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delphia : Hay harvested iu good conditioa ; some timothy and clover cut two tons per acre on 

 rather dry g;round. Chester: Clover harvested in very excellent condition. Butler: Grass- 

 crops injured by the wet and cold spring, followed by a hot, dry summer. Lehigh: Hay- 

 crop shortened by June drought. Union: Shortened by June drought and heat. Fayette: 

 Hay light owing to drought in May and June. Lancaster: Hay-crop unusually large. 

 Beaver : Clover short and cured on the stalk ready for the barn as soon as cut. Pike : Grass- 

 crops never better. Indiana: Grass-crops superior. Tioga: Hot, dry June shortened 

 timothy 10 to 20 per cent. ; clover and pasture less affected. Crawford : Best hay-crops 

 for several years in prospect. 



Maryland.— rf^comico ; Timothy and clover show most gratifying results. Harford: 

 Pasture suffering from drought. Queen Anne : Showers have kept pastures fresh and green. 

 Virginia. — F/M»ann« ; Clover and timothy fair. Warwick: Grass suffered from drought. 

 Pulaski: Hay-crop light. Fauquier: Grass-crop good. Augusta: Clover and pasture im- 

 proved by late rains. Charles City : Hay from timothy and orchard-grass, a recent intro- 

 duction, "has been very remunerative on good lands. Craig : Injured by drought. Clarice : 

 Young clover will probably be killed ; timothy did well when cut early. Chesterfield : 

 Clover; the finest crop yet raised here. Culpeper : Good grass-season. Highland: In- 

 jured by drought. Madison : Clover, small ; timothy, fair. Smyth : Grasses shortened by 

 drought. Henrico : Early pastures and hay-crop good. 

 North Carolina. — Ashe : Grass-crops shortened by drought. 



Georgia. — Harris : Pastures fine. Forsyth : But little clover sown, but that has done 

 finely. 



Florida. — Jackson: Injured by late rains. 



Alabama. — St. Clair : Clover good ; timothy injured by May drought. 

 Mississippi. — Wilkinson : Clover damaged by wind and rains. 



Texas.— Austin : Improved by late showers. Brazos : No cultivated pastures. Wild 

 grasses very fine. Fayette : Prairie-pasture excellent. 

 Arkansas. — Fulton : Prairie-grass fine and abundant, but imperfectly utilized. 

 Tennessee.— Sit/wner ; Pastures dried up; water becoming scarce. Carttr : Hay-crop 

 much injured by drought. Hickman : Pasture fast drying up. Orchard-grass and clover 

 cut June 1 ; yielded well ; timothy and red-top not so well. Bedford : Hay, half a crop. 

 Blount : Pastures drying up. Grainger : Clover and timotliy shortened by drought. 

 Bradley : Extremely difficult to get a good s.tand of clover of late years. Roane : Grass of 

 every description nearly a failure. Montgomery : No clover or timothy fit to cut ; pastures 

 drying up. 



West Virginia. — Harrison : Drought has shortened both meadows and pastures. Jack- 

 son : Grass-crops greatly shortened by drought. Monroe : Pastures and meadows burning 

 up. Nicholas : Grass-crops cut down one-half by drought. Ritchie : Greatly shortened by 

 severe drought. Marion : Pastures fine and cattle fat. Barbour : Grass crops injured by 

 drought. Grant : Hay almost a failure. Braxton : Meadows and pastures short, especially 

 pastures. Jefferson : Grasshoppers destroying the young clover. Mercer : Grass-crops all 

 below average, through drought. Monongalia: About half a crop of hay ; pastures fair; 

 cattle doing well. Randolph : Pastures hardly sufficient for a goose. 



Kentucky. — Shelby : Pastures drying up ; stock-water becoming scarce and springs 

 failing. Boyle : Very poor ; hay prospect next to zero. Adair : Not a fourth of a hay- 

 crop ; half the LJieadows will not be mowed. Hardin: Pastures dried up. Laurel: Mead- 

 ows and pastures burned up. Anderson: Ruined by drought. Christian: Hay and pas- 

 tures dried up. Hopkins : Grass-crops almost a total failure. Lincoln : Pastures burned 

 up. Warren: Drought of nine weeks has cut timothy short. Carroll: Timothy shortened 

 by drought of May and Juno. Butler: Pastures dried up and eaten to the ground. Grant: 

 Shortened by a terrible drought. Greaves : Grass-crops a failure. Logan : Pastures dry 

 enough to burn ; stock-water scarce ; families hauling drinking-water a considerable dis- 

 tance ; stock dying of thirst. Russtl : Pastures dried up ; meadows not worth cutting. 

 Edmonson : Meadows and pastures have died out. Nelson : Grass-crops burning up. Gal- 

 latin : Clover and timothy very short. 



Ohio. — Trumbull : Both timothy and clover abundant. Vinton : Meadows will scarce pay 

 for cutting. Jackson : Grass-crop short ; pastures drying up. Coshocton : Pasture, clover, 

 and timothy seriously injured by drought. Licking : Clover and timothy short ; little rain 

 simce May. Perry : Drought injuring grass-crops. Montgomery : Pastures short. Monroe : 

 Drought hard on dairies. Crawford : Grass-crops light. Mahoning : Drought shortened 

 meadows and pastures. Athens : Grass-crops not over one-fifth of an average. Meigs : 

 Grass-crops light. Columbiana : Everything parched. 'v^ 



Michigan. — Lenaicee : Clover badly winter-killed on clay soils ; good growing time 

 now. Saginaw : New clover and timothy badly injured by spring frosts. Menomonce ; 

 Season favorable. Wayne : Grass thin on the ground, but of good quality ; secured in fine 

 condition. Calhoun : Grass-crop looks well, though shortened by drought. Montcalm : A 

 great hay-crop. Cass : Hay nearly all secured in superb order, though a very light crop ; 

 pastures still very short, though cattle do not fall away in flesh very seriously. 



Indiana. — Elkhart: Clover and timothy badly injured by two dry seasons. Madison: 

 Meadows and pastures short. Decatur: Hay and pastures dried up. Posey; Pastures good, 



