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MAssACHUSETTS.—Hampshire: A great deal of smut in corn. Hampden: Shortened 
by drought. Plymouth: Looks well, but not quite average. * 
Connecticur.— New London: Good, but injured by drought on dry soils. 
New York.— Warren: Drought. Greene: Prematurely ripened by drought. Wash- 
ington : Injured by drought. Schoharie: Shortened by drought. Montgomery: Ruined 
by drought. Saratoga: Very irregular; some fields with fair crops, while fields along- 
side are without anear. Chautauqua: Severe August drought; crop seriously injured. 
Genesee: Later plantings shortened by drought. Onondaga; Destructive drought, 
especially on sandy soils. Steuben: Drought. Wyoming: Matured early; shortened 
by drought. Orange: Much injured by drought. Niagara: Destructive drought and 
heat. Madison: Half crop; severe drought. Livingston: Fine crops in some locali- 
ties and very poor in others. Franklin: Excessive drought. Dutchess: Much injured 
by drought. Yates: Well grown and well eared, but much of it is smutted. Sullivan: 
Shortened by severe drought. Broome: Affected by drought. rie: Well ripened. 
New JerRsty.—Sussex: Shortened by drought. Salem: Best prospect for twenty 
years. Mercer: Suffered severely by drought. Burlington: Drought severe. Cum- 
berland: Good in some sections favored with seasonable rains. Warren: Improved, 
but many fields smutted. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Chester: Very fine. Lancaster: Very large crop. Elk: Crop good 
and safe. Bedford: Maturing well; weather dry and warm with occasional rain. 
Beaver: Early ripening. Tioga: Shortened by drought. Armstrong : Suffered severely 
from drought; ripened pematurely.. York: Promising. Monroe: Suffered from 
drought. McKean: Suffered from worms and drought. Cameron: Greatly injured by 
drought. Butler: Much soft corn from late planting. Clearfield: Light. Westmore- 
land: Large crop in spite of grasshoppers, provided frost holds off. Northampton: No 
rain for six weeks; very short. Warren: Greatly injured by drought, and some late 
plantings by frost on iowlands, August 20. Washington: Drought caught corn in the 
milk and shortened it. Sullivan: Brought on rapidly by warm weather in August. 
Lehigh: Suffering from drought. Berks: Shortened by drought. Lycoming : Shortened 
by drought in July and August. Wyoming: Dried up. 
DELAWARE.—Sussex: Extreme drought parching fodder. 
MARYLAND.—Prince George: Above average. Howard: Dry weather at earing, but 
good crop. Calvert: Crop unequal; some fields excellent, having had abundant rain; 
other§ shortened by drought. Baltimore: Heavy yield; well worked. Queen Anne: 
Ground well prepared, but a protracted drought in July greatly reduced the yield; 
matured two or three weeks earlier than usual. Wicomico: Greatly improved by August 
rains; prospect better than for ten years. Carroll: Never better. Frederick: Best 
prospect for years. 
VIRGINIA.— Pulaski: Best for several years, though injured by drought on some up- 
lands. Smythe: Prospect somewhat less flattering but large yield promised. Orange: 
Greatly shortened by drought, lasting to July 28, but greatly improved by subsequent 
rains. Zlizabeth City: Holds its own in spite of the heat and drought of August. Car- 
roll: Never better. Buchanan: Excellent. Russell; Fair to good condition. Prince 
William: Improved by the favorable season. Mecklenburgh: Improved by late rains. 
Fluwanna: Early plantings injured by drought. Rockingham: Fine crop, but injured by 
drought in lower parts of the county. Madison: Good in upper portions of county; 
rains partial. King George: Best crop for many years. James City: Warm copious 
rains of July and August have more than compensated the drought of June. Dinwid- 
die: Well cultivated and full average. Middlesex: Shortened by drought in June 20 
percent. Campbell: Improved by late rains; looks well where well cultivated. Bland: 
Injured in some localities by drought at sowing-time. Sussex: Very fine prospect. 
Loudoun: Crop made and remarkably fine. Wythe: Best crop for years. Northampton : 
Best crop for many years. Princess Anne: Crop saved by August rains; all except late 
plantings matured. Highland: Saved by the August rains. Westmoreland: A good 
crop. 
NortH CArorina.—Wilson : Improved during August; late plantings doing well. 
Onslow: Fair. Union: Best sincethe war. Transylvania : Greatly improved, especially 
late plantings. Stokes: Late rains partly compensated the previous drought. Orange: 
Greatly improved by the copious rains of August. Greene: Shortened 10 per cent. by 
drought in July and August. Chowan: Yield light. Alamance: Greatly improved in 
August, though early plantings were greatly injured by drought. Jredell: Greatly 
improved by August rains. Nash: Doing well in spite of local drought. Davidson: 
Bottom-crops destroyed by spring floods. Warren: Brought up to average by fine 
rains; chinches abundant in some localities; strong lye of wood-ashes applied to the 
stalk effectually destroyed them ; care should be taken not to apply the lye to the bud 
of the corn, as it will killit. Mecklenburgh : Good on uplands; too much rain on bot- 
toms. Wilkes: Late fine weather has brought the crop to an average condition. Per- 
guimans: Generally good. Gaston: Not fully recovered from July freshet. Edgecombe: 
Doing well, especially late corn; fine rains lately. Buncombe: Short—bad stand in 
spring and drought afterward. Carteret: Fair prospects. Polk: Damaged by spring 
