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Massachusetts. — Berkshire : Did not thrash out as well as it promised at harvestinof. 



New York. — Genesee : Great increase on last year. Wyoming : Tappahannock for 

 two years has done well ; Touzelle not suited to the climate. Franklin : Best for 

 many years. 



Pennsylvaxia. — Clearfield : Prematurely ripened by drought and extreme heat. 

 Xorthavipton : Thrashing out 7 bushels per 100 sheaves ; a good yield ; grain full ind of 

 good weight. Lycoming : Shortened by drought, but of good quality. Berks ; Ixcel- 

 lent quality. 



Majrylaxd. — Montgomery: Not yielding so well as last year, Baltimore: Sightly 

 below last year ; good quality ; Fultz the most satisfactory. 



Virginia. — Greenville: Rust. Gloucester: Much rust on blades and some on aalks ; 

 good culture and free manuring make no difterence. Dlnwiddie : Yield only foir-fold 

 and of poor quality; smut and cockle. Essex: Fultz did best, much being sown. 

 King George : Not so good quality as last year. Alhemarle : Chinches. Flunnna : 

 Grain lightj in proportion to straw. Henrico : Fine promise ruined by subsejuent 

 drought aud heat. Louisa : Quality fair, but yield disappointing. King Witiam : 

 Fultz from the Department surpassed every other variety. 



North Carolina. — Haywood : Very good, especially Fultz, from seed furnishd by 

 the Department. One farmer raised 2^ bushels from a quart of seed ; another thnshed 

 3 bushels from seven dozen sheaves. Buncombe : Best crop, in quantity and quility, 

 for many years. 



Texas. — Wood : Crop larger than last year from increased acreage ; average rield 

 not so gi'eat. Dallas : Yield 1.5 bushels per acre ; increased acreage will bring thecrop 

 up to last year. Kaufman : Mediterranean wheat from the Department averagd 20 

 bushels per acre, weighing 65 pouuds per bushel. 



Arkansas. — Independence : Better wheat and more of it than any year since thenar,, 

 but less than three per cent, of the crop acreage in this grain. Supply of bread wil be 

 very short. 



Tennessee. — Blount : Wheat the only crop that reached an average. Carter : 'ou- 

 zelle failed ; Tappahannock did well. Grainger : Large breadth sown, but did no all 

 till perfectly ; condition good. Knox: Black weevil injured the crop. Grundy: AtDur 

 agricultural fair Tappahannock wheat, from seed originally furnished by the Deprt- 

 ment, took the first premiums. Sevier : Touzelle from the Department did no god. 

 Fultz verj' fine yields ; better than any other except the Tappahannock. A farier, 

 from two quarts of Tappahannock, made 3^ bushels. Eobertson : Tappahaunockiid 

 well. Washington : Not thrashing out as well as was expected. Obion: good, mu- 

 de)-dale : Better than for years. 



West Virginia. — Alercer: Good quality. Monongalia: Generally thrashed; trus^ 

 out largely, and weighs 04 pouuds to the bushel. Tyler : Crop better than for sevi-al 

 years. Fayette : Thrashed out better than expected, and the quality good. Mome : 

 Excellent and heavy yield. 



Kentucky. — Graves: Below average in quality. Anderson: Aftected by the droiiht 

 and the midge. . The Fultz wheat is anxiously sought after for seed. 



Ohio. — Hancock: Of very fine quality. Noble: The best for years. Athens: Ex;l- 

 lent crop. The Fultz, hardy and prolific ; has proved a valuable acquisition. 



Michigan. — Branch : The best crop ever raised in the county. Oakland : Harvesed 

 in very good condition and has yielded largely. Charlevoix : Winter-wheat is conid- 

 erably shrunk, owing to the dry weather in July. Spring-wheat is plump and gal. 



iNDi.iNA.— i?a?rtson : Quality good. Tippecanoe : The cioi> is thrashed and prov( a 

 full average in quantity and quality. Whitley : About two-thirds of a crop ; goodn 

 quality. 



Illinois. — Moultrie: Almost a failure, and quality bad. Mason : Thrashing out w;1 

 in quantity and quality. Douglas : In some localities seriously damaged by chiache 

 Lee : About all thrashed ; quality good. Madison : The average per acre is '<b, bi 

 the area is at least 10 per cent, larger than in 1873. 



Wisconsin. — Door : Upon thrashing it proves very light ; not more than three-foartt 

 of a crop. Richland: Nearly all shrunk some. Saint Croix: Injured in stack by we 

 weather, 



Minnesota. — Sibley : Spoiled by the locusts and hot weather. Blue Earth : Ret 

 Osaka not over 5 per cent, of an average crop owing to rust, and a large surface of i 

 sown ; this greatly reduces the general average. Nicollet : Reported by thrasher 

 as averaging about 11 bushels per acre. Wright: Mostly number 2. Goodhue: Short 

 ened by drought. Houston : Considerably injured in stack by heavy rains. Mock 

 Equal to last year's crop in quantity and quality, but suffered from grasshoppers boti 

 years. IVaseca : Never better. ', 



Iowa. — Cass : Very considerably damaged in the stack by long continued rains 

 Woodbury : Being injured in the stack by excessive rain. No old wheat in the countv 

 to speak of. Madison : More rain fell in September than in the same mouth for tec 

 years past, and a large amount of wheat in stack is damaged. Chickasaw : From the 

 report of thrashers the yield is better than was anticipated. Cherokee : Some damaged 



