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Greatly improved by August rains. Monroe : Greatly improved. Preston : Short. 

 Jefferson : Drought has cut down the crop 40 per cent. ; backward. Grant : Some com- 

 plaints of chinches ; the crop, being late, will depend on the nearness of frosts. Cabell : 

 Brought out finely by late rains. Boone : Fine rains have improved the crop beyond 

 all expectations. Harrison : Brought out surprisingly by the late rains. 



Kentucky. — Shelby : Some parts of the county have good corn weather and others 

 very poor. Clarke : Suffering from drought. Daviess : Failed to get in crops on over- 

 flowed bottoms, yet the crop of the county will be 50 per cent, greater than last year. 

 Hardin ; Improved to half a crop. Lewis : Late rains brought the crop to full average. 

 Laurel : Eeceut rains bringing out the crops. Harrison : Short through drought and 

 ravages of the chinch-bug. Gallutin : Greatly improved by recent rains. Nicholas : 

 Shortened by drought. Oldham: Poor stand and suffering for rain. Mercer: Late 

 plantings filling out, bringing the crop to average. Liojile : Improved by late rains. 

 Lincoln : Growing finely, but in danger of early frost. McLean : Wonderfully improved 

 by late rains. Taylor: Drought from May 1 to the middle of August. Breckenridye : 

 Materially improved by late rains ; crop bids fair. Grayson: Fine season since July 

 15; crop has come out wonderfully. Grares : Greatly improved by late rains. Logan: 

 Late rains too late for corn. Hussell : August fine for corn, which, however, is fifteen 

 days late ; will make two-thirds of a crop. Livingston : Rains too late to save early 

 plantings ; chinches injurious in places. Greenup : Seasonable rains. Clinton : Good 

 crop. Edmonson: Improved 50 per cent, since August 1. O/i/o :, Small stalk but unex- 

 pectedly fine earing. Owsley : Crops greatly shortened by drought ; rain too late for 

 earlj^ plantings. Mason : Late plantings greatly shortened. 



Ohio. — Harrison: Improved by late rains, miliarns : Very good; a third more 

 planted than usual on account of the clover freezing out. Scioto : Backward ; injured 

 by local storms. Crawford : Splendid crop for quantity and quality. Van Wert : Fine 

 rains for late corn. Ashland: Promising, in spite of drought. Hancock: Largest crop 

 we have ever had, though shortened by drought. Farmers making arrangements to 

 winter thousands of dairy cows. Fickaway : Cut down half, by drought extending 

 from April 25. Stark: Drought. Ottawa: Severe drought. Athens: Wonderful 

 growth in six weeks. Belmont: Weather fine, and growing. Licking: Growing finely. 

 Medina : Suffering from drought, especially late planted ; ears not filling well. Meigs : 

 Coming out finely from late rains. Adams: Shortened by drought. Ferry: Late corn 

 greatly improved by late showers. IVashington: Poor stand, and may not mature be- 

 fore frost. 



Michigan. — Charlevoix: Drought. Kalamazoo: Not earing well ; injured by drought. 

 Hillsdale: Badly injured by drought. Berrien : Cut oft' one-fourth by drought. Lena- 

 wee : Much shortened by drought. Montcalm : Very dry. Saint Joseph : Injurious 

 drought. Branch : Not over a third of a crop on sandy soils ; on timbered laud, very 

 good. Calhoun: Seriously injured by drought and heat. Wayne: Fine, where not in- 

 jured by hail. Tuscola: Somewhat shortened by drought. Shiaicassee: Injured by 

 extreme drought of six weeks. Cass : Poor, but improved by late rains. 



Indiana. — Ca,ss : Shortened one-fourth by drought. Clay: Good season. Hamilton: 

 Good average, in spite of drought and chinches. Martin : Benefited by recent rains, 

 especially late plantings. Shelby : Drought. Washington : Shortened by drought. 

 Warren : Drought. Kosciusko : Cut short 30 per cent, by August drought. Noble : 

 Greatly injured by drought. Steuben: Injured by drought ; half croj}. Hoivard: Never 

 so fine ; mostly out of danger. Fosey : Greatly improved bj' late rains. Madison: Fine 

 season. Huntington: Improved by late rains; some grub-worms. Fountain: Short- 

 ened one-fourtJi by drought. Fayette: Slightly injured by drought and chinches. Elk- 

 hart: Unparalleled drought; crop shortened 30 per cent. Decatur: Drought and 

 chinches. Ferry : Very poor. Crawford : Part of the county suft'ered from drought ; 

 the remainder reaches average. Carroll : Some crops injured by chinches. Fike : 

 Prospect very good ; fine rain of late. Bipley : If frost keeps oft' three weeks the yield 

 will be fair. Wabash: Shortened by drought and chinches. Fulton: Shortened by 

 drought. Morgan : Drought cut down the crop to average. Whitley : Good crop. 

 Union : Very much shortened by drought. Franklin : Short in quantity and weight. 

 Lawrence : Drought. Marion : Above average, and out of danger. Marshall : Short- 

 ened by drought. 



lL.uy;ois.— Washington : Badly injured, by chinches. Johnson: Drought. Logan: 

 Eains too late to save the crop. ' Livingston : Severe drought ; stock fed on corn-fodder 

 for a month. Sangamon: Chinches destructive. Winnebago: Haifa crop; scorching 

 south winds. Lee : About 92,000 acres in corn, averaging 28 bushels per acre, and 

 aggregating 2,375,000, of which 1,887,000 will be available for export. Alexander: In- 

 jured by chinches. Henderson : Fine prospect injured by drought within the last week. 

 Ferry : Ruined by drought and chinches. Effingham : Half crop ; drought and chinches. 

 Fayette : Hardly half a crop ; drought and chinches ; late crops have fine rains. Taze- 

 well : Fine growing rains. Macon : Better than common, excepting a few fields eaten 

 by bugs. Jackson : Upland corn badly damaged by chinches ; bottoms escaped. Clay : 

 Injured seriously by drought and chinches. Wayne : Improved by late fine rains. 

 Lroeiuois : Cut short one-half by drought. Whiteside: Somewhat fired at the roots. 



