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Lawrence Conntii, III. — Pastures are entirely dried uj) ; are compelled to feed stock 

 to keep them iu liviug condition. 



Jersey County, III. — Meadows are dried up; want of feed and water for stock is 

 severely felt. 



Sangamon County, III. — Pastures very short, owing to continued drought. 



IVinnebayo County, III. — Fall feed and all fall crops nearly a failure, owing to severe 

 drought. 



Pulnam County, III. — Pastures dried up ; water on the prairies very scarce. 



Boone County, III. — Pastures very short; cattle being fed on hay. 



Carroll (Jaunty, III. — Pasture feed failing ; must soon be fed from barn. 



Williamson County, III. — Pasturage dried up ; cattle not fed becoming thinner every 

 day. 



Iroquois County, III. — Pastures very much shortened by severe drought; feeding stock 

 will commcnc'O a mouth earlier than usual. 



Fayette County, III. — Pastures suffering severely from protracted drought. 



Greene County, Ind. — Pastures are dried up, and stock must soon be fed; hay very 

 scarce. 



Wayne County, Ind. — Pastures fine; cattle looking well. 



Wells County, Ind. — Pastures drying up; weather very dry. 



Cass County, Ind., — Our pastures are dried up ; many find difficulty in procuring water 

 for stock. 



Latorcnce County, Ind. — Fall pasturage an entire failure. 



Delaware County, Ohio. — Pastures drying up badly ; stock not doing well ; farmers 

 selling at low prices. 



Athens County, Ohio. — Pastures are almost entirely dried up; many farmers are feed- 

 ing their stock on hay and other fodder. 



Cranford County, Ohio. — Pastures are becoming short, owing to dry weather. 



Logan Counft^Ohio. — Fall jiasturage is vei-y fine. 



Vinton County, Ohio. — Driest fall ever known here; pastures dried up; water for 

 stock very scarce. 



Montgomery County, Ohio. — Hay crop larger and of better quality than usual. 



Montcalm County, Mich. — Pastures dried up; commenced feeding stock. 



Van Buren County, Mich. — Hay light, owing to drought. 



Portage County, Wis. — Great drought; grass as dry as hay. 



Outagamie County, Wis. — Pastures are all dried up. 



La Fayette County, Wis. — Pasturage very much dried up ; cattle are being fed. 



St. Croix County, Wis. — Fall pasturage has sufl:ered severely from drought. 



Clinton County, Iowa. — Pastures short; grass stopped growing; water scarce. 



Howard County, Iowa. — Pastures drying up from severe drought. 



Mahasla County, Jo«'a.— Drought has made pastures very short. 



Keokuk County, Iowa. — Pastures very short, owing to drought; cattle rather thin. 



Meeker County, Fans. — Large quantities of hay destroyed by prairie fire. 



Fillmore County, Fans. — No fall feed, owing to great drought. 



Butler County, Fans. — Large crop of the very best hay cut. A great number of 

 Texas cattle will be wintered in this county. 



Douglas County, Fans. — Haying on the prairie just closing; crop large and of the 

 best quality. 



Jefferson County, Fans. — Fall feed very good; cattle very fat. 



Sedgwick County, Fans. — Much of the prairie grass land has been burned over by 

 accidental fire. 



Davis County, Fans. — Heavy crop of prairie hay; range good, but prairie fires con- 

 suming it. 



Umatilla County, Oreg. — Much damage done the native grass-range by fire. 



Douglas County, Oreg. — Feed short; stock will suffer unless there is rain soon. 



El I'aso County, Colo. — Season has been remarkably dry, but late rains have improved 

 the j)asturc8. 



