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Some imeveimess of yield a})pears in Pennsylvania ; one- third of the 

 crop in Union County has bt en destroyed by hail ; rust and Aveevil were 

 injurious in Montgomery; storms beat down the grain in Lehigh ; the 

 weevil did some damage in i nzerne. Late wheat was more injured by 

 heavy rains than that which was sown early. 



From Delaware and Maryland serious complaints of wiuter-killing 

 were received, followed by fine growth in April and May, and the i^rev- 

 alence of rust, scab, and blight in June, after a long season of east 

 winds and foggy or rainy weather. 



Late wheat was injured slightly by heavy rains, and in i)laces by rust 

 in Virginia and the Carolinas, but the crop as a whole is excellent in 

 quality and large in quantity. In Georgia this crop is regarded as one 

 of the best ever known ; in Clayton County, the best harvested in twenty 

 years; in Columbia, the best raised in ten years; in Xewton, "equal 

 to any crop before grown." Alabama was equally fortunate; and a 

 fair yield on a narrow breadth sown was obtained in Mississippi. 

 . Wheat sustained injury in Texas from w^et weather in the Eed Eiver 

 Valley, and in more southern counties from drought. 



A large yield is reported in many portions of Kentucky; in Eussell 

 County twenty per cent, more than last year; the June rains damaged 

 the crop in Boyle and Nelson; it was greatly injured by smut in Butler; 

 the fly and rust were injurious in Shelby; drought in May impaired the 

 vitality of the plant in Greenup; the midge destroyed many fields in 

 Scott. A fair averge exists in Kentucky, as a whole, in quality and 

 quantity. 



In Missouri, on the upland, the wheat is thin, and the straw short, 

 but the kernel is generally plump, well matured, and heavy. On the 

 Mississippi bottoms, as in Lewis, there has scarcely ever been a better 

 crop, while on adjoining upland prairies it was in many cases worthless, 

 ancl the fields given up to other crops. 



The reports from Illinois indicate a short crop of excellent quality. 

 As specimens. Perry returns "less than an average yield per acre, but 

 the quality enough above tlie average to make a full crop ;" Stephenson 

 expects about two-thirds of a crop in quantity ; " thin on the ground " 

 in Alexander; "quality superior" in Fayette; in St. Clair, "although 

 thin on the ground, the grain is perfect ; " in Marshall County, where 

 little rain has fallen in three months, the straw of winter wheat is short 

 and the heads long, and spring wheat is thin but the kernel is good ; one- 

 third less acreage reduces the quantity in Bureau ; the quality is so much 

 better than usual in Stark, that an average crop is expected ; " large 

 and well filled on thinly set plants" is reported of Jersey; in Hancock, 

 as good as last year, but less in acreage; in Williamson, " a good yield, 

 free from smut or rust;" in Randolph, two-thirds of a crop of good 

 quality. The injury by drought, if not severe, is quite general in this 

 State. 



The tenor of Indiana returns is similar, with somewhat less of the 

 despondent element. The returns are more variable in character than 

 those of Illinois. In some counties, as Randolph and Delaware, but 

 half a crop is expected, while in Bartholomew the claim is for " a full 

 average, as compared with the last five years, in quantity, and above the 

 average in quality," and in Vauderburg "the yield is fully one-tenth 

 above the usual average." The fly committed some depredations in 

 Morrison, and a few fields "were injured by the midge" in Washington. 



In Ohio some complaint of thin stand prevails, with the same indica- 

 tions of heavy heading and soundness of kernel. "A short crop of 

 excellent quality" would be a brief summary of the returns of this State. 



