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bej-ond Lome tleinantl. Lincoln : Hea-vy and good. * Bradley : Far superior, to last year's 

 crop. JScrier: Good in spite of drought. Greene: Lighter than last year. Coffee: 

 Ahove average, though shortened by drought. Hardin : Early crops gathering better 

 than "was expected; ; late crops lighter. Monroe : Good, though somewhat spotted. 

 Giles: Mostly gathered in. fine condition. Feniress : Increase both in acreage and yield; 

 best quality ; 40 to 50 cents jier bushel. Wayne : Early corn better than expected ; 

 late crops light. 



West Virginia. — Tyler: Shortened by drought; quality good. Jefferson: Acreage 

 increased 8 per cent, and yield per acre 5 percent. Broolce : Irregular; some tields 

 only a half crop ; mostly saved from frost; fodder good. Braxton: Good. Pocahontas: 

 Ripening finely in good fall weather. Monongalia : Got in in good order in the fine 

 weather. 



Kentucky. — Ousley : Very fine. Shelhy: Drought cut down late corn very low. 

 Scott : Early crop average ; late corn but half a crop. Russell : Best crop for many 

 years. McLean : A most prosjjerous corn year. Lincoln : Croi> good and well matured. 

 Lanrel: Never better. Hardin: Large crop; 30 cents per bushel. Graves: 20 per 

 cent, above average ; good quality. Anderson : Below average, light aud chaffy. 



Ohio. — Athens : Large crop. DarTce : Very heavy and well matured. Logan : Very 

 large crop. Fulton: Splendid crop. Warren: Average; better on uplands thau bot- 

 toms. Tuscarawas : Well matured. Lorain : Large yield ; weU matured. Boss : Splen- 

 did crop. Pickaway : Light but sound. Morrow : Largest yield for years ; quality 

 good. lAcTiing : Largest crop yet raised. Hancock : Crop saved by later rains ; gath- 

 ered in good condition. Franklin: General crop never so heavy; selliug at 25 cents 

 per 70 pounds. Delaware : Never better ; harvested in good order ; brings 30 cents at 

 the railroad. Crawford: Good; ripened before frost; probably a larger quantity in the 

 county than at any time in five years. Coshocton : Above average in quantity and 

 superior in quality. Ashland: Crop large and excellent. Adams: Somewhat shortened 

 by drought since August, but well matured by the late season. Brown : Escaped frost, 

 but loose on the cob and chaffy. - 



Michigan. — Washtenaw: No. 1 in quantity and quality. Van Buren : Seriously 

 aflected by drought. Ottawa : Shortened by backw ard spring and subsequent drought. 

 Oakland : Crop would have been much larger but for cut-worms. Mason : Fine. 

 Lenawee : Abundant and good. Jackson : Recovered from the cut-worm injuries early 

 in the season ; well ripened. Clinton : Increased acreage and improA(ed condition. 

 Mecosta : Good in spite of drought. Antrim : Good crop. 



Indiana. — NoMe : Where not replanted the crop was never better. Montgomery : 

 Fine in the ear, but lighter in the gram than last year. Marion : Crop large, but lighter 

 in weight than last year. Madison : Very fine and abundant. La Grange : Decreased 

 by drought. Hamilton : Excellent and in good condition. Decatur : Corn not well 

 cultivated, on account of wet, in April and May, but the fine weather of June and 

 July secured an average cro]) in quantity, though 5 per cent, below average in quality. 

 Steuben : Below average ; many fields destroyed by the grub-worm. Hancock : Excel- 

 lent. Clay : Injured by wet July and dry fall. Morgan : Yield increased, but quality 

 deteriorated. Owen : As good as any former crop, and double of last year ; the rains 

 came promptly at each critical time. Scott: Shortened 20 per cent, by drought. 

 Franklin : A little better than last year, and the best in forty years. 



Illinois. — Whiteside : Heavy and good. Winnebago : Matured in the best possible 

 condition. Tazewell: Matured finely before frost. Saint Clair: Deteriorated by drought. 

 Stephenson : Largest and best crop ever raised. Putnam : Somewhat damaged by being 

 blown down. Ogle : Very good quality. Madison : Prematurely ripened. Macoupin : 

 Matured before frost. Livingston : Low prices — 12 cejats — requires four bushels to get 

 one to market. Lroqnois : Filled on the coli from one end to the other; perfectly ma- 

 tured before frost. Grundy: Abundant, with one-fourth of last year's crop on hand; 

 high freights reduce prices. Douglas : Gathered in good condition ; low prices. Cook : 

 Best crop in thirty-tive years. Clinton : Injured by chinches. Champaign : Early- 

 planted corn better than last year ; late crops frosted. Perry : Reduced by chinches. 

 Cass : Full average in spite of lack of cultivation on account of rain at the opening of 

 the season. Franklin : Injured by drought and chinch-bugs. Lee : Splendid com 

 season. Mason : Good, though damaged by winds. Fayette : Good, and well saved. 

 Clark : Full average everywhere ; especially fine in sand-prairies. 



Wisconsin. — La Fayette: Propitious corn season. Saint Croix : Matured better than 

 iisual. Green Lake : Fair and well ripened. Calumet : Later part of the season espe- 

 cially favorable. Pierce : Well ripened. Outagamie : Greatly damaged by cut- worms. 



Minne!sota. — Steele : Had a poor start, but recovered and ripened well. Wright : 

 Well ripened, but rather small. Fillmore: Best crop yet grown. Redwood: Much corn 

 replanted ; injured by blackbirds. 



Iowa. — Tama : Bottom corn injured by high water in June. Muscatine : Average 

 quality. Monona : Injured by storm July 19. Marion : Injured in some localities 

 by chinches. Lee: Matured well on upland aud dry soils. Jackson: Ripened too 



