299 



An unparalleled success, but in some cases cut too green in order to escape chinches ; some 

 of it damaged in the sheaf. Tappahannock gives poor satisfaction. Fultz does well. Osage: 

 Chinches destroyed the spring-wheat and most of the fall-wheat. Wabuimsee : Spring-wheat 

 largely destroyed by chinches. Eepublic : In fine condition where early sown. Wilson : 

 Castor-beans and flax taking the place of small grain till the chinches get out of the way. 

 Atchison: Chinches very injurious. Neosho: A magniticent crop but for the chinches; in 

 the north part of the county one-fourth of the grain was left standing, not being worth cutting. 



Nebraska. — Ntcholls : Late-sown wheat affected by the drought. Cass : Our wheat was 

 blighted considerably. Antelope: Very promising. Merrick: Some wheat "fired" by hot 

 south winds following a wet spring. Boone : Lack of harvestiug-machinery ; many prefer 

 hiring labor to purchashing implements. Hall : Grain-crops improved with late warm 

 south winds. Adams: Remarkably good. Nemaha: Spring-wheat somewhat "scabbed." 



California. — San Diego : Better crops than for five years. Najya : Sowing delayed, and 

 acreage restricted by heavy winter-rains ; yield subsequently injured by dry-north winds. 

 Del Norte : Grain looks well, but is late. Santa Clara: Affected seriously by hot, dry 

 weather and north winds. Santa Cruz : Grain-crops fine, especially early sown; late sown 

 greatly improved by recent rains, and will be a fair average crop. Stanislaus: Overesti- 

 mated as usual. Merced : Lately injured by northwest winds ; all grain except summer-fal- 

 low is more or less shrunk; crop, however, in centals, will be a full average. Alameda: 

 Considerably rusted, especially near San Francisco Bay; ships loading new wheat at Oak- 

 land wharves. Mendocino : Late wheat looks remarkably well. Placer: Poorer than iu any 

 other county of the State owing to excessive winter rains. 



Oregon. — Multnomah: Grain-crops heavy on account of unusual rain-fall; some fear 

 that the crops may overgrow and fall. Benton : Spring unusually cool, with frequent rains ; 

 harvest will be late, but the yield abundant. Columbia : Looks exceedingly well. 



Utah. — IVeher : All our cereals promise abundant crops. San Pete : One-fourth destroyed 

 by cut-worms. Utah : Injured by cut,-worms. 



COTTON. 



The cotton-planters report to the Department of Agriculture, iu ac- 

 cordance with the conditional promise of the June report, au improve- 

 ment in the condition of the plant in every State. The percentages of 

 average condition are higher than in June, by the following figures : 3 in 

 Louisiana, 4 in Arkansas, G in Florida, 7 in South Carolina, 9 in Missis- 

 sippi, 10 in Alabama, 11 in Georgia, 12 in Tennessee and Texas, 13 in 

 North Carolina. Texas and North Carolina return condition above 

 average. The following are the State averages: North Carolina, 102 j 

 South Carolina, 88 ; Georgia, 91 ; Florida, 96 ; Alabama, 92 ; Missis- 

 sippi, 87 ; Louisiana, 73; Texas, 102; Arkansas, 94; Tennessee, 97. As 

 compared with July of last year, condition is higher, except in Florida, 

 Louisiana, and Arkansas, though the difference is slight in Tennessee 

 and. Georgia, and not very wide in Mississippi and Alabama. 



In North Carolina temperature has been high, rains seasonable, and 

 growth rapid ; the plant is still small and ten days late in certain coun- 

 ties. Fields have generally had good i>reparation and clean culture. 

 Edgecomb, which produces one-eighth of the cotton of the State, re- 

 turns condition 110. 



Improvement has been rapid in South Carolina, and is still progress- 

 ing, though growth is not advanced to an average. Lice infest some 

 fields. Darlington, yielding one-seventh of the fiber of the State, re- 

 turns condition at 90. 



Seventy-three counties in Georgia, representing two-thirds of the 

 crop, report a backward season, too much rain, better and cleaner til- 

 lage than last year ; less of fertilizers used. Eumors of the caterpillar 

 come up from Southwestern Georgia. 



Improvement is manifest in Florida, with too abundant rains in some 

 counties, and a tendency to the shedding of forms. 



While rains have been frequent in Alabama, fields have generally 

 been kept clean. Of seven counties, which yield a third of the crop of 

 the State, condition is placed at 90 in Bullock, Barbour, Montgomery, 



