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good... Titws:, lncreased acreage, but not more than a two-thirds crop planted. Robert- 
son: Ten per cent. not up. Burleson: Stand not good; many fields have altogéther 
failed to come up. Collin: Very) good.) Panola: Fine stand; srather:late! »Polk): 
Late, owing ‘to late, wef spring. Lavaca: Vigorous growth; good stand,,.. Waller: 
Crop this year, better, than last... Navarro: Stand good. Nacogdoches >-Good stand ; 
looking fine. Matagorda: Stand scattering; 50 per cent. not up yet. Fort Bend: 
About half stand, and this dying frpm want of moisture. Cherokee : The teachings )of 
the Grange havé been ‘carried out in the reduction of cottom and inerease of cereals. 
Austin: Less cotton, more corn planted. Fayeite:.Drought has, injured. the crop. 
Bandera; Little planted, and that little has not sprouted; cause, drought. Bell: Good 
stand. Colorado: Good, but.late; acreage 15 to 20 per cent. above last year. ‘Gon- 
cales: Doing well. Hays: Prospect good. Kendall; Prospect for heavy yield. ‘WVilliam- 
son: Late; one-half just, coming up. 
ARKANSAS.— Franklin : Small for the time of the year. Scott: Prospect very flatter- 
ing. Fulton : Stand, generally, good, clean, and well worked. Crawford: Late, but 
looks well. Dallas :,'The weather has been favorable for cleaning, and the stand is 
very good,-.Jzard.:, Stand is very good. Ouachita: About two weeks late; the stand 
is good, and the plants look well, but very grassy. JVoodruff: Scarcity of labor and 
low prices have caused a reduction of 10 per cent. in acreage. Bradley: Good stand, 
and looks healthy. . Craighead: Stand and condition generally good, but backward. 
TENNESSEE.— Lauderdale: The outlook for the crop is 25 per cent. better than last 
year, and more planted. Sutherford: Very promising; the stand good and growing 
finely. Gibson: Late planted, but the stand, excellent. 
OATS, 
Acreage.—The entire. acreage is slightly increased over that of last 
year. States indicating the largest absolute increase are Wisconsin, 
and California, 102; Minnesota, 109; Iowa, 101; Nebraska, 103... A very 
large relative increase is reported in the Southern States: in Texas, 
57. per cent.; Georgia, 30; South Carolina, 12; Louisiana, 7... A de- 
erease of 5 per cent. is indicated in New York, 4 in Hlinois anid Tennes- 
see, 2. in Kentucky, Indiana, and Missouri, 1 in Iowa, Kansas, New 
Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut. 
Condition.—In New England therange isfrom 100to 110. In the Middle 
States; Pennsylvania is average; New Yerk, 3 per cent..and New Jer- 
sey 1 per cent. below. Michigan is 100.. The States west of the Mis- 
sissippi range from 100 to 103, except Arkansas, 89; Missouri, 99, and 
Oregon, 92... In, West Virginia and the Ohio Valley the general condi- 
tion is about average, except in Kentucky, where an extensive drought 
has reduced it 15 per cent. below. On the South Atlantic coast, Dela- 
ware and, Maryland report 8 per cent. below ; Virginia, 7; and North 
Carolina, 5... In the two latter States late spring frosts and subsequent 
dry weather are assigned as the principal causes. South Carolina is 12 
and Georgia 10 per cent.above. In these States both winter and spring 
oats, with few local exceptions, appear to have matured in good con- 
dition. Rust, almost universal on the wheat, affected this crop but 
Slightly. It did more injury in Alabama, reducing the condition 2 per 
cent. below. In Texas the largely increased acreage is very nearly 
average in condition. The harvest was going on at the time of report- 
ing, and the indicated average yield was fully 40 bushels per acre. 
Marye.—Waldo: Early-sown, are looking fine. York: Have come up finely. 
ConNECTICUT.—New London: Very good, 
New York.—Albany: Very, backward. Genesee: Doing finely. 
New JerRsey.— /Varren.: Look extremely well. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Perry : Short, owing to the cold spring, but enough on the ground. 
Beaver: A dry and cold April hurt the oats badly. Bucks: Very promising. Lycoming : 
Promising. McKean; Very late. York: Indications of a more than average crop. 
Washington: Have made.a.very fine start. Northampton: Look well, and are growing 
finely. 
DELAWARE.— Kent: Injured by the cold spring. 
MaryLAnv.——Baltimore : Recruited much by the late rains, Howard : Will be light. 
