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InDIANA.—Brown : A fine growth, in fine cultivation. Jennings: Gone up on wet land; 
weedy, but looking well, on dry land. Lake: Remarkably heavy and continuous rains for 
three weeks past, and many fields beyond redemption. Stark: Injured by the rainy 
weather. Decatur : Promises the largest crop ever produced. Steuben: Much trouble from 
failure in seed-corn ; hundreds of acres replanted. Fayette: The stand is extra good. 
Hamilton: A very large crop planted; small, but looks exceedingly well. Hendricks: 
Good. Jasper: Much in bad condition owing to rains for the last four weeks. osci- 
usko: Growing finely, but very weedy owing to continualrains. Martin : Becoming 
foul, and too wet for cultivating. Morgan: Never a larger crop or a better prospect. 
Noble: Too wet for working the crop. Pike: Injured by the rains on flat lands; other- 
wise the prospect good. Spencer: June avery wet month; corn a failure on low land, 
and the weeds have the advantage decidedly on the uplands. Wabash: Too wet for 
cultivating. Wells: Being injured in places by the wet weather. Whitley: Seldom 
better. Johnson: Scalding on the flat lands, owing to continual rain; no work being 
done, and the weeds growing. 
Iniryors.—Clinton: Large crop, but poorly worked. Effingham: Too wet for culti- 
vating. Grundy: Cultivation almost entirely prevented the last three weeks by ex- 
cessive rains. Jersey: Growing finely. Lake: Looks well. Menard; Rains constant 
but light and the crop unusually clear of weeds. Mercer: Grassy. Putnam: On 
the bottoms, mostly ruined by overflow. Sangamon: Some injury from excessive 
rains. Schuyler: Small from late planting, but the ground never in better condition 
or clearer of weeds. Saint Clair: Splendid; clear of weeds. Shelby: The weeds will 
take the late corn before the ground is dry enough to work. Vermillion: In a criti- 
cal condition, from excessive rains. White: Considerable already lost on low lands, 
from excessive rains. Williamson; The meadows are flooded and corn on low grounds 
is seriously injured. De Kalb; Not promising, owing to excessive rain-fall; many fields 
untouched since planting and likely to remain so. Jroquois: The wet weather for the 
last four weeks has cut off the prospect nearly one-half. Livingston: The outlook bad ; 
it has rained for nearly two months. Mason: A little backward, but clean and looking 
‘well. Rock Island: Much planted late, but good stand. Carroll: Slow growth and 
prolific weeds, owing to the excessive rains. Zee: Too much rain for a healthy con- 
dition. Monroe: Backward and weedy, but strong and thrifty. Montgomery: Rather 
yellow in places, but a few days of sunshine will make it allright. McLean: On low, 
flat lands will make only a little fodder, owing to incessant rains. 
Wisconsin.—Clark: Crops backward. Dunn: Late planted, on account of excessive 
rains,and in some cases the crops withered by subsequent decline of temperature ; 
doing better now. Dodge: Cropslook well. Douglas: Seeding delayed by cold spring. 
Green Lake: Backward. Outagamie: Looks well; abundant rains. Richland: Weedy, 
yet looks well. Saint Croix: Backward. Walworth: Very uneven ; too much rain after 
planting. 
Minnesota.— Wright: Good. 
lows.—Appanoose: As fine acropasever raised here. Buena Vista: Drought. Cher- 
okee: Rescued by late rains. Clinton: Too much rain. Des Moines: Too much rain. 
Hardin: Growing finely. Howard: No frosts since May 1; quite unusual; retarded, 
however, by cold spell. Johnson: Half the crop good, being well cultivated and early 
planted; the other half delayed by bad weather at planting and not good. Madison: 
Late. Mahaska: Late, but healthy. Tama: Seasonableforcorn. Jefferson: Rain pre- 
vented working. Monona: Injured by drought, but rain has come at last. Washing- 
ion : Growing well on flat land, but poor on rolling upland. 
Mtssour1.—Phelps: Cannot be properly worked, owing to excessive rains. Barton: 
Cannot bé cultivated. Chariton: Stands injured by field-mice; some fields so ravaged 
as to require second planting. Nodaway: Backward, but promising. Caldwell: Needs 
working, but we cannot get into the field without miring. Dallas: Backward. Daviess; 
Very backward, and one-half not plowed at all, owing to continued heavy rains. Dunk- 
lin: Favorable. Mississippi: Not well cultivated, owing to the rains. Pettis: Very 
flattering. Shelby: Scalding, and suffering for want ofcultivation. Stone: Late fifteen 
days, but looks well. Vernon: One month late. Clay: Late. Dent: Late, but thrifty. 
Maries: Suffering for want of cultivation. Montgomery : Weedy and grassy. Grundy: 
Too wet for corn; much on bottom-lands has not been plowed at all. Perry: Three 
weeks late, but looks well. Buchanan: Looks well. 
Kansas.—Sourbon : Backward and very weedy; toomuchrain. Chase; Very late, 
but clean. Johnson: Weedy; toomuchrain. Franklin: Very weedy; no plowing can 
be done as the ground is thoroughly soaked, and it is still raining. Jackson: Rather 
backward, but looks well. Labeite: On the prairie, rather short ; too much rain; better 
on the bottoms. Linn: On wet land, weedy; ov upland, the best prospect for years. 
Lyon: Much rotted in the ground, owing to excessive rains. Miami: Growing beauti- 
fully. Cherokee: Fully half has not been cultivated at all, owing to wet weather. 
Neosho: Many fields very weedy and not much prospect of getting them clean. Reno: 
Extra good. 
Nesraska.—-Knox: Hurt by frost when eoming up. Boone: Injured by extreme 
