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Wheab does not look well ; was sown early aud had a good start, but 

 the winter has been very severe. Greenville : Belovf average. Severe 

 winter and little snow. Prince George: Wheat sown broadcast, espe- 

 cially on clay soil, is much winter-killed, but drilled wheat looks strong 

 and healthy. Little or no rye. Mecldenhurgh : Far above la.st year. 

 IMore snow and ice than almost ever kn6wn before, which have protected 

 tlie wheat. Gamphell : Looks well, considering the. cold and laclc of 

 snow early in tlie winter, but is not as promising nov/ as at first of 

 the year. Bucldngliam : Although there was more snow tlian for many 

 years past the v,'heat is looking badly. After it had been covered for 

 several weeks there was a sudden thaw, followed by intense cold, vvhich 

 killed much of it aud loft the rest exposed. The Fuitz wheat received 

 from the Department last tail has proved much more hardy than other 

 varieties, and promises a good yield. 



XoKTH Carolina. — Granville: Much injured by freezing and thaw- 

 ing, Vvith little protection froui snow. Mecklenhurgli : Early-sown looks 

 vv-Qli; late, poor. Catmvba: Looks well in spite of severe winter, owing 

 to tine fall growth. EocJcingham: Looks vrell; much snow. Roican: 

 'Very backward, but a good stand. Beavfort: Good; much snow. Cur- 

 rituch: Much Ihrovrn out. ^Yilkes: Looks dead, but roots seem alive. 

 Gaston: Thin stand, from freezing out, but looks well. Warren: Un- 

 promising; unfavorable fall. McDowell: Owing to late and open fall, 

 it had a good start; looks well. Orange: Very bad ; much frozen out, 

 especially on red land. Herfford: Very unpromising; wet, cold winter. 

 Stanleij: Winter wheat aud rye are in average condition. The stand is 

 good, and if no late disasters cut it oft", a lair crop may be looked for. 

 Our early red wheat is, in truth, too far advanced in sunny positions, 

 when late frosts may damage it. The Tappahannock, introduced some 

 years ago by the Department, though not equal to what it was at first, 

 presents a thrifty aspect; its large tussock and broad blades cover the 

 ground all over with a dark, green carpet. Of the Fultz wheat sent 

 last fall it is reported that, so far, ''there is nothing remarkable about 

 it, unless it be its slender growth." 



Of fifty-tive counties reporting wheat, accounts are favorable from 

 thirty, unfavorable from twenty, while twenty-five return '• average 

 condition," 



South Carolina. — Anderson: Wheat late, but healthy; much wiuter- 

 killed. Eight snows, the last eight inches deep; deepest for many 

 years. Richland: Fine; no. freezing out, owing to the moist state of the 

 ground during the extremely cold weather. Union: Wheat good when 

 sown before November 15; late-sown wheat, small. Alarion: Early-sovru 

 wheat looking well ; the Fult;; wheat promising. Schouen oats and 

 Scotch rye have not stood the winter well. A large area has been sown 

 in oats and the i)rospect is good. It is now considered the safest and most 

 economical grain aud forage crop that can be raised in the county. Lex- 

 ington : Winter wheat is somewhat backward, and the stand not very 

 good, owing, doubtless, to the late sowing aud very cold winter. Wheat 

 sown -here on the 1st of Oct!)ber, aud moderately fertihzed, would 

 almost invariably- reward the laborer abundantly; but cottoii-sced is 

 generally used for manure, and therefore farmers wait until the last of 

 ^►November, and even later, in order to prevent its sprouting, and thus 

 injuring its fertiiizing i)roperties. Besides, the cotton-picking demands 

 the attention of their entire force until about that time, and theretbre 

 the wheat crop is generally sown from one to two mouths too late to 

 produce the best results. The correspondent says: "My own wheat sown 

 in%he middle of November, and manured v/ith cotton-seed and Waudo 



