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Burton County, Ga. — Wheat almost a failure. 



Gwinnett County, Ga. — Wheat crop meager aud inferior in quality, in consequence ot 

 rust and fly. 



Heard Countij, Ga. — Wheat threshes out poor; season extremely wot. 



Milton Conntii, Ga. — Enst and fly have injured wheat very badly. 



Murraji County, Ga. — Wheat crop entirely worthless; many fields have not been cut, 

 and of those cut many did not return the seed actually sown ; wliole crops not suffi- 

 cient to resow the laud. This misfortune the result of excessive rains, producing rust. 



Willces County, Ga. — Barley, Avheat, and oats have been threshed; wheat poor, 

 mainly from rust. 



Spalding County, Ga. — Wheat injured, more by rust than was anticipated; some 

 crops, hoM'ever, were very line, yielding from 20 to 30 bushels per acre. 



Kaufman County, Texas. — Wheat, rye, and barley all yielded better than last year. 



Williamson County, Texas. — Spring wheat cut from 10th to 1.5th June ; quality, good ; 

 yield, 1.5 to 20 bushels per acre; drought for three weeks. 



Bexar County, Texas. — All small grain harvested the first days of June; wheat aver- 

 aged 16| bushels per acre ; in some cases reaching 40. 



TVashinyton County, Ark. — Wheat harvest June 10, ten days earlier than usual ; 

 crops light; iujui'ed by frost in April, and afterwards by red rust. 



Henry County, Tenn. — Wheat crop small ; many fields yielding but three or four 

 bushels per acre. 



Humphreys County, Tenn. — Reduced the wheat crop one-half; some fields not cut. 



Jefferson County, Tenn. — Wheat crop an entire failure in some parts of the county ; 

 general average not over 50 per cent. ; harvested in good condition, but it has not ma- 

 tured well; grain not ])]unip ; red-bearded or Lancaster wlieat the best in the region. 



Knox County, Tenn. — Bearded wheat did better than the smooth, and on elevated 

 lands better thaij on low lands. 



phea County, Tenn. — Rnst has injured wheat; some farmers pastured their wheat. 



Sulliran County, Tenn. — Wheat half a crop, but harvested in good condition between 

 8th and ISth June, ten days earlier than usual ; Tappahannock decidedly the best 

 variety. 



Gibson County, Tenv. — Wheat greatly damaged ; some fields on lowlands not worth 

 cutting ; wheat market opens at .ft 50 per bushel, the usual price being $1. 



Adair County, Ky. — Wheat almost a total failure; scarce euongh harvested for seed. 



Franllin County, Ky. — Early wheat frost-killed and plowed up. Late wheat thin 

 on the ground, but the grain is good and heavy, though injured by late frost. Eyo 

 almost a failure; straw heavy, but light-headed. 



McCracken County, Ky. — Early in the spring wheat looked finely, but al>out the time 

 of heading it took the blade-rust, causing the straw to become thin and soft, so that 

 the wheat lodged and fell down. Some crops almost ruined. 



Mercer County, Ky. — Georgia, whire, Tai)pahannock, and all the early varieties of 

 wheat were greatly injured by the frosts of spring, which opened at least two weeks 

 earlier than usual. 



Tulaski County, Ky. — Wheat promising on the 1st of March, but since then the fly-rust 

 and frost have nearly destroyed it. 



Shelby County, Ky. — Early wheat almost an entire fiiilure, but the later rains have 

 raised the later wheat to almost (35 per cent. Rye looked well, but on harvesting was 

 found deficient in grain. 



Scott County, Ky. — Wheat in good condition and of superior quality, but crjp short; 

 about 90 per cent, of average crop. 



Columbiana County, Ohio. — Wheat harvest commenced June 22, and promises to bo 

 excellent, both in q\iality and quantity. 



Crawford County, Ohio. — Wlieafc nearly all cut; a few farmers finished cutting in 

 June, which has not happened more than once in a quarter of a century. Plenty of 

 rain in June. 



Lorain County, Ohio. — Winter wheat coming out finely; it is partly harvested. 



Fairfield County, Ohio.— Wheat, especially the smooth varieties, injured by frost. 



Holmes County, Ohio. — Wheat was all harvested Jnly 6; a portion of it too ripe. 

 The first wheat cat in the county was on .June 17. 



Morrow County, Ohio. — Wheat promised an unusual crop, but rust and weevil have 

 injured part of it. 



Adams County, Ohio. — June 24. wheat nearly all harvested. The quality of the grain 

 is not as good as last year, in consequence of frost, midge, rust, and scab. 



Portage County, Ohio. — Wheat is fully an average crop, with as plump a berry as could 

 be desired. No trouble from insects. 



Champaign County, Ohio. — Wheat reduced below average by frost in April, w-hich 

 damaged early varieties, .aisd rust, which nearly destroyed the late stools. Tappahan- 

 nock is more injured than any other variety. 



Tuscarawas County, Ohio. — Weather favorable for the wheat harvest, which is nearly 

 completed. The berry shows that* our soil is deficient in lime ; not being filled out as 



