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Kansas.— 7?(7c// ; Increased acreage, caused partly by the failure of winter-wlieat. 

 leavemvorth : Fifteen per cent, of the land intended for corn could not be planted 

 owing to wet AYeather, but the weather has been favorable of late, and a crop is ex- 

 pected. Iiice: Looks well generally, though in some places there is complaint of in- 

 jury by grasshoppers. Wyandotte: Planting late, owing to wet weather, but the crop 

 coming on finely now. Cowley: Looks tine. Oaage : Exceedingly small for the season. 

 Marion ; A little backward, but looks well. Coffey : Much planted very late, owing to 

 wet weather. Shaivnee : Uneven, but looks well. Cloud : Looks well, but needs rain. 

 jN>os7(o ; Generally good, though some fields have sutfered from the excessive rains, 

 which prevented proper cultivation. Uonf/la» : Planting retarded by rains, but pros- 

 pect encouraging now. 



Nebi:aska. — Merrick: Late, but good. Rail: Cold, backward spring, delaying 

 planting a week, yet the stand is good, and with, a favorable season an average crop 

 may be made. Waslnngton ; The increase in acreage is owing to the influx of popula- 

 tion. Boone: Acreage very large. Cuming: Somewhat late, but stand good and 

 growing fast. Nemaha : Owing to the low price there was a decrease of acreage 

 lilauted this spring. 



C.iLiFOiiNiA. — Contra Costa : A slight increase in acreage, and looks well. Ls raised 

 only for roasting-ears, though it grows well upon rich and well-pulverized soil, without 

 rain or irrigation. Humholdt: Only grown along the sea-coast for roasting-ears ; in the 

 interior the land too hilly for extended culture. 



Oregon. — Douglas: Needs rain, but with a favorable season will make a good crop. 

 Columbia: Sickly and yellow in appearance from continued cold sea-winds. / 



The Territories.— »S'«Hto Ft', New Mexico: Very promising. Minnehaha, Dakota: 

 The first stand was almost entirely ruined by excessive rains, depredations of birds, 

 and from i:)oor seed, so that the crop is small at this time. Yuma, Arizona : Not planted 

 till after the overflow of the Colorado, in the early part of July. Kane, Utah : Some 

 little complaint of injury by caterpillars. 



^ WHEAT. 



An improvemeut iu the conditiou of wheat has occurred, since our 

 last report, in New York, Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, Missouri, Kan- 

 sas, and to a slight degree iu some other States ; while a small decline 

 is reported iu Ohio, and in some of the Southern States. The averages 

 iu the winter- wheat States stand as follows: Connecticut, 94; New 

 York, 78; New Jersey, G9; Pennsylvania, G9 ; Delaware, 75; Maryland, 

 57; Virginia, 99; North Carolina, 112; South Carolina, 103; Georgia, 

 102; Alabama, 116; Mississippi, 108; Texas, 115; Arkansas, 106; 

 Tennessee, 105 ; West Virginia, 95 ; Kentucky, 1 J 2 ; Ohio, 75 ; Indiana, 

 88; Missouri, 66. Of the States producing almost exclusively spring- 

 wheat — Maine, 108 ; New Hampshire, 103 ; Vermont, 101 ; Wisconsin, 

 101 ; Minnesota, 110 ; Iowa, 108 ; Nebraska, 112 ; Oregon, 95 ; Califor- 

 nia, (which is not fully reported,) 120 for early sown, and 112 for late; 

 Kansas, spring 95, winter 60 ; Illinois, spring 101, winter 92 ; Michigan, 

 spring 98, winter 81. The average of condition for the United States 

 is almost exactly the same as in June, or 91, 6 per cent, less than aver- 

 age. 



The quality of the grain is uniformly superior. In the Middle States, 

 in Ohio, Michigan, and Missouri, and wherever inferior condition is re- 

 ported, the straw is short, but the heads are generally long and well 

 tilled, the kernel plump and heavy. The quality of southern wheat 

 will probably prove as fine as any ever produced iu that section. In 

 threshing, the fullness of the heads, in jiroportion to quantity of straw, 

 causes the yield to exceed the expectation, and may go far to offset the 

 small decrease iu reported condition. It is quite probable that the gen- 

 eral excellence of the grain will make the present crop of equal value 

 to that of last year. There has been almost entire exemption from rust, 

 and comparatively little complaint of insects. The Hessian fly is re- 

 ported in several places, more numerously in the Ohio Valley, and the 

 chinch-bug has caused losses iu many counties of Illinois, Iowa, and 

 Missouri. 



