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Madison : Suffering from cbiucbes. Moultrie : Average. Carroll : CoatiQiied drought. 

 Clinton: Taken by chinclies. Shelby: Materially injured by drought and cbiucbes; 

 fine rains too late for corn. Vermilion : Shortened a third by drought. ;SY. Clnir : Second 

 attack of chinches very destructive. White : Crop unparalleled but for chinches. 

 Henry : Shortened greatly by drought. Bandolpli : Destroyed mostly by chiuch-bugs. 

 Cass : Shortened a fourth by drought and chinches. Ford : Half eaten by chinches. 

 Oyle : Light through drought. McLean : Greatly improved, but short. Hancock : Some 

 injury from chinches; abundant rains during summer. Mason: Sulfered severely 

 from drought and chinches. Pratt : Drought and chinches. 



Wisconsin. — Sank: Ten per cent, eaten by chinches; injured by drought. Fond du 

 Lac: Earing poorly on account of drouglit. Juneau: Good in spite of drought ; no 

 rain for two months. Columbia : Shortened by drought and chinches. Jackson : Full 

 average. Pierce : Drought. Jefferson : Drouglit and chinches. Richland : Late plant- 

 ings badly hurt by drought. Outagamie : Rains too late. 



SliNNESOTA. — Mower: Unusually good. XicoUet : Injured by grasshoppers. Steele: 

 Fully matured. Blue Earth : Increased acreage, but yield reduced to average by drought 

 and grasshoppers. 



Iowa. — Chickasaw : Late rains may bring the crop to average. Dallas : Ears small, 

 but abundant. Bes Moines : Injured by larv;e of the May beetle. Henry : Acreage 10 

 per cent, increase ; average crop. Late copious rains. Story : Shortened by drought 

 20 per cent. Polk: Shortened by drought; favorable weather for maturing the 

 crop. Appanoose : Saved by timely rains ; crop ungathered selling to feeders from the 

 grassho2>per regions of Nebraska at §10 to sl'2 per acre on the stalk. Emmet : Destroyed 

 by grasshoppers. Jackson : Shortened by drought. Cass : Largest crop ever raised ; 

 ten days will save it from frost. Mitchell : Splendid crops where well cultivated. Mont- 

 gomery : Injured by drought. Pocahontas: Much improved. Van Buren : Fine growing 

 rains. Woodbury : Shortened 20 per cent, by grasshoppers. Washington : Greatly 

 affected by drought. Howard: Almost out of danger. Audubon: Plenty of rain in 

 August ; crop heavy. Buchanan : Fair average in spite of drought. Decatur : Best 

 crop for many years. Delaware: Sutfering. Harrison: Badly injured by grasshoppers. 

 Tama: Driest season since the county was settled. Pottawattomie : Late plantings suf- 

 fering from drought. 



MissouKi. — Texas : No rain for seven weeks ; will not reach 7 bushels per acre. A 

 hot southwest wind is doing more damage than the drought ; thermometer at 107° in 

 the shade for six days. Baxter : Crop worth nothing ; our people must sufi'er terribly ; 

 nothing to feed stock with ; drought terribly destructive. Chariton: Suffered severely 

 from drought. Jefferson : No rain for five weeks. Oregon : Ruined by drought and 

 chinches ; no rain for ten weeks. Polk : Ruined by drought and chinches ; worst out- 

 look ever known. Christian: Ruined by drought. Crawford: Ruined by drought and 

 chinches. Caldwell: A third of a crop ; much being cut for fodder. Platte: Crop now 

 being ctit to avoid grasshoppers ; terrible drought. Putnam: Prospects mostly fine ; 

 drought injurious in some parts. Saint Genevieve : Excessive drought at last broken by 

 abundant rains. Clinton: Hot southwest winds blasted some spots of corn. Douglas : 

 Cut down half by drought and chinches. Hay : Seriously injured by protracted 

 drought. Bates: Terrible drought; ruined the crops. Daviess: Drought cut dow^n the 

 crop to 25 ijer cent. De Kalb : Injured b3' drought and chinches; a third of a crop. 

 Moniteau : A fourth of a crop ; drought and hot winds. Montgomery : A few crops 

 taken by grub-worms and a few by grasshoppers. Newton: Reduced to a lower figure 

 than was ever before known by drought and chinches. Balls : Better than for many 

 years ; rain abundant and seasonable ; chinches did little damage. Ripley : Dried up 

 by hot, burning atmosiihere ; yellow field-corn from the Department matured two or 

 three weeks earlier than common sorts. Vernon : Injured severely by drought and 

 chinches ; not half a crop. Shelby : Suft'ered from drought and chinches. Morgan : 

 Chinches destructive. 2IcDonald : An entire failure in many places. Phelj^s : Nearly 

 ruined by six weeks of drought. Pettis : Reduced by drought and chinches to an 

 average of 4 bushels per acre. Johnson : Almost a total failure, through drought and 

 chinches. Cass ; Will average 5 bushels, leaving out some neighborhoods favored with 

 good rains. Dallas : Destroyed by drought and chinches. Taney : Will not average 

 10 bushels per acre ; late plantings scarce worth gathering. Benton : Drought and 

 chinches. Grundy : Nearly ruined by drought and chinches. Cole : Upland crops 

 scorched. " -^ ' 



Kansas. — Jefferson : A fourth of a crop ; drought, chinches, and grasshoppers. Mor- 

 ris : Suffered severely from grasshoppers. Cherokee: Short through lack of cultivation, 

 drought, and chinches. Franklin: Fearfully reduced by drought, chinches, and grass- 

 hoppers. JS^nnaha : Nearly ruined by drought and grasshoppers ; not 5 bushels jier 

 acre. Mitchell: Ruined by grasshoppers. Montgomery: Not over 15 bushels per acre. 

 Allen : Materially injured by millions of grasshoppers. Smith : Totally destroyed by 

 grasshoppers. Bourbon : Injured seriously by grasshoppers, drought, and hot winds. 

 Douglas : Not over one in fifty fields made any grain at all ; grasshoppers took every- 

 thing. Leavenworth: Grasshoppers and drought. Cowley: Destroyed by grasshoppers. 

 Labette: Destroyed by drought ; used onlj' as fodder; man ai.d beast must live on 



