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mncli, and tbe roplantcd portions are not very thrifty. Dunn : Wet forj corn, and 

 much injury done by cut-worms and blackbirds. 



MiNNKSOTA. — Sibley : Kept back by cool weather and rains. Benton : Has been some- 

 what backward, but now fjrowiuf^ tinely. Ramsey : Kather wet for corn. Watonwan : 

 Poor. Xoble : A considerable portion of the crop just coming up; it will take a late 

 season to make a crop. Sherhin-ne : Good stand, but backward and weedy. Freeborn : 

 There will not be half a crop. The plantinj? season was so wet that much of the corn- 

 ground was seeded to oats and barley, and the stand was greatly injured by gophers, 

 blackbirds, and the rotting of seed. The little that remains of the tirst planting 

 looks Avell. Jilurraij : Average condition. Steele : backward, but growing finely now : 

 Meeker : Was much injured by olackbirds, some fields being almost destroyed ; condition 

 otherwise good. Houston: The wet weather caused much seed to rot in the ground, 

 and the depredations of gophers injured the stand also; but June has bemi very favor- 

 able, and the crop has come forward rapidly. NicoUet : Doing well. ]Vri(iht : Very 

 backward. Three weeks later than last year. Wabashaw : Very backward; stand 

 poor; many fields plowed up and seeded to buckwheat. Fillmore: Backward, but 

 growing rapidly. 



Iowa. — Clinton: Since June 17 the season has been favorable, and, with a late fall, 

 the crop may be good. Cedar : Cold, backward spring, followed by heavy rains, has 

 set the corn back, and given a poor stand, but it is improving under the warm 

 weather of the past ten days. Chickasaxo : Planted late, but growing very rapidly. 

 Buchanan : Backward from late jdantiug and poor seed. Tama: Very poor stand, ow- 

 ing to wet, backward spring. Muscutine: Eapidly recovering from the eftects of the 

 wet, cold spell in May and June, but the grub-worm is still at work. Seott : Small 

 and backward owing to late iilauting, but, with a favorable season, may yet make a 

 full cro]!. Pocahontas : Acreage less than formerly, and the crop rather backward 

 from wet weather. Hardin : Planting delayed from ten to twenty days by wet wea- 

 ther. Howard: Planting late, and growth retarded until June 16. Favorable weather 

 since then. Much damage done by gophers. Henry: Growing finely except on low 

 ground and sloughs, where it is a failure. Linn : Backward owing to the late spring, 

 but growing well now. Clayton : Ten days late, and 15 per cent, w^ishedout when too 

 late to replant. Pottawattamie ; Small for the season, but growing finely. Des Moines : 

 A large portion of the crop was drowned out in May, and replanted in June; some as 

 late as the 25th. Lee: Planting was continued as late as June 25; and nuich corn- 

 land will still remain idle. The crop must be less than an average. Marion : Weather 

 very favorable. Polk : Backward at first, but now growing rapidly, and promises a 

 good crop. Plymouth : Has been kept back by cold, wet weather, but is growing 

 Avell. Iowa: Small for the season, but looking well. iS/ie/fc]/ ; Much corn planted late, 

 but the crop looks well. Jasper: Backward; cannot make over three-foxrrths of a 

 crop. Tf inneshiek : Most of the crop was planted late, and it wall require good 

 weather throughout the season to make an average crop, as it is still small, though 

 growing well. Grundy: Backward, but the stand and color good, and every indica- 

 tion of a heavy crop. We have millions of bushels of good old corn, which can be 

 bought for 18 cents per bushel. What shall we do with it? Mitchell: Small, but 

 gTowing fast, and promises well. Hancock: Rather backward, owing to cold rains 

 early in the season, but doing finely now. Monona: Nearly ten days later in planting 

 than last year, but favorable weather recently has brought the crop forward well. 



Missouri. — Lincoln : Looks splendidly. Chariton : Planting delayed by rains, which 

 also interfered with cultivation prior to June 15. Jackson : Well cultivated, and in 

 excellent condition. Moniteau : Planted unusually late, and now threatened by drought 

 as well as the chinch-bug. Benton ; Excessive rains delayed ijlauting and greatly in- 

 jured corn in the ground. Saint Clair: Planting delayed' by wet weather. Caldwell; 

 Some planting done as late as June 20, and much low bottom land will remain uu- 

 planted, owing to very wet Aveather. Carroll: Needing rain, but yet the prospect is 

 good ; acreage greatly increased. Grundy ; Continuous raius from April 20 to June 10 

 prevented the planting of much bottom land, and interfered with the working of hill-lands, 

 so that the jirospect is poor, especially as the chinch-bug has made its appearance. 

 Marion : Larger acreage than usual, and condition good now, though the chinch-bug is 

 in some fields. Livingston : Planted late, owing to backward season, but now in re- 

 markably fine condition. Reynolds : Fine condition. Cass : Planted late, but looks 

 well. Daviess ; Acreage reduced 50 per cent, by continuous rains in the spring, and 

 the crop backward. Clay : Planted late, but promises w^ell. Worth : Does not look 

 well, owing to a delay of three weeks in planting, caused by wet weather. Nodaway : 

 The weather was so wet that corn was planted late, and on poorly prepared fields, so 

 ■ that it is backward now. Harrison : Planted late owing to wet weather, and growing 

 slowly, witb a prospect of much damage from the chinch-bug. Dej5'a?6 ; The plant- 

 ing season extended from May 6 to Juue 22. Stand good, and receiving thorough 

 culture. Sullivan : If the drought continues the damage done by the chinch will be 

 great. Cole : Planted exceptionally late, and much land intended for it not planted. 

 Stand good. Johnson : Attacked by the chiuck-bug in some places. 



