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WEST VirGINIA.— Marion: Doing well... Nicholas: Look well..,.Merceri: Late. Ca- 
bell: Haye suifered much by drought. Doddridge : Somewhat injured by drought. 
Summers; Promising, Randolph : Badly,injured by frost May 1,but recuperating.» 
Kentucky.—Anderson ; Materially injured, by. drought. Oldham: Have suffered 
. for want of rain. Pendleton +, Will, amount to, but, little, owing to drought. : Owsley : 
Badly injured by the freeze in March, Spencer: Not.over 50. per cent. of a crop, owing 
to drought. Gallatin: Badly inj pEee by drought. , Nicholas’: Will be almost a failure, 
owing to drought. Henry: Almost ruined for want of rains., Carroll: Reduced by 
drought. Owen: Lessened 10 per cent. by drought, : 
Ou10.—Preble: Have made a very rapid growth. , Williams: Look, well. »-Morrow : 
Late in starting, but look promising. Crawford: Prospect, good. Delaware: Large 
acreage and good stand. Portage: Very fine. , Wood: The hest ever seen, but acreage 
decreased, Meigs: Fine, \ 
MiIcHIGAN.—Shiawassee: Backward, but promising. Van Buren: The season favor- 
able for oats. Mason: Look very fine. Saint Joseph: Have a very fine start. 
Inpdiana.— Kosciusko :, Never better. Noble: Neyer much better. Franklin: Short 
and unthrifty. Howard: Look well, Crawford: Suttering for want.of rain... Dear- 
born: A severe drought through the whole month of May has seriously damaged the - 
érop. Warrick: Suffered much from the dry spring. Switzerland: Good. 
ILLINOIS.—Macoupin: Will be short. Woodford: Indications of,a fine crop, Galla- 
tin: Look well. Clinton: Too much.rain for oats. . Fayette: Look well, but small 
acreage, Ogle: Favorableappearance. Jefferson: Splendid, Mercer: Quite thin. 
WISCONSIN.—Sheboygan : Backward. 
Minnesota.—Fillmore : Suffering from dry and hot, weather for the last ten days. 
Iowa.—Warion: Coming forward finely. Howard: Early sown very promising. 
Madison: Not doing well, owing to.extreme dry weather, following wet. 
Missourt.— Montgomery ;. Suffering for, rain... Platte; The season too wet for oats. 
Pettis: Very flattering. Saint Francis: Fine. Maries: Have suffered on wet land. 
Oberton; Very fine. Jteynolds: Very fine. 
Kansas.—Cowley : Increased acreage; looking well. Reno: Splendid. Barboun: Late, 
but doing well, Cherokee: Few sown, but look fine.. Lyon: Rusting., Cherokee : Acreage 
decreased 50 per cent. from cold, wet, backward spring, 
NEBRASKA.—Furnas :, The reduced condition (90) occasioned by damaged seed, 
CALIFORNIA.— Butte: All that could be desired. 
Dakota.—Davison : Look well. Buffalo: Suffering, from dry weather, 
RYE: 
The condition of winter-rye correspouds very nearly with that of win- 
ter-wheat, except that it suffered less from winter-killing. The returns 
for condition from States producing 250,000 bushels or more, average, 
Counecticut, 96; New York,'87; New Jersey, 91; Pennsylvania, 92; 
Maryland and Virginia, 102; North Carolina, 101; West Virginia, 103; 
’ Kentucky, 95; Ohio, 76; Indiana, 86 ; Tinois, 91; Wisconsin, 93; Lowa, 
74; Missouri, 95. 
MaiIne.—Androscoggin : Looking well. 
NEw YorkK.—Albany: Very spotted ; rye sown with a drill and receiving proper 
treatment otherwise, looks well. Schoharie: Badly winter-killed; not half a crop. 
Orange: Injured by winter-killing. 
New Jerspy.—Warren: Thinish on the ground, but looks well. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Northampton : Looks better than last year. 
MARYLAND.—Caroline: Does not look as well as usual. Baltimore: Has a fine ap- 
pearance. Howard: Badly winter-killed.. Dorchester: Looks remarkably well. 
ViRGINIA.—Patrick : Not so good as wheat, but 120. Dinwiddie: Very luxuriant. 
GEORGIA.—Rabun : Never better. . 
TEXAS.—Titus :| Will be reduced by rust to half a crop. 
ARKANSAS,— Arkansas : Very tall and good all over the county.’ Franklin: Tojared 
by dry weather in May. 
TENNESSEE.— Williamson : More sown than last year, and) looks well. McNairy: 
Badly damaged. by. rust... Uniscot: Promises a gocd yield. Rhea: Better than for 
fifteen years. 
WEsT VirGINIA—Jicholas: Looks well. Mercer : More promising than last spring. 
KENTUCKY,—Pendleion :  Sufiering from drought. Spencer: Very short straw and 
putting ont small heads; drought... Gallatin : Injured by drought. 
Oun10.— Vinton: Never looked better. Cratwford: almost a failure; frozen out. 
INDIANA.— Howard ;, Depreciated, 50 per cent. in the winter. | Switzerland » Winter- 
killed ; 35 per cent. below average. 
