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Ohio. — is^ohle : Out-wonns bad on socl-grotind coru. Warren : Large wiuter-wheat 

 area i)lo\ved up for corn. The cnfc-worui has appeared in the corn-fiehl. Greene ; 

 Clorn making a good start. Uanoock : Cut-worms destroying whole coru-tields. Henry : 

 Corn was planted early and has come up well, but is badly injured by cut-worms. 

 Lucas: Cut-worm very destructive. Lorain: Cut-worm making sad havoc with new 

 l)lanted corn. Adams : Crop doing poorly ; cut-worms. Champaign : Cut-worma very 

 destructive. 



Indiana. — Decaf nr : Coming np well ; planted late on account of cut- worms. Grant : 

 Injured seriously by cut-woruis. Crop prospects poor. Madison : Cut-worms very de- 

 structive, delaying the planting on stubble and sod lands, rerry : ]3ut half planted. 

 Johnson : Cut-worms have destroyed the first plantiug of many corn-fields. Boon^ : 

 All corn on sod and stubble ground destroyed by cut-worms. Fayette : Acreage in- 

 creased 25 per cent. ; condition about 80 per cent. ; cut-worms bad. Noble : Cold weather 

 made late plautiug. Wayne : Worms and insects destroying the crop. Howard ; Cut- 

 worms have been very destructive. Owen : Good condition except for the recent wash- 

 ing rains. Marshall : Late, and cut-worms bad. Hamilton : Cut-worm worse than 

 ever before, keeping coru back very much. Hancock : Many pieces of early corn de- 

 stroyed by the black cut-worm. Whitley : Some complaints of cut-worms. Wells : 

 Sod-ground corn destroyed by cut-worms. Franklin : Much complaint of cut-worms. 

 Much replanting will be done. Ground in good order. Cass : Cut-worms worse than 

 ever before. Many fields replanted entire. 



iLiAtiOis.— Gallatin : la the finest condition, promising a very large crop. Livings- 

 ion : Backward, but coming up. L'oquois : Planted earlier than usual ; cut- worms 

 prevalent in soddy laud. Stevenson : Planting delayed by wet ; crop will probably be 

 short. Wabash : Mostly planted, but in general it is not doing well. The cut-worm 

 is iujuring it, and the army-worm has appeared in immense numbers in some locali- 

 ties. Richland: Planting delayed by wet season. Saint Clair : Looks well. Winne- 

 bago: Slow in growing. Crai/i/bcti : Chi uch-bugs threatening. Putnam: Looks sickly. 

 Pike : Wire-worm destroying many corn-fields. Lee : Plantiug late ; earlier plantings 

 had to be renewed; prospects gfoomy. Tazewell: Injured by cut-worms; the best 

 stand for many years. Boone : Planting very late. Grnndy : Fair stand but slow 

 growth. Fayette : Crop looks fair. 



Michigan. — Bay: Kains rather copious for corn. Washtenaw: Weather fine for coru. 

 Van Buren : Looks well. Cass: Backward. Shiawassee: Too cold. 



Wisconsin. — Walworth: Acreage increasing. Itichland : Planting delayed ; in some 

 «arly plantings the seed rotted. Fond-du-lac : Looks sickly. Clark: Below average ; 

 nuich seed rotted. Portage: Weather too cold. Columbia: Not looking well. Adams: 

 Planting late. Saint Croix : Too wet. Grant: Late, but presenting a good stand. 



Minnesota. — Steele : Backward. Freeborn : Planting late ; in some cases the seed 

 rotted in the ground. Houston: Very backward. 



Iowa. — Clinton : Plantiug two weeks late ; not all planted by the 23d of May; very 

 little up; looks bad. Cedar; Planting succeeded well. Guthrie: Looking well after 

 the light aud frequent rains. Audubon: Sickly. Hardie : Backward. Howard: Un- 

 promising. Madison : Not coming up well ; weather too wet and cold. Pottawaitomie : 

 Planting delayed by rain. Winnisheik : Late plauted, and considerably rotted by wet. 

 Cherokee: Backward. Carroll: Backward. Jasper: Five per cent, replanted. Deca- 

 tur: Poor and backward, 



Missouhi. — Platte : liavaged by the grub-worm. Moniteau : Planting delayed a 

 mouth by wet weather. Clinton :'Looks itooi: Daviess: But little planted yet. Pike: 

 Chinch threatening. Pulaski : Rain damaging the crop. Saint Louis : Chinch-bugs 

 <laniaging the crop. Benton : Chinch-bugs at Avork. Jasper : Late, but growing- 

 fast. DcKalb : Area increased. I'erry : Cut-worms aud chinch-bugs.' i/flrtOK ; Plaut- 

 iug late. 



Kansas. — Douglas : Late and just coming up ; much ground not yet plauted. 

 Bourbon : Plautiug late. I^eavenworlh : Large area still uuplanted. 



Nebraska.— i/aW : Kept back by cool nights ; Deep plantings have rotted. 



Indian Territory. — Cherokee Nation : Great storm of May 17 necessitates a re- 

 planting. 



OATS. 



An increase in the area in oats is given in nearly all the States. The 

 only diminution reported is in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti- 

 cut, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, JSTorth Carolina, Keutucky, and 

 California, varying 86 to 99 per cent. Condition is reported high in 

 every Western State beyond Ohio, in the Southwestern States, and in 

 the northern portion of iSTew England. JSTotwithstandiiig the unpromis- 

 ing appearance in the Athmtic States, south of Massachusetts, an in- 

 creased product may be expected. 

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