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an average. The following table will show the number and relative 

 character of those returns: 



states. 





5S. 



5, cl 



» fc£ 



States. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massacliusetts . 

 Rhode Island... 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania . . 



Delawaie 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina. 

 South Carolina . 



Georgia 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Mis-souri 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota . . . 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



California 



Oregon 



Of 49 counties of Illinois, 19 report an increase over last year of 50 

 to 100 per cent, or more, viz : Alexander, Adams, Gallatin, Grundj', 

 Hancock, Jersey, Kendall, Lee, Logan, Marion, McHenry, INIorgau, 

 Peoria, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Schuyler, Washington, Williamson. In 

 many of the counties last year's crop was a comparatively small one. 



The drought was of longer continuance in New England than else- 

 where, and was more serious in its eftects, scorching the plant upon the 

 sandy soils of Southern New Hampshire, Eastern Massachusetts, Khode 

 Island, and Connecticut. In Maine, Northern New Hampshire, and 

 Vermont, the crop matured remarkably well, the unusual heat being 

 just sufficient to develoj^e the ])lant and perfect the ear. Some soils ia 

 New York proved too light for a summer of high temperature, but the 

 strong lands and the peaty soils of the more northern counties reaped 

 great advantage from continued heat. 



From New York down the coast to South Carolina, there was much 

 injury from dry weather, yet the average was large, and the soils of 

 good quality and fair culture gave fine yields, making more than the 

 usual return in the aggregate. The southern counties of Maryland were 

 among the most seriously parched in this region. A few counties in^ 

 the Mississijjpi Valley make record of a short crop from drought, and 

 in some cases rejiort inferior quality, the grain " light, chaffy, and 

 loose on the cob," as in Vernon County, Missouri. Short ears of fair 

 quality resulted from the drought in other soils, and an earlier maturity 

 is frequently noted. In Warren County, New Jersey, corn was "husked 

 and cribbed" in September. 



Wet weather in the spring wrought quite as much injury as the later 

 drought in the eastern counties of Virginia and North Carolina, especially 

 in the counties of Caldwell, Currituck, and Kockingham, in North Car- 

 olina. Wet weather was injurious in some counties of Tennessee and 

 Missouri. 



Some com])laint is made of the rotting of the corn after coming to 

 maturity in North Carolina, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, and Kentucky. 



In some sections, where rain was abundant in spring and drainage 

 imperfect, the late planted corn, if deeply plowed and well cultivated. 



