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Forsyili County, Ga. — Ayerage yield this year about 2 bushels. Usual product about 

 7 bushels. 



Miirray County, Ga. — Yield about three pecks to the acre, and that almost worthless. 

 The heads did uot average more thau three to live grains, and those were injured by 

 rust. 



Chattooga County, Ga. — So much injured by rust that a great deal that was sown 

 was not harvested. Yield not over 2 bushels per acre, on an average. 



Madison County, Ga.— Average yield about 3 bushels ; quality very inferior. 

 Lawrence County, JZa.— Almost a failure. Bad culture and rust. 

 Etotcah County, Ala. — Nearly a complete failure. Average not over 3 bushels per 

 acre. 



lianTcin County, Miss. — Little wheat sown last fall, which was so badly rusted that 

 none was gathered. 



Bed River County, Texas. — ^Previous to 1865 the average yield of wheat was 16 bush- 

 els. Since that time about 10 bushels, owing to the increase of rain and cold weather 

 in March and April. 



Bandera County, Texas. — Spring-wheat a failure, owing to the drought during the 

 summer mouths.' Winter-wheat averaged about 10 bushels to the acre; about oue- 

 half the yield iu a iavorable season with good cultivation. 



ColumI)'la County, Ark — Crop unusually poor; average per acre not over 5 bushels. 

 Many fields were not cut at all. 



Montgomei-y County, Ark. — Yield will not average more than 5 bushels per acre. 

 Worse than ever before. 



Independence County, Ark. — Average less than 5 bushels, and the quality very inferior. 

 Eust attacked every field in the county. 

 Xeivton County, Ark. — A failure throughout the county. 



Steivart County, Tenn. — About one-third of an average crop. Some crops barely 

 returned the seed. 



Montgomery County, Tenn. — Scarcely 2i bushels to the acre. It scarcely looks like 

 wheat. We are importing our seed-wheat and flour also to some extent. 

 Camphell County, Tenn.—Cvo^ damaged by late frost, rust, and the fly. 

 Greene County, Tenn. — Some fields uot cut at all; very few crops of average yield; 

 uot more than 4 bushels harvested to the acre, on an average. 



Humplireys County, Tenn. — Many fields ruined by rust. Late sowing and the imper- 

 fect manner in which it is put in are considered causes of tlie poor crops. 



Lauderdale County, Tenn. — Will not average more thau 3 bushels per acre, owing to 

 rust, which is almost sure to damage late-sown wheat. 



Nichols County, W. Va. — Wheat, half a crop; injured by fly and rust. The new 

 variety of German wheat sent by the Department was damaged by rust and weevil. 

 Tappahaunock does best, maturing before the time for rust or insects. 



Tyler County, W. Va. — Wheat, average yield greatly reduced by frost, fly, and rust ; 

 many fields, however, above the usual average. 



Hart County, Ky. — Wheat crop light; many large farmers did not cut any. 5ye 

 yielded better in straw than grain. 



Henry County, Ky. — Wh>at yield has fallen short of expectations; crops estimated at 

 12 and 15 bushels yield but half that amount. 



Carroll County, Ky. — Tlie frost of April greatly inju'-ed wheat on the low lauds on the 

 Ohio and Kentucky Eivers. Crops on the high lands not injured, but the falling off on 

 the river crops makes the average low, perhaps 12 l)U6hels to the acre. 

 St. Joseph County, Mo. — Wheat averages 20 bushels, ranging from 8 to 43. 

 Monroe County, Mo. — Wheat more or less injured by chinch, yet more wheat has been 

 ' raised than during any former year of the last six. 



Worth County, Mo. — Wheat averages, per acre, not over 8 bushels. Spring- wheat will 

 not return the seed, Avhile Avinter-wheat averages 12 bushels. The failure of spring- 

 wheat directed general attention to buckwheat. 



Holt County, Mo. — Spring-wheat will average 15 bushels, and winterwheat 17 bushels 

 per acre. 



Clinton County, Mo. — Winter-wheat averages 15 bushels per acre; spring- wheat nearly 

 all destroyed by chinch-bugs ; will not average over 2 bushels. 



Miller County, Mo. — Tappahaunock wheat will average 20 bushels, and other varie- 

 ties 12 bushels per acre. 



Cole County, Mo. — Wheat average less than 15 bushels per acre. Tappahannock, (re- 

 ceived from the Department,) 20 bushels, iu good ground. Quality of the crops 30 per 

 cent, above average. 



Schuyhr County, Mo. — Winter-wheat averages 15 bushels; spring-wheat comjiletely 

 destroyed by chinch. 



Gru)idy County, III. — Spring-wheat almost totally destroyed ; not one-twentieth of 

 the area planted was harvested. Winter- wheat but little raised ; average 25 bushels 

 per acre. 



