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selection of the best Silver-hull heads, obtained a flowerless variety, a 
peck of the seed sown on an acre yielding 25 bushels. The crop of the 
Gulf States is inappreciable except in Texas, where the condition is 
about a fourth below average. It is somewhat below in the inland 
Southern States on the whole, having been reduced during August. In 
all the States north of the Ohio River the condition declined, except in 
Indiana. Early frosts here injured the crop in several localities. West of 
the Mississippi it was reduced in all the States, especially in those coun- 
ties visited by grasshoppers. The crop of Nebraska was cut down nearly 
one-half during August. The crop suffered considerable reduction in 
the Pacific States, where it is 8 or 9 per cent. below average. 
VERMONT.— Grand Isie: Shortened by drought. Rutland: Suffered from drought. 
Connecricut.— New London: Not seeding as much as usual; too hot and dry. 
NEw YorK.—Greene: Without speedy rain the crop will be a failure. Schoharie: 
Not half a crop. Delaware: First frost; slight damage to buckwheat. Dutchess: No 
rain for six weeks; half crop. Broome: Aftected by drought. Allegany: Spoiled by 
drought and heat. Columbia: Injured by drought. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Tioga: Nearly ruined by heat and drought. Bedford: Very promis- 
ing. Beaver: Some farmers think that buckwheat is too exhausting to the soil, and 
sow it more sparingly. Armstrong: Suffered from drought in August. York: Promis- 
ing. McKean: Greatly shortened by drought. Cameron: Greatly injured by drought. 
Wayne: A failure. Northampton: No rain for six weeks; very poor. Cambria: Crop 
extra if frost holds; looks well. Warren: Some lowland crops frosted August 20. 
Potier : Drought and frost severe on the crop. Lawrence: Looks well. Lycoming: Very 
short. Wyoming: Half destroyed by drought. 
_ Vireri1a.—Prince William: Seeded late, but will be a fine crop if the frost delays. 
Highland: Promises well, but not certain till thrashed. Silver hull the best variety. 
A farmer has discovered a new variety, by selecting the best heads of the Silver huil. 
A quarter-peck of this seed produced 25 bushels; it has no blossom, and forms grain 
from the ground up. The grain is larger than ordinary and somewhat rough. 
Trexas.—Titus: Doing finely. 
TENNESSEE.—fentress : Crop fine. 
West VirGinra.—Preston: Average greater than for fifteen years. Mercer: Looks 
fine. 
MicniGANn.—Delta: Good. Tuscola: Injured by early frost. Muskegon: Only raised 
on light lands, and there it did not fill well; too dry and hot. 
Inpiana.— Kosciusko: Golden Melon a failure. Decatur: Promising. Stark: Half 
the crop killed by frost August 20. 
Intryors.— Hardin: Buckwheat from the Department has done well; well suited to 
soil. Lfingham: Too wet. Madison: Not yet in seed. 
Minnesora.—Sieele : Generally good. 
Iowa.—Harrison ; Destroyed to a great extent by grasshoppers. Humboldt: Nearly 
ruined by grasshoppers. Greene: Destroyed by grasshoppers. Sac: Nearly destroyed 
by grasshoppers. 
Missour!.—Nodaway : Never better. 
Kansas.—Graham: Destroyed by grasshoppers. 
NEBRASKA.— Osage: Swept by grasshoppers. Merrick: Ruined by grasshoppers. 
Seward: Grasshoppers destroyed 80 per cent. of the crop. Boone: Destroyed by grass- 
hoppers. Antelope: Swept by grasshoppers. Nemaha: Injured by rains in harvest. 
CoLorabo.— Weld: Destroyed by grasshoppers. 
COTTON. 
e The September ;returns, while averaging a higher condition than is 
usual in this month, are lower than those of August. This decline is 
usual; it is almost inevitable. After the spring floods and frosts, 
which often affect the plant unfavorably in limited areas, there is 
usually a sunny season, very favorable to growth, powerful in repair- 
ing the losses of the early spring and summer; but when the time of 
fruitage approaches and vitality becomes impaired the critical period of 
the crop is at hand, the autumn rains appear, winds and floods are liable 
to destroy, blight comes with decay, lice abound, the caterpillar becomes 
abundant by reproduction. If any or most of these fail to appear by 
