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 VirGinia.— Fluvanna : Very bad ou high grounds ; doing well on low ; ‘prin 
zilucd New Kent ; Spring oats look bad; winter, ve ood. - ‘Orange: V \ wae 
ward, and the prevailing “ary weather exceedingly | unfavorable to the Lobe “ = ines : 
Unpromisins. Halifax: Barly-sown spring’ oats: Vadly killed ‘bY frost. Ch 
Those not killed by late frosts look remarkably well. Aing George: Low, but time 
fora good: growth. | Prince William; Stands thin. Pulaski: Backward, Ma 
Promising. '‘« Middlesex: Never better. Floyd: Very promising. Augusta: Short bi: 
‘backward. Dinwiddie: Spring oats did not come up well, and are looking badly. ; The 
winter oat is becoming very popular. Seeded in September or the first of October, it 
is almost a sure crop, and the yield much larger than of spring oats. The crop ‘seeded 
last’ fallois looking’ very fine. James City: Fall oats are’ No.1; spring, all killed. 
Prince ‘George: The poorest crop for years. The’ Schonen oats by far the best. 
Northampton: The crop seriously damaged by cold dry weather. The fly also made 
its‘appearance in the latter part of May, and so damaged the crop that many fields 
will not be harvested. © King and Queen: Very backward, and looking decidedly poor. 
NortH Caroriwa.— Beaufort: Will be short, owing to dry weather the last three 
weeks, © Caswell: pean oats injured by frosts ; will not yield half a crop; winter 
oatsmore ‘promising, “Nash: Suffering for want of rain. Person: Spring oats killed 
by a late freeze; winter oats, about half the crop looking fine. Haywood: Looking 
very fine. Panlico: Injured by drought. 
SouTaH Caroxrina.—Ladgefield : Injured by drought. Clarendon: A largely increased 
acreage now ready for the sickle. Richland: Large and very fine crop. Lawrence: 
Better than usual, especially the red-rust-proof. 
Groroia.— White: The poorest ever seen. Dooly: The finest crop ever known. 
Wayne: Very inferior, owing to drought in winter and spring. Most of the crop, is 
housed. Gwinnett: Unusually fine, both fall and spring oats. Randolph: Look fine, 
but there is much smut. Worth: Finer than known in twenty years. McDuffie: Will 
make nearly double made in any year since the war. The fail oats are all ready to 
cut, and no sign of rust on the spring oats. Wilcox: Injured by dry weather, but the 
acreage 30 per cent. larger than last year. Butis: Never better. Madison : Many 
farmers have changed the sowing of oats from spring to fall, which accounts for the 
fact that the figures for both acreage and condition are 150. Laurens : Very good. 
Spalding; All agree that such a prospect was never before known. Troup: Fall oats 
never better; sown early in the spring, very good; late, a total failure from rust. 
Cobb: Both winter and spring oats very promising. Lincoln: Fine. Walton : Unusu- 
ally promising, and the season favorable. Carroll: Never better, both fall and spring. 
Jefferson: Rather dry for oats, but more than in any year since the war. 
FLoRIDA.—Madison: Those properly put in and manured, fine; the remainder in- 
jured by drought. Gadsden: Very superior. 
ATLABAMA.—Dale: Half the crop ruined by rust; the other half very good. Greene: 
Look fine. Blount: Fall oats, fine; spring oats rather backward. Crenshaw: Rusted 
in some localities. Perry: The best crop in ten years. Randolph: Look fine: Calhoun : 
Very fine; now being harvested. Conecuh: Ripening fast, and harvesting going on. 
De Kalb: Looking well. Butler: Seriously injured byrust. Barbour: Spring oats almost 
invariably rusted ; considerable rust on oats heretofore considered rust- -proof. 
Mississirpr.—dmive: The crop is made, and is very good. The red oat is being gen- 
erally cultivated. Perry: Blighted by rust; not over half & crop. Covingfon: Late 
oats nearly ruined by rust. C ‘hoclaw : Three-fourths of a crop. 
Lovistana.—Claiborne : Being injured by rains and rust. Red-rust-proof oats are 
doing well. 
TEXxAS.— Burleson: Spring oats much injured by drought. Gonzales: The largest 
acreage ever sown, and yields forty bushels per acre; about harvested. Williamson: 
Very good, will average forty-five bushels per acre. "Upshur : : Better than last year. 
The Holstein oats from the Department are superior to any other in this vicinity. Red 
River: Very good. Berar: Considerably damaged by rain in harvest. | Cooke: Very 
fine. Vietoria: Harvested; average forty bushels peracre. Tyler: The red-rust-proof 
are fine; will yield thirty to fifty bushels per acre. 
ARKANSAS.— Bradley: Badly injured by rust. Independence: Much improved by 
recent rains. Arkansas: Backward, but good. Marion: So short that they will have 
to come out considerably before they can be cut. Franklin: Injured by dry weather 
in May. Cross: Have suffered from dry weather. Scott: Prospect very flattering. 
Howard; Almost ruined by rust. 
TENNESSEE.— Lewis: Prospect very flattering. Williamson : Less, sown every year ; 
seriously damaged by dry weather in April. Blount: Damaged by late frosts. Unis- 
coi; Frozen out badly in March. Monroe: Both winter and spring oats were never 
better. Rhea: Better than for fifteen years. Sullivan: Killed out badly by the late 
freeze. The winter-oat is gaining favor every year. Sevier: Never so good. Grain- 
ger: Some were killed by the freeze, but in the main they look well. “Greene: Fall 
sown, splendid; spring sown, not promising. James’: An increase of 20 per cent, in 
acreage, and never looked better. Bradley: Very fine!) Fayette: Very goed. 
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