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Scioto : Stands generally good, and looks well. Gcaurja : Backward, owing to late 

 planting and cool weather at first, but a favorable season will insure a fair crop. 

 Fickawai/ : Injured by drought. Auglaize : Very late, owing to the cut-worm ;. 

 many fields replanted three times. Holmes : Backward and small until a recent raiu 

 and warm spell, owing to dry, cool spring. Morrow : Much above average, except in 

 localities where the cut-worms have destroyed it. Some fields have been replanted 

 two or three times. Dvlmmre : Promises fiuelj'. Craicford ; Doing well. Brovm, : 

 Backward, owing to the ravages of the cut-worm, causing several plantings. Athens : 

 Much retarded by cut and grub worms, but very clean and of good color. Wood: 

 Prospect unusually good. 



Michigan. — Wayne: Never looked better. Livingston: Needs raiu. Leuaicee: Prom- 

 ises a full crop. Washtenaw: Doing well. Clinton: Injured by cut-worms ; some fields 

 destroyed. CalJtonn: Acreage increased from year to year considerably. The con- 

 dition has beeu much reduced by cut-worms, which are very much less destructive 

 on fall-plowed land. Mecosta: Promises well now. Cass: Some fields plowed up on 

 account of injury by white grub-worm. Emmett: The crows, blue-jays and chip- 

 munks have taken every stalk in some fields, and reduced the total acreage 25 per cent. 

 There would have beeu an increase in area but for their depredations. 



Indiana. — R^intington : The first ijlauting destroyed by the cut-worm. Bandolph : 

 Worms very destructive. Much has been replanted twice. Madison : A'^ery much 

 injured by grub and cut worms. Morgan : Never looked better. Pike ; Cut-worm and 

 army-worm together with rain in May delayed and injured the corn. Kosciusko : Cut 

 and grub worms have been very troublesome. Kohle : Backward, owing to late planting 

 and the ravages of the cut-worm. Hamilton: Small for the season, and much damaged 

 by grub and cut worms. Greene : Acreage reduced by heavy rains, which prevented 

 the planting of much of the flat land. St. Joseph : Geuerally looks well on sandy soil, 

 but on prairie and clay lands damaged to the extent of one-half by grub aud cut worms. 

 Brown : Growing siilendidly, and with a continuance of the present favorable season 

 the crop will be the largest ever grown. Cass : Very clean, and coming on finely since 

 the cut- worm ceased its ravages. Steuben : The cut-worm has been so destructive that 

 many fields have beeu replanted several times, and some sowed to buckwheat and 

 other crops. Waiash : Good on the bottoms, but drying up on high land. Wells : On 

 clover sod, corn had to be replanted scA'cral times on account of the cut-worm, and is 

 kept back by drought. Marshall : Some fields damaged by grub-worms. Marion : 

 Suffering much from cut-worms and other pests. Bartholomew : Splendid prospect. 



Illinois. — Marshall: Fine prospect. Season good for cultivation. De Ealh: Two 

 weeks late, but color good and growth vigorous, promising an average yield. Sanga- 

 mon : Most fields clean and growing finely. Drowned out in some places along the 

 river by the overflow in June, and, although replanted as late as June 24, may yet 

 make a crop. Stephenson : Ten days later than last year, but stand good and growing 

 finely. Washington : Looks well, but in some parts of the county it will be destroyed 

 by the chinch-bug. Will: Less acreage, and the stand injured on newly-brokeu sod 

 by the cut-worm. Perry : AVould be in better than average condition but for the 

 chinch-bug. Fayette: Will be seriously damaged by chinch-bugs if it continues dry. 

 Carroll: On newly-broken ground the cut-worm has necessitated replanting. The 

 weather rather cool till recently. Macoupin : Promises well. Clinton : Looks well 

 now, but unless rain comes soon will be greatly damaged by the chinch-bug, 

 which is now at work. Mason : Acreage planted equal to last year, but fully 5 per 

 cent, lost by overflows, and the crop two weeks later than last year. Bureau : Not so 

 forward as last year, but doing well. Boone : Yeij backward till June 1.5, but improv- 

 ing rayndly since. Ogle: Weather favorable and growth rapid. Mercer: Late, and 

 drowned out on some bottoms. Livingstone: Indicates a lighter crop than last year. 

 Knox: Growing very fast and nearly up to average condition. Pope: Sufieriug for 

 rain. Crawford: Much damage threatened by the chinch-bug. Effingham: The de- 

 struction of the crop by the chinch-bug feared unless the remainder of the season 

 should be rainy. BeWitt : If the season continues favorable the crop will be enormous ; 

 fields unusually free from weeds, &c. Lee: Backward, but growing rapidly. Winne- 

 iago : Growing rapidly. McDonough : Acreage fully up to average, and condition fine. 

 The early part of the season was so wet that much flat laijd intended for corn could 

 not be planted. 



Wisconsin. — Portage : Backward owing to co(d weather in June. Waukesha : Stands 

 well, and* doing finely, Douglas : Continued wet weather delayed planting in some 

 cases till June 25. Washington : The crop will be only moderate, owing to the rotting 

 of a portion of the seed during the very rainy season. Pierce : Fully half the corn 

 rotted in the ground, owing to the cold, wet weather. Jackson : Very poor. Saint 

 Croix : Very backward until recently. Improving rapidly now, and may make a crop. 

 Green : Late, and looking badly, but if the next two months are favorable we hope for 

 a crop. La Fayette : Good stand, and growing finely. Calumet: Cold and wet at the 

 time of planting, so that much seed rotted in the ground ; the wire-worm also destroyed 



