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tliough kept under by the snggestions of the entomologists and " eter- 

 nal vigilance" on the part of the grower, has been marching eastward, 

 and is at work in Pennsylvania and West Virginia ; and drought has 

 injured late potatoes in the central parts of the West. 



JI.vrxE. — Pctwlscot : Crop lottiug considerably. York: Few and rotting badly. 

 Androscoggin : Light crop and rotting badly. Waldo : Almost a failure from rust and 

 rot. I'iscataguis ; Small and rotting badlj\ Lincoln : Rniued by rain ; rotting badly. 

 Oxford: Poor and rotting badly ; digging delayed by "rain. Cumberland: Loss by rot 

 25 per cent. Sagadahoc : Rotting badlj" ; later plantings almost a failure. 



Ki;w Hampshire. — Strafford: Strong indications of the x>otato rot. HiUshorough : 

 Rotting badly through excessive rains. Belknap : Failure through damp weather. 



Vkrmont. — Franklin : Crop light and rotting. Addison : Three-fourths destroyed 

 by rot. .Chittenden: Rotting badly. 



jNIassaciiusetts. — Norfolk : Early varieties yielded largely but were of inferior qual- 

 ity. Middlesex: Too hot and wet for potatoes ; some rot. 



Connecticut. — Xew London : Early potatoes yield well ; later varieties not so well. 



New YoKK. — Ulster: Season too wet and hot for potatoes. Steuben: Improved by 

 late rains. Lewis: Very promising ; early crops fine. Jefferson: Sound and fair. 



Pennsylvania. — Cnmbcrland : Condition equal to last year, but the yield smaller. 

 Franklin: Late potatoes suffering ; Peerless the most successful variety. Washington: 

 Early crop not so good ; bugs plenty in some places. Bucks : Average in quantity, but 

 below average in size. Armstrong: Extra good and large. Flk : Rotting considerably. 

 Cle(u field : IJoubtful condition : some good, some indifferent. 



Maijyland. — Baltimore: Much reduced by drought, but of good quality. Howard: 

 Shortened by drought. Cecil: Early potatoes very small. Anne Arundel: Destroyed 

 by drought. 



yi;;GiNiA. — Eapjiahannock : Half crop. Prince George : Very indifferent ; sweet jjota- 

 toes, average. Essex: Injured by drought. Princess Anne: Sweet-potatoes seriously 

 injured. Ilighland: Very good. Clarke: A failure in two-thirds of the county. North- 

 ampton : Short crop anticipated. Elizabeth City : Very poor, on account of drought. 

 Madison : Below average ; sweet-potatoes above. 



NoKTii C.uiOLiNA. — Gaston: Very tine. Greenville: Sweet-potatoes greatly shortened 

 by drought. Craven : Army worms in cotton. Greene : Sweet-potatoes doing well ; 

 with a late fall they will be an average croi). Warren : Crop large, line, and secured 

 in good condition. 



South Cakolina. — Orangehurgh : Inferior. Eichland : Badly affected by early and 

 late drought. Lexington: Sweet-potatoes injured by drought. 



Georgia. — Doolg : Injured by drought. Marion: Sweet-potatoes injured by drought. 

 Murray : Short. 



Florida. — Jackson: Sweet-potatoes short from late planting. Clay: Sweet-potatoes 

 injured by drought. Taylor: Very fair crop. Levy: Sweet-potatoes injured by cater- 

 pillar and drought, but the increased acreage will bring the yield up to last year's. 



Mississippi. — Smith : Sweet-potatoes shortened by dfought. Wilkinson : Sweet-po- 

 tatoes cut short by drought. 



Louisiana. — Morehouse : Sweet-^iotatoes almost a failure. Washington : Much injured 

 by drought. 



Texas. — Dc Witt : Sweet-potatoes very poor. Medina : Sweet-potatoes shortened by 

 drought. Marion: Greatly shortened by drought. Bask: Too dry for sweet-potatoes. 

 Austin: Sweet-potatoes a failure. Upshur: Crop injured 10 j)er cent, by drought. 

 Kendall : Prospects for sweet-potatoes not flattering. 



Tennessee. — Dickson: Shortened by drought. Monroe: Injured by drought. Brad- 

 ley : Almost a total failure on high grouutl. Lincoln : Injured by drought. Hum- 

 phreijs : Potatoes full average, though late crops a failure. Stewart : Very short 

 through drought. Morgan : Injured by drought. Hardin : Potatoes and aweet-po- 

 tatoes shortened by drought. Wilson : Potatoes the finest crop ever raised ; sweet- 

 potatoes damaged by drought. 



West Virginia. — Jefferson: Rapidly improving. Wayne: Crop beyond expecta- 

 tion. 



Kentucky. — Daviess: If frost keeps off twenty days, our potato-cro]! will be three 

 times last year's. 



Ohio. — Noble : Late planted injured by drought ; Colorado beetle destructive. Wash- 

 ington : Peachblows withered ; vines died and the tubers very Avatery and lioor. 

 Medina : Not equal to last year ; Early Rose especially shortened hj drought but of 

 good quality; other varieties inferior in quality. ^Frtnklin : Liato potatoes a failura 

 through drought aud the Colorado beetle. Hardin : The crop greatly benefited by 

 late rains. Crawford : Excellent. Delaware : Unusually good. Portage : Under aver- 



