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Very little wintcr-wlieat ; spviiifi-wlieat light and poor. Linn: Wlioat-crop badly 

 injured by cliinch-bn,<>'s. Juckson: IJroad area seeded; youni; crop Npriiigiiij;' linely.. 

 Coffey : Season line for seedintj. Dickhisoti : Lari;e breadth sown; ground in excellent 

 condition; young whear looks splendid. Itliami : Wheat-sowing lively ; broad acreage 

 sown. 



Nkuraska. — Nemaha : Threshed out better tlian was anticipated ; spring-wheat gen- 

 erally go(td, but winter-wheat too oftini mixed with other grain. lyaKhintjion : Very 

 propitious season ; crop averages from 2U to 4U bushels of excellent (piality. Jloone : 

 Exceeds expectations. 



C.\LIF0HXIA. — rixmas : Crop good, but the grain not so plump as was expected^ 

 Saitia Clara: Not more than half the crop thrashed ; great demand ior farming land on 

 shares; most of the good wheat held up Uy farmers for better prices; good milling 

 wheat brings ijjil.Cw to |l.TO per cental : good shipping, $1.62 to SLG-O. Alaimda : Mostly 

 thrashed; yield better than was expected before the harvest ; prices falling, through 

 lack ()f transportation to market. Siavislaiis: Wheat-crop habitually overestimated 

 by the farmers. Contra Coata : Crop quadrupled; some of it shrunk and foul 

 through negligent treatment. Ihtcna Vista: Yield better than Avas expected. 

 San Joaquin : Yield (i,0 per cent, greater than last year, indicating that a wet season is 

 better than a dry one. Sonoina : Grain-crops failed on account of excessive rain in 

 winter; increase(l amount of wheat held over froln last year. Placer: Full average. 



Oregon. — Lane : Last year i)5 cents per bushel ; this year, from .^i5 to (JO cents. 

 Grant: Grain good, but yield reduced. Wnshiv(iton : Wheat 65 cents a bushel; last 

 year, $1.25. Colnmhia : Fall-wheat thrashed out better than was expected. Douglass :■■ 

 Final product, after thrashing, surprisingly large; condition sni)erior. 



])akota. — Bon Homme: Superior quality. 



Utah. — Davis: Heavy yield ; excellent quality ; low prices. 



The retuvna of October relate to the condition of the corn crop, with- 

 out reference to area or a,Qsrepate product. Unusual uniformity 

 appears, only five States falling below average, viz: Delaware, 90; 

 Maryland, 07; Virginia, 92; Florida, 80; and Arkansas, 91.' Ehode 

 Island is placed at 100, and every one of the others are above 100, viz: 

 Maine, 108; New Hampshire, 110; Vermont, 113; Massachusetts, 102; 

 Connecticut, 111; Ne,w York, 100; New Jersey, 110; Pennsylvania, 

 107 : North Carolina, 110 ; South Carolina, 103 ; Georgia, 105 ; Alabama, 

 100; Mississippi, 112; Louisiana, 124; Texas, 121;- Tennessee, 101; 

 West Virginia, 105 ; Kentucky, 112 ; Ohio, 110 , Michigan, 104 ; Indi- 

 ana, 110; Illinois, 110; Wisconsin, 105; Minnesota, 103; Iowa, 107; 

 Missouri, 107; Kansas, 112; Nebraska, 104; California, 104; Oregon, 

 103. The average for all the States is 108. This promises one of the 

 largest corn-crops ever produced. The November returns will give the 

 aggregate product upon the total area, 



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Maink. — York : Ivipening rapidly. Cumberland .: Corn-fodder depreciated 20 per cent, 

 by bad weather. Piscataquis : Better than for several years. Oxford: Best croxi in 

 ten years. Androscoggin : Very tine. Waldo : Very fine. 



Vermont. — Addison : Fine, through abundivit raius. 



Massxcwusy.tts.— Norfolk : Very good; ripened Avell ; but slight frosts in the low- 

 lands, which have not affected the crop. 



Connecticut. — New London : Will average much better than last year, though some- ^ 

 what injured by heavy rains. 



New York. — Ulster: Has had a line season ; wet and hot. Stcuhcn : Improved by 

 late rains. Genesee: Fair growth of stalks, but a limited growth of ears on account 

 of drought ; in some low places the crop is splendid. Lewis: Very promising. Wyom- 

 ing : Yield not large, but well matured. xiullivan : Never better. 



New Jersey. — iSus^wx : Crop .seldom, if ever, better. Gloucester : Crop unprecedented 

 and out of danger. 



- Pennsylvania. — Franklin : Croji excellent ; some fields in the southern part of the 

 county cannot be excelled in the country; yield will be largo and of tine quality. 

 Washington : Damaged by being blown down. Montgomcrg : Crop both in quantity 

 and (juality exceeds any for years. L^ancasler : Better than for many years. Arm- 

 strong: Very good and large ; mostly saved. Westmoreland: A heavy frost (October 1) 

 will cause much soft corn. 



Maryland. — Baltimore: Crop will be full avenigo on well-cultivated fields ; cultnr<> 



