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NortH CAROLINA.—Greene: Injured by rust and smut. Chowan: Very good. | Ire- 
dell: Thrashed out only a half crop. Davidson: Injured by late spring frost and bugs; 
ripened irregularly and much not at all; head turned grayish-white and became 
shriveled. Person: Very good. Wilkes: Thrashed out about halfacrop. Perquimons: 
Better than for many years; replacing cotton on some farms. Buncombe: Cut off 
half by rust. Polk: Injured by rust. 
SouTH CAROoLiIna.—Clarendon: Acreage increased but not the average yield. 
GEORGIA.—Gilmore: Fultz proves to be well adapted to our climate; it does well on 
low lands. Upson: Half a crop and of poor quality. Terrell: Jennings and Clawson 
wheats too late for the climate. Jackson: Almost a failure. Dooly: Best erop since 
the war. Towns: Jennings wheat from the Department does very well; suits the 
climate. Carroil: Rust and flies injured the crop. Wilkes : Injured by frost, rust, and 
bad weather while in the shock. Lincoln: Yield exceeds last year’s. 
ALABAMA.—VDe Kalb: Half average and of poor quality. Crenshaw: Above average. 
Calhoun: Failed; Fultz poor; Tappahannock, from the Department, the only success ; 
the spring-wheat rusted. 
Mississippi1.— Winston: Fultz wheat from the Department a failure; white wheat and 
white oats stand a poor chance bere. 
Trexas.—Dallas: Average 12 bushels per acre; quality inferior. Zllis: Some rust. 
Cooke: Almost a failure except the Mediterranean. /iliiamson: Damaged in the shock. 
Collin: Jennings and Fultz badly rusted. ed River: Thrashed out light. Kaufman: 
More or less damaged throughout the county. Upshur: Damaged by rust. Kendall: 
Good harvest weather. Titus: Cut down by rust. Coryell: Free from smut and of 
good quality but one-fourth short in quantity. Bandera: Fully made. Victoria: 
Wheat from California seed brought 40 bushels per acre. Hunt: Very inferior; 
chinches and other destructive causes have been at work. 
ARKANSAS.—Johnson : Injured in shock and stack. Sevier: Almost a failure. Arkan- 
sas: Full crops. Independence: Tappabannuock a failure; rust; Walker the best variety. 
TENNESSEE.— Wilson: About average. Greene: Heavy straw; grain injured some- 
what by scab or spot. Blount: Half crop of inferior quality. Trousdale: Dull sale at 
75 cents. Loudon: Thrashed ont beyond expectation. Tipton: A failure. Fentress; 
Good crop. Shelby: Fine harvest season. Seguatchie:, Damaged by rust, spot, and 
smut; harvested in poor condition; Jennings yielded sixteen foid; Clawson has rusted 
two seasonsin succession. Grundy: Tolerable. Putnam: Fultz and Jennings from the 
Department have done remarkably well. 
WEstT ViRGINIA.—Raleigh : Very fine. Braxton: Fultz the best variety for the soil 
and climate; stands winter-freezing best. Hardy: Excellent in quality and quantity. 
Mercer: Good but not in proportion to the amount of straw. Monroe: Excellent in 
quality but yield not very large. Jefferson: Thrashing out beyond expectation. 
KENTUCKY.—Garrard: Two quarts of Jennings from the Department produced a 
bushel; two quarts of Clawson, three pecks. Shelby: Yield below average but grain 
plump and fine. Nicholas: Yield not heavy but the grain is good. Madison: About 
all thrashed; quality fine. Carroll: Shortened by drought in May. Jessamine: Jen- 
nings wheat from the Department very satisfactory both in yield and quality. Lin- 
coln: Superior, both in quantity and quality; Fultz ahead ofother varieties. Mason: 
Fine quality but light yield; Fultz and Clawson very satisfactory. 
Ont1o.— Wayne: Fine yield for the amount of straw. Coshocton: Fultz wheat from 
seed sent out by the Department three years ago, is considered by farmers and millers 
the best variety ever cultivated in the county. Delaware: Half crop but of good 
quality. Geauga: Excellent quality, but the quantity less than usual; many fields 
winter-killed; experiments with Fultz and Jennings very satisfactory. Sandusky: 
Halfacrop. Huron: Crop fair and of better quality than last year. Clermont: Good. 
MicuiGan.— Marquette: Eight quarts of Arnautka, sown May 18, yielded five bushels 
of fine grain August 18. Iosco: Winter-wheat not so good as last year; spring-wheat, 
a fair crop. Alpena: Wheat has done well, but has not equaled the extra crop of last 
year, when many fields averaged 50 bushels per acre; this year it runs from 30 to 40; 
Clawson wheat does well here. Delta: Warm, wet weather prevented a good deal of 
the wheat from filling well. Lapeer: Somewhat shrunk in ripening. Barry: Clawson 
wheat does finely after two years’ trial; ‘Gold Medal” wheat turned out poorly. 
Grand Traverse: Shrunken by extreme heat whiie filling. Leelenaw: Late-sown spring- 
wheat shrunken by drought while in its milky stage in July. Lenawee: Grain light in 
proportion to the straw; ripening ten days too soon on account of rust and heat. Tus- 
cola: Fine harvest weather. Alcona: Winter-wheat badly rusted and shrunken ; spring- 
wheat only fair. Calhoun: Injured somewhat by heavy rains at blossoming. Charle- 
voix: Spriug-wheat rusted. Mecosta: Winter-wheat the poorest crop we have ever 
raised here. Saginaw: Notoverahalf crop. Shiawassee: Much injured by excessively 
wet weather and by the midge. Mason: Harvested in fine condition. Oakland; Har- 
vested in fine order; good weather; Clawson the most popular variety ; Gold Medal 
winning favor. 
InpDiANA.—Clark: Good quality; harvest weather good; Fultz did not meet with 
