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PolJc County, Mo. — The drought is so severe that unless we have rain 

 soon our wheat and other grain crops will be ruined. 



May County, Mo. — Crops have suffered very much for want of rain. 



Stone County, Mo. — There will not be half a crop of small grain, such 

 as wheat and rye, on account of the dry weather in April and May. 



Veriion County, Mo. — Great want of rain; all crops wilting in the 

 sun. 



Washington County, Mo. — Wheat, oats, and grass crops suffering now 

 for want of rain, aud will be cnt short if it does not come soon. 



Jefferson County, Wis. — The unusually dry weather, lasting through 

 May, has much damaged the small grain crops. 



Monroe County, Wis. — Wheat was materially injured by the heavy 

 snow of last winter. 



Pierce County, Wis. — Wheat looks well. 



Tama County, loica. — Wheat does not look as well as usual ; but little 

 was sown before April 1. 



Wabash County, Minn. — Wheat looks well, although a great deal of 

 spring i)lowing had to be done, which is not favorable to good crops. 



Carver County, Minn. — The wheat crop is especially promising. 



Faribault County, Minn. — The wheat crop on fall plowing looks well, 

 while that sown on spring plowing is generally thin and late. 



Goodhue County, Minn. — A decline in the acreage of spring wheat is 

 noted in this county, consequent in j)art upon the increased attention 

 given to grazing. 



Franldin County, Kansas. — A few weeks of dry weather have modified 

 the prosi^ect of a good wheat crop. 



Shawnee County, Kansas. — Dry weather and a late frost have nearly 

 destroyed the wheat crop. 



Coffey County, Kansas. — The dry weather in May has somewhat di- 

 minished the prospect for a heavy return of small grains. The winter 

 wheat has straw sufficient to make a good crop, but the spring wheat in 

 addition to its very short straw is generally very thin on the ground, on 

 account of a heavy frost in April. 



Leavenicorth Cotinty, Kansas. — Fall wheat is very promising. 



Clay County, Kansas. — Wheat in the south half of the county has suf- 

 fered severely by drought, in the north half it is much better. 



Linn County, Kansas. — Wheat will be very short, but well headed. 



Dakota County, Neb. — Wheat looks better than usual. There is plenty 

 of rain. 



San Bernardino County, Cal. — The cereals are nearly a total failure on 

 account of lack of rain, and hot north winds. 



Beaver County, Utah. — The decrease of average condition of spring 

 wheat is owing to the ravages of grasshoppers, which threaten a much 

 greater loss than is indicated in the table. 



Juab County, Utah. — Fall wheat was subjected to alternate freezing 

 and thawing, the result being that many of the wheat roots have been 

 killed. The grasshoppers are using up the crops fearfully. 



San Pete County, Utah. — About nine-tenths of the grain crops utterly 

 destroyed by grasshoppers. 



Stanislaus County, Cal. — The return of wheat for this county and for the 

 whole State will not amount to over one-half that of last year. Since 

 the 1st of May, the grasshoppers have been committing ravages on the 

 late sown grain, and wholly destroyed the crop in several localities in 

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