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Drought. James: Droiiglit. Siimvcr: But little niercLautable corn producetL Sequat- 

 chie : Escaped the droiij^ht by beiup; oeiierally late planted. Enox : Short and poor. 

 Bedford: Cut down one-half by drought. Greene: Late. Laicreiiec: Improved quality. 

 Lincoln : Drought. 



West ViKGixiA. — Wayne: Damaged l)y October frosts. Ti/Jer : Increased acreage. 

 Grant: Drought, bugs, and frost. Bitchie: No rain for four weeks. Marion: Dry 

 "weather matured the corn well. Mercer : Late rains brought up the corn surprisingly, 

 but much of it was late. Kanaivlm : Good on rich land well worked ; a great deal of 

 poor corn. Jefferson: Drought. ZTrtHcoc/i;; Unusually hue ripening season. Harrison: 

 Average quantity and very good quality. JJardy: Very bad corn-season. Gilmer: 

 Drought. Doddridge : Drought. Brooke : Large proportion of nubbins husked out. 

 Boone : Drought and frost. Monongalia : Dry October ripened the corn well. 



Kentucky. — Franldin : Drought. Lewis: Old corn brings 70 cents; new corn, 60 

 cents per bushel. Marion: Late corn much injured by an earlj^ freeze. Simjysoii : Cut 

 down half by drought. Scott: Drought. Owsley: Drought. O/fio ; Drought and frost. 

 Nicholas: Drought. Mason: Light, chaffy, and loose on the cob. Lincoln: Slightly 

 frosted. Laurel: Cut down below average by frost. Jessamine: One-fourth of last 

 year's crop ; drought. Harrison: Early plantings well cultivated are above average; 

 late plantings immature. Hart : Injured by early frost. Gallatin : Late and inferior. 

 Darieis: Late plantings injured by drought and frost. Bracken: Poorly-filled ears. 

 Boyle : Greatly improved by September rains ; frost kept off late. Adair : A little 

 frosted. Bussell : Frosted. Livingston : Considerably frosted. 



Ohio. — Fike : Drought. I'inton: Drought. Brown: Well filled and heavy eared. 

 Butler : But little rain since July 27. Champaign : Drought at earing-time ; driest 

 season for years. Coshocton : Jiipened well before frost. Hancock : Largest crop ever 

 grown here. Huron: Grain very dry and sound. Licking: Very sound. Lawrence: 

 Better than for three years. Jjorain : Fine condition. Lucas : Very little soft corn, 

 but many small ears. Marion : Extraordinary crop. Morrow : Decreased yield, but 

 improved quality. Mercer: Has matured well. Montgomery: Early plantings good ; 

 late did not mature. Perry : Well dried out. Boss : Good in Scioto bottoms, but else- 

 Avhere light and chaffy through drought. Scioto: Early plantings injured by wind- 

 storms; medium plantings a full crop ; late injured by October frosts. Seneca: Early, 

 ripened and excellent. Warren : Extreme drought; corn worth 60 cents on the field. 



MiciiiGAX.— jBj-rtHc/i ; Light ; drought. Macomb : Injured by drought. Calhoun : 

 Drought. Newaygo: Long drought. Ottawa: Drought; well ripened. Ingham: 

 Drought. Lapeer: Drought and cut-worms. Lenaieee : Dvonght. 



Indiana.— Lake : A third of last year's yield, but good. Perry : Poorest crop in 

 twenty years; no surplus. Grant: Well dried out. Whitley: Fine season and good 

 «rop. iVabash : Drought and chinches. Decatur: Drought and chinch-bugs have 

 greatly injured the crop. Dubois: Light. Dearborn: Drought and frost. Franklin: 

 <3rreatly shortened by drought and chinches ; husked corn in the field sells at 50 centa 

 per bushel. Fulton: Chinches. Gibson: Badly injured by chinches. Hamilton: 

 Splendid condition ; less soft corn than usuah Howard : Largest crop ever raised. 

 Jennings: Extreme drought. Noble: Half-crop; drought. Posey: Yield on Wabash 

 bottoms 60 bushels per acre. Pike : Eeduced to average by dry-rot. Steuben : Good 

 on timber-land ; poor on sandy and gravelly soils on account of drought. 



Illinois.— ITffsoH ; Light and poor. Washington : Hardly worth gathering, though 

 near timber some fields are passable. Vermillion : Not over 70 per cent, of last year's 

 crop in bushels, but superior in quality ; soms of it light and chaffy. White : Suffered 

 severely from chinches. Tazewell: No frost-bitten corn. /S'co<< : All sold to feed Mis- 

 souri hogs. Saint Clair : Suffered less from chinches on the bottoms than on the wheat- 

 growing prairies. Bichland : Nearly ruined by drought and chinches. Pike : Generally 

 good, though somewhat chafiV. Pojie : Injured by drought and chinches. Ogle: 

 Light, but well matured. Montgomery: Shortened on the prairies by drought and 

 chfaches; better than usual on bottoms. Madison: Light. Macon: Good. Macoupin: 

 Chinches. Johnson : Chinches worse than last year. Hancock : Chinches. Franklin : 

 Chinches terribly destructive. Fayette : Less than half a crop. Clinton : Exceedingly 

 poor. Champaign : Bugs and drought ; great scarcity of water. Carroll : Very ripe 

 and sound. Henry: Somewhat shortened by drought. Boone: Very short, compel- 

 ling the general sale of hogs. Henderson: Injured by drought. Edwards: Nearly 

 destroyed by chinches, except on bottom-lauds. 



Wisconsin.— ia Fayette : Materially injured by chinches. Walworth: Light and poor ; 

 drought. rrnnj)e«/«nt; Much more favorable season than last year. Bicliland: Good, 

 Slu'boygan; Well ripened. Sauk: Chinches. Lowa : Chinches in some places. Fond 

 duLac: Drought and cut- worms. Columbia: Drought injurious, but partly compen- 

 sated by fine closing season. Broivn : First snow-storm October 30 ; melted as fast as 

 it fell. Jdams: Some injury from chinches. Jackson: Price, 50 ceurs per bushel. 



Minnesota.— Jac/.so)i : Increased acreage ; good crops whore not injured by grass- 

 hoppers. Martin: Totally destroyed by grasshoppers in many places. Mower: Best 

 in quality for many years. Noble: Almost a failure. Nicollet: Drought and grass- 



