480 



potatoes from Saint Louis for onr home consumption. Johnson : Almost destroyed by 

 drought and chinches. Jasper: Early crops good ; late ones failed. F)-ankUn : Scarce. 

 Daviess : Early crops good ; late ones failed. Cole : Drought. Clinton : Early crops 

 good ; late ones failed. 



Kansas. — Marion : Early crops light ; later ones not worth digging. McPherson : 

 Early crops average ; late, a failure ; drought. Miami : Late crops injured by drought ; 

 quality fair. Labette: Shortened by drought. Montgomery : A failure; grasshoppers 

 and drought. Jackson: Early Rose did well ; late plantings poor. Bourbon: Early Rose 

 good ; late varieties failed. " Mitchell : No late potatoes ; early, half a crop. 



Nebraska.— iiJKoZn : Destroyed by bugs. Antelope: Early Rose good ; late varieties 

 failed, except the Harrison; grasshoppers. Webster: Drought. 



Oregon. — Columbia: Blight decreasing. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Oar returns indicate an increase in this crop over last year in the 

 Xew England States; Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, 

 West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and 

 Oregon, equal last year's crop ; Xew York, the largest buckwheat State, is 

 but one per cent, below last year; Pennsylvania, the next in production, 

 declines six per cent. These two States produce nearly two-thirds of 

 the ei.tire crop. Other large-producing States come short of last year's 

 yield. 



New York. — Warren : Straw thin and short, but heads well filled with fine grain. 



Pennsylvania.— ii/co7»uH9 : Straw large and well loaded. Dauphin: Two or three 

 days of extreme heat at bloonung-time reduced the yield one-half. 



Maryland. — Houard : Filled poorly. 



ViRGLXlA. — Highland : Abundant ; " silver hull, " from the Department, a great im- 

 provement. Henrico : Brought up finely by August rains. 



North Carolina. — Hayuood : Fine yield and quality. Mitchell : Very good. Aslie : 

 Shortened by drought. 



Tennessee. — Greene: Silver hull grows small, but fills well. 



West Virginia. — Poor; long drought. Mercer: Excellent. Hardy: Drought. 



Onio. — Pike: Injured by drought. 



Michigan. — Bay : A quart of seed from the Department returned two bushels and 

 nine quarts of splendid grain. Lake : Never finer. 



Indiana. — Wabash: Good. 



WiscoNSix.-^Co/MJH&ia ; Silver hull has done well ; better than last year. Adams: 

 Acreage doubled and product per acre increased fifty per cent. 



Iowa. — Harrison: Acreage doubled. 



Missouri. — Taney: Almost a failure; drought from Julj' 1 to September 15. 



Kansas. — Nemaha: Entirely lost. 



Nebraska. — Baicnee: Destroyed by grasshoppers. 



HAY. 



The hay-crop of the whole country is about the same as last 

 year. In all the ]S^ew England States, except Maine, there was an in- 

 creased yield, and in all ot them an improved quality. In some i)arts 

 of Maine an increase of swale hay is noted. In Berkshire, Massa- 

 chusetts, it is stated that, though the crop is clean and nice, it is 

 less nutritious than last year. In the Middle States, except Penn.s.\l- 

 vania, the yield is largely increased, and nearly all the counties report 

 an injprovemeut in quality. Ot the South Atlantic States, Marylan ■, 

 and Virginia show a smaller yield, but witlumtauy appreciable decline 

 in quality. North Carolina and South Carolina equal or exceed last 

 year's crop, with a con.siderable improvement. In the latter state pea- 

 vine hay IS cured in increasing quantities. Georgia, through drought, 

 loses lOper cent., but maintains hnr standard of quality. Alabiima 

 loses 10 per cent, but the other Gulf States fully equal last year's vield, 

 Texas showing an increase of 13 per cent. In quality, these Stau-s 

 show a decline of about 3 per cent. Drought, so injurious to other 



