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Crawford, Mo. : Drought and chinches nearly ruined the crops. 



Clay, Mo.: Gloomy prospect for the winter; little stock to be fed and 

 but little to feed with. 



Cof'ee, Kans. : Pretty fair crops. 



Nemaha, Kans. : The disastrous failure of many of our croi^s does not 

 discourage us; we are preparing a still larger crop area. 



Franklin, Xehr. : People suffering for food and clothing. Crops 

 destroyed by grashoppers and drought. 



Ball, Nehr. : Grasshoppers destructive ; they have left but few eggs. 



Boone, Nehr. : Grasshoppers. 



Madison, Nehr. : Many farmers destitute. 



Fnmas, Nehr. : Many settlers left destitute by grasshoppers. 



Sacramento, Cal. : Hop-growers excited by the good demand for their 

 products; good hop-land in demand at fancy prices; wool flat and 

 dull. 



Alameda, Cal. : Fall clip of wool the largest ever produced; producers 

 holding up for higher prices; hemp yielded splendidly. 



San Joaqnin, Cal. : About 60,000 tons of wheat in the warehouses of 

 Stockton. 



Corvallis, Greg. : Hop-culture attracting attention. Willamette bot- 

 tom-lands produce a fine quality of hops. Flax-culture also increasing, 

 and is the most profitable crop this year, yielding about 15 bushels per 

 acre, with $1.75 per bushel. 



Bl Paso, Colo. : Grasshoppers and drought destructive. 



Fremont, Colo. : Grasshoppers and drought. 



Box Elder, Utah : Prices about the same as last year, when trains 

 loaded with grain were constantly rolling to the Pacific. The farmer 

 dispenses with superfluous merchandise and pays his laborers in pro- 

 ducts. Many persons in delicate health and crippled find suitable em- 

 ployment in the manufacturing establishments of clothing, shoes, fur- 

 niture, &c. This makes us partly independent of foreign markets. 



Live stock. — Camden, N. J. : Some farmers are losing their hogs. 

 They are first affected with sleepiness and loss of appetite. The ears and 

 belly become dark-purple, and then death ensues. No remedy. The 

 disease attacks young pigs as well as fattened hogs. 



Frederick, Md. : Sheep-husbandry increasing. 



King George, Va. : Hogs not so heavy as last year, but their increased 

 number will enlarge the yield of pork. 



James City, Va. : Drought has left our cattle in poor condition for 

 winter. 



Bart, Ky. : Some farmers, after feeding nearly all their corn, have lost 

 most of their hogs by cholera. 



Logan, Ky. : Drought and worm so injured our corn as to impair its 

 fattening qualities; there is a great difficulty in fattening hogs. 



Boone, III. : A large amount of stock-feed must be imported. 



Marshall, III. : Stock-growing has increased to an extent sufficient to 

 consume nearly all the grain raised; about 23,000 hogs sold, averaging 

 300 pounds gross per head. 



Marshall, III. : More hogs fattened than ever before. 



Delaware Iowa: More fattened hogs than at this period of any year 

 since 18G1. 



Washingto7i, loica : Hogs 6J cents per pound gross. 



Caldwell, Mo. : Corn scarce; stoek-hogs shipped to Iowa and Illinois 

 for feeding. 



Prices of FARM-PRODUcrs. — Maine. — Androscoggin: Hay good and 



