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Henrico : Grass crop a fiiilnre. Frederick : Grass and pastures improvin^r. Surrey : 

 Clover and pastures suft'orod from spring drought. Highland: Injured l)y cold late 

 spring. Fairfax: Unprecedented failure of grass. Amelia: Shortened by drought. 

 Louim: Pastures dried up. Orange: Grass crop a fiiilure. Fluvanna; Shortened by 

 drought. P«/a8A;i; Meadows light. Spottsijlvania : Hay crop short. lfa(?i.so« ; Grass 

 crop short ; hay less than for many years. Fauquier : Hay a failure. 



North Cakolina. — Craven : Wild grasses abundant and good ; clover coming ia 

 favor ; crop tine.- 



South Carolina.— A'cwSm}-?/ : Clover abitndant; culture encouraged. 



Georglv. — Murray: Pastures dried up. Whitefield : Not rain enough for clover and 

 timothy. Macon : Grass is dead in the pastures and, except on low lauds, pastures 

 are no better than in the dead of winter. 



Alabama. — Conecuh : Pastures good. 



Mississippi. — Hancock : No artificial ]iastures ; natural perennial grasses not so 

 abundant as formerly. 



Texas. — Dallas : Experiments with timothy and clover iiufav6rable. Bexar : Prairie 

 grass waist high. U})shur : Pastures better than last year. Medina : Drought has 

 reduced pasture. • 



Arkansas. — Washington: Clover good; timothy average. 



Tennessee. — Bhea : Grass has suifered from drought. Smith : Never had finer 

 pastures nor finer prospects for a hay crop. Serier : Clover suffered from drought. 

 London : Pastures and meadows suffering from cohl dry spring weather. Davidson ; 

 Clover and timothy very light. 



West Virginia. — Raleigh : Meadows and pastures injured by drought, but reviving 

 under recent copious showers. Marion : Upland grass will be very light. Braxton : 

 Meadows improving since recent rains, but the hay crop will be short. Hardy : 

 Meadows and pastures shorter than we have ever seen. Harrison : Pastures and mea- 

 dows very poor, but much improved by the late rain. Dry weather in April and May 

 injured pastures and clover. Timothy and red-top meadow have improved rapidly 

 since the recent wet weather set in, and pastures are now doing very well. Lewis : 

 Condition of the hay crop much improved by recent rains. Monongalia: Not more 

 than half a crop of hay. Fine weather now for pastures. Monroe : Grass of all kinds 

 and pastures very fine. 



Kentucky. —Hardin : Pastures rather short. Fayette : Grass of all kinds good 

 Lincoln: Pastures well set and fine. Carroll: Fine season for pastures. Clinton, 

 Meadows and pastures in good condition. • 



Ohio. — Medina: Clover harvest commenced ; fair crop. Seasonable rains have kept 

 grass and pastures growing. Vinton: The drought of last summer injured the stand 

 of grass, and the dry spring following will reduce the hay crop more than one-half. 

 Coshocton : Hay cut short about twenty-five per cent, by drought. Pickaway : Meadows 

 and pastures injured by dry weather. Morrow : Clover and timothy good where not 

 pastured, but scarcity of feed in early spring obliged many to graze their hay fields. 

 Delaware: Hay considerably shortened by drought in June. Lorain: Pastures drying 

 up. Huron : Pastures short. Athens : Pastures and meadows extremely light. 



Michigan. — Hillsdale: Clover winter-ki|Jed and pastures light. Lenawee: Clover 

 badly winter-killed, and pastures much shortened in consequence. Washtenaw : Gras's 

 light. Calhoun: Hay and pastures injured by the cold, dry weather of spring. Me- 

 costa: Meadows and pastures much injured by a drought now j)re vailing. Cass; Hay 

 fine, and being secured in fine condition. Leelenaw : If we do not have rain soon the 

 hay will not be over half a crojj. Wayne: Clover badly winter-killed. 



Indiana. — Madison: Pastures very short, and meadows light. Nohle : Hay and pas- 

 ture cut short by drought. Greene: Too dry and cool in April for timothy and mea- 

 dows. Saint Joseph : Clover and timothy the lightest yield for years, owing to lack of 

 rain. Cass : Pastures somewhat improved by light showers recently. Whitley : Pas- 

 ture badly dried up. Wells: Clover injured by cut- worms. Marion: Meadows dam- 

 aged in some places by the army-worm. Posey: Grass injured by the army- worm. 

 Bartholomew: Meadows never before so fine. White: SutFering greatly for rain. 



Illinois. — Lawrence: Grass crop extra iu spite of great destruction in some locali- 

 ties by the army-worm. Bureau: Clover much winter-killed; meadows fair; pastures 

 unusually good. Putnam: Clover and timothy very much winter-killed. Clark: Clo- 

 ver was much injured by drought last fall, but the season has been unusually favor- 

 able, and a go'od crop will be made. Young clover especially fine. Mercer : Timothy 

 promising. Lee : Hay short from winter-killing. Pastures light. Winnehago : Clover 

 being harvested ; yielding two tons per acre. McDonongh : Meadows very fine. 



Wisconsin. — Waukesha: Hay never better. Piei-ce: Much of the clover-hay has been 

 damaged by rain in curing, ami the farmers are much disappointed in their hay crop. 

 Richland : Hay harvest will soon commence, with a prospect of a good crop. Saint 

 Croix : Grass and pasture remarkably good. Green : Grass looking well. Calumet : 

 Timothy and pastures iu low condition, owing to drought this year, and close feeding 

 last. 



