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age on account of tlie intense heat of August. Hamilton : Late crop destroyed by the 

 Colorado beetle. 



Michigan. — Cass : Bad failure througli drought and the bugs. Shiawassee : In- 

 jured by bugs ; late varieties improving under the fine rains. 



Indiana. — Ferry : Crop lost beyond hope. Kosciusko : Early potatoes fine ; late ones 

 not worth digging. Su)itzcrland ; Late potatoes shortened by drought. PiJce : Short- 

 ened by drought. Martin : Late potatoes sliorteued by drought. Gibson : Early Rose 

 and Shaker Kussct potatoes very good. Lagrange : Cut down by potatoe-bugs to half 

 a crop. 



Illinois. — Alexander : Early plantings fine in quantity and quality; later shortened 

 by drought. Franklin: Injured by drought; only early plantings a success. Bureau: 

 Sweet-potatoes very poor. Lee : Very light. 'Tazctvell : Largest crop yet raised. 



Wisconsin. — Clark: Very little rot among potatoes. Sheboygan: Good; better than 

 was expected, La Fayette : Fine; season propitious. 



Minnesota. — liamsay : Very much injured by Colorado beetles. 



Iowa. — Harrison: Short in yield and size ; sweet-potatoes do well ; culture increas- 

 ing. Johnson; Below last year's crop, but the acreage exceeds that of auj' former year. 

 Muscatine : Full crop. Mitchell : Excellent. 



MissouKi.— C'oss : Quality good, but few in ahill. Ozark : Injured by Colorado beetle; 

 sweet-potatoes below average. Reynolds: Potato bugs active. Phelps: Late potatoes 

 injured by dry weather. Perry : Late potatoes almost a failure. 



Kansas. — Douglass : Good ; bringing 20 to 30 cents per bushel. Lincoln : Crop No. 1. 

 Jackson : Sweet-potatoes the finest yet known. Cloud : Sweet-potatoes killed by frost 

 September 22. 



Nehkaska. — Gage : Potatoes poor. 



Okegon. — Tillaynook : Total failure ; disease prevailing, similar to the great potato- 

 rot of twenty-three years ago. Curry : Greatly damaged by bugs. 



FALL FEED AND PASTUEES. 



Maine. — Penobscot: Fall feed remarkably good. Oxford: Pastures and fields as 

 green as in June, but little grass cut. Lincoln: Fall feed fine. Piscataquis : Hay-crop 

 large. Waldo: Fall feed never better. Sagadahoc: Fall feed luxuriant ; cattle in fine 

 condition. 



New Hampshire. — Hillsborough : Pastures very fine. 



Vermont. — Addison : Pastures very fine, Chittenden : First crop of hay largely 

 uncut. 



Massachusetts. — Norfolk : Pastures never better ; second hay-crop very heavy, but 

 constant rains have given but poor oiiportunities of curing it. Plymouth : Hay-crop 

 very large, but a large portion of the second cutting imperfectly .cured on account of 

 rain; abundant stock of winter fodder; fall pastures fine. Middlesex: Second grass- 

 crops heavy ; pastures very fine. 



Ehode Island. — Kent : Fall feed abundant. 



Connecticut. — Middlesex : Fall feed very abundant. 



New York. — Columbia : Frequent showers have kept fall pastures and meadows in 

 fine condition. Genesee : Shortened by drought. Niagara ; Feed short. Ontario : 

 Fail feed plenty. Allegany : Grass much better than last year. 



New Jersey. — Gloucester : Second hay-croj), with crab-grass, has brought the grass- 

 crop to a full average. 



Pennsylvania. — Beaver : Pastures improved by late rains. 



Maryland. — Carroll : Clover-seed good in the northern part of the county, but poor 

 in the southern part where the drought was severe ; hay a half crop. Howard ; Abun- 

 dant rains have finely brought out fall pastures. Cecil: Late rains have greatly im- 

 Ijroved fall pastures. 



Virginia. — Pastures dried up. Stafford : Pastures injured by drought. Eappahan- 

 nock : Late rains have made crab-grass very abundant. Essex: Short pasturage. 

 Princess Anne : Poor stand of young clover, it having died out by reason of dry weather. 

 Campbell : Late rains have made better pastures and fatter cattle. Fairfax : Fall 

 pastures fine, enabling cattle to commence winter in better condition. Prince TVilliam: 

 Greatly improved by August rains, making fall feed very plenty to partially compen- 

 sate for a deficient hay-crop. Lancaster : Pastures very indifl'erent. 



Georgia. — Gordon : Crab-grass and hay very fine. Whitfield : Fall pastures poor. 



Louisiana. — Tangipahoa : Hay-crop greatly shortened by drouglit. 



Texas. — Smith: Gnvss nearly dried out. Harris: Grass nearly "dead. ^p(?i na : Prai- 

 rie pastures but 15 i)er cent, of an average; mountain pastures better. Nueces: Cattle 

 on the ranges much poorer than last year ; pastures shortened by drought. Live Oak : 

 Grass burned up. 



Tennessee. — Giles: Pastures dried up. Gibson: Stock in bad condition ; pastures 

 dried up. Hancock : Hay and pasture excellent. 



West Virginia. — Braxton : Pastures fresh and good. Jeffei'son : Warm, wet weather 



