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Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Ne- 
braska, the minimum, 86, being in the last-named State. All the other 
States are above average, the maximum, 109, being in Oregon. The 
hay-crops will be ample for the necessities of the year. 
MaINE.—Penobscot: Will be heavy. Waldo: Grass first-rate. Piscataquis: Good — 
prospect of a bountiful crop. Oxford: Clover winter-killed in many places ; timothy 
seems to suffer from too much moisture. Fvanklin: Very promising. Cumberland : 
Will be abundant. 
New HaMPsHIRE.—AHillsborough: Abundant. Mockingham: The prospect not so good 
as last year. 
VERMONT.—Ruiland: Light. Caledonia: Clover badly winter-killed; other grass 
looking finely. Orleans: Indications of a light crop. 
ConneEctTicutT.—New London: Timothy somewhat affected by dry weather. 
New Yor«.—Dutchess : Clover and timothy reduced by drought. Otsego: Mead- 
ows promise well. Warren: Will not be average; June, too dry. Washing- 
ton: Timothy never looked poorer. Suffolk: Shortened on allold mowing grounds 
by dry weather. rie: Not as heavy a growth of clover and timothy as last year. 
Richland : Short, owing to dry weather. Allegany: A larger crop never seen. 
New JERSEY.—Sussex : Will be a good crop ; some already secured in good condition. 
Warren: Clover very short and thin; timothy not as heavy and thick as was antici- 
pated, owing to drought. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Cameron: Excellent. Jndiana: Clover and timothy are all that 
could be wished. York: The early or first crop a good one and now housed. <Arm- 
strong: Meadows good; growing fast as they can. Union: Haymaking nearly over, 
and a heavier crop than for several years. Tioga: The heaviest crop in twenty years. 
Elk: Will be the largest crop in five years. 
MARYLAND.—Caroline: A large crop of clover and timothy. Howard: Clover and 
timothy very good. Harford: Promise ofa very good crop. Baltimore: A heavy crop 
of rather coarse clover; hay secured. 
VirGinis.—Madison: Timothy above average and clover better than for many years. 
Russell: Clover, timothy, and other grasses very good. Chesterfield: Timothy injured 
by dry weather through June; clover short, but nicely cured, Powhatan: A fine yield 
of cloverand timothy. Fluvanna: Clover, timothy, and other grass very good. Orange: 
The hay crop has suffered from drought. Spottsylvania: The hay-crop is very large 
thoughout the county. Campbell: Anabundanthay-crop. Dinwiddie: Clover has been 
seriously affected by the dry weather. Charles City: Clover burned up by a severe 
drought for the past four weeks. Highland: The heaviest crop of hay for many 
years. 
NorTH Carouina.—Alamance: Clover-crop not so good as usual. 
SoutH Caroiina.—Laurens : Much German millet has been sown, and looks luxuri- 
ant; clover cut and better than usual. 
GrorGIA.— Baldwin : Clover and Italian rye-grass barely introduced; both promise 
well on asmallscale. JValton: Our farmers are giving grasses some attention and they 
promise well. Fulton: Fine yield of clover. 
Texas.— Bowie: Small patches of clover sown last year are yielding an abundant 
crop. Williamson: Grass never better. Millet and Hungarian grass raised for forage. 
Collin: Alfalfa fine. Titus: Acreage of clover, timothy, and blue-grass rapidly in- 
creasing and doing finely. 
TENNESSEE.—Lincoln: The clover-crop never better. Gibson: Clover and timothy 
very luxuriant. Monroe: Clover very fine and timothy good. Rhea: A good season 
for grass. Sullivan: Clover and timothy excellent. James: Clover fine; too much 
rain for hay-making. Sevier: Clover better than ever before. Lradley: Clover, 
timothy, and red-top exceedingly fine. Greene: Clover very extra and timothy above 
average. 
WEsT VIRGINIA.— Tucker : Grass will be short owing to drought. Pocahontas: Clover 
excellent and timothy very good. Braxton: Clover and timothy good. Grant: Mea- 
dows very good. Pendleton: Meadowsnever better. Monroe: More grass for hay than 
grew last year and year before. 
KENTUCKY.—Spencer : Abundant rains have improved the grass very much. Russell: 
Meadows splendid. Hardin: Clover looks well and timothy good but for the white- 
blossom. Callaway: Clover, timothy, and herd’s-grass never better. 
Ou10.—Lorain: Meadows never better. Portage: Have not seen meadows, old and 
new, looking so well in twenty years. Wood: About half the clover spoiled on the 
ground. Defiance: The crop of clover cannot be saved owing to excessive rains. 
Licking: Hindered somewhat by rains in saving the crop. Lucas: A large growth of 
clover; some of it rotting, cut and uncut, owing to excessive rains. Miami: Grasses 
of all kinds never so good. Jayne: Clover heavy and down. Hancock: Clover and 
timothy superabundant. Muskingum: Large quantities of clover mowed and ruined 
on the ground by heavy rains. 
