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Richmond : Winter-killed aud cut down by drought ; Fultz wheat vigorous. Fluvannit : 

 Wheat backward, but filling well; Fnltz wheat especially promising ; tillering and 

 heading finely. King and Queen : In bad couditiou ; fears exi»rt\ssed that the crop will 

 be abandoned. Pnhiski : Stood the winter well, but the dry, cool s])ring and the lly liavc 

 injured it. Orange: Eecent rains have been of great benefit to- wheat early sown on 

 good laud, but most of the fields are very poor. Highland: Injured by winter freeze and 

 spring drought. Madison : Wheat improved by late rains, but cannot make a full 

 crop. liocJcingham : Not eveu a half crop. Rappahannock: Heads short atul low. New 

 Kent: Looks remarkably well. Prince George: Acreage reduced : drought has kept off 

 rust from early sown fields. Bath: Looks badly: Fultz wheat much better. Amherst: 

 A fine prospect ; seriously injured by drought. Mecldenhurgh : Badly winter-killed. 

 Nchon : Crop short. Augusta : Worse than for many years. Clarke : Crops are prom- 

 ising; much better on the iron-ore lauds west of the Sheuandoah. Prince William : 

 Suffering severely for rain. King George : Greatly improved by recent rains. 



North Carolina. — Randolph: Prospect fair. MecMenhurgh. : Better than for many 

 years ; drilled Fultz wheat very promising. Chowan : Very ordinary. Camden : AVheat 

 culture almost broken up by rust, scarce fifty acres sown where once there were many 

 thousands. Rowan : Heads small and not well filled ; straw short ; drought, fly, and 

 rust complained of. Bladen : Fultz wheat very fine. Stokes: Heads Avell filled; rust on 

 the blades, but too late for the grain ; fly in a few fields. Clay : Acreage reduced ten 

 per cent., but prospect good. Jackson: Fultz wheat looks well; stood the winter 

 better than the Tappahaunock. Pasquotank : Not half a crop ; rust reported. Gaston : 

 Crop a full average. Moore: Above average. Perquimans : Rusted as usual ; prospect 

 poor. Alamance : On rich lauds recent rains have greatly recompensed the losses fnun 

 winter-killing aud the fly. Rockingham : A fine crop. Haywood : Winter wheat a good 

 stand but heads low. Stanley : Early wheat promising ; later, somewhat rusted ; Fultz 

 wheat tillers well, has a large head and promises a full crop. Montgomery : Crop over 

 average. 



SoDTH Carolina. — Greenville : Early-sown fall wheat looks well ; late-sown suffered 

 from drought. Union : When sown before December, on well-prepared ground, the 

 crop looks well. Chesterfield : Somewhat winter-killed, but looks well, especially Fultz 

 wheat. Lexington : Dry weather favorable ; first-rate yield promised. York : Looks 

 well. Anderson : More than half the crop is out of danger. Orangeiurgh : Looks very 

 well. 



Georgia. — Muscogee: Looked well during winter aud spring, but latelj' rusted. 

 Murray : Crop, a full average. Hancock : Fultz wheat looking well. Putnam : 

 Area small ; yield good. Oglethorpe : Winter crop daily improvin*- ; culture care- 

 less. Fayette: Injured by drought. Forsythe : Looks finely, and promises a full yield 

 of good grain. Wilkes: Cut earlier than ever; Taiipahaunock, tlie best for flour, 

 but ten or fifteen days late. Coih: No rust : splendid yield xiromised. Brooks: Fultz 

 wheat luxuriant, but grains small. It would do well under good conditions. Marion : 

 Fultz wheat looks fine. Chattooga: Prospect materially improved. Sumter: Acreage 

 small ; crop injured by drought aud rust. Butts : Stand poor, but grain good ; suffered 

 from wet and cold. Madison : Dry weather has made the crop verj^ fine. Milton : 

 Crop fine ; well filled ; no rust. 



Alabama. — Marshall : AVheat harvest the best in twenty years. Lawrence : Unusually 

 promising. Clark: Department wheat rusted. Calhoun: Full average; Fultz wheat 

 fine ; from 50 to 75 grains on each head ; ripeus as soon as other wheat sown fifteen 

 days earlier ; no rust. Limestone : Some rust on blades, but no serious damage. 



Mississippi. — Lee : Promises an extraordinary yield. 



Texas. — Johnson : Crop unusually large. McLennan : Average yield, 25 to 30 bushels 

 per acre. Gillespie: Tappahanock will yield largely ; better than last year. Upshur: 

 Acreage about the same as last year; condition superior. Red River: Harvest ten 

 days late; yield large. Grayson: Tappahaunock and Fultz wheat tine. Hunt: Fultz 

 wheat a lai'ger yield than native grain. 



Arkansas. — Independence : Fultz wheat exceedingly promising. 



Tennessee. — Loudon : Filling better than for several years. Jefferson : Fultz wheat 

 sowed late, but looks fine. Henry: Looks fine ; greatly improved. Greene: Generally 

 promising; fly reported in some localities; Fultz shows larger heads than the Tappa- 

 hannock ; no rust. Sullivan : Damaged by the fly ; many fields pastured or plowed 

 up ; a good harvest will be gathered from well-prepared lauds. Weakley : Yield better 

 than for many years ; crops lately have been poor. Wilson : Area less than last year, 

 but the quantity produced will be greater. Early sown on good land, wheat will yield 

 this year above avei'age; seeded late on thin soil, it will be poor; some rust on blades. 

 Coffee : Rust has appeared. Rhea : Good crop. Putnam : Severely damaged by freez- 

 ing, but now looking better. Dickson: Rust on blades. Hancock: Acreage reduced ; 

 iiist in some places, but the condition i)romising on the whole. Granger: Promising, 

 especially Fultz wheat. Roane: Thin stand, but fine heads; Department wheat 

 especially promising.' Robertson: Early wheat fine; late shortened by drought. Knox: 

 Improved since the close of the May drought; Fultz especially fine. Wayne: Good. 

 Monroe: Straw light and blades rusted, but heads filling well; quality excellent. 

 Lincoln : Blades rusted. 



