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except from Middlesex, in the latter State. No wheat is growu in 

 Ehode Island, and, indeed, very little in New England. 



The 2U(MI/ States. — But three counties in New York, Onondaga, 

 Schuyler, and Washington, report more winter-killing than last year. 

 The warm autumn gave a strong growth in Western New York, and 

 though the covering of snow was light the i)lants retained their vigor 

 through the winter, and are in more than medium condition. The 

 counties reporting "very good," are Tioga, Westchester, Seneca, Steu- 

 ben, and Columbia, while Jefferson estimates her area "20 per cent, 

 better than last spring." Three-fourths of the returns indicate merely 

 an average prospect. In Chautauqua the crop is promising, what there 

 is left of it after the autumn's work of the Hessian fly. In Onondaga 

 the plant was small in the highlands in the autumn, and weak and un- 

 thrifty in the spring, but looks well in the richest and best-tilled fields. 



Of fifteen counties reporting in New Jersey, none i)resent discourag- 

 ing accounts, but three limit the prospect to an average, two estimate 

 an advantage of ten per cent., three of 20 per cent., and one of 25, 

 while others return the crop " better than for years ;" " looking remark- 

 ably well;" and in Burlington one correspondent makes it 'the strong- 

 est and thickest stand he has ever seen." 



Forty counties in Pennsylvania send returns, of which only those 

 from Tioga and Union represent an inferior prospect, and fully three- 

 fourths report a more than aver;'.ge luxuriance. It is stated of Cum- 

 berland that "there are no poor fields and wheat could not look better;" 

 it is "remarkably fine" in Indiana, "though the fly has destroyed parts 

 of fields ;" " the fields of Lehigh present a finer appearance than for thirty 

 years," due in part to the fine weather and absence of cold winds in 

 March; wheat in Beaver is "quite promising, especially the drilled 

 fields, and those injured by the fly have recuperated and may yield well." 

 It is stated in the latter returns that a few fields, on which straw and 

 long mauTire were spread, were completely destroyed by the mice, which 

 were so abundant that pastures were injured by them. 



Wheat and rye look well in Delaware. Every return from Maryland 

 is favorable in comparison with last year. The crop is generally more 

 advanced than usual, and in Washington County it "never before, 

 within the recollection of the oldest inhabitants, had so promising a 

 look." 



Of thirty-six returns in Virginia, three (Montgomery, Northumber- 

 land, and Dinwiddle) are less favorable than usual; seventeen show 

 great improvement, and the remainder report a medium appearance. 



North Carolina makes forty-two favorable returns, while those from 

 Chatham and Haywood declare winter grain "more backward than 

 usual," thougli in the latter, rj'e is fine. York, Lexington, and Orange- 

 burg, in Soutli Carolina, do not represent their crops as promising, but 

 the other counties make a favorable report. 



Wheat was Avinter-killed in Morgan County, and is poor in Bartow, 

 Newton, and Pike, but looks well in thirty six counties reported, and 

 very finely in twelve. 



In Lee, Alabama, wheat is very inferior; elsewhere it is generally 

 good, thongh in some sections the early sown looks much better than 

 the late, wiiich is small, but of good color and a good stand. 



A very small area of wheat or rye is sown in Mississippi or Louisiana,^ 

 /except i;i the latter for winter pasture. Wheat presents a uniformly 

 promising appearance. 



The counties in 'J'exas in Avhich the appearance of wheat is poor, are 

 McLennan, Ped Piver, Medina, (greatly injured by drought,) and Ban- 



