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Wisconsin. — Crairford : Winter wheat suffered from drought. Pierce: Mauy fields 

 thin and weedy. Clark : Increased attention to winter-wlieat. Dodge : Thin and short. 

 Douglas : Somewhat drowned out. Green Lake : Promising. Jefferson : Damaged some- 

 what by chinches. Cnliimet: Drilled wheat far ahead of broadcast. Dane: Fultz wheat 

 a fine yield, though winter-wheat is not much grown ; spring-wheat threatened by chinches. 

 Fond (III Lac : Berry shrinking through excessive heat. Green : Chinch-bags flourishing in 

 the drought ; some farmers have plowed up their spring-wheat. 



Minnesota. — Steele : Some pieces, through drought in May, did not stool out thick, but, 

 on the whole, it now looks very promising. Cliippeiva : Spring-wheat, our staple crop, 

 promises finely ; no grasshoppers. Goodhue: Spring-wheat affected by drought, especially 

 on old land. Houston : Growing finely, but it is feared the wet w.eather will produce an 

 excessive growth of straw. McLeod : Wet weather enhances the growth of straw. Meeker : 

 Improved by the wet weather. Mower : Exceeding all expectation since the rain of last 

 month. Sherburne : Best crop for many years. Wahashaw : Shortened by May drought. 

 Jackson : But few pieces left by the grasshoppers. Faribault : Eaten by grasshoppers. 

 Donulas : Prospect for small grain never better. Sibley: Stands well; promising. Ren- 

 ville: Looks fine where not devoured by grasshoppers. Eock ; Injured by grasshoppers 

 fully one-tenth. Isanti : Late rains gave small grain a start. 



Iowa. — Cass : Never a better prospect for wheat and all other cereals. Marion : Cereal 

 crops shortened by drought. Clinton : Wheat just heading out ; extreme heat may pro- 

 duce rust. Clarke : Rains destroying the young chinches and perfecting the small grains. 

 Lee: Winter-wheat an unusually large crop; spring-wheat will not pay for cutting. 

 Mitchell : Growing rapidly. Grtene : Did not stool at the proper time on account of 

 drought; hence crop shortened. Hancock: On new breakings spring-wheat is full 15 per 

 cent, better than last year; on old lands as much poorer; grasshoppers, in some places, 

 have swept the fields. Harrison : Much spring-wheat destroyed by grasshoppers and 

 plowed up for corn; three-fourths of the crop destroyed. Henry: Looks well, though it 

 suffered from the hot sun while in blossom. Howard : Early sowings on new soil are ex- 

 cellent ; late sowings injured by drought. Hardin : Thinner than usual, but clean and free 

 from rust. Jefferson : Seriously injured by drought and chinches. Taylor : Spring-wheat 

 rather short-strawed ; a little damaged by chinches. Humboldt: Injured by grasshoppers. 

 Webster : A third of the wheat in the northern part of the county destroyed by grass- 

 hoppers. 



Missouri. — Lan-rence : Chinches not very injurious, but Hessian flies threaten the whole 

 crop. Texas : Fifty per cent, better than last year. Caldwell : Threatened by chinches ; 

 crop damaged already 35 to 50 per cent. Cass ; But few fields of good wheat. Chinches 

 have been very destructive. Nodaway: Fall-wheat leaf-rusted; spring-wheat injured by 

 drought. Greene : Fine in quality. Moniteau : Finest crop ever raised here. Barton : Best 

 crop for many years. Daviess: Excellent; chinches behind time. Taney: Never better. 

 Bates: Chinches nearly destroyed the crop. Benton: Wheat on prairie soil badly injured by 

 chinches. Ou timber-land the crop is ave^rage. Carroll : Spring-wheat eaten by chinches ; 

 winter-wheat did not entirely escape. Cape Girardeau : Suffering from drought. Clinton : 

 Chinches. De Kalb : Winter-wheat somewhat injured by chinches. Harrison: Chinches in 

 spring-wheat. Iron: Best crop for years. Johnson: Chinches destructive in some places. 

 Sage: Harvest ten days early ; crop better than for many years. Perry: Excellent in quan- 

 tity and quality. Pettis : Damaged by chinches 25 to 30 per cent. Polk : Fultz, from the 

 Department, a very superior crop. Ralls: Chinches have done great damage in a few fields. 

 Randolph: Chinches injured a few late-sown fields. Reynolds: Batter than for many years. 

 Riply : Finer than ever. Stoddard : Largest and b38t crop we ever raised. Adair : Dam- 

 aged by chinches. Cole : Prices sinking, crop so large and fine. Laclede : Best crop ever 

 known here. Clay: Chinches too late. Howard: Good quality; crop safe. Jasper: 

 Largest crop ever harvested. 



Kansas. — Leavenworth : Threatened by chinches. Douglas : Spring- wheat mostly de- 

 stroyed by chinches. IVyandot : Never better ; secured in excellent condition. Allen : 

 Damaged by chinches. A nderson : Nearly ruined by chinches. Barton : Winter grain good, 

 and well secured. Bourbon : Harvested in good condition. Chase : Spring-wheat badly 

 damaged by chinches. Cherokee: Ripened too soon for chinch-bugs ; a very superior yield. 

 Franklin : Wheat-fields full of chinches. Farmers say they will sow no more wheat. Jack- 

 son : Chinches injured fall-wheat and almost ruined spring-wheat. Jefferson: Badly in- 

 jured by chinches. Lyon: Chinches in spring-wheat. Ltn« : Damaged by chinches. Mont- 

 gomery : Early sowing got the crop mostly out of the way of chinches. Early varieties, 

 drilled, suffered but little ; late broadcast crops suffered more. Morris : Spring-wheat 

 threatened by chinches. Smith : Spring-wheat from the Department will yield 40 bushels 

 per acre. Sumner: Spring-wheat injured by chinches. Washington: Spring-wheat the best 

 yield I have seen in this State for twenty years. I am satisfied that our prairie sub-soil, so 

 rich in gypsum and iron, cannot be exhausted by cereal crops. Butler : Largest and best 

 yield of winter-wheat — 30 bushels per acre. Some fields reach 40 bushels. Spring-wheat 

 almost totally destroyed by chinches. Greenwood ; Wiuter-wheat affected, and spring- 

 wheat almost destroyed by chinches. Marion: Winter-wheat could not be better. Spring- 

 wheat injured by drought in May and by chinches. Many fields will not be cut. Labette: 



