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in May. Owing to this cause chiefly it falls 8 per cent. below average. _. 
The presence of rust is noted in three counties, and there were slight. 
injuries from, winter-killing and freezes in the spring. od .ylisarg 
In. the States bordering the Ohio on the north, as previously réported, i 
the open, changeable winter was very disastrous to the crop, reducing — 
the condition, with respect to promised yield, to 66 in Ohio and Indiana, 
and .78.in Illinois... The thriftiness of that) which .escaped \ winter- 
killing. or freezing out. is generally assumed, though *‘ the fly and bug” 
are reported in Adams, and injuries from wet and freezing weather in 
Vinton and Wood, Ohio; from drought in Warwick and Dubois, Indiana; : 
and from “the hard freeze.in . Mareh”in Eifingham and Williamson, 
Tilinois. 
Beyond the Mississippi, among the winter-wheat States, Missouri falis.. 
about two per cent. below average condition... The principal causes of 
reduction reported, are an unfavorable start, owing to the protracted 
drought last. autumn ; more or less injury by the fly in Douglas, Stone, — 
Phelps, Dallas, and Wright ; rust in Stone, McDonald, Johnson, Missis- 
sippi, and Reynolds ; and chinches in Shelby. 
In Kansas, the condition is extraordinarily good ;, out of 42 returns all 
except 5 are above 100, and many of them range from 110 up to 200. 
In Shawnee, rust has reduced a fine’ promise to half a crop, and its ap- 
pearance is noted. in three or four other counties. The average for the 
State is 108.. In Nebraska, which grows very little winter-wheat, the 
condition is 110. 
Only three returns from California fall below average, the others rang- 
ing from 100 to 125. But. two of the three, Santa Clara, 83, and Stan- 
islaus, 75, being two of. the heaviest wheat counties, the State average 
is brought down somewhat below 100. Inthe former county, while early- 
sown wheat is in good condition, “ late will not yield more than half a 
crop ;” in the latter ‘the fields are very foul, owing to excessive wet 
weather, and the heads have not filled well.’ 
From Oregon, all returns are favorable, making the State average 1 04. 
The average condition for the entire country is little above 87. 
New HampsHire.—Rockingham : Somewhat winter-killed. 
VerMONT.— Grand Isle: Winter-killed. 
ConnecricuT.—New London: Somewhat winter-killed. 
New York.— Yates: On ground well manured, doing nicely ; ou poor ground, badly 
winter-killed. Albany: Very spotted; a great portion very poor. Sown with a drill, 
on ground well cultivated and fertilized, it looks well. Schoharie: Badly winter-killed ; 
not half acrop. Steuben : Badly injured by the open winter. Washington: N2ver looked 
poorer. Livingston: Sown early on dry land, looking very well; on clay and low lands, 
very poor. Saratoga: Considerably injured during the winter. Wyoming: Looking 
very pooly. Genesee: Badly winter-killed, but that left is doing finely. Orange; 
Injured by winter-killing. Seneca: An open winter with severe changes ruined many 
pieces. Spring-wheat is being substituted to a considerable extent. Montgomery: In- 
proving greatly. 
New JERSEY.—/Varren: Largely winter-killed, but improved finely till the middle of 
May; when it was attacked by the old-fashioned bug in the straw. Gloucester : Looks 
well where there is a stand, but many fields have failed of this, and are full of sorrel. 
PENNSYLVANIA.— Delaware : Quite safe to predict an unprecedented yield. Perry: 
On low and thin soil, badly hurt by the winter, and now being badly injured by the fly. 
Tioga: Favorable weather has advanced the crop far beyond expectation. Wyoming: 
Most of that putin with the drill looks well; 33 per cent. of that put in with the har- 
row either poor or a total loss. Beaver; The crop will be a loss to a majority of the 
farmers, but to those who manured the ground and put in the wheat in good order, it 
will yield a profit. Clinton: Many fields which in ordinary seasons would have made 
nothing, now bid fair to produce an average crop. Clearjield: Badly winter-killed ; but 
owing to the fine weather the loss will be less than was anticipated. Monroe: Looks 
fine. Bedford: Fields that seémed very bare recovered so as to indicate a good crop. 
Bucks : Improved from 75 to 90. Butler: About half a crop. Lehigh: Hessian fly in some 
localities. Lycoming: On sandy land has come on amazingly, but will be ten per cent, 
