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Pemiscot, Mo. : The dryest season for many years ', no rain to break 

 ground for wheat until the 25th of September. 



Pawnee, Kans. : Drought and grasshoppers entirely destroyed our 

 crops, except oats, sorghum, and castor beans. The oats had matured 

 before the grasshoppers came, and the sorghum and castor beans they 

 would not eat. 



Riley, Kans. : If we except a moderate crop of wheat and oats, this 

 county is nearly cleaned out by drought and grasshoppers. 



Local prices. — PiTce, Ind. : We are hauling our wheat to Vincennes 

 and other points at $1 per bushel. Oats are selling at Vincennes at 40 

 cents. Sweet potatoes are selling here at 65 to 75 cents — less than the 

 j>rice of Irish potatoes. 



Switzerland, Ind. : Fat hogs are scarce, and prices rule high ; stock 

 hogs scarce and in demand. 



Tippecanoe, Ind. : Potatoes, splendid in quantity and quality, are 

 briugiug $1 at Lafayette on account of the great failure in parts of Illi- 

 nois. For corn 50 cents is freely offered ; wheat, $1. 



Moultrie, III. : Corn from 35 to 50 cents in the field ,• hay, $10 per ton 

 at stack, heretofore geuerally from $5 to $5. 



Carroll, III. : Price of wheat 80 cents j rye, 90 5 oats, 42 ; old corn, 

 70 ; new, 50. 



Ricldand, Wis. : Hops all sold by growers at 30 to 33 cents. Fat cat- 

 tle very low— only 2 cents per pound for cows ; fat hogs are selling alive 

 for 5 cents per pound. 



Mower, Minn. : jS"©. 1 wheat selling at 71 cents along the line of the 

 Southern Minnesota Railroad. Potatoes, 50 ; oats, 30 ; timothy seed, 

 (half crop, but good quality,) $2.50. 



Madison, Iowa : New corn is selling at 33^ cents per bushel. 



Appanoose, loica : Feeders of cattle and hogs (from Kansas and Ne- 

 braska) have overrun the State, and corn is selling at $10 to $20 per 

 acre. 



Platte, Mo. : The wheat crop is now fully in market, selling at from 

 85 cents to $1, according to quality. Rye, 80 cents 5 oats scarce, sell- 

 ing at 50 cents ; corn, 50 cents. 



Jasper, Mo. : Apples, 25 cents per bushel in the orchard. 



Chase, Kans. : Fall wheat, 85 to 90 cents ; spring, 50 to 70 ; corn, 80 

 cents to 11 ; potatoes, $1 to $1.50 ; hay, $2 to $4 per ton. 



Butler, Kans. : Corn, about half a crop, is worth $1. 



Douglas, Kans. : The price of a poor article of corn is 65 cents per 

 bushel, against 20 cents last year. Old corn is shipped from Iowa, and 

 sells at 85 cents. 



Thayer, Kehr. : Corn sells in this county at 75 cents, and wheat, at only 

 60 cents cash. 



Adams, Nehr. : Plenty of wheat at 65 cents. 



Eio Grande, Col. : Potatoes are scarce, and worth 5 cents per pound*. 



Flax-cultuee in Minnesota. — McLeod: The culture of flax for the 

 seed has been introduced during the season. The result has been satis- 

 factory. The flax-crop this year has been 50 per cent, more profitable 

 than that of wheat. 



Stearns : Flaxseed will undoubtedly supersede the wheat-crop, except 

 for home consumption. It is now ascertained, from two years' raising, 

 that it pays much better than wheat, the average per acre being nearly 

 the same, while the selling price is more than double. The cost of rais- 

 ing is the same. Another advantage of raising flax is, that on ground 

 sown witli it the previous year one-third more wheat per acre can be 



