prospect ever known. 
_per cent. of an average crop growing, and that looks first rate, 
‘but chinch-bugs are in He Maries : Not over 50 per cent. average acreage; sgod.on pill 
- dry land. ‘Chariton : Prospect of a good yield. Johnson : Very heavy straw; inclined 
to rust. Mississippi: Very promising till within 10 days; the rust has ‘lle the 
blade, but not yet touched the stem.. Barton: Never better. Jefferson: Does, not 
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well. Boone: About 25 
~ look ‘well. Phelps : Damaged by the Hessian fly. Dallas: Injured by the fly. . Rey- 
nolds: At least 67 per, cent. rusted very badly. Wright: Injured by the fly ; not over 
25 per cent. of a crop. atdow efalaea 
Kawnsas.—feno: Late sown, badly injured by rust. Barbour: Small acreage; looks 
promising. Doniphan: Extraordinary promise, Builer: Good beyond. precedent, 
Cherokee: Prospect never better. Douglas: Some appearances of rust. Zllis : Owing 
to drought,edid not come up till spring; looking well. Jackson: Prospect of the 
largest crop ever grown. Labette:’Scarcely ever more promising, though there is 
much rust on the blade. Lyon: Rusting. Montgomery: Promises a very large yield ; 
, 40,000 acres sown Jast fall. Wyandotte: Looking fine. Chase: Reduced by late sow- 
ing, heavy rains, hail-storms, rust, and joint-worms; but; improying greatly the; past 
week. Shawnee: A fine promise reduced by rust to half.a crop,. Cherokee: The finest 
CALIFURNIA.—Contra Costa: Early sown, excellent ; late, suffering from dry weather. 
San Joaquin: The prospect very flattering, except on the heavy black land near Stoek- 
ton. Sutter: Never looked better. . Butte: All that could be desired. Placer: The 
promise of the crop is superior to any for a number of years, A rays 
OREGON.— Clackamas : Never better. Columbia: Looks splendid, but not.over half 
as much as last year. 
Uran.—San Pete: Looks first rate. 
Daxota.— buffalo: Suttering from dry weather. 
SPRING WHEAT. 
Acreage.—The States reporting a decrease of acreage, compared with 
the previous crop, are Vermont, 6 per cent.; New York, 15;, Kentucky, 
15; Illinois, 12; Wisconsin, 5; Iowa, 11;. Kansas, 4; and Oregon, 5. 
The States reporting an increase are Pennsylvania and Nebraska, 4 
per cent.; Texas (which reported an increase of 21 per cent. last year) 
and Ohio, 16; Arkansas, 7; Michigan, 5; Indiana and Minnesota, 10; 
Missouri, 12; and California, 6, In the latter State, there being no, dis- 
tinct dividing-line between winter and spring wheat, the variations in 
acreage are affected by a somewhat capricious classification. Tbhereturns 
indicate about the same acreage as last year. 
Condition—Among the Eastern and Middle States the condition is 
lowest in New York, being 94; it is 100 in Maine, Connecticut, and 
Pennsylvania. In the Northwest, while it is 1. per cent. aboye in; Wis- 
consin and Minnesota, it falls 3 per cent. below in Iowa. .The reduction 
is ascribed mainly to drought, though ravages of grasshoppers;are speci- ~ 
fied in one county, Missouri falls $8 per cent. below; Kansas rises to 
98, and Nebraska to 100, 
MAInE.—Piscataquis ; Increased acreage. York: Has.come up finely. Androscoggin : 
Barely up. Oxford: Fair, though late. 
NEW HAMPSsHIRE.—Rockingham: Doing well. 
NEw Yorx.—Albany: Very backward. 
GEORGIA.—Rabun: Very. promising. Haris) Increased) acreage and) good crop, 
though affected with rust in localities. 
TEXAS: Burleson: Much injured by drought. Gillespie: Badly injured by drought 
and grasshoppers. JWilliamson: Cut short by Hessian fly and rust. 
TENNESSEE.—Monroe: Badly rusted on the blade—red rust. 
Outo.—Delaware: Increased acreage and fine prospect. Wood: Increased acreage, 
promising a good yield. Geauga: Increased acreage, coming forward with rapidity. 
MicuHicGan.— Oakland: The best for five years. Mason: Looks very fine, 
ILLINOIS.—Mason: Looks well, Ogle: Less acreage, but promising. Mercer: Quite 
thin.” McLean: Thin. 
. WISCONSIN.—Sheboygan: Backward. 
MINNESOTA.—Chippewa: If no calamity occurs, the crop in Western Minnesota will 
be enormous. Fillmore: The dry and hot weather, for the last ten days, has given 
the crop a bad look, 
Iows.—Shelby: Suffering for want of rain, and from young grasshoppers in some 
