400 



Clalam County, Wash. — Owing to the very dry summer, spring- 

 sown wheat was hardly worth the harvesting. 



CORN. 



York County, Me. — Three-fourths of the corn crop has been harvested 

 in the best condition. 



Oxford County, Me. — Good crop with few exceptions, and of excellent 

 quality. 



Strafford County, JSf. H. — Good yield, of first quality; much of the crop 

 harvested. 



Berkshire County., Mass. — Eemarkable yield of good quality. 



Norfolk County, Mass. — Some fields of extra quality, others inferior. 

 General yield average, well ripened. 



Plymouth County, Mass. — Many fields cut up and fed to the cattle ; 

 severe drought. 



Washington County, E. I. — Season remarkably favorable for curing 

 corn. 



West Chester County, JV. Y. — Good crop; not much injured by drought. 



Dutchess County, N. Y. — Drought has injured corn on dry lands; crop 

 not above an average. 



Tioga County, M. Y. — Corn got such a fine start in June and July that 

 it is up to an average, notwithstanding the drought. 



Warren County, K. J. — Corn three weeks earlier than usual ; quality 

 good. 



Cumberland County, 7\r. J. — Season very dry. In some parts of the 

 county the corn crop is almost entirely cut off, while in others there will 

 be two-thirds to a full crop. 



Indiana County, Pa. — Corn is in fine condition ; all sound and dry. 



Adams County, Pa. — The central portion of this county has suffered 

 much from drought, and the corn crop is unusually short. 



Warren County, Pa. — Crop harvested in fine condition. 



JDauphin County, Pa. — Almost a failure on some farms, owing to 

 drought. 



Chester County, Pa. — Crop shortened by drought. 



Luzerne County, Pa. — Drought has reduced the crop. 



Clearfield County, Pa. — Superior crop, ripe and sound. 



St. Mary^s County, Md. — Injured and in some cases destroyed by the 

 drought. 



Baltimore County, Md. — Early corn, good; late, injured by drought; 

 crop one-tenth short of an average. 



Toivn Point, Md. — Crop very good, though some complain of rather 

 poor return, blaming the weather, season, &c., when the real causes are 

 lack of manure and insufficient cultivation. 



Cecil County, Md. — Early planted corn on dry land is excellent ; on 

 wet land it was injured by wet weather early in the season. Late planted 

 injured by drought. Crop above an average. 



Washington County, Md. — Crop better than expected. In some part« 

 never better. 



Henrico County, Va. — Early corn better than last ; late corn utterly 

 "worthless, owing to drought. 



Northumberland County, Ya. — Severely affected by drought. Larger 

 acreage, however, which will make fully two-thirds of an average crop. 



Princess Anne County., Ya. — Complete failure in some parts of the 

 county, owing to high tides in June, succeeded by drought. 



Spottsylvania County, Ya. — Full average crop. 



