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sas. The Colorado beetle is mentioned among the causes of low condi- 

 tion in New Jersey, Pennsjivania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, 

 Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. 

 Grasshoppers in Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, California, and 

 Colorado Territory, but wide-spread droughts have been by far the great- 

 est cause. 



SWEET-POTATOES. 



Among the States producing this crop, Delaware and California re- 

 l)ort an average condition ; all other States fall below. Kansas, only 

 51 ; Arkansas, 59 ; Nebraska, 67. Except Indiana, 99, which produces 

 comparatively few, the range of the remaining States is betweeu 78 in 

 Alabama and Louisiana, and 98 in Georgia and Pennsylvania. The gen- 

 eral average condition is somewhat lower than in October, 1873. Further 

 particulars respecting local exigencies afiecting potatoes and sweet-po- 

 tatoes will be found in the notes below. 



Maine. — Oxford: Yield and quality good. Sagadahoc: Some varieties rottiug. An- 

 droscoggin : Geuerally fair, bnt rotting iu some localities. 



New Hampshire. — Carroll: Tops look ^vell. Hillshoroiijh : Some rot. 



Vermont. — Caledonia: Crop light ; some rot. 



Massachusetts. — Berlsliire : Potatoes short and undersized. 



Connecticut. — Xew London : Early varieties rotting to some extent, irindhain : 

 Drought saved the crop fi-om rotting. Hartford : Some rot. 



New York. — Queens: Yield less than last year but quality superior. Tioga: Drought. 

 Columbia: Drought atfected late potatoes. £rie : Early Eose did well ; other varieties 

 injured by drought and bugs. 



New Jersey. — Gloucester : Colorado beetles. 



Pennsylvania. — Clearfield: Injured by Colorado beetles. Xorthamjjton : Vines in- 

 jured by common corn grub. Indiana: Excellent quality and fair crop. Columbia: 

 Some Colorado beetles. Elk : Nearly destroyed by Colorado beetles. Erie : Colorado 

 beetles. Berks : Peerless the leading variety. 



Delaware. — Kent : Colorado beetles shortened late crops. 



Maryland. — Baltimore: Drought and bugs. Dorchester: Colorado beetles and rot. 

 Cecil : Injured by drought and Colorado beetles. 



Virginia. — Sj)ottsglvania : Promising. King George: Early crops good; late not so 

 good. Xansemond: Second crop very tine. Henrico: Fine where they came up. Fair- 

 fax: Benefited by late rains. King and Queen: Very good. Chesterfield : Yield large; 

 quality indifferent. 



North Carolina. — TTilson : Drought. Cumberland: Drought. Beaufort : 'Look^we. 

 Frince iniliam : Late rains will bring them to average if frost delays. Haywood : 

 Drought. 



Georgia.— Pierce' ; Drought. 



Florida. — Leon : Drought. Madison : Better than last year. 



Alabama. — Dallas: Drought. Marshall : Drought. Choctaw: Drought. 



MississiiTi. — Winston: Shortened by drought. Amite: Drought. Hancock: Promis- 

 ing. 



Texas. — Aransas : Early plantings injured by the recent rains, causing them to rot; 

 late crops i)romising. Bosque: Shortened by drought. San Jacinto : Have kej)t better 

 than usual. Henderson : Drought. 



Tennessee. — Lincoln : Almost a failure. Grainger : Very short ; early plantings 

 nearly a failure ; later are good. Henry : Drought. Wilson ; Almost a failure. Wash- 

 ington : A failure. Lauderdale : Ruined by drought. 



West Virginia. — Jefferson : Much injury by the Colorado beetle. 



Kentucky. — Oldham: A failure; prolonged drought. Clarke: Almost a total fail- 

 ure; drought and the Colorado beetle. Grayson : Late, both Irish and sweet, are fine. 

 Spencer : Short, more from drought than the Colorados. Anderson : Irish, mined br 

 drought and the bug ; sweet, nearly an average crop. Butlei- : Irish, almost a failure. 



Ohio. — Butler : Seriously injured by drought. Medina : Shortened by drought. 

 Wa^ihington : Few were planted for fear of bugs. Both the early and the late crops suf- 

 fered from drought. J/o?TO!0.- Early potatoes have done much better. Vinton: Early, 

 injured by drought. Geauga: Late, injured by drought. Delaware: Very poor yield, 

 but excellent in quality. 



Michigan.— i>e/to : Early Rose, hitherto the most profitable variety, are being in- 

 jured by rot. Surry : Great injury by drought and bugs. Hillsdale : Light, from ex- 

 treme drought. Saginaw: Scabbed with worms and inclined to rot. Cass : Late, have 

 done well. 



