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Liglit, owing to late seeding and drought. Massac : Injured by drought and chinches. 

 Eandolph : Short and thin ; only one-third of the crop was cut. Cass : Chinches. 



Wisconsin. — Jaclson : Half crop. Clark : Fast maturing ; no frost yet. Jefferson : 

 Drought and chinches. Eichland : Light. 



MiNXKSOTA. — XicoUet : Grasshoppers reduced the yield to 15 bushels per acre. Sibley : 

 Destroyed by grasshoppers. Blue Earth : Very light ; injured by grasshoppers. Todd : 

 Seasonable rains. Jaclson : What the grasshoppers left bids fair. 



Iowa. — Chickasaw: Splendid crop and in good condition. Polk: Good yield and 

 quality. Mitchell: Good. Jfoodhiiry : Somerset oats, from Department, of light weight 

 and poor quality ; will not weigh over 20 pounds per bushel. Howard : Heavy and 

 good. Buchanan : Good, but short. 



Missouri. — Bay : Seriously injured by protracted drought. Xewt^n : Half crop and 

 light weight. Vernon : Half crop. Douglas : Small crop saved. Johnson : Straw short, 

 heads light. 



K.vxsAS. — Osage: Eaten by chinches. Bejjuhlic : Early sown very good ; late, about 

 oue-third of a crop. Burton : Shortened by drought. 



EYE. 



The average couditiou of rye is 92, It is above average in all of the 

 New England and Middle States except Yermout and Pennsylvania. 

 It is below average in all the Southern States except Maryland, 

 Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, West Yirginia, and Kentucky. In Ohio 

 and California it is full average, and in all the other States below. 

 In the Eastern States generally it appears to have enjoyed favorable 

 conditions of growth, and also in the Southern inland States. West of 

 the Mississippi it suiiered from drought and insect-ravages. It is very 

 little cultivated in the Gulf States. 



BARLEY. 



Barley averages 92 per cent, of a full crop. Yery little is raised south of 

 Kentucky, where it is above average. In the New England and Middle 

 States it is about average. In the Northwest it is about 90 per cent., 

 and on the Pacific coast a little above average. The late crops in the 

 Northwest were injured by drought and insects. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



This crop is below average in all the States except Yermont, Massa- 

 chusetts, and Connecticut. In New England it is about average on the 

 whole. In the Middle States it is about 92. Considerable quantities 

 are grown in West Yirginia and Tennessee, but in the other Southern 

 States its culture is insignificant. In the Northwest the crop has 

 nowhere been very satisfactory. In Kansas the grasshoppers reduced 

 the average to 39. 



TOBACCO. 



Our returns foreshadow that less than half a crop of tobacco will be 

 gathered this year. The only States presenting a condition above 

 average are Connecticut, 107, and California, 102. Wisconsin, Iowa, and 

 Oregon are average. These five States, however, grow less than one 

 twenty-fifth of the whole crop. Kentucky, representing about two-fifths 

 of the tobacco-growing interest, averages but 31, a decline of 11 since 

 the July report. Tennessee and Nebraska make a still more unfavora- 

 ble return, averaging but 24 each. Kansas strikes the base-note at 20. 

 In the South and West the prevailing drought is sufficient to account 

 for the generally low condition, which, in connection with the reduced 

 acreage, will warrant the low estimates received from this part of the 



