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Minnesota will sustain her reputation for good crops, though the 

 season has not been uniformly favorable. It was cold and wet in seed- 

 time, and several weeks of drought followed, but late rains, warm and 

 seasonable, have benefited the crop. 



The wheat of Michigan can scarcely be improved in condition. In 

 some places fears begin to be entertained of injury from drought, but 

 refreshing rains have dissipated such forebodings. 



Kansas reports the largest increase of acreage of any of the States, 

 and stands among the first in condition of the plant. In Cofley County 

 the rust made its appearance on the blades, but did not extend to the 

 stem, and " an enormous crop" is promised. Early sown wheat in Linn 

 was injured by the fly to such extent that some fields were plowed up.. 

 Injury is reported from the same cause in Bourbon, Franklin, Johnson, 

 Miami, Wilson, Wyandot, and Woodson. The chinch-bug has committed 

 depredations in I^emaha, Osage, and Shawnee. 



Montffomery County, Kansas. — Crops of all kinds promise well. Plenty ot raiu. This 

 county is about two years old. There are 100 acres in cultivation this year for every 

 one last year. 



All kinds of spring grain look well in Nebraska, and promise a large 

 yield. In some sections the season has been rather dry, and the straw 

 will consequently be short and the heads small. 



In California there is a small crop. It was feared, in the early springy 

 that the failure would be disastrous, that the yield would not sui)i)ly 

 bread for the people and seed for the next crop. At the date of our 

 returns, all of which have been mailed since the commencement of the 

 present month, the prospect had brightened, with the aid of light but 

 seasonable rains, indicating a surplus of four or five millions of bushels. 

 It is thought in Napa that recent rains have been worth $100,000 to the 

 crop. In Colusa, in the midst of failure, instances of a probable yield 

 of 30 bushels per acre, the result of summer-fallowing and fall-plowing, 

 show that good crops, in California as elsewhere, depend more upon 

 good cultivation than fertility or climate. In San Joaquin Valley, where 

 utter .failure was imminent, a respectable yield will be obtained iu 

 places. Eeports are more encouraging from Stanislaus, where the 

 reduction will be less than was anticipated. The headers were at work 

 at Sherman's Island on the 5th of June, and the harvest was progress- 

 ing in Merced County, with improved prospects. A material imj)rove- 

 ment is also reported in Monterey. The only counties reporting aver- 

 age condition are liutte, Del.Norte, Siskiyou, Tuolumne, and San Ber- 

 nardino, 



There is a fine i)rospect for a good crop in Oregon. The acreage of 

 spring grain is reported as slightly increased, with a small increase ot 

 winter wheat. Washington Territory also has a fine prospect for a 

 bread crop. In the Walla- Walla Valley " the grain crop never looked 

 better;" a million bushels may be harvested in Walla- Walla County — 

 promising a revenue of $700,000 in gold. 



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The acreage of corn will not be re]iorted until July. The tenor of 

 reports is favorable as to condition. The corn-granary ot the West, the 

 State of Illinois, is green with corn-fields, which were planted early, and 

 grew vigorously. In sod-land cut-worms have been very troublesome, 

 in many instances rendering a replanting necessary. The De Kalb cor- 

 respondent says, '' The corn is looking splendid, and by the 4th of July 

 it will be as high as a horse's back." In some places the want of rain 

 has been felt. 



