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None of the largo coni-prodnciDg States reach average, while sev- 

 eral of them show a decliue from even last year's depressed condition. 

 The ouljifStates that are average or above are Ehode Island, Couuecti- 

 cnt, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, California, and Oregon, which, 

 together, produce less than one-twentieth of the crop. 



Of 1,145 counties reporting corn-culture, 273 are above average, 240 

 average, and 632 below. This classification of counties in the different 

 States is shown in the following table: 



states. 



Maine 



New Hampshire. 



Vermont 



Massachusetts . . . 



Khode Island 



Connecticut ... . 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina . . 

 South Carolina. . . 



Georjria 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



d M 



states. 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia . 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



California 



Oregon 



Total -•-. 273 



60 

 34 

 44 

 33 

 49 

 53 

 36 

 53 

 65 

 32 

 30 

 63 

 62 

 31 

 12 

 18 



1,145 



The New England States, as a whole, fall about one-tenth short of an 

 average. The plantings were generalh^ late, and the crop is conse- 

 quently backward, and has already been touched with frost in some of 

 the more northern counties. Farmers are hoping for a warm Septem- 

 ber to enable it to mature. 



The Middle States will fall about as far below average condition. They 

 complain of the same unfavorable conditions, besides an abnormal de- 

 pression of temperature at night. In some localities drought, and in 

 others excess of rain, is stated. The greatest depression is in New Jer- 

 sey ; Pennsylvania is nearly average. An improvement in the conditions 

 of growth is noted in many localities, w hich in another month may con- 

 siderably raise the average during the current month. 



The South Atlantic States, as a whole, are slightly above average, 

 the high condition in South Carolina and Georgia compensating for the 

 decline in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, caused by drought, 

 chinches, cool nights,, &c. Late stands to some extant depressed the 

 yield. The chronic complaint of slovenly cultivation is also received from 

 some counties, but not so frequently as in former reports. 



The Gulf States promise about nine-tenths of an average crop. 

 Drought, extreme heat, and hot winds injured late plantings in several 

 counties, in some cases very severely. These were felt most widely in 

 Louisiana, where the flooding rains of spring prevented an early stand, 

 and threw the crop mostly into the later droughts. Crops made before 

 the drought were generally fine. 



The inland Southern States will make but three-fourths of a crop, the 

 averages being respectively as follows : Arkansas, 53 ; Tennessee, (JQ ; 



