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Mrinnesora.—Blue Earth: Injured by extreme hot and dry weather; red rust pre- 
vailing. Jillmore: More rain of late, but the effects of drought still visible. Lyon: 
Drought, but rain at last. McLeod: Thinned and shortened by drought on old land; 
on new land, deep plowed, the crop is abundant. Mower: Great improvement in tea 
days; crop three-fourths average; good rains of late. Sibley: Crop the best yet raised 
here. Steele: Irregular; injured by May freshets and subsequent drought. Wabasha: 
Injured by heavy rains following drought; wheat stooled but little, and is now very 
thin. Waseca: Shortened by drought; some reports of Hessian fly. Watonwan: 
Grasshoppers, Hessian fly, and drought injurious. Winona: Thin, but looks well. 
Redwood: Damaged by drought and grasshoppers; half crop. Stearns: Crop, average. 
Wright: Good on prairie, but injured on timber-land by drought. Meeker: Greatly in- 
jured by drought. Furibault: Injured by heat and drought. Goodhue: Outlook not 
flattering, especially old fields. 
Towa.—Cherokee: Saved by late rains. Clinton: Many fields very thin; not worth 
harvesting. Des Moines: Too much rain. Hancock: Continued drought in May very 
injurious; some reports of Hessian flies. Hardin: Some unknown influence for evil. 
Howard: Something unknown operating against the crop. Humboldt: Generally poor. 
Jackson: Injured by fly, chinch, and rust. Johnson : Thin crop from imperfect seed, and 
chinches. Madison: Injured by drought. Mahaska: Looks very badly; poor seed and 
other causes. Marion ; Unpromising ; chinches, rust, and blight. Much of it has been 
plowed up. Marshall: Puny, but improving; not stalks enough for over half a crop. 
Mitchell: Half crop; rust and fly. Yama: Very thin, and some turning yellow; fly 
at work at the joints. Iranklin: Injured by drought. Audubon: Drought very de- 
structive. Clay: A few fields injured by the fly.. Jefferson: Scarce worth harvesting. 
Monona: Serious injury from drought. O’Brien: Extremely dry. Washington : Looks 
had. Woodbury: Looks very fine. 
Kansas.—Chase: Improved 15 per cent. in June. Lincoln: Drying up, and plenty 
of chinches working on it. Republic: Very weedy. 
NEBRASKA.—Cuming: Short straw, but healthy, and a prospect of a good yield. 
Lancaster: That sowed previous to April 20 isin splendid condition. Stantorn: Injured 
by smut. Antelope: Good, but the weather too dry. Dodge: Recent rains will insure 
a crop of good quality, though not average in yield. Platte: Short straw, but the 
yield may be greater than last year. Douglas: Thin stand and short straw, owing to 
early dry weather. 
CaLirorniA.— Yuba: Much better than usual, owing to late rains. 
OREGON.—Linn: Splendid. Clackamas: Looks well considering the lateness of the 
sowing. 
Daxora.—Hanson: Suffering from drought. Richland: Cut off 50 per cent. by long 
drought and young grasshoppers. 
MonTANA.—Jefferson : Will be greatly reduced by grasshoppers. 
New Mexico.—Taos: Half destroyed already by grasshoppers. San Miguel: Owing 
to ravages of grasshoppers a great deal has beeu plowed up and planted with corn. All 
kinds of insects bad, owing to the dry weather. 
RYE. 
Winter-rye is full average in New England as a whole, and spring-rye 
somewhat above. The Middle States cultivate but little spring-rye. The 
winter-grain improved during June, though drought in New Jersey still 
leaves its impress upon the crop. In the Southern States only winter- 
rye is raised, and that in no large quantity. The South Atlantic States 
are about average, and the Gulf States considerably below. In the 
southern inland States winter-rye ranges from 83 in Arkansas to 109 in 
West Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, being nearly average. North 
of the Ohio River spring-rye re-appears in increasing quantities, and is 
above average in Michigan and Wisconsin, but considerably below in 
the other States. Winter-rye is above average in Michigan, and below 
in all the other States. West of the Mississippi River, in Minnesota 
and Iowa winter-rye is below average and in the other States above. 
In the southern portions of this section rains are reported as injuring 
the standing crops with rust, and as spoiling the harvested crops in the 
shock. Spring-rye is about average on the whole. The crop is about 
average on the Pacific coast. 
New Yorik.— Westchester: Splendid. Saratoga: Very irregular, and heads small. 
Washington : Winter-rye never poorer; spring, average. 
