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Steele Counlij, Minn. — Good croji; quality fair. lujureil less by the l>ug than for 

 Beveral years. 



Mmcatinc County, loua. — Good yield; prices making the crop 07ie of t.lie iiKist rtrofit- 

 able of the season. 



Bidhn- Couvfi/, Kans. — Best cro)) ever known in the county. 



Lancaster Coitnti/, Xchr. — Very fair quality, but not more ithau avcra^^e yield. 



Fresno County, Cat. — Acreage decreased 20 per cent., birt quality of potatoes much 

 improved. An increase in quantity and quality of sweet-potatoes, attributable to the 

 dry season and improved irrigation. 



Linn County, Grey. — Season unfavorable to all root crops, except potatoes. The im- 

 provement in this crop is attributed to better cultivation and improved varieties. 



lillmnook County, Grey. — lujuied by frost, but we have potatoes weighing upward of 

 four pounds. 



Chehalis County, Wash. — Drought caused a failure in the potato cro]». 



Clallam County, Wash. — Injured by early frost. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Tliis crop is a light one in near]}- every State. In noitlieni locations 

 it was injured by frost. Failure to fill well is frequently reported, even 

 when a good growth of straw was made. Drought in the season of 

 germination or growth, has been an influential cause of failure. In 

 Marshall Countj-, Illinois, " not an acre of buckwheat was harvested." 

 In Henry County, Ohio, little was sown, because the ground was too 

 dry to plow, and a ripened field was unknown to our correspondent there. 

 In some counties in Iowa it was scarcely worth cutting ; in others a 

 good crop was secured. 



TOBACCO. 



The ])roduct of the following States is reported above an average : 

 Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio, 

 Wisconsin, Iowa, and Kansas. An average product is reported in Mis- 

 souri and California ; Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, and North Car- 

 olina, the prominent sources of the supply, show a decrease. The fol- 

 lowing notes are appended: 



Tolland County, Conn. — The tobacco crop is almost unprecedented in quantity, but 

 the quality cannot be fairly determined yet, as it is not fully cured. 



Hartford County, Conn. — Considering quality and quantity, the crop is 50 per cent, 

 better thau last year. 



Bucls County. Fa. — The tobacco crop is confined to a few townships iu the southern 

 end of the county, but the area planted is annually increasing. 



Frince George^s County, Aid. — Short in quantity, but quality remarkably fine, owing 

 to the peculiarly favorable season for housing aiid curing. The crop will bring more 

 money than for years past. 



Goochland County, Va. — Area jdanted not over one-third as great as last year; quality 

 of the crop very fine. Scarcity of plants and low prices caused the decrease in acreage. 



Washington County, Va. — Injured by frost and drought, 



Frince George County, Va. — Season very favorable, and I think I never saw a better 

 crop, quantity and quality, half-pound plants being common. Some of our best farm- 

 ers say that, owing to the constant failure of wheat, the cultivation of tobacco and . 

 cotton is likely to be much increased. 



Orange County, J'rt.— Favorable season for tobacco, though the heaAy frost of 22d 

 September damaged to some extent the late crop. 



Henry County, Va. — Late tobacco considerably injured by frost, esx^ecially on low 

 land. The supply of tine bright tobacco from this county will be very light ; not more 

 than one-third as large as last year. 



Nelson County, Va. — Materially damaged by frost of 20th September on low and 

 exposed situations, which caiised considerable of that crop to be cut before it was ripe. 

 After September 2oth the weather became mild, and tobacco growing on high land 

 and in localities protected by forests and mountains, generally matured. 



Campbell County, Va. — Extremely bad season. But little over half a croji. 



Cumberland County, Va. — Crop much sJiorterthan last year, owing to the dry weather 

 in the planting season. In cases where great care was taken Csuch as to place a clod of 



