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rot ; late plantings badly eaten by worms and injured by late rains. LHchJield : Prom- 

 ising, bnt some varieties are rotting. 



N?:w York. — Otsego : Rot quite prevalent. Albany : Very poor. Columhia : Short- 

 ened by drought. Rensselaer: Poor crop; drought. Genesee: Suftering from drought. 

 Queens: Improved; the new late Rose potato is highly spoken of. Warren : Suffering 

 for rain. Washington : Drought. Monroe : Shortened by drought. 



New Jersey. — Hudson : Turning out well, especially Early Rose. GIouces1e7- : Late 

 white potatoes injured by Colorado beetles and drought. SaJem: Colorado beetles very 

 destructive. Warren : Shortened by drought. 



Pexxsylvaxia. — Butler: Crops saved by fighting the worms. Clearfield: Serionsly 

 injured by bugs. 2^m» A:/t/i ; Almost destroyed by Colorado beetles. Northampton: 

 Poor; drought and bugs. Perry: Destroyed largely by beetles. Wayne: Rotting. 

 Warren : Colorado beetles successfully resisted ; fine crop of potatoes, especially Early 

 Rose. Pike: Drought. Tioga: Early plantings short ; late ones look well. Washing- 

 ton: Badly injured by bugs and drought; poorest crop for many years. Bedford: 

 First appearance of Colorado beetles; no great injury. Bucks : Notwithstanding the 

 increased acreage, the drought will bring tlie yield down to less than average. Lancas- 

 ter : Very much injured by bugs. Luzerne: Very serious drought. Xorthumherland : 

 Shortened one-fifth by Colorado beetles. Armstrong : Very good where fhe bugs did 

 not get at them. 

 Delaware. — Sussex : Greatly shortened by drought. 



Maryland. — Caroline: Injured by Colorado beetles. Dorchester: Badly injured bj"- 

 Colorado bugs in some places. Frederick : The Colorado beetle is disappearing in some 

 sections, but has done serious injury. Queen Anne: Badly injured by Colorado beetles. 

 Cecil: Much injured by Colorado beetles. Washington: Nearly a failure through 

 drought. Baltimore : Late crops injured by Colorado beetles. 



Virginia. — Washington: Poorest crop for many years. Prince WiUiam : Raiu in 

 time for late potatoes. Loudoun : Injured by Colorado beetles. Page : Injured by Col- 

 orado bugs. 



North Carolina. — Beaufort: Greatly improved by late rains. Lincoln: Almost 

 an entire failure. Greene: Average. 



Georgia. — Carroll : Never better. Towns : Improving rains. 

 Alabama. — Choctaw : Sntfering for rain. 



MississiPPi.^-iLem2>e>- : Badly injured by drought. Madison: The worst season for 

 many years. 



Louisiana. — Franklin : A good yield housed. 



Texas. — Wood: Ruined by drought. Bed Eiver : Late reviving rains. Dallas: 

 Quite a failure. Austin : Only early plantings will bring anything. Cherokee : Late 

 rains saved half a crop. 



Arkansas. — Bandolph : Destructive drought. Independence: Nearly a failure. Wash- 

 ington: Almost a failure. Arkansas: Half crop. 



Tennessee. — Bledsoe : Scarce through drought. Bradley : Ruined by drought. 

 Greene: Very poor. Blount: Fine season. Cheatham: Almost a "failure. Dyer: A com- 

 plete failure. Rhea: Late plantings doing well. Williamson: A failure. Monroe: 

 Early plantings ruined by drought; later ones impi'oved by fine rains. 



West Virginia. — Mercer: Good. Monroe: Badly injured by insects. Hardy: Al- 

 most destroyed by Colorado beetles. I^ewis : Shorfened by drought. Doddridge: Early 

 plantings injured by drought. Boone : Coming on finely. 



Kentucky. — Xicholas : Nearly ruined by bugs. Russell: A failure. Greenup: Sea- 

 sonable rains. Owsley : Greatly shortened by drought. 



Ohio. — Harrison : improved by late rains. Crawford : Much injured by long black 

 beetles. Van Wert : Rains too late for early potatoes, but in time for late ones. Ash- 

 land : Promising ; acreage far larger tlian ever before. Ottawa : Late plantings 

 aftected by drought ; early kinds did well. Medina : Suftering for rain, especially late 

 plantings. Perry: liugs injured early crops. Lucas: Late potatoes not turning out 

 w^ell. Geauga : Late potatoes suftering for rain. 



Michigan. — Charlevoix: Suftering from drought. Delta: Late crops fine; earlier 

 ones injured by bugs. Kalamazoo : Early crops injured by drought and bugs. Hills- 

 dale : Injured by drought. Bay: Late potatoes injured by drought and bugs. Berrien: 

 Much injured by drought. Saint Joseph : Shortened by the most sevei'e drought and 

 heat known in forty years. C(d]ioun : Drought. Brancli : Very liglit. Wayne: Fine 

 where not injured by hail. Tuscola: Fair in spite of bugs. Grand Traverse: Early 

 crops shortened by drought; late ones promising. 



Indiana.— jrfl&as/t ; Early potatoes good ; late ones short through drought. Whit- 

 ley: Good crop. Marshall: Shortened by drought. Dearhoj-n : Affected seriously by 

 drought. Warren: Suftering fur rain. Orange: Tops eaten by cantluu'ides l)y July 

 10 ; not enough left for seed. Kosciusko : Late crops suffering from drought. Sleuhen : 

 Injured by drought. Posey: Injured by Colorado beetles. Madison: Good. Decatur: 

 Nearly a failure. Perry : Look biid. Crawford : Shortened by drought. 



Illinois. — Logan: Rains too late to save the crop. Sangamon: Poor; all sorts of peats. 



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