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BiiUcr Count)/, Pa. — The frosty May aud dry, hot Jane ruined our pasture fiehls and 

 meadows, so tliat our cattle suffer to some extent for want of ^^ood pasture. The 

 meadows will not yield 50 per cent, of an average crop ; many cannot be cut. 



Beaver Counfy, Pa.— The drought ended with a nice shower June 17, and rains have 

 since helped the pastures. The last of .June was unfavorable for making clover hay. 



Wiij/nc CoiinUj, Pa. — Owing to the drought that prevailed in this county last summer 

 and fall, timothy meadows are found this spring almost entirely killed, and much dam- 

 age was also done to clover aud pasture fields. The mouths of May aud June have 

 been extremely dry. 



Medina. Coinitif, Ohio. — A severe drought in May ami Juue injuriously affected grass 

 crops, but recent rains have greatly benefited them. 



Portaf/e Couiitfi, Ohio. — There is an uncommou growth of white clover this year; pas- 

 ' tures are a full average. 



Morrow County, O/i /o.—Meadovrs and pastures have come forward rapidly since the 

 late rains. 



Alpena Counly, il'ich. — Hungarian grass is raised in considerable quantities in this 

 couuty, and with pei feet success. 



Winnebayo Coiinii/, III. — Clover and timothy have done remarkably well. 



Clarke County, Mo. — Prospect for timothy the best in five years. 



Cole County, Mo. — First croxj of clover well secured ; second tine, owing to copious 

 rains. 



Franklin County, Mo. — Pastures dried up. But few acres of either clover or timothy 

 will be harvested. 



Cedar County, Iowa. — Meadows light, but improving fast with late rains. 



Marion County, Iowa. — Meadows on dry ground very light. Hundreds of acres barely 

 worth cutting aud saving. 



Woodson County', Ka)is. — Clover, timothy, aud blue grass flourish in Kansas. 



Anderson County, ii^.^Meadows taken to some extent by white blossom and ofher 

 weeds. 



Franklin County, Ky. — Pasture good; clover and timothy injured by white top ; not 

 over half a crop. 



Jefferson County, Ky. — Timothy not so good as clover — infested with white weed or 

 daisy. 



Lincoln County, Ey. — Pasture not so good as usual; clover and timothy injured by 

 white top. 



Shelby County, Ey. — Timothy and clover cut short by drought and white blossom. 



Jefferson County, W. Va. — Hay crop short. The best crop of the season was fifteen 

 tons on five acres. 



Wilson County, Tenn. — Pastures splendid ; clover average crop ; timothy 50 per cent, 

 below last year. 



Giles County, Tenn. — Greater attention paid to grass crops. 



Carroll County, Md. — Hay not one-half a crop ; poorest yield in forty years. 



Howard County, Md. — A farmer who cut fifty tous of hay last year will this year cut 

 but five tons. This is a good sample of the county. 



CrreenciUe County, Va. — Clover grows luxuriantly, afibrding cow feed by the 1st of 

 April ; timothy, also-, does well on the heavy soils. 



Bertie County, JSf. C. — Experimental crops of clover sown in the spring. 



Greenville County, S. C. — First crop of red clover hay harvested Juue 9 ; best was 2^ 

 feet high. 



CobI) County, Ga. — Clover and timothy raised on a small scale. 



Gwinnett County, (?«.— Clover and timothy becoming more common. 



Wilkes County, Ga. — Clover just introduced. First crop cut and Very fine. 



Colbert County, Ala. — Increased disposition to grow clover. Good experimeutftl crop 

 of red clover reported 3 or 4 feet high. 



Manatee County, Fla. — Red clover might be made valuable as a fertilizer. 



Hancock County, Miss. — NoVirtificial pastures in the county. 



La Fourche County, La. — No grasses planted for pasturage, and wild grasses do not 

 exhibit much difference from year to year. 



OATS. 



In the -^ew England States oats liave liacl a rapid growtli and are in 

 excellent condition. In all these States, except Vermont, their condi- 

 tion ii3 reported above average. In the Middle States the condition of 

 the crop is slightly below average, Pennsylvania and Maryland being 

 the lowest — the former being 13 and the latter 20 per cent, below. 

 Drought in May and June has prevailed in all these States. Only one 

 of the Western States, Minnesota, reports a condition greatly below 



