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is generally superior. In some sections injury resulted from sudden and 

 frequent showers and storms in liaying-time. 



In Oxford County, Maine, it is deemed the smallest crop ever grown 

 there. In Norfolk, Maine, the deficiency has been supplied by corn- 

 fodder and millet. A second crop of much value, grown since the close 

 of the dry season, has been secured in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, and 

 the quantity of clover-hay has been increased 2(; per cent, from a second 

 cutting in Berks. In Carroll, Ohio, heavy rains are making a large 

 autumn crop. A large portion of the Kansas and Nebraska hay is made 

 from prairie-grass, and in the Northwestern States generally the wild 

 grasses are greatly depended upon for supplies, which can be increased 

 in manj^ places very largely by utilizing a wider area of grasses, which 

 "would otherwise decay upon the ground. In the sparsely settled dis- 

 tricts a dearth of hay may almost invariably be avoided by extra effort 

 and industry in enlarging the area cut. In the Ohio Valley, also, the 

 utilization of corn-fodder can make up almost any deficiency' of the hay 

 crop. Famine in the stock-yards of the West is, therefore, only possible 

 through the negligence of stock-growers. 



POTATOES. 



The potato crop promises to be nearly an average one. The per- 

 centages below 100, or a full crop, are — Maine, 94; Vermont, 90; Massa- 

 chusetts, 97.; West Virginia, 89; Kentucky, 81; Illinois, G3; Indiana, 

 81; Ohio, 98; Michigan, 6S; Wisconsin, 90; California, 88; Oregon, 

 90 ; and several of the Southern States, in which few are grown. Among 

 the States above an average are New Hampshire, 105 ; Eliode Island, 

 102; Connecticut, 105; New York, 103; New Jersey, 105; Pennsylva- 

 nia, 104; Missouri, 101; Minnesota, 111; Iowa, 105; Kansas, 105; Ne- 

 braska, 104. 



The sweet-potato crop is a full one between New York and Virginia, 

 and in Mississippi and Louisiana, and elsewhere in the Southern States 

 somewhat below an average. The Eastern market supplies must be 

 abundant. The following comprise a verv few of the many notes which 

 come with the estimates sent from each county for tabulation : 



Oxford Coinii)!, Me. — Good, but sbowins indications of rot. 



Norfolk County, Mass. — Better than for some years, and uo signs of rot. 



Orange Vonntij, Vt. — Injured by rust and potato-bug in some localities, but promise 

 an average crop. 



liensselacr County, N. Y. — Many raised. Early ones poor, and beginning to rot. , 



Allamakee County, loioa. — Potato bug not very injurious. 



Woodson County, Kansas. — Potatoes above average, and dull sale at 25 and 30 cents 

 per busliel. 



Seward County f Nehr. — Potato-bugs have not troubled us. Grasshoppers have not vis- 

 ited us. 



Plumas County, Cal. — Frost has injured potatoes. 



Erie County, Ohio. — Potatoes injured by drought and Colorado bugs, but by fighting 

 the latter a very large crop has been secured. I harvested 650 bushels from 3 acres, 

 and sold 500 bushels at 50 cents per bushel. 



Mercer County, Ohio. — The potato-bugs have almost entirely disappeared. 



Scioto County, Ohio. — Drought cutting short Irish potatoes. Sweet-potatoes stand the 

 drought much l)ctter. 

 , Van Buren County, Hfichifjan. — Potatoes, a fair yield in spite of bugs. Enough for home 

 consumption, but will rule high in price. 



Ineuiaygo County, Mich. — Potatoes retailing at $1 40 per bushel. 



Mason County, Mich. — Potatoes will be scarcely worth digging. 



SI:. Clair County, Mich. — Late potatoes seriously aifected by drought. 



Richland County, IVis. — Potato-bugs have not done much. Another bug haa been 

 killing tliem and destroying their eggs. 



JValworth County, fFis. — Potatoes GO jier cent, of an average, and six-fold last year's 



