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harvested ; biack rust throughont the conaty, on low undeained land, caused almost.a 
failure.,, De Kalb: Badly injured by rust. Jefferson: Promising up to May 1st, when 
the blade rust appeared which has injured the crop on low lands... Lauderdales pace 
damaged by rust. 
MIssissippi.—Grenada: The rast is general, reducing the promise, to half, a crop. 
Lowndes: Much injured, by rust.. Wheat planted in elover-sod, is,very little affected 
py rust, and will make twice as much as on, similar land, without clover... Neshoba: 
Badly damaged by rust. Choctaw: Damaged by, wet weather. Kemper: Now being 
harvested ; generally injured by rast...From 1 bushel, of the Tappahannock wheat, 
from, the Department, saved in 1574, I supplied a few neighbors 25 bushels of seod, and 
seeded 12 acres; I, and all to whom I.sold seed, have made yery good crops... Tais is 
the only kind which has made a good. crop in the county. ' 
Texas.—Boesque:, Damaged to some extent by the Hessian fly and red rust ; but the 
area is so. increased that the county will make as much as last year. Llano + Consid- 
erably damaged by the grasshopper, and a small fly or gnat... Titus; The outlook dis- 
couraging ; 25 per cent. above an average sown, but the red rust strack in some weeks 
ago. The Jennings, from the Department, has no appearance of rust, but the Tappa- 
hannock rusted badly for the first time since introduced... Bowie: A partial failure, 
being full of rust. Gillespie: Lost by a freeze, 4 degrees below zero, April. 12. Wood: 
Injured by rust, at least 29 per cent. Palo Pinto; Injured by rust... Williamson ; Cut 
short by Hessian fly and rust. Collin: Rust on the blade, but not materially dam- 
aged. Some damage by the Hessian fly... Panola: Inju by late cold ‘avd. rust. 
Upshur: Rust, since last Febrnary, has done some injury. . Bandera: Materially in- 
jured by rust and drought. duderson: A failure; affected by a yellow tinge, since the 
ist of February ; cause “unknown, Navarro: Only half crop, but full and “plump, and 
will weigh well. Red River: Rust. Bexar: Considerably damaged by rain in harvest. 
Cooke: Struck by rust April 15, when it stopped growing; will be half.a crop. Hunt: 
Injured by rust. . Tyler: A kind here called Aconauga, or California wheat, has now 
made the third crop, with no sign of rust. It is fine this year; will yield 25 bushels 
per acre on good land. 
ARKANSAS.— Marion : Generally low and short-bladed... Woodruff: Some rust and 
smut. Arkansas: Some complaint of rust, but only on the blade. Yell: A little 
damaged by rust. Sradley: Badly injured by rust... Craighead: Quite short. Saint 
Francis: All late wheat greatly damaged by rust; not more than half a crop of winter 
wheat. Saxter: Thin, and heading out low; not over half acrop.. Crawford: Expect 
enough for home use, which has not happened before last year since the rebellion. 
Independence : Injured by rnst. Jzard: Rust has appeared. Prairie: Injured by rust 
and birds. ranklin: Injured by dry weather, in May, and by rust on the blade. 
Sebastian: Increase of 10 per cent. in acreage, and never better.. Fulton: A poor erop 
generally ; thin, short, and slender stalk, light short head, and tareatened with rust. 
Howard: So badly rusted. that many farmers are pasturing it. Benion: Not good, 
owing to ravages of chinches and the Hessian fly. 
TENNESSEH.— Lewis: Some rast, but only oa the blades; prospect better than 
average for five years. McNairy: Badly damaged by rust. Blount: Generally prom- 
ising, ‘bat rust.on the blade. Lincoln: Recently. seized by rust. Loudon: All damaged 
more or less, and some nearly ruined by rust. Maury: Rust, generally confined to the 
blade, but in some fields it has attacked the stalk, Tue fly has also done some damage. 
Uniscoi: Promises a good yield. Gibson: Much complaint of rust; late sowing thin. 
Polk: The yield considerably reduced by winter-killing, rust, and spot. Rust has nearly 
destroyed the blade, but has not affected the stalk. Monroe: Good so far, but badly 
rusted on the blade. Rhea: Better than for fifteen years... Sullivan: Very fine pros- 
pect for a heavy crop, though rust is appearing ou some late-sown fields on low land. 
Van Buren: Drilled from the 1st to the 15th of October, never better; later, or sown 
broadcast, nut so good. Bedford: Rust on the blade. Sevier: The finest prospect we 
ever had, but the red rust is now appearing on the blade... De Kalb: Rust, confined to 
the blade as yet. Fultz is the best, and is improving each year since its introduction. 
Granger: Very fine; only slight indications of rust on the blade. . Greene ; Very prom- 
ising; some red rust on fhe blade. Knox :.A much larger breadth was sown, with more 
care in the selection of seed, and more pains in the preparation of the ground; and 
consequently, up to within a few weeks the prospect has been unusually fine ; since 
then, too much rain has covered the blades with rust, aud the heads are not filling well. 
James: Never promised better, until May 20; since which Lnever saw rust come on so 
fast. McMinn: Damaged 10 to 15 per cent. by red rust and spot... Bradley: Promises 
an abundant yield. Giles; Never knew so large an acreage, buf it is not up to last 
year’s in quality; some rust and, scab. Fayette: Very poor.. Lauderdale: Injured by 
rust, smut, chess, and hailstorm. Montgomery: Acreage 67, but condition extra prom- 
ising. 
WEST ViIRGINIA.—Mi igholag': Very fine.. Putnam: Promising. Berkley: Better than 
for five years, Mercer: More promising than last spring. Greenbrier: Unusually fine. 
Wetzel; Badly winter-killed on thin and wet land; where:not,coming on finely. -Brax- 
