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as yellow as saffron — the Michigan white wheat rusted badly, while the 

 old Mediterranean and Hill were not much hurt." Eust is quite general, 

 though not very destructive ; the fly is reported in several counties, but 

 the enemies of the crop have been irost and drought. 



The promise for wheat in Illinois, in the southern counties of which 

 the harvest commenced early in June, is fine. In Cook County a finer 

 prospect " was never known ;" in De Kalb " the outlook is encouraging 

 in the highest degree," and our correspondent in Marion says : " I have 

 lived here thirty-three years, and never saw such a good i^rospect for 

 wheat." The harvest is unusually early. Our Livingston correspondent 

 reports that " one of our farmers commenced cutting his barley May 31, 

 the earliest harvesting ever done in this county ; while in Monroe barley 

 was cut in the first week in May, and some red May wheat was cut 

 about the same time. The chinch bug has injured spring wheat in De 

 Kalb, Grundy, Hancock, Kankakee, Livingston, Putnam, and Sanga- 

 mon ; the effects of drought are mentioned in Clay, Efdngham, Greene, 

 Jo Daviess, Franklin, Lawrence, Marion, and Randolph ; and rust, which 

 has been less injurious than in many other States, is reported in Ed- 

 wards, Peoria, Polk, Pope, Scott, and White. 



A tine crop on an enlarged area is assured in Iowa. In Boone "there 

 has never been a better prospect for crops of all kinds since the first 

 settlement of the county;" in Clayton all crops are ten to fifteen days 

 in advance of other years ; in Cherokee wheat looks well, and " the 

 acreage doubles each year, owing to immigration ;" in Hancock is re- 

 ported " the earliest spring ever seen by the oldest settlers of the 

 county;" in Iowa " the most favorable season for starting crops ever 

 known ;" " the wheat crop never looked better" in Marshall, in Marion, 

 or in Story. The chinch bug appears in spring grain in Decatur and 

 Taylor ; and drought has been more or less injurious in Jefferson, Page, 

 Plymouth, Shelby, and Wapello. 



Kossuth Countij, Iowa. — The weather has been very favorable and crops never looked 

 better. A large breadth has been sown on new land, and much breaking has been 

 done. 



Pocahontas County, Iowa. — Propitious spring rains have brought along the grain finely. 

 Acreage has increased, owing to the rapid development of the county, immigration 

 being very heavy. 



A fine crop is reported from Missouri. The drawbacks are numerous, 

 but slight in influence, and include frost, drought, insects, and rust. The 

 chinch bug is reported in Adair, Cass, Harrison, Johnson, Linn, and 

 -Nodaway; the fly in Cass, Jasper, Johnson, Lafayette, Marion, and 

 Phelps ; drought in Franklin, Texas, Phelps, and Osage ; and rust in 

 Benton, Calloway, Cass, Chariton, Cape Girardeau, Moniteau, and 

 Montgomery. 



Jasper Connti/, Mo.—^loat ot the wheat was sown after October 1, and is extra good. 

 That sown before that date is much injured by the Hessian fly. 



Lafayette County, Mo. — Tlie wheat has been injured at least 40 per cent, by the fly. 



McDonald County, Mo. — AVheat considerably injured by severe frost April 22, which 

 killed the young growth of timber. 



Osage County, Mo. — The drought of April and May destroyed the very flattering pros- 

 pect for Avheat. 



Wisconsin appears to be as free from injuries^ to the wheat crop as 

 anj'- other State. The chinch-bug is reported in Iowa County, and the 

 worm (joiut?) in Calumet and Sheboygan. A fine yield is anticipated. 



Dane County, Wis. — The season has been more than usually favorable, and almost 

 every branch o^ farm work and all farm crops are at least in average condition. In 

 some fields the small grains are injured by an unusual amount of "pigeon" and "fox- 

 •tail" grass. 



Marathon County, Wis. — No rain for foar weeks previous to June 1. 



