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Ramsey County^ Minn. — More planted than usual, and best crop in 

 many years. 



Hardin County, loica. — Excellent in quality, but deficient in quantity. 



Cherokee County, Iowa. — Few pieces will exceed 10 bushels to the acre. 



MahdHha County, lowa.—Mwixxnn^ finely. 



Dallas County, Iowa. — Molding slightly in the field on account of 

 wet weather. 



Washington County, Iowa. — Early planted not half a crop. 



Jackson County, Iowa. — More than an average yield of first quality. 



Marion County., Iowa. — Much injured by wet weather. 



Marshall County, Iowa. — liipeuiug well, but a large portion of the ears 

 never filled. 



Muscatine County, Iowa. — Not more than four-fifths of an average 

 crop. 



Jasper County, Iowa. — Well matured, sound, and good. 



Des Moines County, Iowa. — The crop is light. 



Floyd County, loica. — An average crop per acre, and about two- 

 tenths increase of acreage. 



Airpanoose County, Iowa. — jSTearly double the crop of last year. 



Decatur County, Iowa. — An immense crop-; twice as large as any pre- 

 vious crop in this citunty. 



Jackson County, Kans. — Much better than was anticipated after the 

 injury in July and August from drought. 



Butler County, Kans. — A fair crop in the south and a light one in the 

 north part of our county. 



Saline County, Kans. — Injured by summer drought. 



Leavenicorth County, Kans. — Imi)roved by late lains. 



Atchison County, Kans. — Injurecl by drought, and smutty. 



Jefferson County, Kans. — Damaged in the shock by wet weather. 



Shawnee County, Kans. — Improved by late rains. 



Ilei)uhlic County, Kans. — Very poor, on account of drought. 



Gage County, Nebr. — Nearly a full crop. 



Nemaha County, Nebr. — Injured somewhat by rains. 



Cass County, Nebr. — Badly injured by rains. 



Jefferson Comity, Nebr. — Damaged a little by rain. 



Douglas County, Oreg. — Corn that was well put and well cultivated is 

 fully up to an average, but much of it was poorly put in, and not well 

 cultivated. 



Lane County, Oreg. — A full average crop. 



Esmeralda County, Net). — Largest crop for the past three years. Qual- 

 ity superior. 



Box Elder County, Utah. — Very good crop. 



Gallatin County, Mont. — Heavy frosts in August materially injured 

 nearly all cereal crops in some of the valleys, particularly the Gallatin 



COTTON. 



Hertford County, N. C. — Cotton-picking just begun ; a few bales sent 

 to market. Farmers say that, with all the fine growth, they will not 

 make more than an average crop. Bolls small; many faulty or rotten. 

 A few farmers last year made a bale to the acre with a much smaller 

 growth of wood. One farmer will gather 1,500 pounds seed cotton 

 per acre from 50 acres, if the crop is not injured by early frost. Our 

 correspondent says that, with the annual improvement in implements 

 and culture, he is satisfied that 2,000 pounds will soon be produced on 

 the best farms. 



