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possible conditiou, but the grent rain of 22d August materiallj' daiu- 

 aged it. 



Goodlive County^ Minn. — Excellent in quality. 



Washington Comity, Iowa. — Superior in quality. , 



Dubuque County, Iowa. — Remarkably good ; best ever raised in the 

 county. 



Benton County, Iowa. — Wheat was llar^'ested in excellent condition. 



Des Moines Coimty, Iowa. — The yield averages about seven and one- 

 half bushels per acre, and the harvest was the earliest known for thirty 

 years. The drought has been unequaled since 1857, when there was a 

 good crop of wheat, though harvested very late. 



Taylor County, Iowa. — A fair crop, and of fine quality. 



loiva County, Iowa. — The crop is less than average, but superior in 

 quality. 



Hardin County, loica. — A short crop, but of good quality. 



Clinton County, Iowa. — Owing to continued drought since the early 

 part of spring, wheat, oats, barley, rye, «fcc., gave a small yield, and the 

 straw was short; but the grain was of very good quality. 



Mtiscatine County, Iowa. — A light crop, but of unusually good quality. 



Montgomery County, Iowa. — An average crop; the gxain very fine and 

 plump ; wheat has been stacked in fine order. 



Hancoclc County, Iowa. — A better crop than was expected, and of ex- 

 cellent quality. 



Clayton County, Iowa. — The yield is 12 to 15 bushels per acre, of ex- 

 cellent quality. 



Floyd County, Iowa. — Owing to drought the crop is a light one ; not 

 more than half of last year's extraordinary product. 



Clierol-ee County, loica. — The average yield on old ground is about 11 

 bushels per acre; on new ground, 5 bushels. 



Apimnoose County, Iowa. — A light crop, but of excellent quality. 



Page County, Iowa. — Spring wheat averages about 13 bushels per 

 acre ; fall wheat, drilled, 20 to 25 bushels. 



Cherolcee County, Kans.— Wheat will not average more than 11 J 

 bushels per acre. The heavy fall of rain which closed the severe 

 drought was followed by ten days of damp Aveather, and much wheat 

 has been spoiled in stack. 



Nemaha County, Kans. — Grain was stacked in good condition. The 

 crop is an average in qoantity, and of superior quality. 



Morris County, Kans. — Winter wheat averages 20 bushels per acre 

 of superior quality ; twice the usual breadth will be sown this fall. 



Coffee County, Kans. — Winter wheat is an average crop, and more 

 than average in quality. Much wheat and other grain has been dam- 

 aged in stack by heavy rains in August. 



^Vilson County, Kans. — Wheat averages 03 pounds to the bushel. 



Leavemcorth Coiinty, Kans. — The crop is excellent ; better than for 

 many years. Stacking is over and thrashing is in progTess; the weather 

 very fine. 



Butler County, Kans. — The yield is not as great as was expected, 

 but the quality is very good. 



Wyandotte County, Kans. — Wheat was harvested without rain, and is 

 of very superior quality. 



Jefferson County, Nehr. — A fair crop, though a lighter one than last 

 year. 



Cuming County, Nehr. — The yield is of superior quality, and on well 

 cultivated land will be equal in quantity to that of last year. 



