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Starke : Drouf^bt has injured spring- wheat \ovy much. I'osiy : The crop will be ncarlj^ 

 double that of last year. 



Illinois. — Madison : The chinch-bug has recently appeai-ed in great numbers, reduc- 

 ing the quality aud quantity of the crop 20 per cent. Marshall: Quality excellent, 

 but yield 50 per cent, below aA'erago. De EaJh : Very line, but the danger to spring- 

 wheat from chinch-bugs not yet over. Lawrence : Harvest nearly over ; heads well tilled, 

 but thin on the ground ; considerable damage done by lly and chinch-bug. Washing- 

 ton : Harvest nearly over, and crop good. Ferri/ : Harvest over; crop good in the 

 western part of the county, but much damaged by chinch-bug in the eastern portion. 

 Fayette : Crop unexpectedly good, little damaged by the chinch-bug. Macoupin : About 

 half the wheat cut ; probable yield 10 bushels per acre ; quality good. Clinton: Win- 

 ter-wheat all cut, and thrashing will commence immediately ; nearly every field 

 injured by the chinch-bug, which would have done far more damage but for 

 heavy rains, Avhich checked them for a time. Saint Clair: Ripened late, and it is 

 feared will not turn out as well as was anticipated before harvest. Putnam : Winter- 

 wheat badly frozen out, and very little spring sown, owing to the damage it sustained 

 from the chinch-bug last year ; not enough wheat raised in the county for bread. 

 Oe/le : Spring-wheat somewhat lodged by a recent storm, but if not more seriously in- 

 jured will yield more than an average crop. Union: Unusually favorable harvest. 

 Clark : In spito of some complaints of Hessian fly aud chinch-bug the crop will be 

 above an average. liock Island : Some danger from lodging ; if it escapes that the 

 crop will be above average. Pike : Condition has improved fully 20 per cent, in the 

 past three Aveeks ; heads large and well filled. Kankakee : What little winter-wheat 

 there is promises very finely. Fope : Excellent crop, and harvested in good condition. 

 Montgomery : The yield will be about half an average crop, but the quality excellent. 

 Crawford : There has heen a great improvement iutlie crop since June 1, and the yield 

 will be an average aud the qualitj' excellent. De Wilt : The crop has improved re- 

 markably, and although the stand is light the quality will be first rate, and yield greater 

 than seemed possible a mouth ago. Lee : Pros]5ect fine, the only fear being from lodg- 

 ing. McDonough : Promises a greater than average yield. 



Wisconsin. — Portage : Both wiuter aud spring wheat heavy ; the latter extra. 

 Waukesha : .Spring-wheat sowed four weeks later than the average time, but has done 

 admirably ; is heading June 25. Fond da Lac : Drought has reduced the expectations 

 hold out in June. Saint Croix : An extra crop expected. Green: Spring-wheat looks 

 very well, but wo hear complaints of the chinch-bug. La Fayette: Prospect good. 

 Calumet : Winter aud early-sown spring-wheat look pretty well, but the drought has 

 damaged what was late sown, and if rain does not come soon, not much over half a 

 crop will be raised. Dunn : Favorable season for a crop. 



Minnesota. — Sihley : Winter-wheat looks well. It does well only in timber-lands. 

 Watonwan: Spring-wheat in fine condition. Shcrhurne : The wet, cool weather has 

 been favorable. Murray : Never looked better. Steele : First rate ci-op. Meeker : 

 Looks finely, though somewhat lodged. Houston : Unusually fine. Faribault : Not so 

 forward as usual. The white Australian wdieat looking finely ; heads large and long. 

 Wahashaw ; Promises well. Fillmore : Winter-wheat entirely frozen out ; spring 

 promises a fine crop. 



low'A. — Montgomery : All the winter- wheat in the northern part of the county killed 

 by freezing. Some fields in the extreme southern portion will yield a fair crop. Chick- 

 dsaw : Never looked better, but there are some reports of rust having attacked it. Bu- 

 chanan : Some fields badly lodged. The growth very heavy. Muscatine : Sxmng-wheat 

 never looked better ; thick on the ground, and well filled. Scott: Growing ]uxuriautiJ^ 

 Pocahontas : More wheat aud less corn grown than formerly. Crop looks well. How- 

 ard : Doing well. Clayton : The prosjiect finer thau at any time since 1860. Mahaska : 

 Spring-wheat looks well now, but the chinch-bugs are at work upon it, and may ruin 

 the crop. Johnson : Spring-wheat looking well, though tw-o weeks late, and not out of 

 danger of rust. Lee : Winter-wheat considerably damaged by the Hessian fly, and by 

 drowning out on flat-lands, but will still be 90 per cent, of an average crop. The wiuter 

 and spring were very hard on it ; and but for the general use of the drill there would not 

 have been one-fourth of a crop. Marion : Wiuter- wheat very nearly ruined by winter- 

 killing, rust, and chinch-bugs, which latter jiests have also attacked spring grains. 

 Polk : Spring-wheat somev,'hat rusted early in the season from excess of rain, but has 

 recovered, and is in good condition. Plymouth : Winter-grain so frozen out as not to 

 be worth harvesting. Lowa : Spring- wheat promising. Shelby : We have the best 

 prospect for spring-wheat ever seen. Grundy : Now in bloom, and promises a heavy 

 crop. Mitchell : Spring-wheat has seldom looked better, though grain crops are never 

 certain until cleaned and measured. Hancock : Never better. Monona : Uneven in 

 places, but some of the finest fields ever seen. 



Missouri. — Saint Louis : Yield 70 per cent, of last year's; quality 10 per cent, above 

 average. Harvest over. Putnam: About ready to cut ; some fears of injury from the 

 chinch-bug if the dry weather continues. Lincoln : Almost an entire failure, in the 

 western part of the couuty, from winter-killing. Some fields in the timber-lands of 



