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striking success. Kosciusko: Arnautka a failure. Decatur: Thin on the ground, but 
well grained. De Kalb: Injured by weevil and spring-freezes. Saint Joseph: Fultz 
yields better than any other variety; will be largely sown hereafter. Franklin: Light 
in yield, but of good quality and well harvested. nox: Fultz the most popular vari- 
ety; Tappahannock next. Orange: Thin on the ground, but of good quality ; from 5 
to 20 bushels per acre; Fultz, 32; Mediterranean, 14. Pike: Largest crop yet raised 
in the county; selling at 75 and 80 cents per bushel. Warren: Grain good; better than 
for several years. Washington: Grain good and well saved. Wabash: Half the crop 
taken by the weevil. ‘ 
Itiriois.— Bureau: Almost a failure. Carroll: Nearly a total failure; 25,000 acres 
as good as lost. De Kalb: Small breadth sown; a failure. Franklin: Injured by rust 
in some parts of the county. Jefferson: Grain fine in most localities ; a large breadth 
will be sown this fall. Madison: Good in some parts; light in others. Mercer: Spring- 
wheat will scarcely pay for harvesting. Piatt: Small breadth, but of good yield and 
quality ; Fultz succeeds well ; 2 bushels came from 2 quarts of seed. Shelby: Injured 
by excessive rains. Winnebago: Will not pay the cost of harvesting and thrashing ; 
many farmers are buying wheat and flour from last year’s crop. Clark: Short one- 
fourth, but of good quality and well saved. Hamilton : Sprouted some in the shock ; that 
in the granary isin good order. Lee: Very near a failure. Ogle: From a fifth to a 
fourth of a crop will be realized; Arnautka wheat from the Department a failure. 
Mason: Fall-wheat good; spring-wheat a failure. Pope: A little damaged in the 
shock by rain. Mergan: Small breadth; crop better than was expected. 
WISCONSIN.—Dunn: Some fields will not pay for harvesting at ruling prices in the 
northern parts of the county. Chinch bugs did not attack the Odessa when other 
varieties were near. Washington: Ruined by rust on the leaves, rot at the roots, and 
chinches. Clark: Injured by excessive rains in July and August. Both winter and 
spring wheat below average. Fultz the best adapted to the climate; Tappahannock 
does not do, well as it does not mature in time to escape rust. Brown: Greatly dam- 
aged by chinches and weevil. Columbia: Light crop ; six or seven bushels per acre on an 
average; few kernels in the head and many kernels shrunk; chinches at work. Craw- 
ford: Poorest crop for many years, averaging not over seven bushels per acre. Dodge: 
Ranges from zero to thirty bushels per acre. That known as Maine wheat and by 
several synonyms succeeds the best; the crop will not average over 7 bushels per 
acre. Fond du Lac: Reduced by rust, Hessian flies, and chinches to amaverage of not 
over 8 bushels per acre. Walworth: A failure; light in weight. Green: Our small 
sowing mostly taken by chinches. Adams: Light crop; grain good. Monroe: Good 
condition, but light yield and poor quality; riddled by chinches; not over half a crop. 
Pierce: Tbrashes out short. 
Minnesora.— Yellow Medicine: Injured severely by drought and grasshoppers. Red- 
wood: Cut short by grasshoppers; average yield from four to ten bushels per acre. 
Faribault: Half crop; shortened by drought in June. Jackson: Average yield from 
four to six bushels per acre. Steele: Thrashing out abont three-fourths average. Wi- 
nona: Short on thrashing. Blue Earth: Thrasbing out from five to seven bushels per 
acre. Isanti: Shortened by drought. Nobles: A small portion escaped the hoppers. 
Wabasha: Surplus for export not a third of last year’s surplus. 
lowa.—Adams ; Averages 4 bushels per acre; quality good. Benton: Good quality; 
yield averages 7 bushels per acre. Poweshiek: Almost an entire failure. Wayne: 
Spring-wheat a failure; not one acre in a hundred harvested. Jackson: Spring- 
’ wheat will not return the seed sown. Mitchell: Half crop; good quality. Han- 
cock: Short crop and good quality; will not average over 8 bushels per acre. 
Hardin: Light yield, but full, plump grain. Howard: Two-thirds of av average and 
only 60 cents per bushel; poor prospect. Humboldt: Thin on the ground, but grain of 
good quality. Taylor: Killed by rust. Washington: Nearly afailure. Calhoun: Very 
poor; best crops not over 12 or 14 bushels per acre; many not over 3 to 5 bushels; 
grain generally good. Tama: Light in yield and weight; averages about 7 bushels 
per acre and 50 pounds per bushel. Cherokee: Slightly damaged by grasshoppers; yield 
8 to 10 bushels per acre. Floyd: Much wheat yields but 4 bushels per acre. Marion: 
Yield 1 to 10 bushels per acre; average not over 5; medium quality. Audubon: Good 
quality, but only 8 bushels per acre. Sac: Light yield. 
Missourt.—vhariton-: Injured by rust and rain during harvest. Clay: Harvested 
and stored in fine order. Jefferson: Half crop, and more or less damaged in the shock ; 
Fultz the most successful. Greene: Harvested two-thirds of an average crop, and 
afterward injured in the shock. Johnson; Grain plump and heavy, but badly weather- 
beaten. Nodaway: Spring-wheat all killed with rust; winter, an average, well har- 
vested. Crawford: Nearly ruined. Mississippi: Good average, and saved in better 
order than last year. Perry: Does not redeem its promise at harvest on thrashing out. 
Rallis: Injured by wet in the shock, and, on bottom-lands, by floods. Cape Girardeau: 
Crop short. Pettis: Nearly average in quantity and above average in quality ; some- 
what injured by rain in the shock. Camden: Injured severely by heavy rains and 
high waters; the last named has inflicted damage in the county to the farming inter- 
