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POTATOES, 
Addison county, Vt—There were no potatoes of any account the middle of 
September, but from that time to the 15th or 20th of October they grew to be 
a fine crop both in quantity and quality. 
Burlington county, N. J.—KEarly potatoes were light; late, heavy ; ; in some 
localities a loss from rot, especially among Monitors, but not so much as last 
year; one large grower reports loss of one-third of his crop. 
Delaware county, Penn.—In 1867, in this part of our State, we lost almost 
all qur potatoes by rot.. This season the crop was large where it was not 
destroyed by wet weather in the spring. 
Indiana county, Penn.—Potatoes are about a half crop and in quality not a 
half crop. 
Hancock county, Il—Potatoes yielded poorly and are quite deficient in 
quality. 
Appanoose county, Iowa.—Potatoes were ruined by the bug. 
Portage county, Ohio.—The great drought of July and August has injured 
the crops with us very much, but potatoes grew rapidly when the rains came 
so that where they had set in the hill they have made a large growth, but of 
inferior quality as compared with average crops, being watery and heavy; still 
they may be considered fair; we have hundreds of thousands of bushels to 
export. 
Marion county, Iowa.—Potatoes were nearly destroyed, or apparently so, 
by bugs; some peculiarities of the species are long in shape, very lively, in 
color from ash to slate, and their numbers ‘were legion,’”’ enough to defoliate 
a potato patch in three hours after reaching it; subsequently, however, the plant 
revived, and the result is better than was at first anticipated. 
Marion county, Mo.—Potatoes turn out iar better than reported yield, and 
quality good. 
SORGHUM, 
Salt Lake City, Utah—Our sorghum is greatly inferior to that of previous 
years; the cane has little juice compared with other seasons, the stalks are filled 
with an almost sapless pith, and what juice is pressed out is devoid of sugar to 
a great extent; it takes from 8 to 20 gallons of juice to make one gallon of 
sirup. One enterprising, good-managing farmer got only 30 gallons from 
ground which yielded 100 gallons last season, though his land was properly 
attended to. 
Clark county, Ark.—I planted the cane seed sent in the spring on 
good upland, and made 104 gallons of sirup from the quart of seed planted on 
three-quarters of an acre; the largest cane measured 194 feet in height and 8} 
inches in circumference. 
Lewis county, Mo.—The crop of sorghum was good, but was neglected in 
order to save the corn fodder. 
Graves county, Ky.—The sorghum crop is 20 per cent. above that of 
(1867. 
McCracken county, Ky.—Our sorghum crop was very fine, but a frost came 
before much of it was cut, which affected it a good deal; the molasses seems to 
be very good. . 
Sangamon county, Ill—Sorghum makers say it takes double the usual 
quantity of juice to make a barrel of molasses this year. 
TOBACCO, 
Baltimore county, Ma. —The tobacco culture is getting smaller every year, 
being discontinued altogether in many localities; corn culture is taking the 
place. 
