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spring-wheat crop generally. Clawson and Mediterranean are also pop- 
ular in many counties. 
West of the Mississippi the crop is also below 100, ranging from 
57 in Iowa to 92 in Missouri. Inthe western portions the grasshoppers 
were especially destructive to late crops. Drought was also very severe 
in some localities. The heaviest losses fell upon the spring-wheat crop 
which was longest exposed to the destructive influences of insect and 
weather. The crop in Nebraska, where grasshopper ravages were most 
Severe, shows the greatest reduction. Howard, Lowa, complains of a 
short yield and very low prices, ouly 60 cents per bushel. Cole, Missouri, 
reports the White Oliff variety as excellent for hills and uplands ; imill- 
ers prefer it to the Tappahannock. Barton, Kansas, found the Arnautka 
from the Department to yield double of any other variety, but its hard, 
flinty shell injured its reputation with the millers. 
. The Pacitic States were also below 100. In several counties wheat 
that seemed heavy at harvest thrashed out far short of expecta- 
tions, this grain being shrunken by excessive heat. San Joaquin, Cal- 
ifornia, complains of low prices, $1.45 per ae about 387 cents per 
bushel. In Oregon, excessive rains in spring and extreme heat ii 
summer reduced the average weight. Our few reports {rom the Terri- 
tories do not indicate a promising crop. In La Plata, Colorado, an ex- 
cessive growth of sunflowers cur down the crop, producing smut. 
Frost is noticed at several points in Utah. In Tooele the Fultz was 
‘a failure from shrinking. 
MAINE.— Piscataquis: Fine; late sown the best. York: Did not fill well. Waldo: 
But little raised; crop average. 
VERMONT.—Orleans : Did not fill well; midge and hot weather. 
RHODE IsLAND.— Warren: Thrashed out better than it promised at harvest. 
CONNECTICUT. —Litchfield : Good quality, but winter wheat nearly a failure. 
New YorK.— Warren: Drought. Montgomery: Poor yield and quality ; winter-killed. 
Genesee: Better than was anticipated. Livingston: Less plump than usual. Schuyler: 
Minorca wheat the best yet tried here. Hrie: Yield below expectations. 
New Jensey.—Sussex: Shortened by drought. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Chester : Fine crop, but too suddenly ripened. and hence its mill- 
ing quality greatly depreciated. Tioga: Shortened by drought 25 per cent. .Lancas- 
ter: Ripened too fast; the best Fultz wheat will yield but 35 bushels per acre, with 
straw enough for 35 bushels. Clawson wheat from the Department not successful. 
Columbia: Muchshrunken. Bedford: Yields well; berries plump. <dArmstrong : Claw- 
son whea: from the Department did very well; 4 quarts produced 14 bushels. Blair: 
Fultz one of the leading varieties. Clearfield: Light. Westmoreland: A splendid crop. 
Potter: Rusted. Sullivan: Rusty and light in weight. Lehigh: Shriveled some in. 
ripening. 
MARYLAND.—Prince George's: Above average. Howard: Slow starting in spring, but 
good. Harford: Fultz wheat the best crop, but as millers object 1o it as a flouring- 
wheat there will be less sown hereafter; Clawson rather inferior. Calvert: Fultz the 
favorite; yields better than apy other variety. Baltimore: Turns out well; Fultz 
good everywhere, and will be exteusiv'ly used. Carroll: Turning out well; Fultz 
the best variety, though infested with the fly. 
VirGrnta.—Smyth : Did vot thrash out as well as was expected; quality good. Or- 
ange: Yield poor; injured by frost of May and extreme heat of June. Russell: 
Thrashed out less than was expected; quality good. Prince William: Quality poorer 
than last year. Rockingham: Best for several years. Madison; Yielded well in some 
localities; others half a crop. King George: Less than was expected ; quality good. 
James Cily: Yield good; quality No. 1; barvested and thrashed. at the right time. 
Floyd: Fultz ard Clawson from the Department both excellent. Dinwiddie: Fine har- 
vest-weather ; Fultz the favorite, yielding about thirteen fold, while other varieties do 
not exceed seven fold. Greenville: The crops have done wonder tully; some farmers have 
realized twenty fold. Bland: Better saved than last year. Loudoun: Not over 11 bushels 
per acre ; county mills give $1 per bushel, which is better than shipping to outside mar- 
kets, in which case commissions of various kinds reduce the farmer’s share to 60 and 
75 cents per bu-bel. Charles City: Neither Minorea nor Jennings yielded well; infe- 
rior tethe Fultz. Grayson: Clawson and Fultz wheats from the Department very fine. 
Highland: Good guality, but short. Westmoreland: Short of expectations and of infe- 
rior quality. ichmond: Damaged by rain. 
