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Abundant aud good. Carroll: Injured some by cbiuchcs. Pile: Quantity and qiiality 

 never better. 



Illinois. — Menard : Cbincbcs injuiious. Sangcnnon : Excellent ; yield varies from 5 to 

 35 bnsbels per acre. Winnebafjo : Half a crop; scorcbed by south ^Yinds. iee: About 

 30,000 acres in vrbeat, averaging 13 bnsbels per acre, -witb a total yieldof 390,000 ; of 

 this amount 237,500 will be available for export. Alexander : Better than ever known ; 

 fields average from 22 to 34 bushels per acre. Jackson : Good average ; commands 90 

 cents to $!1.05 per bushel. Wahasli : Fultz wheat, from the Department, is yielding 

 very satisfactorily. The wheat-crop generally is very large ; large fields have aver- 

 aged from 35 to 42 bushels per acre; county average, 20 bushels. Ciimherland : Good. 

 Edwards : Damaged by rain in the stack. Carroll : Yield and quality good ; price 80 

 cents per bushel. Sabit Clair : Splendid where well cultivated ; one farmer averaged 

 37^ bushels per acre. Massac: Late wheat injured by chinches. IVItite : Crop unparal- 

 leled but for chinches. Macon: Spring-wheat poor; fall-wheat did well ; Tappahau- 

 nock the best. 



Wisconsin. — SauJc : Eeduced by intense heat and chinches. Adams: Ten percent, 

 short, but of good quality. Fond dii Lac: Considerably shrunkeE. Juneau: Yield from 

 3 to 6 bushels per acre. Jackson : Third of a crop. 



Minnp:sota. — McLeod : Spring-wheat poorly tilled on account of extreme heat fol- 

 lowing wet weather. Moiver : Short, but of excellent quality. Nicollet: Injured by 

 grasshoijpers ; Nicollet Townsliip averages 10 bushels per acre. Sihlei/ : Injured by 

 drought, heat, and grasshoppers. Winona: Odessa wheat entirely failed. Wheat-croxi 

 averages 14 bushels per acre, ranging up to 30. Steele: Fine harvest w-eather ; crop 

 thinned by drought during stooling ; berry fair size aud sound; yield ranging from 

 14 to 30 bushels per acre. Blue Eartlt : Injured by drought and grasshoppers; quality 

 good, except red Osaka, which rusted badly. Pope : Blighted by the hot sun and 

 injured by storms. Todd: Seasonable rains ; Oran wheat rusted. Chippewa: Probably 

 injured by grasshoppers. Stearns : Damaged by storms in the shock. Douglas : Poor; 

 unfavorable har-s^est-weather. Swift : Extreme heat prevented heads from filling. 

 Buchanan : Harvested in good condition ; good quality. 



Iowa. — Chickasaw : Spring-wheat abundant and excellent. Dallas : Unusually good 

 quality. Des Moines : Ripened too rapidly on account of the intense heat. Lee : Win- 

 ter-wheat greatly damaged by rust and chinches ; spring-wheat a conjplete failure. 

 Story : Better than ever before ; averages 18 bushels per acre. Calhoun : Would have 

 been average but for grasshoppers. Folk : Both winter and spring-wheat above aver- 

 age. Emmet : Destroyed by grasshoppers. Jackson : Good grai n but diminished yield. 

 Cass: Average 20 bushels jier acre; very full and plump; well secured. Mitchell: 

 Fair; Odessa a failure. IVoodhnrii : Shortened 25 per cent, by drought and grasshop- 

 X^ers. Howard: Averages 10 or 12 bushels per acre. Harrison : Half eaten by grass- 

 hoppers. 



Missour.i. — Jefferson : Average 15 bushels per acre on uplands and 25 bushels on 

 lowlands. Platte: Sells at $1 per bushel. Douglas: Wheat never better; Fultz and 

 Tappahannock, from the Department, average about 25 bushels per acre. Daviess: 

 Good and well secured. Newton: Twenty per cent, above average. Fern on : Half crop. 

 Douglas : Fair crop. Cowhy : Very good ; 20 bushels per acre. Pulaski: Best croj) for 

 years ; 12 to 30 bushels per acre. 



Kansas. — Woodson: Almost totally eaten by chinches. Osage: Excellent where not 

 injured by chinch-bugs. Eepuhlic : Winter-wheat a good crop ; early-sown spring- 

 wheat good. Burton : Vv'^inter- wheat very good ; spring shortened by drought. 



Nebraska. — LJoone : Badly swept by grasshoppers. Dawson: First quality. 



California. — Stanislaus : Disappoints expectations; not over 10 bushels per acre 

 average yield. Suftei- : Volunteer wheat averaged 8 bushels per acre ; summer-fallow 

 averaged 30 bushels and reached 56 bushels per acre. Santa Clara : Prices reduced 

 about 5 per cent. San Joaquin : Splendid harvest; straw well developed and grain 

 good; most of the threshing done by steam-power. Mendocino: Abundant; grain- 

 hay is also abundant. Placer : Crop light but very good. Sonoma : Grain full, plump, 

 and clean. Alameda: Farmers sell only as their necessities compel them at present 

 prices. 



Oregon. — Clatsop : Damaged by rain in the shock. Clackamas : Excellent every- 

 where. Grant: Badly injured by hail-storms. Umatilla: Averages 20 to 40 bushels 

 j)er acre. 



OATS. 



Ill New England the crop is unusually good. Maine, from Avhicli 

 every county reports, returns an average condition of 104; New Hamp- 

 sliire, 105 ; Vermont, 110 ; Massachusetts and Connecticut, 103 ; Ebode 

 Island, 100. Minnesota and California return 103. All other States fall 



