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Tennesskk. — Coffee : Less has been howu than for many years past. Dyer : Is slow 

 in its growth ; the hxnd was well prepared and the stand good. Fentress : More sown 

 than usnal; the dry weather has been injurions. Giles: Looks remarkably well. 

 Hancock: Very unproraising. Henry: None raised in this connty. Knox: Looks 

 well ; does not seem injured l)y the extremely cold weather. Monroe : Promises well, 

 thongh most of it was planted too late. Rhea : Very promising; the seed sent by the 

 Department of Agricnltnro grows and looks well, lloane : Is looking fine and healthy. 

 Smith : Has been put in mueh better thali heretofore, though the acreage is ^ less than 

 usual. Wayne: Is looking well. Wilson: Is promising; so far it is uninjured by the 

 freezing cold ; more than usual care was taken in preparing the ground. 



West Virginia. — Berkeley : Looks well. Brooke : More sown than usual, but owing 

 to its being carelessly done the condition is barely an average. Mononf/alia : Did not 

 get a good start, but looks tolerably fair. Tyler : Condition generally favorable. 



Kentucky — Boyle : Has an increase of acreage. Grant : Dry and freezing weather 

 renders the propects poor. Hardin : Looking unusually well. Lincoln : Was looking 

 well till the late cold snap, which has injured its appearance somewhat, but it is not 

 frozeu out. McCracken : Looks well, notwithstanding the dry autumn. Mercer: Pros- 

 pects fair. Warren : Presents a line appearance, thongh only half as much as usual 

 has been sown owing to repeated failures and the difficulty of procuring good seed. 



Missouri. — Atchison : Looks well at this time. Calknvay : Badly Avinter-killed. 

 Cape Girardeau : Makes but little show yet; very late in planting. Carroll: Owing to 

 tlie dry weather it was late in planting, and now looks unfavorable. Cedar : Hard 

 winter on this crop. Clay : Has very faVorable weather. Be Kalb : Looks very badly. 

 Jasper : Prospects poor ; that which was sown broadcast looks as if nearly killed. 

 Jefferson : Is looking well. Livingston : Bare ground and hard freezing arc injuring this 

 crop very much. Macon: Is in very poor condition, and the area sown ^ less than last 

 year. Maries : Prospects bad. Mercer : Has favorable weather ; ground covered with 

 snow eiuce December 15, 187L Moniteau : Looks very promising. Oreyon : Looks bad ; 

 the weather very cold and hard upon the crop. St. Louis : The condition of the crop 

 is below the average. Vernon : Badly frozeu out ; only attached to the earth by the 

 tap-root. 



Ili-inois. — Alexander : Has failed to come up in many places ; late jilanting and in- 

 teuse C(dd has beeu the cause ; what is visible looks small and weak. Brown: Pros- 

 pects very gloomy. Cass : Looks very poor, owing to the hard weather. Champaign : 

 Owing to the dry and cold weather looks very unpromising. Fayette : Seems fair, 

 thongh the winter has been severe; the acreage is larger than usual. Greene: Is in- 

 jured by the Aveather. Hancock: Is not doing well ; no snow to protect it. Macoupin: 

 Has sntfered from the cold weather; little snow to protect it ; the top appears to be 

 killed more than usual. Marion : Has beeu injured by the dry and cold weatlier. Mon- 

 roe : Looks bad ; sown late on account of drouth, though wheat sown earlier looks well. 

 Pike : Looks well, but only one-fourth as uuich sown as usual, the autumn was so very 

 dry. Williamson : Is not very promising ; late plowing, continued dry and extremely 

 cold weather have damaged the cro}). 



Indiana. — Brown : Has not frozen out nuich. Crawford : Not winter-killed yet, and 

 prospect is moderately good. Dubois : Was generally sown late on account of drought, 

 and does not look well. Gi'antj Prospects poor. Hamilton: Is very short on ac- 

 count of drought. .Johnson : TlJe j)rospects are sad indeed. Kosciusko : Has been 

 injured by the cold, dry and windy weather. Lagrange: Is only parti:illy up; the 

 weather has been very unfavorable. Ohio : Prospects are jioor, but with little growth 

 to stand the cold. Owen: Not a field in the county at all promising. Parke: Is 

 in the worst condition known for at least 20 years. Posey : The dry, cold weather is 

 hard on this crop. Putnam : Is very promising, being protected by snow during the 

 intense cold of December. Ripley : Has suffered badly from the dry and cold weather. 

 Warren: Prospects are unfavorable ; too much dry weather. 



Ohio. — Adams: Looking rather delicate; the growth is small. Auglaize: The dry 

 autumn reduced the prospects of the crop below the average. Carroll : Makes a very 

 poor show on the ground — scarcely visible ; the weather has be.eu and is unfavorable. 

 Coshocton: The a^jpearance is above the average. Cruxoford: Looking badly. Lorain: 

 Looks poor, owing to the drought. Mahoning: Prospects good, considering the hard 

 winter. Morroic : Sown early looks well ; the late sown is iuditfeient. Union: Makes 

 a poor show ; dry weather and tiie fly have damaged it. Vinton: The area sown is 

 small, owing to the drought, and the prospects are poor. Washington : Sown early looks 

 well ; sown late is not half up. Wood: Did not come up well, and looks badly. 



Michigan. — Montcalm : Never looked njore unpromising than it does at this time. 

 Ottawa : So far this crop has had favorable weather. Sanilac : The dry weather and 

 continued cold render the prospects poor. Shiawassee : Looks biwl. Tuscola : Is in 

 very poor condition ; but little top and not prepared to stand the present weather. 

 Wayne : The drought prevented nuichof the wbeat from germinating, and the intensely 

 cold weather has been hard on that which cauae up. 



Wisconsin. — Calumet : Looking very poor. Columbia : The area of this crop is iu 



