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by drouglit, bnt good. TVayne: Sweet potatoes injured by drought. Kemper: Sweet- 

 potato crop light. Jefferson: Crop small, but good. 



Louisiana. — Tcuujipahoa : Sweet potatoes shortened by drought. Franklin : Both 

 kinds cut short two-thirds by drought. Lafourche : Sweet potatoes promise finely ; 

 acreage comparatively small. Carroll : Short but good. 



Texas. — Ellis : No crop made ; not 100 bushels iu the county. Austin: Good sweet 

 potatoes ; half a crop. Coryell : Entire failure. Marion : Sweet potatoes a complete 

 failure. Kaufman: Almost a failure. Colfon : Deficiency of sweet jjotatoes, due to 

 scarcity of seed in the spring. Travis: Almost a failure. Eaak : Cutshort by drought. 

 Craven : Sweet potatoes fallen to a good average. 



Arkansas. — Fulton: Sweet potatoes injured by drought. Crittenden: Sweet pota- 

 toes injured by drought. Bradley: Injured by drought. Washington: Sweet potatoes 

 injured by drought. 



Tennessee. — Jaekson : Both kinds damaged by drought. Blount: Injured by 

 drought. Gibson: Better than for many years; sweet potatoes light. Rhea: Not so 

 good. Lincoln : Both kinds poor. Bradley : Late crops a failure ; sweet potatoes fair. 

 Bedford: Short and not so good. Monroe : Both kinds reduced by drought. 



West Virginia. — Tyler: A great failure, both iu product and quality. Jefferson: 

 Both kinds greatly imytroved by a favorable late season and the delay of frost. Dod- 

 dridge : Injured by drought. Brooke: Not over a half crop ; juice $1 per bushel. 

 Braxton : Good in quality and quantity. Focahontas : Large and good crop. 



Kentucky. — McLean : Early potatoes good ; late are short ; sweet potatoes, average. 

 Livingston : Not one-half a stand. Lewis : Late crop short and indilferent. Graves : 

 Damaged by drought. Anderson : Affected by drought to some extent. 



Ohio. — Athens: Crop nearly destroyed by drought and Colorado beetles. Darke: 

 Average with last j'ear ; sweet potatoes not so good as usual. Logan : Increased acre- 

 age and product. Fulton: Good crop. Tuscarawas: Late crop injured by Colorado 

 beetles; early crop fair. Lucas: Some fields injured by blight taking the vines and 

 stopping the growth of the tubers. Pickaway: Injured by drought. Morrow: Tolera- 

 ble; some second-growth; briiig .50 cents per bushel. Morgan: Badly injured by 

 potato-bugs. Meigs : Below average ; Colorado beetles. Licking : Late potatoes light.. 

 Hancock: Avei'age, but some second-growth. Delaware: Yield enormous, but quality 

 not first rate. Crauford : Average ; sweet potatoes but little cultivated. Coshocton : 

 Early planted, average; later ones injured by bugs. Butler: Acreage and aggregate 

 yield reduced. Ashland: Materially shortened by bugs; but 10 per cent, above last 

 year. Brown ; Generally good. 



Michigan. — Washtenaw : Some fields destroyed by Colorado beetles ; sweet potatoes 

 unusually abundant and fine. Van Buren : Affected by drought. Ottawa : Crop in- 

 jured by early drought and by excess of rain iu September. Lenawee : Light and poor 

 through drought. Jackson : Crop good till September 1, when the Colorado beetle 

 becomes very troublesome. Clinton: Injured by Colorado potato-beetles. Antrim: 

 Injured by a long, black bug, and by the Colorado bug. Van Buren : Mostly small. 



Indiana. — Perry : One-third of a crop. Noble : Late crop good. Marion : Suffered 

 from drought early in the season ; Colorado beetle destructive of late crops. Madison: 

 Good ; sweet potatoes deficient through drought. Lagrange : Late potatoes have 

 grown since August 20, the rains then enabling them to get ahead of the potato-bugs ; 

 they have, in consequence of the delay, not well ripened. Gibson : Early Rose very 

 good ; Colorado bugs less numerous than last year. Decatur : Imperfectly cultivated ; 

 bugs trimmed the vines, but seasonable raiiis kept them growing. Steuben : Improved 

 crop of potatoes in consequence of decrease of Colorado beetles. Clay : Injured by 

 wet July and dry fall. Scott : Early potatoes good ; later crops damaged by drought. 

 Franklin : Sound; no rot, and but slightly injured by Colorado bugs; 45 to 60 cents 

 per bushel. 



Illinois. — Early planted did well ; late crops mostly destroyed by bugs. Whiteside: 

 Extra heavy yield and good condition, 25 cents per bushel. Winnebago : Potato-bugs 

 gradually disappeared, leaving the crop to mature well. Tazeivell : Good yield and 

 quality. ^Saiwif CZair; Unusually abundant and good. Stephenson : 'ExceUent. Putnam: 

 Seasonable rains enabled potatoes to survive the ravages of the bugs after their disap- 

 pearance. Pulaski: Average cut down by frost. Pope: Shortened by drought and 

 frost. Ogle: Improved both in quantity and quality. Knox: Sweet potatoes have 

 had an unparalleled season of growth; they seem like the product of the Carolinas. 

 Cook : All the potatoes saved from the bug are saved at great cost. Bureau : Finest 

 crop for many years. Cass: Good season; bugs disappeared. Franklin: Late crops 

 destroyed by drought. Lee: Good potato-season. Mason: Good in quantity and 

 quality. Fayette: Both kinds abundant. Clark: Good potato-season and no bugs. 



Wisconsin. — La Fayette: Fine potato-season. Fon du Lac: Light crop, through 

 drought. Saint Croix : Eot in some places ; good in all wet lands. Pierce : Some rot. 

 Outagamie : Injured by bugs more than was supposed. 



Kansas. — ff'oodson: Unprecedented crop and consequent low prices. Washington: 

 Plenty and good. Lyon: Both sorts would have been excellent if the frost had 



