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the eastern part are nearly up to average. Platle : Winter-wheat almost a total failure 

 from the severe winter and the ravages of the grub-worm in the spring. Barton : 

 Winter-wheat almost a ftiilure. Carter: Harvest over. The Tai)pahaniu>ck is, very 

 fine, but other varieties are not so good. The Fultz a perfect failure. Jefferson : Har- 

 vest about over. The crop badly winter-killed in some localities, and much injured 

 by the chinch-bug. Moniteau: A failure; few farmers will harvest any. Saint Clair: 

 What little survived the winter is being destroyed by the chinch-bug. Caldwell : The 

 crop almost a failure, the chinch-bug injuring the little remaining. Carroll: Spring- 

 wheat very tine, and the small portion of winter-wheat that is left is in good condition 

 also. Wayne: Good in yield and quality. Macon: Nearly all the winter-wheat was 

 frozen out, including the Fultz variety. The crop of the county will not be half an 

 average one. Grundy : Ninety per cent, of the winter-wheat frozen out. The county 

 will not raise the equivalent of seed sown. Lewin: Many fields plowed up. The 

 chinch-bug has taken the spring -wheat as fiist as it came uji, and the Hessian fly has 

 been very numerous. Marion : Harvest now in progress, and the quality of the grain 

 very fine. The poor appearance in the spring caused many to ]»low up their fields, but 

 the spring-rains imin-oved the prospect much. Monicfomery : In some localities it has 

 been injured by the chinch-bug. Livingston : Injured by unfavorable winter and back- 

 ward spring. Eeynolds : The crop injured by the chinch and a small white worm which 

 cuts the straw near the ground. Cass: Mostly plowed under; thin where standing. 

 Clay : Winter-wheat almost a failure as to yield, and of poor quality. The little spring- 

 wheat sown looks well. Nodaway : Spring-wheat promises finely. Dade : All destroyed 

 on bottom lauds by a great flood May 29. Jasper : A loss of 10 per cent, will be sustained 

 from premature harvesting to escape the chinch-bug. De Kail) : Very poor crop ; hun- 

 dreds of acres plowed up and planted in corn, and some of those remaining will not be 

 cut. Perry : The Fultz wheat did not do very well. Iron : Quality excellent and (piantity 

 above average, though the Hessian fly and chinch-bug have destroyed some fields. The 

 Fultz wheat was sown in September and ripens early, and promising to be an improve- 

 ment on the Tappabannock. Dallas : Considerably damaged by the chinch-bug. Sul- 

 livan : Harvesting will be done from July 10 to 20. lliclory : Not one-fourth of a crop. 

 Many fields not worth cutting. The dry fall made sowing late, and much was winter- 

 killed ; the chinch-bug also did much injury in some localities. Cole : Scarcely a third 

 of a crop, owing to winter-killing. Barry : Has improved since June 1 ; the heads well 

 filled with good grain. Johnson : Very light, and many fields plowed up and planted 

 in corn, owing to winter-killing and ravages of the chinch-bug in the spring. Phelps : 

 Winter-killed badly, and thin on the ground, but well headed aud filled with grain of 

 superior quality. Pemiscot : Little wheat raised, owing to the frequent overflow of 

 the Mississippi. It grows well when not flooded. 



Kansas. — Marshall : The fields of winter-wheat that were not resown to spring- 

 wheat have produced full, plump grain, but the yield is very little, owing to winter- 

 killing. Spring-wheat jiromises considerably more than an average crop. Brown : 

 Small acreage of spring-wheat sown, owing to scarcity of seed aud fear of the chinch- 

 bug. The condition of the crop was never better, with few bugs so far. Eiley : Win- 

 ter-wheat a failure, and some of the land planted in corn. Spring- wheat very promis- 

 ing. Linn : Winter-wheat badly frozen out, but what remains looks well. The 

 chinch-bug has injured a portion of the little spring- wheat grown. Leavenworth : A fail- 

 ure. Woodson : Not one-fourth of a crop. Wyandotte : Winter-killed to a very great ex- 

 tent. Plowing or drilling in the sped is considered the best means to prevent freezing 

 out. Cowley : Better thau was anticipated in the early spring, standing thicker, and 

 well filled. The Australian wheat was blasted by rust ; the Fultz looks well. Miami : 

 Winter-wheat almost entirely wiuter-killed ; spring light as usual, owing to the dam- 

 age done by chinch-bugs. Osage : Almost a total failure. Laiette : Fine crop. Marion : 

 The little winter-wheat that was not frozen out has been harvested. Coffey: Winter- 

 wheat about half a crop, though of extra quality ; spring-wheat now being cut. Lyon : 

 Condition good ; little winter- wheat in the county ; harvest twelve days later than last 

 year. Shawnee : Winter-wheat almost an entire failure ; spring injured by the chinch-bugs 

 in many localities. Cloud : The berry very fine, but thin on the land. Neosho : Harvest 

 four weeks later than last year; stands very thin, but quality of grain good : some 

 late fields injured by the chinch. Cherokee: Much better than was thought possi- 

 l)le in the early spring, and many fields, which were thought worthless then, will pro- 

 duce six or eight bushels per acre ; harvest two weeks later than last year. Wilson : 

 Winter-wheat very poor, owing to late sowing, dry fall, winter-killing, and chinch- 

 bugs ; spring-wheat utterly destroyed by the chinch, including the Australian 

 white from the Department. 



Nebraska. — Hall : The Australian spring- wheat very promising. Gage : The Fultz 

 wheat received and sown too late, and all frozen out; should have been sown in Au- 

 gust. Cuming : Good jirospect for a heavy crop ; some red rust, but no apparent 

 injury. Dakota: Fine prospect, but fears of lodging, as the weather is wet. Thayer: 

 Prospect not much injured by the clinch-bug. Nemaha: Winter-wheat generally win- 



