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Payette County, while the dronglit lias pinched the ears and reduced 

 the size of the "^Tains, the best crop jiatheied since the war is expected. 

 Complaint of injury from dry weather conies from the southern por- 

 tion of West Yiruinia. In many tields the stalks were dry before the 

 eai\s were half filled. Injur}' from the same cause has resulted through- 

 out a large portion of Kentucky. The lighter uplands in Ohio have 

 been too dry, and the crop in some places will be much reduced. 



ilorroic County, Ohio. — Drought severely affected the corn ; mauy fields cut to save 

 the fodder. 



Franklin County, Ohio. — Drought, in the south half of the county, cut short the corn 

 50 per cent. ; iu the north half, the low, black lands return an excellent crop ; the up- 

 lands 25 per cent, .short. 



Scioto County, Ohio. — Drought caught our splendid corn crop just as it was shooting, 

 and cut it down 25 per cent, below last report. 



Mercer County, Ohio. — Chinch-bug iujuriug corn in some localities. 



XotMithstarding the depreciation in certain soils and districts, the 

 crop of Ohio will not be much below an average. In Michigan the loss 

 is greater. Some fields have been cut up for fodder. Yet there are 

 counties which report a larger yield than ever before. Portions of Indi- 

 ana have been very dry, but recent rains have greatly improved the 

 crop. In Putnam it is said that "corn has matured beyond expecta- 

 tion in spite of the drought, and will yield a full average ;" in Dubois 

 it was "never better;"'' in La Grange, though the large expectation at 

 first entertained has been reduced '23 i^er cent., an average quantity is 

 still expected. xVu immense yield was anticipated in Illinois prior to 

 numerous local drawbacks, from drought, hail-storms, and chinch-bugs. 

 The report from Lake — " the promise of a prodigious yield has subsided 

 into an average crop" — is not far from a fair summary of the entire re- 

 turns. The crop will be large iu Missouri. 



Audrain County, Mo. — Ten days ago there was promise of the heaviest corn crop 

 ever produced in the county ; chinch-bugs have siuce cut it down to an average. 



Monroe County, Mo. — Corn injured by the chinch-bug, yet the crop is hirger than for 

 six years. 



Bates County, Mo. — Corn crop lias not been so good for ten years as now. The aver- 

 age for the county will be 6U bushels. 



Linn County, Mo. — Chinch-bugs, a new swarm, have for twenty-five days been wast- 

 ing the corn crop : otherwise it would have been 40 or 50 per cent', larger than usual. 



HarriHon County, Mo. — Corn maturing well, though somewhat injured bj' chinch and 

 grub worm. 



Mercer County, Mo. — Corn crop better than we ever had before. 



Schuyler County, Mo. — In .«pite of drought, corn will be above an average. 



Wisconsin and ^Minnesota have large crops. There has been some 

 injury from drought in the former State, but no reports of depreciation 

 from this cause have come from the latter. 



Blue Earth County, Minn. — Corn splendid; out of the way of frost; a hail-storm, 

 destroyed 767 acres of corn. 



Winona County, Minn. — Corn mostly cut up and out of the way. of frost. 



• In lowft, Kansa.s, and Nebraska a considerable increase iu quantity 

 is assured. The following items are specimens of the returns: 



Wa.'ihington County, Joica. — Corn magnificent; one field, by actual count, averaged 

 four ears to the hill. 



Clinton County, loua. — Corn crop made ; the best for ten years. 



Appanoose County, loua. — Corn, though materially injured by chinch, will exceed last 

 year's crop. 



Boone County, loica. — Farmers lamenting the low price of corn, caused by its super- 

 abundance. 



Carroll County, Iowa. — Corn not filling out well ; heavy wind-storms Lavo loosened 

 the roots. 



Earclin County, lou-a.— Corn heavv and lar advanced; uearlv out of danger from 

 fio.st. 



Jasper C.uniy, loua. — Corn crop the best in sixteen years, and <ut of danger from 

 frost ; saw a load of new corn in market to-day. 



