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by rot. Eapides : Quality, average; quantity, one-fourtb short. Madison: Late plant- 

 ings damaged by drought. 



Texas. — Wood : Sound and in good order. Aransas : Shortened by drought. Bosque : 

 Drought. Dallas : Injured by drought ; will yield 30 bushels per acre. Palo Pinto : 

 Drought. Austin: Light. Collin: Sbort. Fannin: Pennsylvania field-corn matures 

 about twenty days earlier than any other variety. Harrison : Drought. Medina : In- 

 jured by storms. Hood : Brings 50 cents per bushel ; supply supposed to be ample for 

 home demand. Freestone: Injured by heavy rains. Uvalde: Greatly injured by exces- 

 sive rain. Fayette : Shortened by drought, but of good quality. Upshur : The product 

 will be twice as great as last year. Victoria : Injured by heavy rain-storms. Karnes: 

 Heavy rains have caused some uugathered corn to sprout on the stalk. Kendall : 

 Seriously injured by rains. 



ARK/i(NSA8. — Pulaski: Light and chaify. Boone: Continued drought since June. Fulton: 

 Drought. Garland: Drought. Prairie: Very light. Yell: Almost a failure. Cross: 

 General failure of all sorts of crops ; not over a fourth of a crop of corn. Washington : 

 Somewhat injured by chinches; well matured. Stone: Twelve weeks' drought. In- 

 dependence: Very short. 



Tennessee. — Jackson : Better than last year, but not so good as usual. It will sell 

 high. Johnson : Eecent rains have brought up corn above average. Gibson : Mora 

 generally cut for forage than usual ; crop will average 10 bushels per acre ; last year 

 2.5. Grainger : Very much improved by rains since July 11 ; nearly safe from frost. 

 Henry: Drought. Knox: Seriously injured by grasshoppers. Monroe ; Late corn had 

 seasonable rains, but is in danger from early frost ; fodder still green, and the grain 

 still in the roasting-ear stage. The farmers are saving fodder, and it is hoped will be 

 able to winter their stock. Wilson : Very light. Grundy : A fine growing summer. 

 Trousdale : Late, but will yet come out if the fall be favorable. McMinn : Drought. 

 L'obertson : Late and damaged by worms. Bedford : Drought. Washington : Eunners' 

 white corn makes the neatest of roasting-ears ; yields well. Cheatham : Improved by 

 late rains, but late. Obion : Somewhat improved. 



West Virginia. — lialeigh: Turning out finely ; some farmers average 50 bushels per 

 acre. Tyler: Much injured by drought. Monroe: Much better than expected. 



Kentucky. — Anderson: Cut short by drought. Butler: One-half the crop yet very 

 green ; a part just silking out. Mason : Not over three-fourths of a crop, but has ma- 

 tured well. Adair : Has improved greatly since the rains. Bracken : Cut short one- 

 third by drought. Grayson : Has come out remarkably well. Logan : Materially in- 

 jured by drought and army-worm. Spencer : Cut down by drought. 



Ohio. — Morrow : Planted early, on good soil and well tilled, it gave a very fair crop ; 

 planted late and poorly cultivated, it is unremunerative. Warren: Shortened by drought, 

 but the acreage, greater than ever before, will make the product average. Geauga : luj ured 

 by drought. Hancock : The largest crop ever grown in the county, but somewhat short- 

 ened by drought. Noble : Large area planted ; injured some by drought, but shall have 

 the largest crop for years. Adams : Shortened by drought. Athens : Injured by drought. 

 Delau-are : Full average in spite of extensive drought ; growth of stalk small, but heavy 

 and well-ripened ears. 



Michigan. — Wexford: The best crop ever grown here. Hillsdale: Being harvested 

 four to six weeks earlier than ever known. Oakland: Will be a large yield. Saginaw : 

 More smut than common. Cass : Better than expected a mouth ago. 



Indiana. — Xoble : Will not exceed half a crop. Switzerland : Eather short; drought. 

 Tippecanoe : Truly a splendid crop, and unusually forward. Whitley : A fine crop, of 

 good quality. HamKton : Fine ; fully two weeks earlier than common ; number one iu 

 quality. Huntington: Injured by drought. Madison: For about one hundred square 

 miles iu this section corn is an excellent crop, but iu surrounding regions the crop is 

 poor on account of drought. Boone : Drying out finely. 



Illinois. — Fayette : A failure ; drought. Mason : Light and of poor quality. Cum- 

 berland: Light but well ripened. Douglas: Fine, and now ripe. Macoupin: Injured 

 20 per cent, by chinches. Madison : A short crop of very light corn. The poorest 

 fields have generally been cut for fodder to save something from the chinches. 

 Montgomery : Excellent on the bottoms, but on the prairies injured, and in some places 

 entirely destroyed by the chinches. Washington : Shortened one-half by chinches. 

 McLean : Although averaging not more than half a crop, some have fair corn in almost 

 every part of the county, owing to thorough preparation of the soil before and after 

 planting and frequent plowing and harrowing till June. 



Wisconsin. — Ozaukee : The best crop for the last twenty years. Green : A greater 

 amount has been cut than ever before. 



Minnesota. — Sibley : Very good. Isanti : Eipened in good condition, but less in 

 quantity than usual. Wright: Good. Goodhue: All varieties well ripened. Waseca: 

 Never better. 



Iowa. — Bremer : Many ears not well filled for want of rain. Chickasaw : Not a full 

 crop, but better than last year. Clinton : Dead ripe from old age. Decatur : A very 

 large crop ; the best in twenty years. Des Moines: Eipe before trost, but only three 



