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 NOTES OX THE CROPS. 



WHEAT. 



■ Oxford Coiinty, Me. — Wheat was injured by the drought iu many 

 places. Poor quality. 



Fra)iMi)i County, Me. — AVheat below average on account of drought. 



Norfolk County, Mass. — Product increased 10 iier cent. More will be 

 sowu this fall. 



Ferry County, Fa. — Fifty per cent, below the crop of last year in 

 quantity and quality. 



Lancaster County, Fa. — The Tappclbaunock wheat yielded 20 to 22 

 bushels to the acre ; Mediterranean, 8 to 9 bushels. 



Clearjield County, Fa. — A fair crop. 



Kent County, Del. — Quality better than exx)ected, as great injury was 

 sustained when in bloom from wet weather. 



Baltimore County, Md. — Crop below an average both in quality and 

 quantity; more old wheat on hand than for some years. 



St. 31ary^s County, Md. — Injured by the scab; yield small; quality 

 below an average. 



Spottsylvania County, Va. — Wheat crop no better than last year, 

 except the early maturing varieties on high lands. 



Clarke County, Va. — Considerable falling off in the product; the 

 midge inflicted greater injury than was supposed; quality inferior to 

 crop of last year. 



Frince Edward's County, Va. — The average crop; caught by heavy 

 rain while in bloom, which materially reduced the yield. 



Highland County, Va. — Good crop; harvested and thrashed iu fine 

 condition. 



King George County, Va. — About three-fifths as large a croj) as in 

 1809; quality variable. 



^yythe County, Va. — Crop greatly above an average, but a great deal 

 was injured in the stack by wet weather; 50 per cent, more old wheat 

 on hand than last fall. 



Washington County, Va. — Better than last year iu quality and quantity. 



Gaston County, N. C. — Good crop, but quality rather inferior. 



Stokes County, N. C. — Crop better than last year; quality inferior; 

 damaged in stack by wet weather. 



Yadkin County, JV. C. — Did not thrash out as well as the straw indi- 

 cated ; grain not so plump as last year. 



Alamance County, N. C. — The crop thrashed out 30 per cent, more than 

 in 1809; quality not so good. 



Anson County, N. C. — Crop over an average. 



Jackson County, Ga. — Crop good in quality and quantity. 



Bed River County, Texas. — A better crop than last year. 



Dyer County, Tenn. — Better in quality and quantity than the crop of 

 1809. 



Williamson County, Tenn. — All small grains injured in the shock and 

 at the thrashing by rain. 



Greene County, Tenn. — Smut largely mixed with the crop. The use of 

 bluestone, which with the writer is always effective, is not sufficiently 

 common. 



Sullivan County, Tenn. — Better yield than last year; straw small, but 

 large product of grain. 



Humphreys County, Tenn. — Equal to last year in quantity, but inferior 

 in quality. 



