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Greene County, III. — Spring •wheat "burnt out." Chinch-bug injurious to all crops. 



Stark Coiintij, III. — The chiucb-bug has iojored the spring wheat, but the yield will 

 still be better than last year. 



Crawford County, III. — Weather dry ; season very early, 



Wahii'ik Coiuitij, III. — Wheat shrunken to sotQe extent, the Tappahannock being worst, 

 and the English least. 



Carroll Count;), III. — The heads of spring wheat are filling hopefully. The production 

 of winter wheat is nearly abandoned, but what little there is looks well. 



Liningstoti Cowity, III. — The chinch-bug is doing gre.at injury to wheat and barley. 

 Season Cne. 



Clinton County, III. — Weatlier hot and dry for six weeks. Wheat will average 15 to 

 16 busliels per acre, and is number one in quality. 



Sany anion County, III. — Winter wheat has yielded a fair average crop; spring wheat 

 almost a total failure, owing to the chinch-bug. Some few farmers plowed under 

 wheat and planted corn. This, however, in some cases, has merely ali'orded a new 

 supply of food for the bug. The winter-wheat harvest commenced June 10; weather 

 in June remarkably dry. 



Oyle County, III. — Si)riug wheat is a stax>le crop; injured somewhat by rust, but will 

 yield an average crop. 



Fond da lac County, Wis. — Wheat is short, and generally thin; some pieces will 

 scarcely yield the seed. The cool, wet weather is improving the crop. 



Dane County, Wis. — Wheat below the average ; rust and chinch-bugs have done much 

 damage. 



I'ierce County, Wis. — Spring wheat, early sown on new land, promises a full average ; 

 on most old land it is very poor, and the crop will be below average. 



Outagamie .County, jris. — Spring wheat will not be a half crop in the county, with the 

 most favorable weather; insects and bliglit the cause. Winter wheat will be injured 

 some with the rust; cold nights and warm days supposed to be the cause. 



Brown County, Bis. — The excessive heat of May retarded the growth of all crops, 

 and had the ettect of bringing them to a premature development. 



Waukesha County, Wis. — Wheat will be more than an average crop. Timely rains 

 and simshine have forced all products grown in this latitude like a hot-bed. 



Dunn County, Jf'is. — The extremely hot, dry weather of the latter part of May and 

 the 1st of June injured small grain very much, causing the wheat to dry up and turn 

 yellow near the root. 



Green County, IVis. — Spring wheat wUl fall below average, owing to rust and chinch- 

 Lug. "A fnw farmers were bold enough to sow winter wheat a year ago, and they will 

 reap a bountiful harvest." 



Itidiland County, Wis. — There is some complaint of rust and ravages of the fly in 

 wheat. 



ff ashington County, Wis. — Winter wheat aflfected by rust about the middle of June, 

 and Canada club-wheat one week later. Spring wheat is damaged in some localities 

 by worms. The season is too wet. 



Grant County, fVis. — Spring wheat scalded by the hot, dry weather in June. 



Ozaukee County, Wis. — Rain and cold weather have injured spring wheat considerably ; 

 whole fields look yellow, and will not be worth cutting. 



Green Lake County, Wis. — Wheat rusted; the indications are that the crop will be 

 reduced one-half. 



Hancock County, Iowa. — Spring wheat in favorable condition ; there has been some 

 rust on the blades, but heads have not been injured. 



Jefferson County, Iowa. — Dry weather and chinch-bug have injured spring wheat 

 seriously. Many fields will not be cut. 



Marshall County, Iowa. — Wheat slightly injured by rust. 



Decatur County, Iowa. — Spring wheat is the great bread-crop of this county, and the 

 chinch-bug has taken every acre. 



Davis County, Iowa. — S2)riug wheat has been entirely destroyed by the chinch-bug. 



Clarke County, Iowa. — *' Spring wheat was very good until about three Aveeks ago, when 

 the southern half of the county was attacked with rust. The chinch-bug then followed 

 and totally destroyed many crops — nearly all. Some farmers have set fire to the wheat 

 and burned oft' the straw, hoping to kill the bugs and thereby save the corn. There 

 was very little fall wheat raised in the county, but what was raised was No. 1." 



Page County, Iowa. — The chinch-bug has destroyed the spring wheat. The average 

 will not be much over one bushel to the acre. The average for spring wheat for the 

 last three years in this county is 25 or 26 bushels. That of fall wheat is 60 bushels. 



Cherokee County, Iowa. — The straw of wheat will be short, but the grains well filled. 



Bates County, Mo. — Wheat has been largely thrashed and averages over 20 bushels per 

 acre. 



Cass County, Mo. — Wheat about average yield j)er acre. Rainy weather threatens 

 <iamage in the shock. 



