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Vkumont. — Orleans : Not all sown yet ; what was put in from May 1 to 10 looks 

 well. 



' New YoEK. — Lh'bujston: Some in good oi'der and season. (imcKei : Unpromising; 

 needs rain. TVijoming ; Small. 



Alabama. — Lairn-itce : Uiiusnally promising. 



Texas. — McLennan: Will average 50 bushels per acre. 



Ohio. — Sciota : Acreage above average. IVarren : Suffering terribly ; spring bai'ley 

 abandoned. Fairfield: Badly frozen out. Crawford: Early-drilled barley looking well. 

 Lorain : Crops never better. CJiampaign : A total failure. 



Indiana. — Posey : Harvest two weeks late ; army-worm injurious, but the prospect 

 better than last year. Stark : Spring barley from the Department very fine. 



Illinois.— i/oH7-oe; Half winter-killed. Ogle: Late, but promising. La Salle : Spring 

 crops looks well. 



Iowa. — Muscatine : Never looked belter. Johnson : Good. 



Minnesota. — Meeker: Looks well. Waterman : Doing finely. Blue Earth : Sliglit 

 decrease in acreage. Freeborn : Cold, wet weather makes the crops sickly. 



Utah. — Tooele: Spring crop short in the straw; farmers discouraged in the culture. 



Calikornfa. — Placer : Considerably drowned out by excessive rains. Sonoma : Crop 

 will be but 50 or GO per cent, on an average ; injured by heavy rains in the early part 

 of the season and by subsequent droughts. 



GRASS AND PASTURES. 



Maine. — York: Grass in both fields and pastures thin aud poor. Aroostook: Gras- 

 wintered well, and promises a good crop. Sagadahoc: Grass growing nicely. Andros 

 coggin: Clover almost a failure owing to dry season ; pastures fair. Cumberland: Con" 

 siderably winter-killed, but where there is a stand it looks well. Waldo : Good pros- 

 pect for hay. Somerset: Grass-fields look poor. Oxford: Very favorable winter and 

 spring for hay and pastures. A large crop hardly jiossible after the drought of last 

 summer, but the prospect very good. Piscataquis : Pastures looking much better than 

 for several years ; clover has been so much winter-killed that little is now sown. 



New Hampshire. — Rockingham : Grasses aud iwstures considerably winter-killed ; 

 oats, millet, and corn being sown for fodder. Hillsborough : Pastures afford but little 

 food; hay selling at $40 per ton; latest season for many years; much grass winter- 

 killed. 



Vermont. — Orange: Pastures look finely; fiue rains have given feed two weeks 

 earlier than last year. Grand Jsle : Clover somewhat winter-killed. Addison : Pas- 

 tures and meadows never better. Caledonia : Grass looks well. Chittenden : Grass 

 and pastures never looked better. Essex : Last half of May especially favorable for 

 grass. 



Massachusetts. — Worcester: Pastures badly winter-killed. Franklin: Poor pros- 

 pect for hay. Plymouth: Cold, dry winter iujuted gra.ss crops severely, but late and 

 frequent rains have greatly revived. 



Rhode Island. — Washington : Late rains have brought forward the grass to a full 

 average. 



Connecticut. — Neiv London: Grass looks very well. Middlesex: Late rains have 

 started the grass very finely. Hay $40 per ton. Eiartford : Grass crops injured by early 

 spring drought. 



New York. — Tioga: Grasses materially injured by drought. Albany : Meadows, 

 especially old ones, look slim. Jefferson : Pasture two weeks late. Livingston : Clover 

 wintered well. Yates: Drought seriously atfecting meadows and pastures. Lawrence: 

 Grass unpromising ; hay crop light. Franklin : Grass backward. Wyoming : Clover 

 winter-killed in some places; pastures short. Otsego: Meadows and pastures look 

 fine. Bensselaer : Pasture short, but beginning to grow. Ontario : Grass backward. 

 Seneca: Grass will be light aud thin on the ground. Washington : Clover and pasture 

 growing finely, but thin. 



New Jersey. — Camden : Clover aud pasture very short. Cumberland : Clover im- 

 proved by late rains, but pasture short. Morris : Pasture short except on low lands. 

 Mercer : Clover, especially, shortened by drought. Hudspn : Hay light; pastures short. 



Pennsylvania. — Susquehanna : Grass improving rapidly ; grasshoppers dyiug out. 

 Lancaster : Clover will uot make over a half crop ; pasture running very short. Mont- 

 gomery : Clover injured by drought ; spring pastures ten days late ; recent rains have 

 done good. York : Clover-stalks short, but well set. Centre : Grass not progressing. 

 Chester : Spring pastures short. Nyrthumberland : Grass badly frozen out iu the winter, 

 yet a large proportion survived and is agaiu taking root. Union : Grass crops greatly 

 improved by late i-ains, Delaware: Clover almost a failure. Timothy may yet come 

 out. Less hay left over than for many years. Lawrence : Grass but a half crop. 



Delaware.— A^eiy Castle : Hay severely atfected by drought. Sussex : Pastures in- 

 jured by drought and frosts. 



