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_ 20 per cent. below average. Phelps: Benefited by recent rains, but the quality of this 
crop is inferior to that of the last year. Dallas: Shortened by drought. Saint 
Francis : Late rains greatly benefited late plantings; late corn will be the best if frosts 
hold off. 
Kansas.—Douglas: In fine condition; ears large and plump. Marshall: Crop 
nearly out of the way if the grasshoppers do come. Republic: Destroyed by grass- 
hoppers. Mitchell: Early plantings nearly out of the way of grasshoppers, which are 
here by the million; iate plantings will suffer; stalks loaded with them. Franklin: 
Benefited by recent rains; will equal the enormous crop of last year; on uplands and 
bluffs it is better than last year; lowlands weedy; one farmer has agreed to deliver 1,000 
bushels at 20 cents per bushel. Jackson: Crop No. 1; somewhat injured by storms. 
Marion: Best crop ever raised here. Nemaha: Better than even the superlative crop 
of last year. Pawnee: Looks well in spite of the May and June drought; too far 
advanced to be injured by grasshoppers, except a few pieces of late-planted sod-corn. 
Smith: Injured by hail and drought about the Ist of August. Washington: Grass- 
hoppers present and destroying leaves of corn, but not injuring the kernel. Doniphan : 
Very good. £ilis: Injured by drought in June; late corn riddled by grasshoppers. 
Reno: Grasshoppers will take late plantings; two-thirds of the crop too far advanced 
for them. Norton: Ruined by grasshoppers. Allen: Good. Barton: Late corn 
injured by grasshoppers. Chase: Still good; too far advanced for grasshoppers should 
they come. Graham: Destroyed by grasshoppers. Miami: Brought out wonderfully 
by August rains; unusually heavy crop on the largest acreage ever planted. Rice: 
Mostly out of the way of grasshoppers, but they are taking pieces of late-planted sod- 
corn. Woodson: Another vast surplus crop. Montgomery: Good crop. 
NEBRASKA. —Gage: Grasshoppers present, but bave not yet injured the corn more 
than 15 percent. nox: Entirely destroyed by grasshoppers. Otoe: Yielding grandly. 
Cuming; Late plantings injured by grasshoppers. Dodge: Half the crops destroyed 
by grasshoppers. Webster: Slightly injured by grasshoppers, but full average. Franklin: 
‘Half taken by grasshoppers. Adams: Half the crop taken by grasshoppers. Hall: 
Clean sweep by grasshoppers. Merrick: Late crops suffered from grasshoppers. Saun- 
ders: Greatly damaged by grasshoppers. Seward: Grasshoppers swept the crop. Thayer: 
Injured by grasshoppers. Boone: Alllate plantings destroyed by grasshoppers. Lan- 
caster: Grasshoppers. Platte: Injured early crops and destroyed late ones. Wayne: 
Late corn injured by grasshoppers; three-fourths of acrop will still be gathered. Ante- 
mee : Swept by grasshoppers. Pawnee: Never'better. Furnas: Destroyed by grass- 
oppers. 
CALIFORNIA.—Siskiyou : Damaged by frost August 29. 
OREGON.—Clackamas: Summer too cool for corn. Tillamook: Minnesota corn from 
the Department the best for early plantings. 
CoLorapo.— Fremont: Three-fourths destroyed by grasshoppers. Weld: Nearly 
destroyed by grasshoppers. 
WHEAT. 
In the July report an improvement was noted in the condition ot 
winter-wheat, bringing it up to 95. The August returns indicate that 
spring-wheat yielded less than three-fourths of a crop; it was still 
further reduced during that month by insect-ravages and unfavorable 
conditions of growth and ripening, so that the condition of the whole 
crop averages but 81. The actual yield will be the subject of further 
investigation. 
_ In New England only the small crops of Massachusetts and Connecti- 
cut were in full condition. Complaints of injury from extreme heat and 
from the midge have been received from some of the northern portions 
of this region. The grain did not fill well, and hence was short in both 
weight and bulk. 
In the Middle States the large crops of New York and Pennsylvania 
were below 100, the former 12 per cent. and the latter 4 per 
cent. In some cases the crop ripened too fast, and consequently the 
grain was imperfectly filled. Minorca wheat has had a satisfactory 
trial in Schuyler, New York, while the Clawson and Fultz are favorites 
in several counties in Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Delaware indicate 
high condition, but their surplus is not sufficient to meet the deficiency 
_ of the two larger States. 
