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the greatest loss being in Kentucky, which reports only 43 per cent, of 

 last year's crop. Tennessee averages 4G per cent. ; Louisiana and West 

 Virginia, Gl per cent. ; Arkansas, G3 per cent. ; Kansas, 68 per cent. 

 On the Pacific coast the quality is equal to last year. California enlarges 

 her yield 8 per cent. Oregon declines 1 per cent. 



Maixe. — Oxford: Poorly filled; quality inferior. Androscoggin: Heavy yield. 



Vermont. — Orleans : Good, though somewhat rusted. Caledonia : Seldom better. 



Massachusetts. — Berkshire : Heavy strawed, aud -well headed. 



New York. — Franllin ; Some rnst, but crop better than last year. 



Pennsylvania. — Clearfield : Lightest crop for years. Elk : Badly rusted. Colum- 

 bia : Drought. McKean : Season too wet. 



Virginia.— C«ro?iHe; Almost a failure. Greenville: Rnst. Dinwiddie: Rust. Essex: 

 Worse than last year's bad crop. Clarke : Almost a complete failure. Highland : Latter 

 part of the seasou brought the crop to an average. Albemarle: Chinches. Henrico: 

 Winter oats good ; spring jioor. Louisa : Chinches. King and Queen : Very good. 



North Carolina. — Buncombe: Poor in quantity and quality. 



South Carolina. — Chesterfield : Spring oats a failure ; winter very good. 



Mississippi. — Lincoln : Increased acreage, but not an increased yield per acre. 



Texas. — Austin: Red oats (rust-proof) the only variety lit to grow here. Cooke: 

 Somerset oats too tall and too late for the climate. Uvalde: Somerset oats a success. 

 Upshur : Better crop than last year, especially rust-proof. 



Tennessee. — Carter: Somerset from the Department yielded exceedingly well. 

 Lincoln : Shortened by drought. Grundy : Hopetown oats, from seeds originally fur- 

 nished by the Department, took the premiums at our county fair. Trousdale : An en- 

 tire failure. Washington : Winter oats a fine crop ; spring oats poor. 



West Virginia. — Grant: A failure. Braxton : Far below last year in quantity and 

 quality. Mercer : Inferior in quality, gi'eatly damaged by drought. Monroe : Very 

 poor ; not over one-third of a crop. 



Kentucky. — Oldham: A failure, owing to drought. Clarke: Seriously injured by 

 drought. Gallatin : A very short crop, owing to excessive drought. Lincoln : Almost 

 a failure, owing to drought. Graves: Almost an entire failure ; drought. Anderson: 

 Almost a complete failure; drought. 



Ohio. — Medina : Shortened by drought. Morroiv : Early sown gave a fair average. 

 Late sown did not give half a crop aud w^ere of poor quality. Vinton : Nearly ruined 

 by drought. Athens : Almost an entire failure ; drought. Delaware : Early varieties 

 very good ; late aftected by drought. 



Michigan. — Lake: Injured by di'ought. Branch: Light from drought. Montcalm: 

 Injured by dry weather. 



IixiNOi's. — Moultrie: Poor. Douglas: Seriously damaged by chinches. Lee: Not good 

 in quantity or qualitj". 



Wisconsin. — Juneau : Poor. 



Minnesota. — Sibley : Spoiled by the locusts. Blue Earth : Greatly injured by drought. 

 Wright: Very light. Mower: Very good. Goodhue: Shortened by drought. Bock: 

 Suliered from grasshoppers much more than last year. Waseca : Never better ; every 

 farmer has an abundant crop. 



Iowa. — Chickasaw : A fine crop. Decatur : A very large crop. Those thrashed all 

 right, but those in stack (probably one-third) nearly all lost by excessive rains. How- 

 ard: No complaint of yield or quality, and the iirice better than for years. 



Missouri.— Caldwell : Secured in the best condition, but a little light in weight. 

 Greene: Injured by drought. Laclede: Not half a crop— drought. Platte: Not more 

 than half a crop. 



Kassas.— Jefferson : Not well filled; drought. Montgomery : Not over half a crop; 

 drought aud chinches. Fawnee : Matured before the drought and grasshoppers came. 

 Labette : Shortened by drought. Jackson : Rather light. 



Nebraska. — Antelope: Badly used by the "red-legs." 



California. — Del Norte : Excellent. 



BAELEY. 



In the New England States, except Ehode Island and ^evf York, the 

 product of the barley-crop is greater than last year, the excess in Ver- 

 mont being 16 per cent. In all these States the quality is equal to last 

 year or superior. Pennsylvania declines 2 per cent, in quantity and 4 

 per cent, in quality. Georgia and Texas are nearly equal to last year 

 in both quantity and quality. Tennessee equals its previous crop, and 

 Kentucky exceeds by 18 per cent., the quality in both being superior. 



