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quarters of a crop. Not less tliau 20 inches of water have fallcD withiu the past month 

 and corn is growing iu the shock. Uarnson : A greater acreage than ever before ; early- 

 planted, very good, but late, inferior. Howard : Ripened before frost. More cut up 

 for fodder than ever before. Mitchell : All matured. Plymouth : In some townships 

 almost totally destroyed by the grasshoppers; in others, an abundant yield. IVashmg- 

 ton : Will be ripe enough to crib by the 20th of October; one-fourth short. 



Missouri. — Gasconade : Almost an entire failure ; drought and chinches. Greene : 

 ilany pieces will not have a bushel of good corn per acre. Cass : Entire failure in 

 parts of the county ; half-crop in other i)arts, owing to seasonable showers. Laclede : 

 Not half a crop, owing to severe drought and chinches. Moniteau: All cut up to 

 " rough" stock through the winter. Wayne : Cut short by drought. Dent : On upland 

 suffered severely fi'om chinches and drought ; some very fine crops on very low valley- 

 land. Platte: Damaged by the grasshoY>i)ers and recent rains. Montgomery: Quite in- 

 fei'ior in the south part of the county ; in the north, extra good, yewton : The poorest 

 yield ever known, owing to drought and chinches. Perry: Almost a failure in about 

 half the county, owing to drought and chinches. Reynolds: In many fields will not 

 make one bushel to the acre, being entirely burned. Stoddard: About two-thirds* 

 of a crop, but sound and good in quality ; drought and chinches cut it short. Shelby : 

 Better than last year 120 per cent., and would have been much better if we had 

 not had any chinch-bugs. We sufi:er more from them than from drought. Jasper: 

 W^ill not average 5 bushels to the acre, owing more to chinches than drought. Maries: 

 Severe drought and the chinches caused almost an entire failure of corn on uplands, 

 and badly injured it on bottoms. Pemiscot: Not enough for home consumption; 

 drought. 



Kansas. — Woodson : Many fields destroyed by drought and chinches, but an average 

 crop will be harvested. Ottawa : Utterly ruined by grashoppers. Ellsworth : The 

 grasshoppers destroyed all the corn. Marshall : About an entire failure. Mitchell : 

 No corn, and very little hay, owing to drought. Shawnee: One-fourth of a crop; 

 poor in quality. Butler: About half a crop, and worth $1. Clay: A total failure; 

 grasshoppers and drought. Pepuhlic : A failure. Montgomery : Less than half a crop ; 

 drought and chinches, and want of thorough cultivatiou. Farmers who plowed deep, 

 planted early, and cultivated thoroughly, report from 40 to GO bushels per acre. 

 Xe4)sho : Hardly worth harvesting. Labette : On the streams, about three-quarters of 

 a crop; ou the prairies, not one-sixth; drought and chinches. Xemaha : Only one- 

 tenth of a crop, and very poor in quality. Brown : Only about 15 per cent, of a 

 crop ; drought, chinches, and grasshoppers. Douglas : Nearly a universal failure ; 

 grasshoppers and drougnt. 



Neuraska. — Antelope: But little left. Piehardson : Almost a failure; chinches and 

 drought. Lincoln : Destroyed by the grasshoppers. Adams : Entirely destroyed by 

 grasshoppers. Cass : Nearly a failure, owing to drought and grasshoppers. 



C.vLiFORNiA. — Del Xorte : Late. San Luis Obispo: Backward, as it was replanted, 

 owing to ravages by grasshoppers, but a fine crop is anticipated. 



Utah. — Kane : Promises w ell. 



POTATOES. 



The only States which report the average conditioii above an anuual 

 average are Maine 101, and Florida 110 ; Ehode Island returns 100 ; 

 all other States fall below, ranging from 98 in Wisconsin down to 26 in 

 Kansas. Among the States which produce potatoes on a large scale, 

 the returns of condition for October 1, this year and last, respectively, 

 averaged in New York 91 and 107 ; Pennsylvania, 87 and 100 ; Ohio, 

 81 and 89; Michigan, 87 and 89; Indiana, So and 77 ; Illinois, 77 and 

 o9 ; Iowa, 81 and 51 ; Missouri, 55 and 61 ; Maine, 101 and 98 ; New 

 Hampshire, 97 and 98 ; Vermont, 91 and 108 ; New Jersey, 86 and 101. 

 Lowest in condition, next to Kansas, are Nebraska, 43 ; Arkansas, 46 ; 

 Kentucky, 51 ; Mississippi, 54 ; Maryland and Tennessee, 58 ; West 

 Virginia, 69. The average condition for the whole country is 86, against 

 89 one year ago. The acreage reported in July was about 2 per cent, 

 greater than in 1873. These figures indicate that the crop will fall 

 somewhat below that of 1873, though no definite estimate can be made 

 before the November returns, which report actual production compared 

 with the previous year. 



In localities in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut, 

 rotting to some extent is noted ; also in Maryland, IVIichigan, and Kan- 



