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Wheat sown from 1st to 15tli September; looks better tliau for iivo years at this date 

 piikuranee : Crop got iu in <rood season. 



Indiana. — Oiccii : Smaller acreage, but yield equal to last year's; quality depreciated 

 by rains after harvest. Madison: Good;' an iucreased acreage sown. Bandolph: Fultx 

 yielded "2 bushels from 4 quarts of seed ; very good yield, considering the drought. 

 Craicford: No plowing for -wheat till the last week of September. Wkillexj : First 

 killing frost last evening. Daviess: Best crop in t^venty years. Eosciusko: Generally 

 shrunk by hot weather, the straw not being sufficiently ripe to fdl the grain. Jennings: 

 Very little sown; chinch-bugs at work. I'arke: Ground in better order and better 

 prepared than usual for seeding; early-sown wheat looks fine. I'ikc: Seeding delayed 

 by drought ; usual acreage will be sown. UamiUon : Young wheat coming up finely. 

 FrankUii : Seasonable rains favored seeding; crop starting finely. Clay: Threshing 

 out belter than was expected ; fields averaging front 8 to 27 r} bushels per acre ; quality 

 reduced in the shock by rains. Wells: Eemarkably wide range in crops, from '6 to 40 

 bushels per acre; a field of 25 acres, v.'ell underdrained, yielded 37 bushels per acre; 

 the grain was injured in the shock by wet. Fosiij: Averages 25 bushels per acre, and 

 sells at -^1.50 to $1.60 per bushel. 



Illinois. — DeEalb : Wheat, spring and winter, superior iu quality; larger breadth 

 sown than for many years ; winter-wheat more reliable than spring-wheat. Marion: 

 Seeding retarded by drought ; acreage reduced 20 per cent.«u consequence. Kankalcee: 

 Spring-wheat but little sown through fear of the chinch-bug; the small acreage of 

 winter-wheat averaged 20 bushels per acre. Crawford: Damaged iu the shock by wet. 

 Macoujiin : About the usual area of winter-wheat sown ; none broad-cast. Saint Clair : 

 Fall seeding in good order. Bureau : Culture decreasing ; crop good. Peoria : Wheat- 

 culture increasing. Ciimherland : Increased acreage sown. Hancock: Acreage in- 

 creased a third. Ogle: But little old whejft; yield better than last year. Boone: 

 Spring-wheat in some cases destroyed by chinch-bugs. 



Wisconsin. — Pierce: Damp weather injured the wheat after harvest. Waukesha: 

 Heaviest wheat raised since 1860, nearly all over 60 pounds per bushel, the standard 

 being 58. Iowa : Great variety in local crops ; timber-land averages 20 bushels i)er 

 acre ; prairie, not over 10 or 12 ; bottom, about 7. Sheboygan : Injured by rot. Green 

 Lake : Yield very unequal on account of the unequal distribntioM of rain. Saint Croix : 

 Greatly injured in the stack by rain and heat. 



Minnesota. — Goodhue : Marked improvement in the yield of spring-wheat. Houston : 

 Will average 18 bushels per acre. Le Sueur: Damaged 10 per cent, in shock by wet. 

 Bamsay: Injured somewhat by damj). Sherburne: Unequaled since 185'J. Brown: 

 Kernel shrunk. Waterman: Average yield from 18 to 32 bushels per acre, but quality 

 below last year's. Mo^cer: A very largo proportion of the crop badly <lamaged by wet. 

 Kandiyohi : Yield|of wheat double what it Wiis last year; quality equally good. 



Iowa. — Cedar : Crop damaged 5 per cent, by excessive rains. Story : Injured by 

 storms. Montgomtry: Averages 22-} bushels per acre; price, 85 cents ^er bushel. Alla- 

 makee: High prices caused the farmers to sell out their old wheat. Harrison: Injured 

 by falling and spot. Black Hawk : Injured by extreme heat before harvest. Johnson: 

 crop above average. Muscatine: Good in quantity and quality. BnenaVista: Partly 

 injured in the shock by wet. Cass ; Acreage 50 per cent, greater than last year ; average 

 yield 25 per cent, greater. ii/ars/iaZ/ ; Will average 16 to 18 bushels. Soicard; Early- 

 sown wheat fared better thau anj^ other small grain. Lucas : Plowing retai'ded by 

 drought. Cherokee: Averaged from 5 to 30 bushels per acre. i?ai/ : The large percent- 

 age of the crop is due to the low average of last year. Mitchell: Injured iu the stack 

 by -wet. 



Missouiu. — Crawford : Crop greatly injured by chinch-bugs. Polk: Injured by chinch- 

 bugs. Jasper: Mostly seeded three weeks earlier than last year. Ozark: Abundant, 

 and of superior quality. Boone: Wheat acreage 35 per cent, below average. Platte: 

 Not enough raised to supply home-demand. Cedar: Large area sown, with flattering 

 prospects. Clay: Not enough raised for seed. Harrison: Newlj^-sowu wheat doing 

 well. Holt: None but spring wheat raised; crop good; somewhat sprouted in the 

 stack. Beynolds: Injured somewhat by chinch-bug. Saint Clair ; Yevy ^oov. Saint 

 Louis : Drought has rctaided plowing for fall-seeding. Balls : But little choice wheat 

 in the new crop ; generally damaged either ))y severe winter, by fly in the spring, or by 

 chincii-bugs. Nodaway : The late crop represented an increased acreage and a growth 

 sn})erior tolast year's. Newton : Kernel excellent ; winter kills Walker wheat less than 

 any other variety ; very little, if any, old wheat on hand. Howard : Large crop sown ; 

 mostly drilled. Franklin: Drought caused late seeding. Taney: Contrary to expecta- 

 tion, tlie wheat-crop threshes out better thau for seven years, averaging 15 bushels per 

 acie. 



Kansas. — Morris: Large breadth of wheat sown. Xemaha: Increased acreage of 

 winter-wheat sown ; the millers have loaned much seed to farmers to increase the 

 crop. Bourbon: Increased acreage sown; seed scarce. Cherokee: Good prices have 

 encouraged an increased sowing of wheat, which is generally drilled ; market-price, .§1.5a 

 per biit-hf] ; iirmyrworm has done it some damage, especially on stubble-ground. Biley : 



