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CONDITION OF WINTER WHEAT. 



The following extracts of notes from regular correspondents will give 

 some indication of the condition of winter wheat : 



Vermont. — Grand IsJe: Wheat is uot raised here to any extent; apt to winter-kill. 



New York. — Geiiesee: Was sown in good season, but owing to dry weather the growth 

 is small. Otsego: Is not in a satisfactory condition; the autumn was dry and the 

 growth slow and feeble. Putnam : The prospects are better than for three years past. 

 Stenlen : Looks unfavorable. 



New Jersey. — Biirliiigton: Shows less top than usual. 



Pennsylvania. — Bradford: Has had a very unfavorable autumn, and the growth is 

 very poor. Cheater: Winter unfavorable, and the jirospects poor. Clearfield : Looking 

 well. CUnfon : Looks bad ; small when winter set iu and without snow to protect it. 

 Franklin : In some parts of the county injured by " the fly." Greene : Not looking well, 

 though yet uninjured materially by the winter. Indiana: Is not in a favorable condi- 

 tion, and a short crop is feared. Lancaster : In appearance, poor; the winter has been 

 very severe. Lnzcrrne: Has had favorable weather so far. Lycoming: Looks badly; 

 no enoAV to protect it from the intensely cold weather. Tioga: Failed to come up in 

 some instances; weather dry bitterly cold. Westmareland : Has but little snow to pro- 

 tect it from the cold. 



Maryland. — Baltimore : Is short, but seems in good condition. Cecil : Was sown 

 early ; in some fields it is injured by "the fly." Wasfiington: Does not promise well ; the 

 fields look bare. 



Virginia. — Campbell : Is looking extremely well at the present time. Chestei-field : 

 Looks well ; the acreage considerably increased, Culpeper : Looking better than at 

 this time last year ; that sown by the drill invariably looks the best. Cumberland : 

 Unpromising, owing to the severe weather in December. Fluvanna : So far looks 

 well ; the growth is iiromising. King and Qneen : Is suffering from the unfavorable 

 weather. Iving George : Looks well, has suft'ered but little from extremely cold weather. 

 Meclclenburg : Made a fair growth, with a line stand before the cold Aveather set in. 

 Orange: Came up well and promised a better harvest than usual ; the acreage is some- 

 what decreased. Prince George : Less acreage than last year, owing to the rainy 

 season. Pulaslci : Is promising ; the freezing weatlier does not seem to have damaged 

 it. Pappahannock : Owing to the drought, the acreage is less than heretofore. Rock- 

 bridge: Has been injured by the weather. Spottsyloania : Looks very promising ; a 

 larger acreage has been sown. Surry : Is small ; it seems to have suifered from cold ; 

 there is an increase in the acreage, but put in without fertilizers. Washington : Look- 

 ing badly ; owing to the drouth the acreage sown was lessened. Wythe : Was sown 

 iu less quantity, owing to the dry weather. 



North Carolina. — Beaufort : Not a great amount cultivated, and badly injured. 

 Graven : But little sown iu this county. Gaston : Sown in excess of last year and looks 

 well. Hertford: Much below an average quantity sown and it looks unpromising. 

 New Hanorer : Is sown iu such small quantities as hardly deserving of notice. NortH- 

 ampton : Sown in smaller quantities than usual. Rockingham: Looking well so far. 

 Stanley : Looks well, the stand being much better than was feared. IVarren : Very un- 

 favorable weather. 



Soirrii Carolina. — Anderson: Looks well. Greenville: Is in fine condition, having 

 been covered twice by snow. Richland : Is seldom cultivated except in small lots for 

 home use. York : Has been retarded in its growth by the cold weather. 



Georgia. — Cobb : The Tappahaunock wheat, sent by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, is beginning to show its superiority over other kinds sown as winter-wheat ; the 

 crop heretofore has been a failure. Douglas : An increased acreage sown last autumn 

 but the severe weather has prevented it from coming up to any extent. Richmond : 

 Looks very well, though little Avas sown this season. Worth : The rust has spoiled this 

 crop BO that farmeis are beginuiug to despair, merely planting a little for home use. 



Alabama. — Colbert : Is snuill though promising; more than usual care was taken in 

 prepariug the ground, and the crop may be above the average. iGreene : An ^increas- 

 ing interest in this crop is manifested. 



Mississippi. — Lee : Destroyed by the wet weather. 



Texas. — Gillespie: Sown early, is iu very good condition; that late-sown 'needs 

 rain. Kaufman: Looks well; that received from the Department of Agriculture 

 looks very well. Kendall : Planted late iu October, looks remarkably Avell. Lampa- 

 sas : Looking finely, an increase of acreage over last year. Medina : Had a fine stand, 

 nntil the extreinely cohl weatlier of December, Avhich seems to have injured it. Red 

 River: Lut little sown and that looks un])romi8ing on account of the freezing weather. 



A.IIKANSA8. — Columbia: Less sowu tiian usual. Washingtwi : Is reduced in acreaga 

 owing to bad weather in the autumn and scarcity of good seed. 



