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Maryland. — Fredericl- : Grass crop almost a total failure ; i>astiiiei5 Hliortor thait 

 erer known. Howard: Early drought left but lil tie clover or pasture, even on good 

 rich laud ; blooming but six inches high. Cecil : Hay crop short. Kent ; Dried up. 



Virginia. — Roanoke: Grass crop considerably injured by early drought, but since im- 

 proved by rains. Sjwttsylvania : Hay crop vs-ill be short. Henrico : Grass will not make 

 over a half crop. Stratford: Clover severely affected by drought. Craig: Grass below- 

 average. Surrtij : Clover and pasture 25 per cent, inferior. Fluvanna: Rain has 

 greatly benefited the clover, but it will be short. Ora)i(je : Clover and other grasses 

 Avretched. Madison : The grass crop, except on moist low land, is almost an entire 

 failure. Rappahannocl; : Meadows almost worthless. Prince George : Grass crop suf- 

 fered from drought, Bath: Grass crop very short ; without more rain there will not 

 be a half crop of hay. Amherst: Grass crop shortened by drought. Nelson: Grass 

 crop exceedingly short. Augusta: Clover heading out near the ground; meadows 

 short and burnt out. Gloucester : Grass and spring pasture below average, while the 

 exhaustion of winter provender made early grazing necessary. Clark : Clover and pas- 

 tures short. Prince William: Grass suffering from lack of rain. Wise: Clover and 

 pastures much injured by severe drought. 



North Carolina. — Stoles: Meadows recovered from drought by late rains: nearly 

 up to average. Surreg : Clover and pastures much injured. Gaston: Clover culture 

 increasing; crop looks well. Moore: Clover culture increasing. Alamance: Grass crop 

 not good. Haywood: Pastures injured by drought. Montgomery: Clover and pastures 

 damaged by drought. 



South Carolina. — Union: Very little clover grown. Georgetown: Savannah grasses 

 quite luxuriant. York: Clover growing in favor; can be jjrofitably grown ; drought 

 has shortened the crop. Anderson : Pastures suffering from drought. 



Georgia. — Walton: Clover promising; acreage increased. Harris: Eed clover did 

 well till the May drought. Newton : Growing intere-st in grass crops ; clover acreage 

 increased 300 per cent. Hancock: Clover culture increasing. Wilkes: Clover cultiva- 

 tion increasing ; some lots grow three or four feet high. Jackson : Clov'er increasing 

 for several years. Marion : The only clover-field in the county looks well. Troup : 

 Clover looks well. Fulton: Great interest in clover; crop fine. .Butts: Clover looks 

 well; culture just commenced. 



Alabama. — Crenshaw : Drouglit killing Alsike clover. Lee : Red clover successfully 

 introduced. Cherokee: Recent heavy rains have improved the grass crops. 



Mississippi. — Wayne: Grass in fine condition, liankin : Eye for pasture looks well. 

 Smith : Small experimental growth of clover. 



Tkxas. — Lavacca : Spring pastures good. Fayette : No clover except Lucern will 

 grow here, and that i.s not relished by live stock. Gonzales : California clover the only 

 successful variety ; acreage increased. Johnson : A small experimental growth of red 

 clover and timothy doing well. 



Arkansas. — Columbia: Wild grass better than usual. 



Tennessee. — Ehea: Clover injured l)y drought, but improved by late rains. Dick- 

 son : Increased area of clover and grasses, indicating a new era of farming prosperity ; 

 clover has already diminished hog diseases. Granger : Hay will be 2.5 per cent, short, 

 but quality better than when the yield is great. Eobertson : Pastures and meadows 

 shortened by drought. Dickson : Increased acreage of clover and grasses very advan- 

 tageous to the farmers. Monroe: Meadows and clover shortened by drought. Loudon: 

 Increased attention paid to grasses. Greene : The Italian and perennial rj'e-grasses 

 jnromise to be an important acquisition — seed nearly ready to ripen. Putnam : Pastures 

 and young clover very poor, owing to a flood and drought in April. Sevier: Clover 

 and pasture short from severe drought. Coffee : Clover and hay crops considerably 

 shortened by drought. Obion: Pasture very fine. 



Kentucky. — Nicholas : Clover not so good as usual on account of drought and cool 

 weather ; spring pastures shorter than usual. Laurel : Clover has largely died out ; 

 spring pasture luxuriant. Eussel : Drought killed young clover and grass generally ; 

 exTiaustiou of winter food caused the cattle to be turned on the grass fifteen or twenty 

 days earlier than usual, depriving it of all chance of growth. 



"VVe.st Virginia. — Preston: Grasses injured by drought. Jefferson : Clover badly win- 

 ter-killed ; hay will be scarce. Cobell : Grass greatly improved. Nicholas : Grass very 

 short and backward. 



Ohio. — Sciota : Fine prospect for clover; spring pastures good. Warren: Clover 

 badly frosted. Hancock: Cut- worms hard on clover. Pickaivag : Hay will be short; 

 pastures need rain. Lorain: Pastures never better. Adams: Cut-worms have destroyed 

 three-fourths of the clover. 



Indiana. — Grant: Cut-worms injuring the clover; crop will be short. Elkhart: 

 Grass looks well. Madison: Cut-worms hard on grass. Gibson: Army worms in the 

 meadows. Perry: Meadows look well. Kosciusko: Pastures unusually good; frost 

 May 3 injured clover. Putnam: Cut-worms fiave nearly eaten up whole fields of cle- 

 ver. *S;jencfcr; Army worm destructive on meadows; hogs feed on them freely. Boone: 

 Grass crops fine except a few fields iiij ured by cut- worms, which have especially destroyed 



