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Dent county, Mo.—Rust is injuring the wheat crop; cannot tell yet to what 
extent. 
Randolph county, Ill!—Ten days ago our wheat crop looked very far above 
an average, but within the last three days rust, &c., has injured it very much. 
Stanley county, N. C—On the first of June the prospect was very fine. All 
of a sudden, in less than 48 hours, the rust made its appearance on the blade, 
and then invaded the stem. 'The scab followed, the emaciated stems fell down, 
and by harvest not more than half a crop of light, shrivelled grain was the result. 
Wheat early sown and early maturing, such as the Boughton wheat, escaped the 
disaster, while all the late sort s proved a failure, even where early sown. ‘The 
richer the land the smaller the yield. 
Franklin county, N. C—Wheat was injured by the rust, but is better than it 
was last year, and more was saved. 
Spartanburg county, S. C—Wheat is far inferior to last crop, but all saved 
in excellent condition. Last year the crop was unusually large, but much dam- 
aged by heavy and continued rains during and after harvest. 
Chatooga county, Ga—The wheat has been somewhat injured by rust. It is 
harvested but not threshed. The amount raised in this county Jast year, which 
was a poor crop, was about 75,000 bushels. This year, owing to increased 
acreage, there will be about the same amount. 
Greene county, Tenn. —W heat is cut, has very much smut, and will yield poorly 
from the effect of rust on blades. 
Cole county, Mo.—W heat shows rust in some places, in others the pollen was 
washed off by heavy rains, causing a failure to make grain. Still, compared with 
last year, we average 11. 
Miller county, Mo—Wheat badly rusted. 
Prairie county, Ark.—Wheat was slightly attacked with rust before cutting, 
which was done in May and first week in June. 
Dallas county, Tecas—The wheat crop is an entire failure this year, owing 
to three causes: 1. Grasshoppers. 2. Wet weather. 3. Rust. 
In the Miami valley thousands of acres of wheat just ripening have been 
destroyed by floods, and other crops suffered from the same cause. Other sec- 
tions of the State were visited by destructive rains at the same time, and much 
injury resulted to wheat, corn, and other crops. With a successful harvesting 
of the spring wheat it may safely be declared, in summing up the local reports, 
that a larger number of bushels of wheat, by many thousands, will be grown 
in the United States in 1868 than in any previous season. 
Corron.—Returns from the cotton districts indicate everywhere a reduction 
of the acreage in that crop with the exception of Texas, which shows an increase 
of 33 per cent. over last year, and Alabama, where there appears to be no mate- 
rial change in the figures. The falling off in Mississippi appears to be 18 per 
cent., 24 in Louisiana, 12 in Georgia, 13 in Arkansas, 18 in South Carolina, 20 
in Tennessee, and 32 in North Carolina. The average reduction in acreage is 
about 10 per cent. With this diminished breadth there is cleaner and better 
culture and a more general use of fertilizers, so that the yield may be quite 
equal to last year, the season being equally favorable, with a like experience as 
to insects and other causes of injury. It is yet too early to predict the result, 
but the present status of the crop is fairly shown in this statement. 
One county in Arkansas (Desha) reports less than a third of the acreage of 
last year, while the area in corn is three times as large. Such indications are 
hopeful. ‘I'he correspondent, as might be expected, declares that the crops are 
all in splendid condition, and if not “injured by a drought the finest yield for 
many years will be the result. A want of rain has been apparent in the Gulf 
States and a severe drought has afflicted western ‘Tennessee, but few complaints 
of its effects upon cotton are made. So far the plant enjoys a very general 
exemption from casualties and injuries. 
