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Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia are the only States between Maine 

 and Georgia which report the corn prospect unfavorable. The average 

 for Delaware is 57, for Maryland 86, and Virginia 95. The reports 

 from Virginia are variable, some " better than for years," as in Bath, 

 while others give expectation of but half a crop. Accomack, which 

 usually i:)roduces half a million bushels, returns condition at 110, while 

 Fauquier, which stands second in corn ])roduction, makes its record 90. 



North Carolina guarantees a large crop of corn. Only Edgecombe and 

 Jones report low condition, ten counties average, and thirty-seven above, 

 the average for the State being 112. 



In South Carolina only four counties report less than 100, and the 

 State average is 106. 



In Georgia, where the average is 108, some of the larger corn counties 

 make even more favorable returns. 



In Alabama, Wilcox reports 150 ; Lawrence, 125 ; Dallas, 115 ; Mont- 

 gomery, 110. These are among the heaviest corn-producers. Only three 

 counties report low condition. Average, 107. 



A large yield is promised in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Ar- 

 kansas i)romises an average, and Tennessee 5 per cent, above. 



In Kentucky, among counties usually producing over a million bush- 

 els each, Shelby is placed at 120; Jeiierson, 110; and Fayette, 100. 

 Only two are below average. 



In Ohio, of forty-three counties reporting, only two are below aver- 

 age, seven average, and thirty-four above. Of sixteen counties, which 

 l^roduced twenty-three millions of bushels in 1809, Franklin and War- 

 ren report 125 ; Darke, 120 ; Coshocton, 115 ; Clinton, Miami, and High- 

 land, 110 ; Licldug and Fairfield, 100 ; and Montgomery, Eoss, Fayette, 

 Butler, Champaign, and Hamilton, 105. 



From many of the principal counties in Michigan, including Jackson, 

 Calhoun, Saint Joseph, Livingston, Branch, and Washtenaw, returns 

 of 100 are made, while Oakland returns 95, and Hillsdale 80 ; the 

 average for the State being 99. 



Among the Indiana counties i^roduciug more than a million bushels 

 each, Madison reports 125 for condition ; Marion and Wayne, 110 ; 

 Bartholemew, 108 ; Shelby, 105. The State average is 105. 



Of fifty counties reporting in Illinois, thirty-two report high condition, 

 seven low, and eleven average. Among those usually growing from two 

 to six millions of bushels each, the following returns are made : Sanga- 

 mon, 115; McLean, Mason, Macon, Tazewell, 110; Madison, 100; Cham- 

 l^aign, 90. The general average is 107. 



Wisconsin, like Michigan, falls a little below 100. La Fayette, second 

 county in production in 1869, returns 120 ; Eock, 125 ; Iowa and Eich- 

 land, 100 ; Green, 95 ; Fond du Lac, 85 ; Jefferson and Columbia, 80. 

 In this State and Minnesota the average is the same, 98. 



In Iowa the counties producing not less than a million bushels each, 

 average 103, while the average for the State is 101. 



The following counties in Missouri, which produce .from one to two 

 millions of bushels each, average 112, viz. Clay, Cass, La Fayette, Holt, 

 Platte, Jackson, Nodaway, Boone, and Saint Louis ; Cass and Saint 

 Louis being placed at 100, and Nodaway at 125. The State average 

 is 110. 



In Kansas, Doniphan, the first in corn production, is reported at 110, 

 as also are Atchison, Johnson, Bourbon, ]\Iiami, Shawnee, and Mar- 

 shall ; Brown and Pottawattamie, 125; Cherokee, 130 ; Linn, 120; 

 Nemaha, 115 ; Jefferson and Coffey, 110. The State average is 112. 

 Nebraska averages 111 ; California, 103 ; Oregon, 101. 



