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Flokida. — Bradford : SLorteneil 25 per cent. Columhia : Yield ligliteued by drought. 

 Clay ; Increased cultivatiou. 



Alabama. — Conecuh; Half crop. Colbert; Shortened by drought. Butler: Mate- 

 rially injured by drought. Eussdl : Above average 15 per cent. ; spring bats uncer- 

 tain ; the fall crop better. 



Mississippi. — Red oats, a good crop. Yalaluslia : Yield 25 per cent, above last year ; 

 heads good ; straw medium. Winsion : Excelsior oats ; tall, and will do well if the 

 rust does not take them ; two weeks later than the common red oats. Noxiihee : 

 Nearly a failure from drought. 



Louisiana. —EaZ iiuer : Kust. Claiborne: More oats raised tha^ of any other small 

 grain. 



Texas. — Fannin: Promising; Anti-rust oats the favorite ; ripens early ; yields .50 to 

 75 bushels per acre. Norway and other varieties grow too high and ripen too late. 

 Fort Bend: Burnt badly. Bed Biver : All oats rusted except White Schoneu, which are 

 tine. Kendall: Will average 30 bushels per acre. Williamson: Crop splendid ; red oats 

 thresh from 60 to 75 bushels per acre. Fayette : A variety of white oats, name un- 

 known, yielded well without rust. Harris : None but experimental crops. Hamilton : 

 Drought rendered a promising oat crop not worth cradling. 



AnKAisSAS.— Crittenden : Shortened by drought. Madison: Reduced 15 percent, by- 

 rust. 



Tennessee. — Crop good. Coffee: Injured by drought. Madison: Straw short; 

 heads light. Jackson: Look fine ; at least 40 per cent, over last year. Bobei-tson: Late 

 oats suftered by drought ; late rains have greatly helped the crop. Stewart : ShoH 

 strawed, but well grained. Sevier: Suffered by drought. Polk: Schonen oats have 

 done well for a dry season. Boane : Promising. Buth&rford: Good; straw short; 

 heads fine ; average reduced 24 iier cent. Hickman : Unusually fine. Sullivan : Better 

 than for several years. 



West Virginia. — Braxton : Crop generally poor ; some will be too short to gather. 

 Harrison : Cut short by drought. Cabell : Promises well. Fayette : The crop bids fair 

 to be a fine one. Kanawha: Has improved wonderfully. Monongalia: Very prom- 

 ising. Monroe : Not much raised now, but the crop looks well. 



Kentucky.— C/orAe: Suffering for ten days past from dry weather. Hardin: 

 Medium. Fayette : Fine. Lincoln ; Have suffered for want of rain. Pulaski : Injured 

 somewhat by storms. Mo'cer : Schonen oats fine, tall, and well headed ; promising to 

 be extra good. Excelsior not so good. iToj^Afns; Excellent crop. Anderson : Condition 

 good. Hart : Short, but well filled. Bussell ; Threatened with rust in some places, 

 but generally look well, promising a heavy yield. Nelson : Fine crop. Henry : "Very 

 heavy. 



Onio.^Miami: Sufferingfor want of rain. Ottawa: Suff^eringfroin drought. Union: 

 Damaged by drought ; some fields heading out six inches from the ground. Coshocton : 

 Drought will reduce the yield 25 per cent. Scioto : Unusually good. Auglaize : Want 

 of rain will reduce the crop below an average. The cut-worms have also destroyed 

 some fields. Morrow: Early sown especially promises a large yield. Delaware: Dry 

 weather in June has damaged the crop considerably. Huron : Will be a very light 

 crop. 



Michigan. — Wayne: Never looked better. Livingston: Need rain. Washtenaw: 

 Splendid. Gratiot : Late oats suffering for rain. 



lNT>iA-SA.—Bandol2)h : Late sown oats ruined by drought. Morgan : Never better. 

 Pike : Very fine. Kosciusko : Drought and hail ruined the crop in some places. Noble : 

 Shortened by dry weather. Greene: Never better. Clarke: The finest crop I have 

 ever seen in the county. Brown: Splendid crop. Owen: Fine seeding season ; splendid 

 crop. Cass: Late oats somcAvhat improved by recent showers, but that which was 

 sown early is too far advanced. Stark: Much injured by drought. Bartholomew: The 

 finest prospects ever known. White: Suffering for rain. 



Illinois. — Laicrcnce: Very fine. Will: Increase in acreage. Mason: Very heavy, 

 and lodged to considerable extent. Bureau: Crop will be large if not injured by lodg- 

 ing. Ogle: Indications are that the crop will be above average. C'Zarfc; Finest crop 

 ever raised ; if not prostrated by storms the yield will be nearly twice an average. 

 Mercer: Rank and lodging. Livingston: Much beaten down by storms. Pope: Prom- 

 ising ; expect that the drought of the past three weeks may make the grain light. 

 Montgomery: The largest crop for many years. Effingham: Never better. Lee: Fine 

 yield if they do not lodge too much. McDonough : Unusually good prospect. Franklin : 

 The heaviest crop ever grown in the county. 



Wisconsin. — Fond du Lac: Heading out' at 6 inches in height in some places, owing 

 to drought. Saint Croix: Uncommonly good. Green: Look finely. Lafayette: Good 

 prospect. Calumet: Damaged by the dry weather in June. Dunn: Favorable season. 



Minnesota. — Freeborn : Acreage much increased by the sowing of much land which 

 could not be planted in corn, owing to wet weather. Murray : Never looked better. 

 Steele : Very fine. Meeker : Condition good, though slightly lodged. Houston : Look 

 very fine. 



