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Bradlet/ : Potatoes nearly destroyed by the May drouglit and bugs ; sweet potatoes very 

 promising^. 



West VfROlxiA. — Harrison : Good rains will make a large crop in spite of the bugs. 

 Preston : Infested with bugs ; hand-picking the only remedy used. Brooke : Drought has 

 almost ruiued the crop saved from the bugs with such great effort. Nicholas : Cut dowa 

 half by drought. Cnbell : Early plantings about ruined by drought and bugs. Hardy : 

 Early plantings injured and later threatened by the Colorado beetle. Hancock : Colorado 

 beetles very destructive ; Paris green the only successful remedy. Jefferson : Colorado beetles 

 still destructive. Braxton : Potatoes planted in March not so promising as those planted in 

 May. 



Kextucky. — Jefferson : Nearly destroyed by Colorado beetles. Shelby : Will be an en- 

 tire failure if rain does not come soon. Hardin : Ruined by drought and bugs. Harrison : 

 Almost rained by bugs. Taylor: Crop nearly ruined by Colorado beetles. Anderson: 

 Greatly shortened by drought and Colorado beetles. Lincoln : Almost ruiued by drought 

 and Colorado beetles. Grant: Almost a failure through Colorado beetles. Graves: Will 

 hardly return their seed. Bussell : A complete failure. Eockcastle: Almost a failure. Scott: 

 Almost destroyed by bugs. Spencer : Attacked by bugs twenty-seven days earlier than last 

 year. 



Ohio. — Trumbull : Better than last year ; bugs numerous, but successfully resisted ; not 

 much damage done. Delaware: Drought and bugs. Monroe: Will be destroyed if the 

 drought continues. Cratcford : Doing finely. Erie : Bugs plenty, but killed with Paris 

 green ; our potatoes have never failed. Lucas : Colorado beetles numerous ; Paris green a 

 successful extarminator. Meigs : Suffering from drought. 



MiCHlGAX. — Lenawee: Colorado beetles threatening the crop. Antrim: Bugs plenty. 

 Bay: Bugs troublesome. Van Buren : Colorado beetles less numerous ; kept in check with 

 Paris green. Tuscola: Promising; bugs less numerous than formerly. Cass: Promise to 

 more than meet home-demand. 



Indiana. — Elkhart : Planting deterred by the bugs. Perry : Early plantings ; no crop. 

 Washington : Shortened by drought. Harrison : Early plantings failed. Cass : Colorado 

 beetles less numerous than when they first appeared this season. Clay : Colorado beetles 

 less troublesome than for two years past. Floyd: Few and small. Jasper: Colorado bee- 

 tles less destructive than usual. Marion : Colorado beetles did little damage on account of 

 strenuous efforts for their destruction. Whiteley : A big crop promised. 



Illinois. — Cumberland : Colorado beetles and old-fashioned potato-bugs are numerous. 

 Hancock : Potato-bugs have been bad, but are decreasing. Kankakee : Bugs not so bad as 

 in the last two years. Macon : Promise better crop than for last two years ; bugs doing but 

 little damage. Madison : Very few Colorado beetles, but a new enemy in the form of black 

 lice greedily eating the tops. Tazcicell : Bugs plenty ; destroying them with Pans green. 

 Carroll : Colorado beetles checked by the rain, and the great efforts made for their destruc- 

 tion. Henderson : Will soon dry up. Ogle : Colorado beetles have mostly disappeared. 

 Futnam : Parasites have destroyed the eggs of the Colorado beetles. Wayne : Colorados 

 injurious. Pulaski : Early plantings almost a total failure, owing to extreme drought. 



Wisconsin. — Pierce : Bugfs thick as ever. IValworth : Reduced below average by Colo- 

 rado beetles. Clark : Colorado beetles destructive. Dodge : Do well in spite of innumera- 

 ble Colorado beetles. Douglas : Colorado beetles have come in great numbers, but men, 

 w'onien and children are fighting them. Green Lake : Bug war still continues. Door : Co- 

 lorado beetles not so injurious, but the black potato-bug is worse. Outagamie : Colorado 

 beetles and black beetles very injurious, especially the latter. 



Minnesota. — Steele : Colorado beetles at work, but not very injurious. Chisago : Color- 

 ado beetles very numerous. Meeker : Colorado-beetles destructive. Sibley : Good in spite 

 of bugs. 



Iowa. — Cass : Some Colorado beetles, but a plentiful use of Paris green will secure a 

 large crop. Howard : Colorado beetles in full force. Mahaska : Look very fine. Clinton : 

 Fewer potatoes planted, and bugs more numerous than usual. — Tama: Colorado beetles as 

 numerous as ever. 



Missouri. — Greene : Drought affecting the crop. Phelps : Some bugs reported both in 

 potatoes and sweet potatoes. Adair: Fine. 



Kansas. — Mitchell : Lady-bugs destroying the eggs of the Colorado beetle. Woodson : 

 Colorado beetles very threatening. Wyandot : Very fine, but need rain. Barton : Crop of 

 extra promise till June 15, when it was attacked by the large green -tobacco-worm. Not 

 over a half crop will be harvested. EllsicoHh : Willbe a failure if the drought continues. 

 Jackson : Threatened by drought. Sumner : A large worm is destroying the vines. Green- 

 jcood: Crop injured by Colorado beetles and a slender slate-colored bug, (probably one of 

 the C a nth and a;.) 



Nebraska. — Antelope: Ravaged by Colorado beetles and tobacco-worms. Thayer: 

 Potatoes and tomatoes badly injured by Colorado beetles. 



California. — Alameda : First crop ran to tops. 



Oregon. — Clackamas : Injured by excessive rains. Columbia: Potato blight has ap- 

 peared. Earlier kinds too far advanced. Late plantings hardly worth digging. 



