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both in stack aud shock by excessive rains. Harrison : The crop was destroyed except 

 in spots. Howard : That thrashed early is in good order ; but the recent rains have 

 damaged that iu stack. Mitchell: Very much injured in the stack by heavy rains. 

 Audubon : Badly damaged by rains since harvest. Henry : Damaged iu stack by 

 heavy rains. 



Missouri. — Caldwell : Has not yielded in thrashing as well as was expected. Greene: 

 The largest and finest crop ever raised in the county. Stone : The yield per acre is 

 fully 100 per cent, above last year. Tlie Fultz and Tappahanuock yielded splendidly, 

 and the quality is extra good. The Touzelle did nothing; too late for this climate. 

 Jasper: Thrashing out better than expected, 30 bushels per acre being a common aver- 

 age. Pemiscot: Not enough for home consumption ; drought. 



Kansas. — Jefferson : Raised no number 1 ; dry weather and chinches shrunk the 

 berry. EepuMic : Winter- wheat yields 400 per cent, more than last year, with a cor- 

 responding increase in quality. Wheat in the stack much injured by the September 

 rains. Montgomery : The product last year 200,000 bushels ; this year from 300,000 to 

 350,000 ; quality good, averaging 62 pounds to the bushel. Tappahanuock has excelled 

 all other varieties in quantity aud quality, aud was less damaged by the chinches. 

 Labette : Product, compared with last year, 135. We claim to be the banner county in 

 the State in the raising of wheat. Nemaha : Light, and much of it lost in screenings. 

 Jackson : Light, but good berry. Ottawa : The acreage was unusually large, but the 

 yield reduced by drought, and the grain materially injured iu stack by rains. Wood- 

 son : Mostly destroyed by the winter and the chinches. 



Nebraska. — Antelope: With twice last year's acreage we only get last year's total of 

 wheat, pinched by hot weather and cut by " the red-legs." Dixon : Has suffered 

 greatly in the shock from wet weather. 



California. — Del Norte : Excellent. Sonoma : All thrashed ; a very satisfactory 

 yield, and a very superior quality. 



Colorado. — Eio Grands : Has done better than ever before, yielding 62^ bushels 

 per acre on a three-acre field. Morgan : Injured by rust. San Pete : Turned out better 

 than was expected; quality good. Box Elder: A shrinkage from rust. Salt Lake: 

 Unprecedented rains caused rust and shrinkage. 



RYE. 



The 'New England States equal or improve last year's crop, both in 

 quantity and quality, Maine showing an increased product of 26 per 

 cent. The Middle States are a little below last year in quantity, and a 

 little above in quality. The South Atlantic States show a small reduc- 

 tion in both. The reduction in the Gulf States is still more marked, on 

 account of the low figures of Texas, which reports but two-thirds of last 

 year's crop. The inland Southern States, as a whole, show an increased 

 yield and an improved quality. The States north of the Ohio show a 

 slight increase in quantity and quality. The States west of the Missis- 

 sippi aud on the Pacific coast are about equal to last year in both quan- 

 tity and quality. 



OATS. 



The product of the oat-crop iu the I^ew England States shows, on the 

 whole, a considerable increase. Maine increases her yield 27 per cent. ; 

 New Hampshire, 3 per cent. ; Vermont, 16 per cent. ; Massachusetts, 13 

 per cent. On the other hand, Rhode Island decreases her small crop 18 

 percent.; Connecticut, 4 percent. The qnality, compared with last 

 year, ranges from 100 iu Rhode Island to 107 in Maine. 



Pennsylvania reduces her crop 18 per cent. Complaints of drought 

 iu some quarters and of excess of rain in others, indicate the leading 

 causes of this decline. The other Middle States, however, show an en- 

 largement ', New York, 7 per cent, ; New Jersey, 1 percent. ; Delaware. 

 10 per cent. The quality on the \vhole is considerably depreciated. 



Along the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts both quantity and quality 

 show a decline, except that the yield of Georgia is 8 per cent, and Ala- 

 bama 5 per cent, larger than last year. In all other sections of the 

 Union, except the Pacific coast, both quautity and quality have decliued. 



