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POTATOES. 



In the New England States the acreage in potatoes is very nearly av- 

 erage, and the condition above average, excei:>t in Rhode Island, in which 

 it is 4 per cent, below. The Middle States are about average both in 

 acreage and condition. The earlier planted appear to best advantage. 

 The potato-beetle is reported in ten counties in Pennsylvania. In the 

 other Atlantic and in the Gulf States as a whole, both acreage and con- 

 dition are somewhat below average. In Louisiana and Texas both are 

 above average, and all the other States of the Union the acreage is 

 above average, except Wisconsin, which is 1 percent. below. In condi- 

 tion West Virginia is 3 per cent., Ohio 7 per cent., California 2 per cent., 

 and Oregon 7 per cent, below average. All the other States not men- 

 tioned are above average, the excess ranging from 2 to 9 per cent. 



Sweet potatoes.— No reports from New England, New York, Mich- 

 igan, Wisconsin, and the Pacific States. The acreage of the other States 

 is not far from average, ranging from 15 per cent, below in Florida to 

 15 per cent, above average in Nebraska. The general condition is con- 

 siderably below average. 



MAnsTE. — Sagadalioc : Large portions of the potatoes late planted on account of wet, 

 "but they are now growing very iiuely. 



Vermont. — Franklin ; Eotted somewhat by heavy rains just after seeding. 



New York. — Wyoming : Very promising. Queens : Look well. 



New Jersey. — Mercer : Look well ; crops axevage ; sweet potatoes affected by 

 drought. . 



PENNSYI.VANIA. — Bucls : An unusirally large area planted in potatoes. Jierl-s : Av- 

 erage. Fayeite: Potato-bug appeared, but has done but little damage. C/ies/er ; Early 

 planted .potatoes doing well; late planted shortened by drought. Northnmierland : 

 Promising. York : Growing well and looking strong and healthy. 



Maryland. — Baltimore : Promising a heavy yield ; acreage large. 



Virginia. — Jlbemarle: Mostly eaten by bugs. Clarke: Destroyed by a lead-colored, 

 bug. Prince William: Prospect poor. Princess Anne: Potato crop full, but not all 

 dug on account of low prices; the finest Early Eose commanded only 75 cents or |ll 

 per barrel in Norfolk. Henrico : Early potatoes a failm-e. Highland: Promise of good 

 cxop. 



North Caroxtna. — Hereford: Very promising. Perquimans: Potato-bugs at work. 



Florida. — ColumVm : Sweet potatoes injured by drought. Clay: Increased atten- 

 tion to the crop. Orange : Drought limited the planting. 



Alabama. — Conecuh : Irish potatoes average; sweetpotatoesdelayed in planting and 

 looking badly. Montgomenj : Sweet potatoes promising. Pike: Potatoes a failure, 

 vines luxuriant but no tubers. Clarke : Sweet potatoes injured by drought. 



Louisiana. — Fast Baton Rouge : Crop fine ; 25 per cent, greater than last year. Pap- 

 ides : Sweet potatoes backward. 



T^HAS.— Hardin : Promise a heavy yield. Cherokee: Fine crop. Williamson: Abun- 

 dant and excellent. Fayette : Yield far above .average, but in many cases are rotting 

 from having been too early dug. Gillespie: Second crop planted. Vpshur : Sweet pota- 

 toes as good as last year, and earlier planted. • 



West Virginia. — Pleasants : Much infested with a worm that feeds upon the leaf. 

 Kavau'ha : Flourishing. 



Kentucky. — Fayette: Promising. Hopkins: Early potatoes very fine. Spencer: As 

 yet uninjured by the bug. Anderson : Considerably above average. 



Ohio. — Miami: Suffering from drought. Hardin: Drought for a month past; years 

 ago when the clearings were t^mall and timber plenty, June freshets were common, but 

 seldom come now. Medina: Look well, but it requires constant care to keep the Col- 

 orado bug in check. Greene : Not nearly so much injury from the Colorado bug as was 

 anticipated. Late potatoes may be injured to some extent, but early ones have es- 

 c-aped. Ottawa: Sufieriug fiom drought. Union: Small from the effects of di-ought. 

 Morrow : Generally look well, but required faithful efforts to exterminate the Colo- 

 ado bug. Delaware : In good condition ; the bug has appeared, but done no damage 

 as yet. Lorain : Sufi'ering from the inroad^ of the Colorado bug, especially the "Early 

 Eose." Hnron : Look very well, though the bugs are troublesome in some parts of the 

 county. Athens: Colorado bug and drought very hard on the croj). Columbiana: A 

 loss of one-third of the crop by bugs indicated. 

 MiCHiGAi^.— Wayne : What "few were planted look well in spite of the bug; condi- 



