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Adair: Almost a total failure. Hardin: Almost an entire failure. Laurel: Cut off one- 

 half by drought. Taylor : Nearly cut .off by drought; three-fourths of the acreage will 

 not be cut. Anderson : Almost a failure through drought. Christian : Ruined by drought. 

 Hopkins : Will not pay for cutting. Lincoln : Almost a failure. IVarren : Shortened by 

 nine weeks of drought. Carroll : Shortened by drought of May and June. Russell : A 

 complete failure. Rockcastle : Nearly a failure. No rain since May 1, except a light shower 

 June 26. Owslty : Not over half a crop. Owen : An entire failure ; in some places they are 

 too low to cut. Gallatin : Very short. Metcalfe : Poor. 



Ohio. — Vinton: Will scarce pay for cutting; but little rain since May 1. Jackson: A 

 failure. Coshocton : Seriously injured by drought. Delaware : Rather dry, but promise an 

 average yield. Licking: Shortened by drought ; no rain since May 1. Perry: Injured by 

 drought. Montgomery : Shortened by drought. Adams: Chinch-bugs eating the oats. 

 Mahoning : Shortened by drought. Meigs : Suffering from continued drought. 



Michigan. — Menomonee : Season favorable. Calhoun : Look well. 



Indiana. — Orange: Greatly damaged by chinch-bugs. Howard: Fine. Decatur: Al 

 most a failure. I'erry : Almost a failure. Putnam : Not very rank, but heading up well. 

 Ripley: About half a crop. Washington: Short through drought. Harrison: Oats almost 

 a failure. Brown : Short through drought ; some too short to cut. Clay : Short, but fairly 

 headed. Crairford : Threatened by chinch-bugs. Floyd : Average about a foot in height ; 

 some crops not worth cutting ; most will be mowed as hay. Hamilton : Extra fine. Ma- 

 rion : Shortened by drought. Wayne : Shortened by drought. Franklin : Shortened by 

 drought. Jl'hitely : Rather dry. 



Illinois. — Kankakee : Late rains saved the oats. Madison : Very short. Clinton : In- 

 jured by chinches. Effinfjham : Shortened by drought. Jackson: Damaged by drought and 

 chinches. Montgomery: Very short. Richland: Largely destroyed by chinches. Sanga- 

 mon: Too dry and hot; injured by chinches. Washington: Many fields destroyed by 

 chinches. Wayne: Badly damaged by drought and chinches. Perry: Nearly destroyed by 

 chinches. Schuyler : Very little damaged by chinches, though these are very numerous. 

 Mercer : Rapidly drying up. Dodge : Nearly average ; late sown. 



Wisconsin. — Greene : Below average. 



Minnesota. — Meeker: Look well ; growing very stout. Mower: Flourishing since the 

 June rains. Wahasha : Shortened by Mny drought. Rock : But slightly affected by grass- 

 hoppers. 



luw A.— Marion : Shortened by drought. Henry : Looks well. Howard : Early-sown 

 very fiue ; late-sown injured by drought. Taylor: Rather short-strawed. Tama: Look 

 finely. Humboldt : Injured by grasshoppers. Webster : A third of the oats in the northern 

 part of the county destroyed by grasshoppers. 



Missouri. — Calducll: Promising, but threatened by chinches. Crtss ; Hundreds of acres 

 destroyed by chinches. Vernon : Prematurely ripened by ravages of the chinches. Saint 

 Clair: Chinches making havoc. Greene: Beginning to feel the drought. Moniteau: 

 Chinches injurious. Taney: Injured by June drought. Carroll: Destroyed in many 

 places by chinches. C«/>e 6'Jr«r</e«M ; Afiected by drought. Clinton: Chinches. DeKalb : 

 Chinches. Montgomery: Chinches tad. Sage: Injured by drought in May and June. 

 Milhr : Damaged by cliinches. Perry: Faijed from excessive rains at sowing-time and 

 subsequent droughU Potter: In many places the chinch has made the crops not worth 

 cutting. Reynolds: Shortened by drought. Ripley: Shortened by drought, Newton: 

 Low; injured by chinches in some places. Adair: Fine. Dallas : Very short, Laclede: 

 Shortened by drought in May ; infested with chinches. Pi/ce ; Damaged by rust. Craw- 

 ford: Prospect never so poor. Clay: Drought and chinches. 



Kansas.— /)02/(f/«ss ; Mostly destroyed by chinches. Allen: Damaged by chinches. 

 Anderson: Injured by chinches. Barton: Sliortened by drought. Bourbon: Shortened 

 by chinches. Jefferson: Injured by chinches. Linn: Damaged by chinches. Mont- 

 gomery: Injured by drought. Morris: Threatened by chinches. Sumner: Injured by 

 chinches. Greenwood : Badly injured by chinches. Marion : Light. Osage : Injured by 

 chinches. Wilson: Cut down by chinches. Atchison: Greatly damaged by chinches. 

 Neosho : Terribly injured by chinches. 



Nebraska.— LiKco/w ; Looks well. Antelope: Very promising. 



California. — Alameda : Very good. 



Utah. — San Pete : One-fourth destroyed by cut-worms. 



EYE. 



Wiiiter-rye is full average, or «T.bove, iu most of tbe States, and very 

 nearly average in several others. Its maxinuim conditiou is iu Con- 

 necticut 110 ; and its minimum 88 in South Carolina. The New Eng- 

 land, Middle, South Atlantic, and Gulf States generally show superior 

 condition. The crop ranges above average also in the inland Southern 

 States, in which grain and fruit crops suffered so disastrously. Spring- 



