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Marion County, Iowa. — Buckwheat still in blossom. Will be a heavy 

 yield if the crop ripens well. 



Muscatine County, Iowa. — Buckwheat in blossom. An average acre- 

 age and good stand. 



Coffee County, Kansas. — Buckwheat promises a fine crop. 



Woodson County, Kansas. — The acreage of buckwheat is double that 

 of any former year. 



Box Elder County, Utah. — Sorghum promises to be very fine. 



POTATOES. 



Piscataquis County, Me. — Potatoes about an average crop. 



Yorli County, Me. — Three-fourths of the crop has been housed in the 

 best condition. 



Oxford County, Me. — Nearly worthless in western part of the county, 

 while in the eastern portion and in the intervales of the Androscoggin 

 the crop is good and of fine quality. 



Sagadahoc County, Me. — Crop injured by drought. 



Franklin County, Me. — Excellent in quality. 



Strafford County, N. H. — Crop seriously affected by the drought. Prod- 

 uct light, but quality never better. 



Bellinap County, K. R. — Crop generally light. 



Berhshire County, Mass. — Though a failure in many sections, potatoes 

 have done well here, considering the season. Quality excellent. 



Norfolk Coiinty, Mass. — Early crop fair. The late crop not more 

 than one-fourth an average yield. 



Kssex County, Mass. — Crop reduced by drought. 



Plymouth County, Mass. — Many fields not worth digging. 



West Chester Cotmty N. Y. — Dry weather has injured late potatoes. 



Columbia County, N. Y. — Suifered from drought. 



Warren County, N. Y. — The rains in September and the delay of frosts 

 have made potatoes better than expected. 



Hudson County, N. J. — Injured by drought. 



Cumberland County, N. J. — Round potatoes very poor. The crop of 

 sweet potatoes unprecedentedly large, some farmers having dug single 

 hills yielding 10, 12, and 14 jjounds. 



Cumberland County, Pa. — About half a crop. 



Perry County, Pa. — Almost a failure, owing to drought. Sweet pota- 

 toes have done better. 



Columbia County, Pa. — Severely injured by drought. 



Warren County, Pa. — Large crop ; no rot. 



Lancaster County, Pa. — About one-fourth usual crop. 



Adams County, Pa. — Unusually short crop ; drought. 



Wyoming County, Pa. — Hardly half a crop. 



CJiester County, Pa. — Crop reduced by drought. 



Luzerne County, Pa. — Short crop ; drought. 



Clearfield County, Pa. — Full crop of good quality. 



Northumberland County, Pa. — An unusually small crop owing to long 

 dry summer. 



Elk County, Pa. — The best crop for many years. 



Kent County, Bel. — The dry weather has cut short the late potato 

 crop, nearly, if not quite, one-half. 



Baltimore County, Md. — The striped potato bug destructive in many 

 localities. Grasshoppers also numerous. 



St. Mary's County, Md. — Late potatoes and turnips seriously injured 

 by drought. 



