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All varieues injnrecl except Lancaster reel, which yielded very finely ; Fultz rusted badly ; 

 Touzelle winterkilled and rnsted ; Tappabaunock did well. Fazujuier : Best crop for thirty 

 years. Kelson : Cbincb-bngs have spoiled the finest prospect for ten years ; loss from 30 to 

 40 per ctnt. Orange: Eipened prematurely by hot weather, impairing both yield and 

 quality. Avgnsta : Fultz, from the Department, ripened several days earlier than any other ; 

 Tappahannock next ; Touzelle will not ripen for a week yet. Charles City : Some crops 

 rusted. James City: Eusted three days before harvest. Page: Most promising for twenty- 

 five years ; quality good ; labor scarce for harvesting. Puuhatan : Good. Eappahannock : 

 Morefavorable weather of late. Mecklenburgh : Shortened by rust. Prince George: Largely 

 injured by rust on leaves ; but for the large amount of Lancaster wheat sown there would 

 not be half a crop. . PriHce William: Eed-rust, occasioned by rainy and foggy weather, 

 has caused a great shrinkage of grain. Prince Eduard ; Crop short and inferior. Clarke : 

 Heads light. Albemarle: Chinches. Campbell: Considerably injured by rust and chinches. 

 Cnlpeper : Not well filled. Highland: Never better. King and Queen: Eusted; grain 

 shriveled. Luncnbursh: Eusted and filled imperfectly. Madison: Eusted, but crop aver- 

 age ; Fultz retains its prestige. Smyth: Best crop since J867. Westmoreland : Eed-rust, 

 owing to extreme heat in June. Gloucester : Grain light. Henrico : White wheat failed to 

 fill well. Halifax: Injured by chinches and rust. Buchanan: Blade-rust. Bath: Fultz, 

 from the Department, very fine ; also the Tappahannock and the Touzelle. 



North (jAil'bLiNA. — Ashe: Fultz harvested very finely. CuUhcell : Promised an 

 extra crop a month ago; reduced 10 per cent, by rust. Cleveland: A third better than last 

 year both in quantity and quality. Rowan : Head short, but the grain is good. Stanley : 

 Grain generally heavy ; rusted in spots: Fultz steadily improves ; binders complain of its 

 weight in gathering; Tappahannock still maintains its reputation; we thank the Depart- 

 ment for its introduction. Cusicell : A promising crop, reduced to a third below average 

 by rust and chinch-bug. Forsyth : Best crop for six years. Gaston : Eusted in some 

 fields. Greene : Best crop in five or six j-ears. Warren : Injured by rust. Moore : Injured by 

 rust, especially late wheat. Davidson: Yield large and quality good. Alamance: Injured 

 by late and wet spring ; some of it blighted ; some failed to riiature ; much of it very light. 

 Madison : Fifteen days earlier and a fourth better than last year. Macon : Excellent, 

 though somewhat rusted in places. Burke : Best crop for years. 



South Carolina. — Lexington: Injured by rust or mold. Fairfeld : Yery good in good 

 land. Laurens : Turns out well ; best yield tor twenty years ; good flour ; culture will in- 

 crease next year. 



Georgia. — Harris : Disappointed expectation. Darcson : Prospect declining. Gordon : 

 Damaged by rust ; quantity average, but quality depreciated. Fannin : Fultz very fine. 

 Gicinmtt: Eust cut down the crop a little below average. Marion: Better than for many 

 years ; Tappahannock, from the Department, very fine. White : All cereals about average. 

 Stewart : Unusually good. 



Florida. — Gadsden : Tappahannock, from the Department, has been very satisfactory. 

 We would be glad to find some party prepared to furnish seed for a large cultivation. 



Alabama. — De Kalb: Yield above average, but quality depreciated by rust. Calhoun: 

 Grain fine and well filled. 



Mississippi. — Kemper : Eusted somewhat. 



Texas. — Kerr: Much wheat frost-killed; winter-wheat averages 6 bushels per acre; a 

 fourth of a crop ; springw-heat 8 bushels, or athird of a crop. Tappahannock, from the Depart- 

 ment, averaged J(3 bushels of beautiful grain. Bosque : Depreciated in quantity and quality 

 by rust. Kid River : Badly damaged by drought following excessive rains. Comal: Will 

 average 10 bushels per acre. Collin : Does not thrash out as well as was expected. Kendall : 

 Winter-wheat badly rusted. Burnet : Frosted in some cases and rusted in others. Bandera : 

 Winter-wheat averaged 9 bushels per acre ; spring wheat ]8-| bushels. Ellis : Yield small, 

 but grain good ; average aboirt? bushels per acre. Hunt ; Black rust has done some injury. 

 Lamar : Does not fulfill the promise of early spring ; too wet. JTood : Eusted. Cooke : 

 Did not fill well ; average yield about 10 bushels per acre. Kaufman: Light, through rust ; 

 will average 10 bushels per acre. 



Arkansas. — Craighead: Unu.sual acreage sown. Independence: Crop never better; 

 some of it already marketed. Washington: Full average, or 10 bushels per acre, Fulton : 

 Universally good, and harvested in fine condition. Marion: Better than for years. Arkansas: 

 Good. Boone : Fine and abundant. 



j^ Tennessee. — Loudon : Heavy straw and very light beads. Lincoln : Full average and 

 of good quality. Grundy : Splendid. Carter : Many fine forward fields damaged by snow 

 and frost during the last days of April. Hickman : Thrashes out 50 per cent, more than last 

 year. Blount : Damaged by drought and rust. Greene : Failed to meet expectations. 

 Grainger: Very fine. Haickins: Largest acreage and yield ever known. Knox: Fultz 

 the most valuable variety yet received ; it is hardy, vigorous, and productive. Monroe : 

 Slightly rusted. Polk: Somewhat rusted. Boone: Better than for several -years. Bledsoe: 

 Unusually good, free from smut, cheat, or cockle; a little rust on the blade. Laicrence : 

 Best crop for ten years. Cannun : Quality extra. Lradley : Upland wheat finer than any 

 since lfc.57 ; rust quite fatal along the water-courses. Mcntgomeryf: Fine. Hancock Best 

 crop for many years. Giles : Extra good. 



