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apples, and the same of pears, the season of peaches and grapes being over, 
though we were favored with magnificent crops of each. 
Respectfully yours, 
H. J. STRICKLER, 
Secretary Kansas State Agricultural Society. 
Hon. Horace Capron, Commissioner, Sc. 
[The box referred to came to hand, and the specimens sent will be placed in 
our museum to the credit of Kansas. The fruits included in the collection are 
fully equal to those of more eastern production, and serve to disprove the 
impression that Kansas cannot grow fruit successfully.—Eb.] 
ILLINOIS CROPS IN 1867. 
Our Hancock county (Illinois) correspondent supplies the following figures, 
taken from returns made to the auditor of the State: 
Wiholemumpberiotacres iniwheats-- co. ass 6 eee en areei nce ee eee eee 1, 978. 588 
Whole numberof ‘acres im COM ===. 2252-22 cans ee emies sae = ctse wa ewer fone 3, 970, 218 
(OUR? JOM GRO AS56 Ab S505 45000 GENS Sa5oo0 S450 aaeooageRS c5oEs pSa8Ss6e5 1, 535, 236 
UGH PYIGRAKOs Sao soo Sace ne Son cso sada Sotsonosan 26505 ses0 7 SeSSe- 7,484, 042 
Best ten wheat counties in the State: St. Clair, De Kalb, Bureau, Ogle, Henry, Lee, 
Adams, Hancock, Whitesides, and Sangamon. Best ten corn counties: McLean, Sanga- 
mon, Knox, Hancock, Henry, Warren, Tazewell, Vermillion, Adams and Fulton. 
CORN. 
Madison county, Iowa —Corn injured by frost in September. 
Brown county, Indiana—The recent heavy rains have kept corn from ripen- 
ing; it is quite green and in danger of frost. 
White county, Indiana—Our corn and buckwheat crop was universally 
promising until damaged to a considerable extent by a severe frost on the morn- 
ing of the 17th of September. It is impossible yet to estimate the full extent 
of mischief done to the corn crops. 
Posey county, Indiana—Owing to the wet spring, corn was late in being 
planted, and most of itis greener than usual. With a late fall the crop promises 
a little more than an average; an early frost will make it short. 
Jasper county, Indiana.—¥F vost on the night of the 17th of September hart 
our corn to some extent. 
Kankakee county, Illinois —The frosts of Wednesday and Thursday nights 
last has done no damage to corn in Kankakee, Iroquois, and Ford counties. 
The corn crop in this section of the country is the largest I have seen for 20 
years. In Ford and Iroquois counties there is a very lar rge increase of acreage. 
Putnam county, Illinois —Corn is not as good as in 1867, on account of the 
frost, but the produet will far exceed that of last year. 
Henry county, Ohio—Oats very light; poor yield; cause, dry weather. 
Corn, greater breadth planted; quality inferior. Late planting and early frost. 
Washington county, Ohio—TVhe weather has been so wet during the mouths 
of August and September that it has injured grain and hay in the stacks; also 
beans and corn fodder, and perhaps some corn in the shucks. 
Mason county, Michigan.—TVhe dry weather in the early part of summer has 
affected our crops all over the county ; some will not husk their corn. 
Athens county, Ohio —Our corn crop falls far short of our August prospects ; 
injured by drought and grasshoppers. 
St. Croix county, Wesconsin—Corn is a superior crop. 
