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Mcollet : Flax culture increasiug iu the soutlieru part of tlio county. Dealers offer $12 

 per ton delivered, months ahead. 



Iowa. — Union: An unusual amount of flax sown this season. Johnson: Flax is raised 

 by the farmers for the seed, and the production of lint by steam mills is also rapidly 

 increasing. Hemp is also profitable. Marshall : About 3,000 acres of flax sown, and 

 it is reported in good condition. A large crop of flax growing ; looks well. 



MissouKi. — Platte : The hemp crop very materially iuj ured by the grub-worm. Balls : 

 Flax looks well, though the quantity grown is small. 



Nebraska. — Washington : Flax is being introduced and promises well. 



Oregon. — Linn : Great hopes were entertained of success in flax-growing, but tho 

 experience of the last two years is unfavorable. The present crop looks badly, and 

 will probably not yield more than Ave bushels per acre. 



SUGAK-CANE. 



Flokida. — Manatee : /Stubble cane injured during the winter. Wakulla : Crops good. 

 Alachua : Good. 



Alabama. — Conecuh : Small but doing well. 



LouiSLVJS'A. — East Baton Bouge: Cane crop short; considerably below last year. 

 Rapides: Inferior; stubble crop a failure. Saint Mary : Seed-cane injured by the cold 

 winter, hence but a small area was planted ; stubble backward for the same reason. 

 Claiborne : Sugar-cane has been largely superseded by cotton. 



Texas. — Fort Bend : Looking well. 



EIOE. 



South Carolina. — Georgetown : Seeded late, owing to protracted freshets ; acre- 

 age about the same as last year ; caterpillar ravaging the crops ; the prospect not flat 

 tering. 



Georglv. — Glynn : Backward ; injured by rice caterpillar. 



Mississippi. — Smith : Largely raised. 



Louisiana. — La Foiirche : Looks well ; acreage average. 



HOPS. 



New York. — Otsego : Hops, the leading crop of the county, much injured by winter; 

 growing crop looks well, but the yield will be reduced. Oneida : Very uneven ; many 

 hills destroyed by lice last year; lice have appeared this season, but have not done 

 much damage. 



Wisconsin. — Portage : There are 100 acres of hops in the county, which are looking 

 finely. Bichland : The gi"ub injured some yards badly, but they are clear of weeds, 

 and generally look well. Adams : An increase in acreage and condition, as compared 

 with last year. 



FEUIT. 



The prospects of the fruit-crop in different portions of the Union are 

 quite encouraging. 



Apples. — In New Eughind the States are all above average, except 

 Yermout, which is 5 per cent, below. The only case of insect ravages 

 reported was in Kew London County, Connecticut, where the canker- 

 worm was stripping the trees in some places. The highest condition, 

 117, is in New Hampshire. 



Of the Middle States New York is 6 per cent, above average, but in 

 some places the fruit is falling from the trees. In New Jersey the crop 

 is 29 i)er cent, above average, the largest excess reported by any State 

 in the Union. There seems as yet but slight drawback to the prospect 

 of an abundant yield. In Gloucester County the yield will be unpre- 

 cedented, if no disaster overtakes the crop. In Pennsylvania the crop 

 is 5 per cent, above average, with some remarkable improvements in 

 different quarters. In Lebanon County the prospect is better than for 

 twenty years past. In Lancaster County the increase over last year will 

 reach 50 per cent. In Bucks County all apples are doing well except 

 " Smith's cider " apple, which is a partial failure. This variety is a spe- 



