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aged 10 per cent. by excessive rain for six days. Newberry: Continuous rain for six ° 
days has caused wheat to sprout. Lexington: Much of it, cut and left in the field, 
sprouted during the wet spell. Spartanburgh: Much injured by rust, and by rains in 
harvest. Orangéburgh: Harvested ; 10 per cent. above average. Marion: Superior yield 
and quality. One farmer produced 26 bushels per acre. 
GrorGia.—Dooly : Housed, and the finest yield since the war. £lbert: Continued 
rains for a week in harvest have injured the crop. Gordon: Not over 3 bushels per 
acre; injured by fly and rust. Fannin: Early, fine; late, infected by millions of lice. 
Towns: Best for years. Troup: Housed; crop short. Upson: Long straw, but dwarfed 
grain ; injured by red mold. Gwinnett: Injured by rust 33 per cent. or more. Bald- 
win: An acreage of 150 harvested; the berry in some localities smaller than usual. 
Butts: Reduced to 60 by fly and rast. Cherokee: Almost a failure, but the Jennings 
wheat from the Department did will. Clayton: Reduced to 50 by fly and blade-rust. 
Hancock: Very fine. Henry: Half a crop. Randolph: Very good crop harvested. 
Richmond: The bulk of the crop damaged by the excessive rains. Union: In the midst 
of harvest ; much smutin it; think the yield will be above average. Coweta: Injured 
by blade-rust 45 per cent. Jefferson: Unusually large and good crop. McDufie: Bet- 
ter than last year. Cobb: Harvested, and almost a failure from rust and fly. Walton: 
Generally thrashed; not over haifacrop. Hart: Harvested a good crop. Jackson: 
Hardly 25 per cent. of acrop. Lincoln: Large individual losses by the flood sweeping 
off the shocks from bottoms, and considerable damage by sprouting in the shock. 
Fulton: Badly damaged by rust. Carroll: Cut short by fly and rust. 
- ALaBsaMA.—Chambers;: The estimate of 100, June 1, proved by thrashing to be 25 
per cent. too high; rust. Crenshaw: Good. Calhoun: Being thrashed, and not nearly 
as good as anticipated. Lauderdale: Much damaged by rust and wet weather. Blount: 
Reduced by rust more than half in quantity, and the quality poor. De Kalb: Some 
has been thrashed, and makes a poor yield of sorry grain. Cherokee: Thrashed; yield . 
light and quality poor. 
MIssISSIPPI.—Grenada : The white winter-wheat from the Department Las done well; 
all other kinds a failure from rust. Wilkinson: Clawson and Jennings wheat both 
rusted badly. Covington: All ruined by rust. 
Lovuistana.—-Jackson : Cut short by rust. 
Trexas.—Bexar; Thrashed; yield 10 bushels per acre; grain plump. Cooke: All 
varieties, except Mediterranean and Walker, reduced by rust to 25 per cent. of a crop. 
Coryell: The average 25 per cent. above and the yield 25 per cent. below last year. 
Upshur : Harvested ; yield 10 per cent. more than last year. Bandera: Being thrashed: 
better than anticipated. Touzelle makes over 30 bushels per acre, and for seed is sell- 
ing at $3, while other wheat sells at $1.20. Williamson: Cut short by rust. Caldwell: 
The acreage 150 but the yield only 50, owing to drought in March and April. Medina: 
Curtailed by a drought of two anda half months. Red River: Rusted badly. Burle- 
son: Harvested ; yield 18 bushels per acre. Collin: Damaged by rust and Hessian fly. 
Dallas: Yield per acre short, but the acreage increased. Gillespie: Injured by late 
frost and drought. Titus: Half destroyed by rust. Fannin: About 11 bushels per 
acre. Travis: Rusted. 
TENNESSEE.—Bedford : Being thrashed in fine condition; quality good. Bradley: 
Being damaged in the shock. Giles: Thrasbed; falling oif in yield, but acreage 
larger than ever before. Meigs: Considerably damaged by rust. Robertson: Fine; 
grain good. Dickson: Thrashing just commenced; will not turn out as well as last 
year. The grain is good. Polk: Cut short by rust. Greene: Somewhat injured 
with scab or smut. Rutherford: The yield not good as last year, but the quality 
never better. Sequatchie: Badly injured by rust, spot, and susut. Trousdale: The 
heads light and not well filled. 
West VirGinia.— Pocahontas: Good. Berkeley: Best for eight or ten years. Brax- 
ton: Very good; well filled. Grant: One.of the largest crops ever gathered, now be- 
ing harvested. Greenbrier: Unusually fine. Pendleton: Very good. Putnam: A con- 
dition much above average being reduced by excessive rains in harvest. Jackson: In 
the midst of harvest; favorable reports. Cabell: The grain fine; some fields injured 
by joint-worm and rust. Monroe: Being harvested; grain-crop of excellent quality 
Wetzel: Being harvested in good condition. Doddridge: Half harvested; more than 
an average crop. 
Kentucky.—Pendleton : Thin on the ground, but the grain well matured. Spencer: 
Fine quality, but short yield. Webster: Endangered by rains in harvest. Bath: All 
harvested, in good condition; quality extra. Mason: Thin and short straw; but the 
heads large and well filled. Metcalfe: Never better. Russell: All cut, and splendid. 
Warren: Yield and quality much better than usual. Shelby: Thin stands, but good 
heads. Lewis: About 67 per cent. harvested, with satisfactory results. Hardin: About 
half acrop. Callaway : Damaged by heavy rains in June; much sprouted before being 
cut. 
Outo.—Adams : Thin, but well filled and of fine quality. Delaware: What was left is 
coming out very well. airfield: That which stood the freezes, well filled, and of fine 
