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rye is reported in none of the States south of the line of the Ohio Eiver. 

 In most of the other States it is full average, or above. Its maximum, 

 107, is in Oregon; its minimum, 78, in Minnesota and Kansas. 



New York. — Wyomina : Largely winter-killed. 



Pennsylvania. — Clearfield : Fair. Indiana : Filling finely. Lancaster : Short. 



Missouri. — Madison : Very good. 



North Carolina. — Greene : Good. 



Georgia. — 31arion : Better than for many years. 



Texas.— Burnet : Disappointed expectations. 



Kestvcky.— Jefferson ; Fine. Shelby : Above average in spite of drought. Franklin : 

 As good as any previous crop. Anderson : About average. Lincoln ; Good. Graves : 

 Eeduced by wet spring and dry June. 



Indiana. — Floyd : Extra good. 



iLhlNOls.— Woodford : Injured by freezing. Moultrie: Good. Humboldt: Injured by 

 grasshopper. 



Kansas.— Dou^ias ; Winter-rye badly injured by chinches. 



BARLEY. 



Winter-barley attains its highest average, 103, in Kentucky and 

 Kansas. It is full average, or above, in Massachusetts, New York, 

 Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, California, and Oregon. Its minimum 

 is noted in Illinois, 87 ; it is reported in about half the States. Spring- 

 barley shows its maximum in Oregon, lOG, and its minimum in Ohio, 78. 

 It is not reported in any State south of the Ohio River, nor in New- 

 Jersey and Indiana. In the Northwest it is generally somewhat below 

 average, but on the Pacific coast it rises above. 



New York. — Livingston: Needs rain. Wyoming: Backward and small. Wayne: Large 

 and heac^y. 



Pennsylvania. — Tioga : Shortened by drought. 



Texas. — Lamar : Did not realize ifs early spring promise. 



Omo.— Montgomery : Good. Sciota : Better than for years ; same fields yield from forty 

 to sixty bushels per acre. 



Indiana. — Floyd: Extra good. 



Wisconsin. — Douglas: Somewhat drowned out. 



Iowa. — Marion: Shortened by drought. Humboldt: lojsired by grasshoppers. 



Nebraska. — Antelope: Very promising. 



California. — Napa: Average retarded by vrinter rain, and yield shortened by dry north 

 winds. Alameda: Promising. Humboldt: Retarded by wet spring. 



Utah. — San Pete : Injured by cut-worms. Utah: Injured by cut-worms. 



POTATOES. 



The acreage in potatoes is about 2 per cent, in advance of last year. 

 The States showing an increase are Michigan, 121 ; Massachusetts and 

 Kansas, 113 ; Connecticut, 112 ; South Carolina and Nebraska, 109 ; 

 Ohio, 108; Indiana, 107; Iowa, lOG; New York, 105; Maine, Illinois, 

 and Missouri, 103 ; Vermont, Arkansas, and California, 102 ; Alabama, 

 101; North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Oregon report an acreage equal to 

 last years; the other States show a decrease, the minimum, 85, being 

 in Tennessee. The crop is reported in highest condition in Connecti- 

 cut, 110 ; next Massachusetts and Nebraska, 108 ; Texas and Kansas, 

 106 ; Michigan, 103 ; Missouri, 102 ; New York, Florida, Wisconsin, and 

 Iowa, 101 ; all the other States are below average, the minimum, 50, 

 being in Kentucky ; Tennessee reports 65 ; West Virginia, 71 ; Arkan- 

 sas, 78 ; North Carolina, 84. The Colorado beetle is extending itn de- 

 structive operations to the eastward, while in many sections of the 

 West its virulence is unabated. In other localities, however, the nui- 

 sance seems on the decline. The persistent use of Paris-green and 

 other remedies is reported as entirely successful in many places. The 



