299 



Dour/las County, Kansas. — Corn two weeks earlier than usual. It is already being 

 cut. 



Shawnee Coiinly, Kansas.— Corn will be a heavy crop. 



Jiepuhlic CniDity, Kansas. — Chinch-hngs thick on corn; also a great deal of smut, 

 which old farmers here say is a sign of a good crop. 



Jackson County, Kansas. — Coi'n may make heavy yield in spite of the chinch. 



Atcliison County, Kansas. — Corn crop will be a third less than was anticipated. 

 • Neoslw County, Kansas. — Corn remarkablj^ forward and good; will prohablj^ average 

 50 bushels per acre. 



Butler County^ Kansas. — Corn crop better than ever known. 



Howard County, Kansas. — Corn could not be better. 



WHEAT. 



The wheat rejiort is far less favorable than the returns of spring- and 

 early summer, except as far as relates to the Eastern and Middle States. 

 The condition of wheat at the time of harvesting is thus stated : Above 

 an averag'e — New Hampshire, 104 ; Massachusetts, 101 ; Kew York, 

 102; New Jersey, 110; Pennsylvania, 107; Maryland, 102; Michigan, 

 106. Below an average — Maine, 95 ; Vermont, 99 ; Delaware, 97 ; Vir- 

 ginia, 79 ; North Carolina, 59 ; South Carolina, 53 ; Georgia, 52 ; Ala- 

 bama, 05; Mississippi, 94; Texas, 84; Arkansas, 70 ; Tennessee, 70 ; West 

 Virginia, 94; Kentucky, 65; Missouri, 97; Illinois, 92 ; Indiana, 91 ; 

 Ohio, 99 ; Vv^iscousin, 94 ; Minnesota, SO ; Iowa, 90 ; Kansas, 98; Ne- 

 braska, 80; California, 75; Oregon, 95. 



The amount grown in the South is small, and low condition there will 

 affect the supply but little. The depreciation is about 10 per cent, in 

 the West, which will be partially offset by increase of area. 



The proportion of counties, in this section, in which the condition of 

 the crop is above au average, may be understood from an analysis of 

 160 returns, as follows : 



Over 100. At 100. Under 100. 



Ohio : 14 22 10 



Indiana 7 14 19 



Illinois 13 13 23 



Iowa. 7 19 18 



The following items from crop reports indicate some of the local 

 aspects of these returns : 



Fenohscot County, Me. — Dry weather has injured the crop. 



Somerset Couhty, Me. — Average not more than 1.5 bushels per acre. 



Androscoggin County, Me. — In good condition as to quality, but little sown, and injured 

 by grasshoppers. 



Oxford County, Me. — Generally of good quality, sometimes pinched by drought. 



Sagadahoc County, Me. — Considerably injured by drought and grasshoppers. 

 ^ Orange County, Vt.—A good crop. 



Caledonia County, Vt. — Light growth, but well filled. 



Otsego County, N. Y. — Yery fine crop, but injured in harvesting by rains. 



Washington County, X. T. — Quality of spring wheat injured by heavy rains. 



Livingston County, X. Y. — The crop turns out better than was expected. Have not 

 seen a poor piece in tlie county this season. 



Seneca County, X. Y. — Never had such a yield, and the quality is fine. 



Burlington County, X. J.— A good yield. 'On a field of thirteen acres 412 bushels were 

 raised, and several farmers report over 30 bushels to the acre. 



Union County, X. J. — The croiJ was never better. 



Cumberland County, X. J. — The quality is better than last year, when it was below the 

 average. 



Lancaster County, Pa. — The harvest was earlier than ever known, and the yield is 

 large. 



ircsfmorcland County, Pa.— Quality iiniformly superior. 



Luzerne County. I'a. — A larger yield per aci-e than for many years. 



Berks County, Pa.— A larger yield jter acre than last year, aiid of the very best quality. 



Armstrong County, P«.— Plump and heavy, and good bulk of straw, which will be 

 used as fodder. 



