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below average, raugiug from 99 iu Oregon to 47 in Kentucky. The report - 

 ed causes of reduced condition are : Is^ew York, 88, drought and rust; ISTew 

 Jersey, 72, rust ; Pennsylvania, 82, drought and grasshoppers. Through- 

 out the South Atlantic and Gulf States both drought and rust have ex- 

 tensively prevailed. The same is true of Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, 

 and Kentucky. In the other States west of the Mississippi grasshoppers 

 have been very destructive on oats as on other crops. Chinches have 

 also done extensive injury in large areas of both the Mississippi and 

 Ohio Valleys. Drought united with chinches to reduce the crop in Wis- 

 consin, 83. The average for the country is a condition of 86. 



Maine. — Penohscof : Greatly improved by rains of Jnly. Jroostook : Never more 

 promisiug. York : Best crop for yeai's. Oxford : Not well filled. 



MASSAcnusE'rrs. — Berkshire: Heavy crop. 



New Yokk. — Otsefjo : Best crop for years. JVyomhig : Early fallow oats later than the 

 Brunswick, bnt have done well. Albanii : Knst iu some places. Queens: Keduced by 

 drought. WaMiugton : Growth extraordinary, bnt somewhat rusted. Snllintn : Large 

 growth of straw, but light grain. 



New Jersey. — Warren : Light and somewhat rusted. 



Pennsylvania. — Butler: Very light ; late-sown best. Northampton: Poor, Indiana: 

 Half a crop; well secured. Tioga: Never harvested in liner condition. Bedford: 

 Damaged by drought. Lancaster : Short in straw and light in grain. Beaver : Light, 

 and badly eaten by grasshoppers. Mifflin : Very jioor ; some crops scarcely worth har- 

 vesting ; some plowed under. Armstrong : Shortened by June drought. 



Maryland. — Wicomico: Fair yield. 



Vihginia. — Prince William: Quality inferior ; secured in good condition. Bedford: 

 Greatly damaged by drought. Henrico : Winter-oats good ; spring-crops the lightest 

 yet growu here. Clarke : Almost a failure. Prince (ieorge : Schoneu, from the Depart- 

 ment, a great success ; exceeds all other spring varieties. Chesterfield: Winter or fall 

 seeding excellent ; spring seeding very poor. Afadison : Grain small and inferior. Page : 

 Almost a failure. 



North Carolina. — Alamance: Shortest crop of spring-oats for several years; winter- 

 oats better than usual, but onlj' a small crop sown. J.s/te : Affected by drought. An- 

 son : Full average. Greene: Two-thirds average. 



Georgia. — Fannin: Oats almost a failure through rust. Lumpkin: Euined by rust. 

 Walton : Badly rusted. Cohh : Rusted. Murray : Cut off half by drought. Jefferson : 

 Have done finely. 



Texas. — Ujjshur : Ruined by drought. Titus: Red-rust proof did well ; winter-sown 

 oats about two-thirds of a crop ; spring-sowu destroyed. Ji'aldo : White Schonen, from 

 the Deiiartnient, well adapted to soil and climate; potato oats improve as they become 

 acclimated. 



Arkansas. — Baxter: Shortened by drought. Randolph: Destructive drought. Craw- 

 ford: Ruined by rust. Arkansas: Good. Carroll: Short. Borsey : Half crop ; drought 

 of ninety days. 



Tennessee. — Granger: Half crop. Bradley: Spring-oats an entire failure. William- 

 son : A total failui'e. Monroe : Cut off by drought and storms. Giles : Almost de- 

 stroyed by drought. Putnam : Almost a failure ; few sown. 



West Virginia. — Braxton : Short through drought. Mercer: Three-fourths aA'erage ; 

 Schonen the best. Monroe: Third of a crop. Preston: Short. Doddridge: Injured by 

 drought. Grant: Injured by chinches. Boone: Harvested in good condition. 



Kentucky. — Boone: A farmer obtained 3 bushels of Somerset oats from 4 quarts of 

 seed furnished by the Department; sown on clay soil. Nicholas: Very light. Oldham: 

 Failed. Lincoln : Almost a failure — only half the area harvested. McLean : Almost a 

 failure. Ohio : Injured by drought. 



Ohio. — Williams: Very good. Ashland: Very poor. Hamilton: Partial failure; 

 drought and chinch. Boss : Shortened by drought. Columhiana : Very short and poor. 

 Geauga : Shortened by drought. 



Michigan. — Shiawassee: Yield light; quality good. Hillsdale: Badly injured by 

 drought. Livingston: Light through drought. Menomonee : Some damage from grass- 

 hoppers. Wayne : Fine where not injured by hail. 



Indiana. — Dearborn: Ruined by drought. Steuben: Generally good. Huntington: 

 Very heavy. Decatur: Drought and chinches. Pike: Too low to be cut. Franklin: 

 Very light' 



Illinois. — Menard : Injured by chinches. Sangamon : Short. Winnebago : Scorched 

 by south winds. Lee : About 30,500 acres, averaging 30 bushels per acre ; total, 901,350 

 bushels, of which 235,350 will be available for export. Alexander : Injured by chinches. 

 Perry: Ruined by drought and chinches. De Kalb : Below average. Cumberland: 



