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foot from the ground ; unless the late rains cause increased growth they can not be 

 cut ; many farmers will have to graze their fields. Kemper : Increased area of oats and 

 other small grains. Noxubee: Fall-sown tolerably good, but spring-oats nearly a 

 failure ; drought has injured the crop much, but the late rains may improve it. 



Louisiana. — Morehouse : Spring oats look well. 



Texas. — Gonzales: Oat-culture a valuable acquisition and increasing; "anti-rnst" 

 oats preferred. McLennan : Will yield from 40 to GO bushels per acre. Upshur : Acreage 

 doubled; crop prospects fair ; rust-proof oats introduced. Fayelte : Crop 200 per cent, 

 better than any crop within ten years previous. Galveston : Badly rjisted. 



Arkansas — Independence : Excelsior very promising. 



Tennessee. — Campbell : Winter-oats killed by cold ; Chowan oats sown in the spring 

 are doing well. Ithea : Injured by drought, but doing better since the late rains. 

 Grainger: Drought injured them, but the condition has been improved by recent 

 rains. Eobcrtson : Sluut, owing to dry weather. Knox: Owing to the di'onght the 

 crop will be short ; tlie " White Schonen " looks better than other kinds. Wayne : 

 Condition good. Monroe: Cut short by drought. Jefferson: Schonen shortened by 

 drought, ircalley : The crop was abandoned some years ago on account of rust, but 

 it seems to be free from it now, and the area is extending. Seder : Cut short by severe 

 drought. fVilsou : Heading out and promise well, though the dry weather affected 

 the growth ; area, unusually large. 



Kentucky. — Nicholas: Injured by heavy rains early in the spring, followed by 

 drought. Owsleti : Crop very deficient. Laurel : Look well, but not equal to last 

 year. Butler: Injured. Meade: Not sown till April 15. Eussell : Parched out by 

 drought. Adair : Seasonable weather will repair the injury of the dry spring. 



West Virginia. — Hardy: Not over a half crop. Preston: Injured by severe drought. 

 Braxton : Short and bad. Kanawha : Late sown and unpromising. Jefferson : Very 

 backward. White Schonen becoming common and are doing better than other varie- 

 ties. Harrison : Not half a crop. 



Ohio. — Scioto : Look exceedingly well. Hardin : On sod ground much injured by 

 €ut-worms. Defiance: Retarded by fall and spring drought. Pickaivay : Will be 

 short. Hancock: Cut-worms destroying whole fields. Allen: Hard winter and dry 

 spring have played havoc. Auglaize : Damaged by cut-worms. 



Indiana. — Grant : Will be greatly shortened by cut- worms. Elkliart: Look first rate. 

 Perry : Not so promising as last year, but will probably be a full average. Washington: 

 Good. Scott: Late sown Birlie oats look well. Noble: Look well. Wayne: Worms 

 and insects destructive. Adams: Some fields entirely destroyed by a worm called 

 " cut-worm," or " army worm." 



Illinois. — Gallatin: Promise an extraordinary yield. Saint Clair: Look well. Ed- 

 gar: Promising. Cass: Never better. Lawrence: Doing very well. Craioford: Chinch- 

 bug threatening the crop. Cto'fc; Look well. La Salie : Promising. Marshall: Acie- 

 age increased. Lee: Good prospect. 



Michigan. — Tuscola: Look well. Washtenaw: Good prospect. Emmett: Increased 

 acreage. Van Buren : Look well. 



Wisconsin. — Walworth: Acreage increasing. Look splendidly ; never better. Saint 

 Croix: Remarkably fine. Calumet: Increased acreage. Sheboygan: Look well. 



Minnesota. — Meeker: Look well. Waterman: Promise an extra crop. Freebwn: 

 Look sickly. 



IpwA. — Cedar: Growing finely. Jackson: Fair. Hardin: Look fine. Johnson: Bet- 

 ter than usual. Muscatine: Never better. 



Missouri. — Flatte: Grub seriously injuring the oats. Harrison: Look well. Bu- 

 chanan: Prospect never better. Moniteau: Unusually promising. Daviess: Not over 

 half the crop sown yet. Montgomery : Chinch-bng has appeared among the oats, but 

 has, as yet, done but little damage. Carroll: Chinch-bug depredating on oats. Jas- 

 per: Nevermore promising. Franklin: Large promise. Dallas: Chinch-bug threat- 

 ens the crop. Marion: Look well. 



Kansas. — Cherokee: Favorable sirring. Leavenworth: Chinch-bug destructive. 

 Cloud: Crop heavy. 



Indian Territory. — Cherokee Nation : Slowly recovering from the storm of May 17. 



Dakota. — Bonhomme: Look remaikably well; ground in fine condition. 



EYE. 



The acreage of winter-rye is reported above average in the following 

 States, viz : Massachusetts, 102 ; Florida, 122 ; Texas, lOo ; Arkansas, 

 109; Tennessee, 101; Kentucky, 102; Nebraska, 117; (Jaliforuia, 115. It 

 is full average in Connecticut, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wisconsin, 

 and Kansas. In the remaining States the acreage is below average, 

 ranging from 88 in Rhode Island to 99 in Maine and Iowa. In condi- 



