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Pennsylvania. — Clearfield : Shorteued by extronie hot weather in July. Xorthamp- 

 ion : Yield very good ; 7 bushels per 100 sheaves ; grain full, sound, and heavy. Snyder . 

 Very good. York: Injured by a worm ; the second year it has infested the countj . 

 Indiana: Superior quality ;■ well secured. Buck^ : Not so heavy as was expected. Lan- 

 caster : Very good. 



]VIarylaxi>. — Frederick : Injured by extreme heat just before harvest. One farmer 

 reports a yield of 42^ bushels of Fultz wheat per acre ; no fertilizers used. Jricomico : 

 Fair yield. Daltimore : Good ; averages from 10 to 25 bushels per acre. 



Virginia. — Bedford : Not turning out as well as was expected. Fluvanna : Yield oue- 

 third short. Frederick : Two quarts of Fultz from the Department, three years ago, have 

 this year yielded over 400 bushels of excellent grain. This variety averages from 20 

 to 30 bushels per acre, while other varieties only yield from 10 to 15 bushels. Middle- 

 sex : A fiiilure. Foichafan : Tappahanuock from the Department yielded 16-fold ; Tou- 

 zelle not adapted to the climate or soil. Fnlaski : Damaged by rain in the stack. Prince 

 William : Crop inferior, but well secured. Tazewell : Turning out well. Essex : Injured 

 by rust and parched in June. Henrico : Turned out very badly. King and Queen : 

 Badly injured by rust just before harvest. Charles City : Threshed out only a half 

 crop. Chesterfield : Very poor ; brings from 80 cents to .'{j!l.45 per bushel. Floyd : Fultz 

 w^heat does finely. Amelia: Half average ; Fultz the best of all. Craicj : Two quarts 

 of Touzelle sown on thin land with a light top-dressing of manure yielded 58 quarts, 

 or 29-fold. Loudoun : Chinches injured the crop. Madison : Rusted, but secured in 

 good condition. Augusta : Threshed out poorly. Lunenburgk : Below average. 



North Carolina. — Forsyth: Best crop in eight years. Alamance: Heavy strawed ; 

 grain-yield three-fourths average. Anson: Full average. Greene: Very good. Rock- 

 ingham : A quart of white winter-wheat from the Department yielded 40-fold ; a quart 

 of winter-rye, 48-fold. Stanly: All crops light, except the Tappahanuock and Fultz, 

 especially the latter. Native seed contaminated with smut. 



Georgia. — Fannin : ilore wheat raised than ever before. Sumter : Thrashed out 

 poorly ; slovenly culture and injudicious selection of lauds. Cohb : Over average. 

 Jefferson. : Injured by excess of rain. 



Alauajia. — Jackson : The Tappanuock wheat yielded three times as much as the 

 common variety ; Touzelle has done no good. Calhoun : Good, but damaged by rain 

 in the stack. 



Mississippi. — Winstoii: A quart of Tappahanuock from the Department, in spite of 

 rust, yielded 3 pecks of wheat. 



Texas. — Upshur: Ruined by rust. Titus: Badly rusted. Dallas: Yield 15 bushels 

 per acre, berry fine, and flour good. Uvalde : Talavera wheat from the Department 

 has failed after three yeai\s' trial, through rust. It is not suited to the climate. 



Arkansas. — Crauford : A quart of Touzelle from the Deiiartment yielded 32-fold ; 

 ordinary varieties yield but 12-fold. Arkansas : A good average ; well secured. 

 Neivton : Fultz and Tappahanuock just what we want. 



Tennessee. — Washington: Injured by wet in the stack. McMinn: Will average 8 

 bushels per acre. Williamson : Harvested in fine order. Monroe : Fair croj). Giles : 

 Extra yield and heavy grain. Putnam : Largest crop ever raised here. 



West Virginia. — Braxton : Recent rains will bring the cro^) up to average. Mercer : 

 Above average in spite of midge and worms. Monroe : Crop heavier and better than 

 ever before. Putnam: Damaged by rain in the shock. The Fultz from the Depart- 

 ment has proved the most prolific in this region. One farmer, from 50 bushels of seed, ob- 

 tained a crop of 1,800 bushels. Harrison : Thrashes out unusually well ; some crops 

 injured by rain in the stack. 



KENT15CKY. — Daviess : Crop fine, averaging 20 bushels per acre, and ranging ashigh as 

 37| bushels ; grain good. Hardin : Only 85 cents per bushel. Boone : A farmer ob- 

 tained 4 bushels of Tappahannock wheat from 4 quarts of seed sent by the Dejiart- 

 ment. Another reports 80 pounds of Touzelle from 2 quarts of seed. Both experi- 

 ments were tried on clay soil. Nicholas : Unusually good. Lincoln : Generally sound 

 and good. McLean: Better than for years ; Fultz did admirably. Graves',: Good crop, 

 but quality somewhat depreciated by the drought. Bussell : A gallon of Fultz sent 

 three years ago from the Department has this year resulted in 98 bushels. A gallon of 

 Mediterranean winter produced 3 bushels ; promises to be very fine. 



Ohio. — Coshocton : Crop larger, better, and better secured than for many years. 

 Fultz better and more abundant than any other variety. Ashland: Abundant and 

 extra fine. Morgan: Largest and best crop for many years; Fultz from the Depart- 

 ment is the best; Tappahanuock not quite so good. Boss: Splendid crop. Columbiana: 

 Very fine. 



Michigan. — Berrien: Fair. Branch: Full average and fair. Tuscola: Great varia- 

 tion of yield and quality. 



Indiana. — Never larger or finer ; average from 20 to 40 bushels per acre. Steuben : 

 Partly recovered from winter freezing ; well secured. Howard : Fine yield in spite of 

 winter-killing. Madison : Fine. Fountain : Good. i^a^eWe; Good quality. Crawford: 



