since 1854; corn- leaves rolled up 

 like cigars ; no rain since May. 



Michigan. — Saginaw : Sud-corn injured by cUi-worms. Kalamazoo : Coming on finely ^ 

 ■warm, with abundant rain. Tuscola : Looks remarkably well ; growth rank and color 

 good. Montcalm : Looks finely. 



Indiana. — Madison : Never looked better.; fine rains of late. Howard : Prospect never 

 better. Decatur: Corn lay in the ground without sprcutingfor six weeks ; no rain from 

 April 24 to June 25 ; bad stand and the chinch-bug after it. Kosciusko : Very fine. Ferry : 

 Lccks badly ; no rain for six weeks; chinch-bugs at work; Pcsey: Poor stand and late. 



