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Columbia County, 2f. Y. — Buckwheat injured by drought. 



Warren County, N. J. — Buckwheat well set, but very light grain. 

 Crop very short. 



Hudson County, N. J. — The drought has injured peas and beans. . 



Cumberland County, Pa.— Short crops of grain and of inferior quality. 



Bedford County, Pa. — Tlie drought has cut short the buckwheat, 

 hastened the maturity of corn, and almost destroyed the fall feed. Many 

 have begun to fodder cattle. On the whole the season has been a pros- 

 perous one. 



Ferry County, Pa. — Turnip crop a failure ; destroyed by dry weather 

 and the grasshoppers. Pumpkins also a failure. 



Columbia County, Pa. — Buckwheat injured by drought. 



Luzerne County, Pa. — The dry weather has shortened the buckwheat 

 crop. 



Clearfield County, Pa. — Buckwheat sun-killed. 



Indiana County, Pa. — About four-fifths of the buckwheat was caught 

 in the rain after being cut, and is much damaged, unfit for family use. 

 It may answer for feed. One-fifth harvested in good order. 



Baitimore County, Md. — Buckwheat blighted by drought and heat. 



Alexandria County, Va. — About half a crop of buckwheat. 



Montgomery County, H. G. — Owing to excessive drought the sorghum 

 and the pea croi> have been cut short. 



Anson County, N. C. — The pea-uut crop cut off by the September 

 drought. 



Neiv Hanover County, N. C. — Pea-nuts grown extensively; crop above 

 average in quality, but below in quantity. 



Stanly County, xY. C. — Good yield of superior sirup from sorghum, 

 the dry weather tending to concentrate the juice. 



Richland Comity, 8. C. — A good crop of peas. 



Union County, S. C. — More attention is being paid to sorghum than 

 for several years past. * 



Chattoofja County, Ga. — Sorghum excellent, except that which is 

 termed the black seed, which is ruined by rust. 



Etowah County, Ala. — Decreased acreage in peas, owing to scarcity ot 

 seed in the spring, but quality good. 



Carroll County, Ga. — Peas better than for years. 



Greene County, Tenn. — Sorghum promised well until nearly matured, 

 when, owing to wet weather, it fell to considerable extent, and a black 

 rust rotted the blades and seeds. The quality of the juice is poor and 

 the sirup inferior. 



Perry County, Tenn. — Pea-nuts better than anticipated, but rain in- 

 terferes with digging. First'crop of broom-corn this year. 



Humphreys County, Tenn. — Pea-nut crop short in acreage, but prom 

 ising. 



Mississippi County, Mo. — An increasing production of sorghum. 



Boone County, HI. — Sorghum excellent, though not a great production. 



Grundy County,. III. — About half the buckwheat sown came up and 

 looks extremely well. 



Bureau County, III. — Buckwheat looks uncommonly well. 



Ohio County, Ind. — A short crop of buckwheat. 



Warren County, Ind. — A small crop of buckwheat. 



Washtenaw County, Mich. — Buckwheat unusuall}'' good as to quantity 

 and quality. 



Monroe County, Iowa. — Sorghum is in excellent condition, but very 

 little is raised. 



