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be somewhat shortened by the dry weather. Hulifux: Fall-oats poor; spring injured 
by frost and rust. Charles City: Fall-oats good ; spring destroyed by frost and drought. 
Highland: Never better. Narthampton: Seriously injured by fly and rust. 
NORTH CARroLina.—Alamance: Winter-oats good, but spring-oats bring the whole 
erop below an average. /Vilson: Winter, ood ; spring, medium. Camden: A good 
crop housed. Davie: Thin, owing to cold weather in March, Her tford : Spring-oats 
injured by rust. Caldwell: Injured by excessive rains. 
SoutH CaroLina.—Clarendon: A heavy yield; all harvested in good condition. 
Chester : Damaged 16 per cent. by excessive rain for six days. Newberry: The yield 
abundant, and most of the crop has been harvested without damage. Lexington: 
Never better ; housed in good condition. Orangeburgh: Harvested ; "130. Laurens: 
The best for ten years. 
GEORGIA.— Dooly : Large acreage, Ae the best yield ever known. Elbert: Continued 
rains for a week in harvest have injured the crop. Gordon: Fall-oats extra good. 
Marion: Never better. Thomas: Good, and housed in good condition, Troup: Fall- 
oats fine; spring, a total failure from rust. Upson: The finest ever grown. Worth: 
A large acreage harvested, and the best crop ever seen. Gwinnett: Fall, above aver- 
age; spring, injured by rust 33 per cent. or more. Baldwin: The acreage estimated by 
good judges at 400, and the condition 150. Cherokee: The Holstein oats from the De- 
partment made a fine yield. Clayton: Both fall and spring very good, thongh some- 
what injured by rust. Columbia: Becoming a drug in the market. AMancock: Very 
fine. Henry: Good. Randolph: Very good crop harvested. Richmond: Fuliy 125 in 
acreage and 125 in condition, but injured by the excessive rains. Coweta: Fall-oats 
are good, especially red rust- -proof. One farmer made 115 bushels on one acre; another, 
o77 bushels on seven acres; and a yield of 60 to90 bushels per acre is common. Jeffer- 
son: Unusually large and good crop. McDuffie: The best crop in quantity and quality 
ever raised in Georgia by far. Cobb: Harvested; fall-oats, the best ever raised; spring, 
almost a failure from rust. Walton: Both winter and spring oats excellent. Wilcox: 
Ali housed and a good yield. Jackson: A good crop. Lincoin: Large individual losses 
by the flood sweeping off the stacks from the bottoms, and considerable damage by 
sprouting in the shock. fulton: Slightly damaged by rust, but full quantity, owing 
to increased acreage. 
FLoRIDA.— Madison: More planted than ever before,and never better. Leon: All 
housed, and a splendid yield. Gadsden : Increased acre age harvested in good condition, 
and the yield considerably above average. 
ALABAMA.—Greene: Rusted badly. Crenshaw : All rust-proof oats good. Calhoun: 
Very fine. Barbour: Spring oats generally a failure, but owing to the large area of 
winter rust-proof, the yield is good. Lauderdale: Heavy and good. De Kalb: Mate- 
rially damaged by rust, the rust-proof only escaping. 
Mississipp1.— Grenada ; The Holstein oats from the Department suffered a little from 
rust, but will make a fine yield. Perry: Not over half a crop,owing to rust anda 
cold spring. Clarke: Harvested,and a very good yield. Cherokee: Have done well. 
Lincoin : Housed in good condition ; decreased yield made up by increase in acreage. 
Winston: The Holstein oats a failure ; the rust took them and they fell down. 
Trexas.—Harvested, and a heavy yield. Panola: Spring oats nearly all ruined by 
rust. Fall oats, rust-proof, very fine; all harvested. Upshur : Harvested ; 25 per cent. 
above last year. Williamson: Large acreage, immense yield, ‘and good quality. Cald- 
well: Acreage 200 and yield 150. Medina: Curtailed by a drought of two and a half 
months. ed River: Rusted badly. Burleson: Yield good—as high as 75 bushels per 
acre; average 40 bushels. Collin: Damaged by rust. Dallas: Harvested ; 40 bushels 
per acre. Smith: Rains favorable for the crops. Shelby: Badly damaged by rust ; the 
red oats average. Titus: Acreage large, and the yield never better; red rust-proof 
sown. Bexar: Will average 40 “bushels per acre. Burnet: Rusted. Cooke: Whole 
fields rnined by flood. Fannin : About 60 bushels per acre. 
ARKANSAS.— Boone: Badly damaged by rust. Cross: Damaged by rains. Saint Francis: 
Rusted to some extent. Baxter; Not quite as good as last year. Crawford : Injured by 
early drought. Yell: Damaged by rust. Clay: Injured by rust. Franklin: Injured 
by rast. Bradley: Red, rust-proof, a fair yield; all other kinds almost worthless from 
rust. Jzard: Better than wheat andrye. Fulton; Early-sown, good; late, injured by 
rust. Marion: Rusted badly. 
TENNESSEE.— Decatur: Some rust. Blount: Rust threatens a failure. Monroe: 
Good. James: A large and good crop raised and cut. Bradley: Injured by rain in 
harvest. Giles: Being cut ; unusually good. Meigs: Nearly ruined by rust. obert- 
son: Low, and pS by rust. Macon: Injured by rust. Greene: Fall oats splendid ; 
spring, not good 
WEST VinGINrA.— Tucker : Will be short, owing to So afaeys Pocahontas: Fine pros- 
pect. Monroe: Better than for many years. Wetzel: Materially injured by dry 
weather. Doddridge: Net more than half a crop. 
Kenrucky.—-Ohio: Almost ruined by rust. Pendleton: Not good. Taylor: Taking 
rust. Bath: Decidedly impreved by rains. Afason: Have improved wonder fully ul- 
