437 



St. Francis, and Pliillips, aloug Cio\\ ley's Ridge, luive made more than an average crop 

 of corn. Acreage of cum increased one-third, but less cotton. 



Giles County, Tenn. — Very good crop— 40 bushels to the acre. 



Knox Coimti/, Tvini.— Much better than was thought last mouth. 



Monroe Cotinfi/, Tenn.— Qnality generally good. Injured in places by gnisslioppcrs 

 eating the blades before the maturity of the crop. 



Gibson County, Tcnsi.— Crop increased 20 to 30 per ceut. in acreage, product, and 

 quality. 



Oiion County, Tt'HH.— Drought injured the crop 25 percent. The prospect was for an 

 increase of 25 j)er cent, over last year. 



Grainger County, Tcnii. — Croj) 50 i)er cent, short, and quality inferior. 



Fentress County, Ten /(.—Injured by frost and rain in the spring; by drought since, and 

 by lice upon the roots in Juno and July; yet the yield is an average one. The quan- 

 tity needed will be less, owing to the abundant mast. 



Dyer County, Tenn. — Crop unusually heavy and well matiired. Quality very line. 



Sevier County, Tenn. — Yielding much better than expected. Early corn, on good 

 ground v.'ell cultivated, is better than last year. Uncommonly sound. 



Monroe County, W. Va.—lii some neighborhoods a failure ; in others a fair average 

 crop of good quality. 



Marion County, tV. Vtt. — Corn hard and dry, and a good crop gathered. 



Harrison County, JV. Fa. — The most favorable season for corn that Ave have had for 

 several years, 



Tyler ^County, W. Fa.— Prod'.ict greater than last year ; quality not so good. 



Boone County, JV. la. — Deticient in quantity ; quality excellent. 



Taylor County, Ky. — Yields better than anticicipated in former reports. 



Butler County, Ky. — liest crop since 1H54. 



Laurel County, Ky. — The early-planted corn only matured ; that planted as lat.«; as May 

 1 1 was very light. 



Daviess County, Ky.—T\w crop will turn out about 1,000,000 bushels. 



Anderson County,- Ky. — Said to be the best crop since 1855. 



Grares 6'o»»fj!/, /r^.-^The crop turns out better than heretotore reporti'd. Nearly an 

 average. 



Owen County, Ky. — Better crop than for several years. 



Ohio County, Ky. — Short in quantity, but quality suj^erior, and w'wh abuiidaufc mast : 

 com is likely to be cheaper tliau usual. 



Henderson County, A'//.— Yield on bottom-lands reduced by drouglit ; on uplands, little 

 alVected ; quality, superior. 



Jiussell County, Ky. — Much better than anticipated. In fields planted early ou land 

 broken, deep the crop is better than last year. I have gathered half my crop, which turns 

 out 10 per cent, better than last season. Many of my neighbors wlu> plowed shallow 

 will not gather half a crop. Grain sound and good. 



St. Francois County, Mo. — Fair crop, notwitbstauding the drought : on (hicp-plowed 

 land .50 per cent, better tluui where the plowing was shallow. 



Clinton County, Mo. — A late crop; chinch-bugs reduced the yield and injured the 

 quality. 



Harrison County, Mo. — Yielding well ; quality good; worth 20 cents per bushel. 



Carroll County, Mo. — The drought reduced the crop to about an average ; (juality -Jt 

 little below that of the crop of last year ; the chinch-bug injured the (luality. 



Chariton County, Mo. — Injured by the chinch-bug; otherwise the crop would have 

 been very heavy. 



JJe Kaib County, A/o.— Deep-plowed land, well cultivated, has yielded a very heavy 

 crop ; shallow-plowed, a very poor ci'op ; grubs iu all the fields, but did not injure the 

 crop on the deep-i)]owed land. 



.Nodaway County, Mo. — .Splendid weather for gathering corn. Probably more corn in 

 the cribs now than the Avhoie crop amounted to last year; very dry and sound. 



Holt County, Mo. — Crop turns out much less than was thought last month ; the grub 

 and the chinch-bug have destroyed perhaps one-third. 

 Vernon County, Mo. — Superior croj). 



Marion Couniy, Mo. — Crop unusually large, but grain light, from dronght and chiiu'h- 

 bug. 



Madison County, III. — Nearly an average, but lighter than last year. t 



Lawrence County, III. — Iveduced by drought and damaged by the chinch-bug. 



Macoupin (.'ounfy III. — The drought has in-evented late corn Irom filling as well as 

 usual. 



Fairfield Count ij. lU. — Dronght and chinch-bug have reduced the crop at least oue- 

 third. 



Boone County, 111. — Product about the same as last year on an increase 1 area. Yield 

 per acre reducctl by drought ; also by hiiil, in the north, of the storm of .July oO ; grain 

 Bound and dry. Selling at "iS cents jtcr bushel. 



