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MICHIGAN.— Wayne: Much clover cut, but, owing to continuous rains, but little 
secured in good condition. Wexford; Clover and timothy never better. Delia: Grass 
extra good. Lenawee: Clover heavy and rotting. Calhoun: Injured by continuous 
heavy rains; timothy very luxuriant. Hillsdale: Bad time for haying; very wet. 
Tosco: Grass of all kinds trying to overdo itself. Washtenaw: Very heavy crop, but 
too wet to secure it. Allegan: Gone past its time for cutting, owing to rain for the 
past fifteen days. Barry: Very wet—bad for saving hay. Mecosta: Never better. 
Inpiana.—Lake: No haying can be done owing to continual rains for three weeks 
past, and clover, which ought to be cut, is being injured. Decatur : Clover is good, 
but the rains prevent cutting and curing. Carroll: The wet weather has already 
destroyed a considerable portion of the clover-hay. Dearborn: The low estimate of 
timothy, 75, is due to the enormous growth of white-weed. The meadows in this part 
of the State are white with its blossoms. Hamilton: Timothy extra good. Hendricks: 
Clover cannot be cut owing tocontinued rains. Kosciusko: Hundreds of tons of clover 
will rot on the fields, and more in the stack. Martin: Clover and grass cannot be cut 
for the rains. Wells : Impossible to make clover-hay owing to wet weather. Whitley: 
Mauch rain makes it hard for hay-making. 
ILLINoIS.— Hardin : Meadows never better. Menard: Clover and the grasses are rot- 
ting from the effects of wet weather; timothy as fine as ever grew. Mercer: Grasses 
remarkably good. Saint Clair: Prospect for a fine crop of grasses never better. Saint 
Clair: Timothy, clover, and other grasses good and plenty; clover never harvested in 
better condition. Shelby: Clover being ruined for want of fair weather to make it. 
WISCONSIN.— Walworth: Grass-crops largely winter-killed ; old meadows light. Mon- 
roe: Grass-crops fine. 
Iowa.—Clinton : Grass-crops of all kinds very good. Mahaska: Large quantities of 
Hungarian grass sown, owing to failure of wheat. 
Missourt.—Chariton: Clover and timothy, which suffered from early dry weather, 
improved by recent rains. Adair; Hay-crop will beshort, owing to the May drought. 
Johnson: Young clover and timothy look well. Little clover and no timothy escaped 
' the grasshopper last year. Saint Charles: Very short, owing to drought in May. 
Stone: Clover and timothy fine. Clay: Timothy good, but clover scarce and poor. 
Kansas.—Douglas : Grass was never better. Republic: Very little clover sown, but 
that is growing finely. 
CaLirornia.—Santa Clara: The hay-crop is at least 50 per cent. greater than in any 
former year, and it is chiefly of good quality. Sonora: Grass better than for twenty- 
five years. A vast increase in the acreage of alfalfa. 
OREGON.—Multnomah ; The rainy spring has greatly favored meadows. Linn: The 
hay-crop will be of unusual excellence. 
WASHINGTON.—Thurston: The hay-crop abundant, but will be injured by rot, being 
badly lodged. 
POTATOES, 
The acreage planted in potatoes in 1876 is about 8 per cent. less than 
in 1875. The States equaling or exceeding last year’s acreage are Maine, 
100; Delaware, 100; North Carolina, 103; South Carolina, 101; Geor- 
gia, 102; Alabama, 101; Texas, 136; Arkansas, 106; Tennessee, 101; 
Minnesota, 100; Missouri, 125; Kansas, 112; California, 110; Oregon, 
108. The greatest reductions were New Jersey, 31 per cent.; New York, 
15 per cent.; Rhode Island, 12 per cent.; and Ohio, 11 per cent. The 
general reduction in the northern and central parts of the Atlantic slope 
was doubtless due to the visitation of the Colorado beetles. In those 
States below the range of that pest there has been an increased acreage. 
In the States north of the Ohio River, and in West Virginia and Ken- 
tucky, there has been a general falling off. But in the States west of 
the Mississippi and on the Pacific slope there has been a marked in- 
crease, except in Iowa and Nebraska, which have somewhat reduced 
their acreage. 
The condition of the crop does not present as marked variations asin 
former years. The highest State average, 107, is in Georgia, and the 
lowest, 84, is in Louisiana. New Jersey, 87, is especially troubled with 
drought and Colorado beetles, and in Connecticut, 85, the conditions of 
growth have been unfavorable. The New England and Middle States 
as a whole are below average, but all the other sections are full average 
