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insects and saved the crops from their ravages, but not till after consid- 

 erable damage had been done. |The grasshoppers were also injurious 

 here. In Missouri the chinch nuisance was quite serious. In Caldwell 

 County the injury to the crop was estimated variously from 35 to 50 per 

 cent. It is noticed in Benton that, while the crop was badly injured on 

 prairie soils, on timber-land it reached a full average. Pettis reports 

 the insects as reducing the crop from 25 to 30 per cent. In other coun- 

 ties, however, the pest is hardly noticeable, and the crops are uncom- 

 monly promising. The chinch also infested the spring- wheat o f Kansas ; 

 in Anderson they nearly ruined the crop ; in Franklin and Wilson, 

 farmers propose to sow no more wheat till secured against this risk. 

 In some counties, as in Montgomery, early sowings were but lightly 

 affected, especially of drilled wheat, but broad-cast crops were badly 

 affected. En Nebraska, where the pest did not appear, the crop was 

 above average. In one or two counties an aversion to improved ma- 

 chinery for harvesting is noted ; farmers preferred hiring extra labor to 

 purchasing reapers and mowers. In some localities of California the 

 crop was affected by hot, dry weather and north winds. In some coun- 

 ties of Oregon heavy rains produced a heavy growth, which it was feared 

 might prove excessive. In Utah the crop was injured by cut- worms. 



Maine. — Cumberland : Spring-grain looks well. 



New Hampsiure. — Rockingham : Spring-grain average. 



Vermont. — Rutland: Late. Lamoille: Late. Fran^/in; Backward. Windsor : B&c'k- 

 ward. Grand Isle : Considerably winter-killed ; spring-wheat late ; season backward. 



Connecticut. — Hartford : All cereals ten days late, but of unusually vigorous growth. 



New York. — Steuben : Need rain. IVestchester : Gi'ain-crops look well. Washinsrton : 

 Growing. Livingston: Growing finely. Wyoming: Improved during the last few weeks. 

 Jefferson: Weather favorable for grain. Wayne: What escaped winter-killing is promising. 



New Jersey. — Burlington : Wheat harvests splendid. Warren : Fine ; 116 rust or bugs. 

 Sussex : Much better than usual. 



Pennsylvania. — Northampton : Straw longer and the crop better than last year; harvest 

 later than usual. Snyder : Very fine, and of good quality. Clearjield : Never better. 

 Bucks: Ripening rapidly, and very promising. Washington: Many fields rusted; grain 

 shriveling in some cases. Cameron : Promises an early harvest and a good yield, Chester : 

 Eipening rapidly ; Fultz already cut, showing a good yield. Lycoming : Thin on the ground, 

 and short-strawed ; heads light, Butler : Winter-wheat the only crop that will reach an 

 average. Lehigh: A fine prospect injured by drought; grains light. Union: Benefited 

 by late rains. Dauphin : Damaged by a worm which eats out the inside of the grain, leav- 

 ing the hull. Fayette : Finest crop in twenty years ; uniformly good, well filled, evenly 

 ripened, bright and in prime condition, Indiana : Filling finely. Lancaster : Looks re- 

 markably well, Lancaster : Tappahannock, from Department, very fine; Jennings win- 

 ter shows larger heads than any other variety; wheat looks fine generally. Crawford: 

 Most promising crop for years, 



Maryland. — Caroline: Harvested in good order; the heads are not so plump as last 

 year, but the yield will be greater, for the stand was good and uniform on both high and low 

 lands. In some cases the grain is shriveled by innumerablesmall green lice, (Aphis avenne,) 

 which sucked the milk while the grain was in the milky state. These pests appeared too 

 late to do great mischief, Charles : Yield somewhat disappointing, Baltimore : Fine yield, 

 though somewhat injured by the Hessian fly. Dorchester : Winter-wheat extra good, and 

 harvested in good order, Washington : Remarkably well filled, Talbot : Fultz nearly a 

 total failure ; grain small and light ; stravy rusty, falling down in many fields before ripen- 

 ing. Wicomico: Somewhat shriveled, but yielding well, Calvert: Much injured by mil- 

 dew and rot. Saint Mary's : Fultz a failure ; I'ed wheat better, but a third short of average. 

 Queen Anne: Extreme heat ripened our red wheat all at once; straw heavy, but it is 

 feared that the grain is shriveled ; Fultz very popular ; ripeus three or four days earlier thau 

 red wheat ; it will probably stand ten days after ripening. 



Virginia, — Northumberland : Badly rusted and smutted ; fell down green, instead of ripen- 

 ing, in many cases; many lose their whole crops, Tazewell : Promising till within the last 

 few days ; considerable damage from an insect, probably the wheat midge, ( Diplosis tritici, ) 

 sucking the milk of the grain, Warwick : Failure through rust, Pulaski : Somewhat in- 

 jured by drought, Buckingham : Improved surprisingly in the early part of June ; Fultz, 

 from the Department, excels all others ; Touzelle also grows finely, but ripens rather too late 

 for the climate. It and the Weeks wheat sufi'ered severely from chinch-bugs, Spottsylvania : 

 Yield curtailed by rains during the blooming season ; early-sown injured by hot, wet weather ; 

 later-sown escaped. Tappahannock and Fultz only half crops ; grain good. Dinwiddle : 



