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100 per cent, greater than in 1871. Butler: Better than for many years ; liarvest over* 

 Carroll: Winter-wheat badly frozen ont. Quality will bo good if not injured by wet 

 in the shock. Anderson: Harvest nearly over and the iinest crop since 18.55. Hart: 

 Yield average ; quality never better. Edmonson : Decrease in acreage but condition 

 fine. Clinton: Crop very line; large heads, jdump grain, and no rust. Ohio: Yield 

 more than double that of last year. Bussell : Tlie cro]i will be three times that of last year, 

 and 25 per cent, above an average. A few fields injured by rust. Nehon: Excellent 

 crop ; berry very fine. Scott : Late wheat reduced 25 per cent, by the midge. Ilcnrtf : 

 More than an average crop ; harvest nearly over. 



Ohio. — Logan : Winter wheat lias had a succession of adverse circumstances to con- 

 tend with. An unusually dry fall ])revented sufficient growth to protect the roots dur- 

 ing the winter, and it was therefore exposed to the dry, cold winds, which iujured 

 without actually throwing it out, so that farmers were encouraged to hope that it 

 might revive, until it was too late to break up so large a breadth of land for other 

 crops. I think it safe to estimate that 40 per cent, of the winter-wheat will not pay 

 for harvesting. Where the wheat was turned under, corn, oats, and beans were sub- 

 stituted. Miami : The crop will be 75 ]ier cent, of an average. It has filled well, and 

 where it escapes the fly will make a full crop. Medina : Has improved very much 

 within the past month, and now promises 80 per cent, of an average crop. ri)iion : 

 Hard winter; fly and weevil will reduce the crop more than one-half. Fultz and 

 Australian spring wheat promise well. Franllin : Ruined by drought on clay land-s 

 where not in good condition. Butler : Harvest commenced .June 25, and will be over 

 by July 5. Forty years ago it was never begun before July 4. The product will vary 

 from 3 to 30 bushels per acre. Adams ; Filling well, but very thin ; many fields not 

 being worth harvesting ; others, however, Avill produce an average crop, and we will 

 probably have nearly as much in the aggregate as last year, which was about half a 

 crop. Coshocton : Harvesting not commenced. Last year it was over by July 1 ; we 

 do not expect more than a return of the seed sown. Boss : Invariably good on low and 

 poor on high lands ; harvest commenced. Scioto: Best crop for twelve years. Picka- 

 %vay : Two or three seasonable rains in June have improved the prospect of the crop. 

 The straw is thin but the heads well filled and quality of grain excellent. Highland : 

 Harvest fairly commenced. Straw light, but good-sized heads and plump berrj-. Mor- 

 row : Some improvement within the past month in fields not plowed up and seeded to 

 other grains. Delaware: Injured by dry weather in June. Brown: Not injured by the 

 drought; now in harvest. Lorain: Rusting in some localities. Huron: Winter-wheat 

 very good. Athens: Very light crop but grain plump. Wood: Will probably be little 

 over half a crop, but of good quality. Favorable weather since the 1st of June has 

 improved the prospect much. Columhiana : Has turned out much better than was an- 

 ticipated. 



Michigan. — Bay: Winter-wheat on both high and low lands was frozen out to a great 

 extent, but where it escai^ed looks very well. Wayne : Thin on the land, especially in 

 clay soils, but has improved wonderfully. Livingston : Thin on the ground and rank 

 in growth ; consequently likely to rust. Lenawee : Crop shortened by dry fall and se- 

 vere winter. Washtenaw: Twenty per ceut. below average. Clinton: Badly winter- 

 killed, but improved remarkably in June. Calhoun: Harvest from ten days to two 

 weeks late. Lapeer: Light crop, though it has improved much within a month past. 

 Macomb : Where winter-wheat was not entirely killed out, it has improved wonder- 

 iully. Cass: Harvest at hand. Excellent berry, but some smut and weevil. Shia- 

 wassee : Much improved by recent rains, and a prospect of 75 per cent, of an average 

 crop. Harvest two weeks late. Monroe: Thin, but remarkably well headed. 



Indiana. — Floyd : Unpromising till recent rains, which have brought it up to an 

 average. Warwick: Better crop than for twenty-five years. Madison : Foor. Orange: 

 Has improved beyond expectatiion since June 1, and four-fifths of the crop harvested 

 in good condition. Switzerland : Forty per cent, below average, owing to winter- 

 killing from lack of snow. Vanderburgh : Reports of injury from the army-worm and 

 Img appear to have been unfounded. Morgan : Has improved remarkably and 

 promises a full crop. Pilce : Very fine. Kosciusko : Damaged by hail in some places. 

 Noble : Generally well headed, but the crop Avill be 40 per cent, below average. Hamil- 

 ton : Harvest commenced June 25 ; well filled and of fine quality. Saint Joseph : Will 

 be an average crop ; ready to harvest by July 5. Clarke : Was thin through the 

 winter, but has a good head and is well iilled. Brown : Thin, but well headed and 

 filled with excellent grain. Will all be harvested within a week. Cass : In the midst of 

 harvest. Grain good and straw bright. Parke: Quality of the crop vei'y good, though 

 considerable damage has been done by the midge, which has been heretofore unknown. 

 La Grange: Many fields plowed up and bare spots in those remaining, but the heads 

 are unusually long and what remains promises well. Harvest two weeks later than 

 last year. Gihson : Harvest over. Quality, yield, and condition good. Wabash: Half 

 through harvest. The heads well filled. Marshall : Harvest commenced. The grop 

 reduced 15 per cent, by the fly. The Fultz wheat looks well. Marion : The crop will 

 be above an average, owing to favorable spring weather; no rust or insect enemies^ 



