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35 bushels per acre. ' Blanco : Winter sliortoued by rust oue-fourtli ; spriug-wbeat 

 tbrivsheil out 16 bushels per acre. Johnson: Yield larger than was expected. Bexar: 

 Crop very superior. Hamilton : Finest crop over raised, tliough somewhat thin on the 

 •Tound. Bell : From 20 to 30 bushels per aero. Larnpams : Unusually good ; average 

 yield 22 bushels per acre ; one farmer averaged 42 bushels. 



Arkansas. — jyaahivc/lon : Acreage small; condition above average. Madlaon : Injured 

 10 per cent, by " spot." 



Tkxnkssee. — Dyer: Crop above average; from If) to 2.5 bushels per acre; Red Chatt" 

 the fUvorite variety ; matures early and grows luxuriantly; well suited to thin lands; 

 very large and plump ; said to yield more Hour than ;aiy other variety ; less liable to 

 rust than any other yet tried. Fultz and Touzelle mature too late for the climate. 

 Rhea : Crop of excellent quality ; the best for ten years. Smith : Crop excellent as 

 ever made in the county, and very abundant; proportion of grain to straw unusually 

 heavy. Decatur: Crop good. Hancock: Harvested in good condition; best crop for 

 several years. Co(l'ee: Crop average and of excellent quality; 4,J^ quarts of Fultz from 

 the Department yielded 8^ bushels. Green: Remarkably plump, and will thrash out 

 heavy. Monroe : ' Some fields average from 33 to 3G bushels per acre ; grain of the finest 

 quali'ty; others mav not average above 4 bushels. I^'entress: Extra in quantity and 

 quality. Madi><on .•"Winter- wheat shortened 10 per cent, by rust. Wayne : Yield double 

 of last year's. Jiohertson : In good condition and of good quality. Stewart: Best yield 

 since 1805. Bradleii : Excellent, but thin; seed defective. Sevier: Best crop since 

 1863. Gibhs: Better than for many years. DeKaJh: Prospect fine. Cannon: Never 

 better ; 50 or 60 per cent, above last year. Folk : Fultz wheat has done well. Jefferson : 

 Yield below average ; quality fine. lioane : Fine, but thin on the ground. Lawrence : 

 Best crop, both in quantity and quality, since the war. Lincoln : Twenty per cent, 

 above average; heaviest crop in ten years; Fultz promises well, though it rusted 

 worse than either the Walker or Boughton varieties ; wheat will average 20 or 25 

 bushels per acre. Bntherford : Better than for five years; will average 12 bushels, 

 some crops making from 20 to 25 ; grain excellent ; acreage reduced 53 per cent. 

 Hawkins : Best crop since 1863 ; harvest a week early ; yield large and fine. Hickman : 

 Yield greater than since 1861—16 bushels per acre. Davidson : Quality never better, 

 but yield shortened by drought. Sullivan : Wheat greatly improved prior to cutting ; 

 many fields ruined by the fly ; but on land well prepared and well manured heavy 

 crops of extra grain Vere harvested; on many heads as high as 90 grains have been 

 counted. Macon : Spring-wheat better than "the winter crop ; earliest varieties the 

 best; winter-wheat thin on the ground, but well headed. Knox: Boughton wheat 

 yielded 690 bushels on 27 acres. A gallon of Fultz wheat from the Department, sown 

 on one-tenth of an acre, yielded 5 bushels ; grain splendid. 



West Virginia. — Braxton : Crop very good ; thin in some places, but well filled, 

 and of fine quality everywhere. Harvest commenced June 22. Berkeley : Better filled 

 than for years. Putnam : The crop rather above average ; not very good on uplands, 

 but bette'r in the valley of the Greab Kanawha. Tappahannock generally sown, but 

 does not yield as much as Lancaster or Mediterranean. Every variety " runs out " if 

 continuously planted. The midge rather more troublesome than nsual, but has not 

 materially damaged the crop. Tyler : The crop very variable in diiferent localities and 

 exposures. On good uplands the yield will be satisfactory, but on some of the bottoms 

 not a fourth of a crop will be made. Drilling and plowing in are the only security 

 against winter-killing. Morgan : Harvest nearly over, and although the wheat is 

 thin, it is so well filled that the yield will be a full average. Harrison : Well filled, 

 but the crop below an average. Cabell: Acreage much reduced by drought last fall, 

 but the quality better than for years. Kanawha : Never better headed. Jefferson : 

 Harvest over; straw light, but heads well filled with good grain. The Fultz variety 

 splendid. Mononfjalia : The yield will be about one-third of last year's ; quality good. 

 Monroe : Some iujury from the fly, but many crops above average. 



Kentucky. — Clarke : Best crop for eight years past. Shelby : Wonderful improve- 

 ment in the crop from seasonable rains ; no increase in acreage, but the yield will be 

 25 per cent, above an average of the past six years. Harvest nearly over. Taylor : 

 Harvest progressing and the grain uncommonly large and fine. One quart Fultz 

 wheat sowed October 1 and cut June 20, yielded one bushel of splendid grain after a loss 

 of 10 per cent, from winter-killing. Hardin : The Fultz wheat has matured well and 

 has very large, long heads. A yield of three bushels is expected from one quart of seed. 

 Fayette: Small area sown; quality of berry unsurpassed. Warren: Harvest just over; 

 acreage 20 per cent, below average, but quality very superior. Lincoln : Remarkably 

 good; grain large and sound. Pulaski: Harvest over. Mercer; Best crop since 1855 ; 

 acreage much less than last year, but the grain very heavy and well filled. The Fultz 

 variety, sown September 20, stood the winter well, and grew vigorously in the spring ; 

 heads good and well filled for two-thirds of their length, but the rest of the way with 

 small and imperfect grains. We think acclimatization will obviate this objection. 

 Owen : Crop below average from winter-killing and the ravages of the midge. Hopkins : 

 Extra croji. Spencer : Acreage 30 per cent, less, but quality 25 per cent, better and yield 



