416 



Indiana. — Floyd: Early, an entire failure. We raise no late potatoes. Madison: 

 Much damaged by the Colorado beetle. Broivn : Shortened one-half by drought. Tip- 

 pecanoe : Splendid in quantity and quality. Whitley : Above an average crop, of good 

 quality. 



Illinois. — Fayette: Irish, nearly a failure; sweet, a fair crop. JVahash: Early, 60 

 per cent, of an average ; rotted badly after they were dug. Late, promising. Lee : A 

 light crop. 



Wisconsin. — Door : Good, except the very early planted. Douglas : Yield prettj' 

 ■well in spite of the bugs. Juneau : Fair. Green : Much better than usual. 



Minnesota. — Sihley : Injured by the locust, potato-bug, and dry weather. Houston: 

 Injured by drought. 



Iowa. — TToodbury : Apoor crop, though better than last year. Chickasaiv : Shortened by 

 ■drought. Harrison: Irish, injured by grasshoppers, bugs, and drought; sweet, good, 

 and an increased acreage. Howard : Light. Linn : The late crop much shortened by 

 drought. 



Missouri. — Caldicell : Late, nearly a failure. Platte : No late Irish potatoes in the 

 county ; a fair yield of early, but they soon rot if left together in large quantities. 

 Jdair : The largest crop of sweet-potatoes ever known. Ferry : Nearly failed from 

 drought. Femiseot : Did not return the seed planted ; drought. 



Kansas. — Douglas : Late potatoes a failure ; sweet, one-fourth to one-sixth of a crop. 

 Jackson : Irish, about a failure, except Early Rose ; sweet, poor but rather better than 

 Irish. Ottou'cf. : Nearly ruined by grasshoppers. CVa7{;/ord: An entire failure. Labette: 

 Irish, nearly a failure. Neosho : Almost an entire failure. Marshall : About an entire 

 failure. Mitchell : Early varieties, half crop ; late, an entire failure except where 

 mulched very deep with old straw ; dry weather. Franklin : The crop improving, as 

 the late rains have helped it. Butler : We have no potatoes except a few early ones, 

 and they are rotting considerably. Clay : A total failure ; grasshoppers and drought. 

 RepuMic : Late, failure. Montgomery : Early Kose did well ; late crop entire failure, 

 drought. 



Nkbiiaska. — Antelope: Very poor yield; whole settlements without a bushel. Rich- 

 ardson : Late ; not worth digging. Lincoln : Destroyed by the bugs. 



California. — Del Norte : Very poor crop. San Luis Obispo : Kavages by grasshop- 

 pers necessitated replanting, but a tine crop is anticipated. 



Colorado. — TTeW ; Seriously injured by grasshoppers. Costilla: An entire failure. 



Utah. — Kane : lu parts of the county almost a failure ; the vines turning yellow 

 and dying. 



TOBACCO. 



The condition of the tobacco-crop is somewhat higher than was fore- 

 shatlowed by the September returns, though still the promise is for less 

 than two-thirtls of a crop ; the average of all the States reportin^r this 

 crop is 61. Only two States, Connecticut 109 and Georgia 101, are 

 above average ; Massachusetts, Florida, and Oregon are full average. 

 These five States, however, represent less than 6 per cent, of the entire 

 crop. Kentucky, which jiroduces about two-fifths of the entire crop of 

 the country, averages but 44. Virginia, the next largest tobacco-grow- 

 ing' State, averages but 65 ; Tennessee, the third in rank, 44 ; Ohio, 

 the fourth, 40; Maryland, the fifth, 78 ; Missouri, the sixth, 05. All 

 the other States are below average. 



Massachusetts. — Hampden: Early-cut tobacco is curing remarkably well, of good 

 colors and without any white streaks ; only half the crop is of this character ; the rest 

 is badly rusted in the field and will be of bad color. 



Connecticut. — Hartford: A third less acreage planted than the average of past 

 years; product per acre and quality above average, 



Maryland. — Montgomery : Very green and late ; an early frost would destroy nine- 

 tenths of the crop ; late rains beneficial. Calvert : Improved a little from late rains, 

 hut they did not come in time to save the crop. Frince George : Shortened by drought. 



Virginia. — Caroline : Smallest crop planted in twenty years ; it looks well. Lunenhurgh: 

 Shortest crop ever made ; failure of setting plants and drought. Madison : Early stands 

 good ; late, small and light. Spottsylvania : Small acreage ; small and poor crop ; a few 

 fine pieces ready to cut. Fittsylvariia : Small acreage ; late and in danger from early 

 frosts. Buckingham : Storm September 28, injured late crops, which had been improv- 

 ing very^ rapidly. Dinwiddie : Badly fired by dry, hot winds. Halifax : Crop small and 

 green; much injured by late storms. Nelson: Late and poor. Meckleniurgh : Injured 

 by a drought, aiid then by a storm. Albemarle : Late rains have raised the crop abova 



