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largely below 100 in nearly all the States producing heavy crops: New 
York, 57; Pennsylvania, 74; Ohio, 84; Illinois, 92; Michigan, 64; 
Maine, 82; Wisconsin, 94; Iowa, 97; Indiana, 83; Vermont, 91; New 
Hampshire, 92; New Jersey, 45; Missouri, 95. Among other States in 
which the crop is a staple, the following return a low condition: Mas- 
sachusetts, 65; Connecticut and California, 63; Maryland, 89; Virginia, 
86; Kansas, 93. The States reporting above average are, North Caro- 
lina and Kentucky, 101; Alabama, 105; Mississippi, 106; Texas, Ar- 
kansas, and Tennessee, 104. 
The notes below are from the September returns. 
Matwe.— York: Few andsmall. Penobscot; Late potatoes suffering forrain. Frank- 
lin: Shortened 50 per cent. by drought. Piscataquis: Suftering from drought. 
Oxford: Injured much by a severe drought of six weeks. Waldo: Prospect of a light 
crop. Cumberland : Injured by drought. 
New HAMpsHIRE.—Carroll: Badly injured by drought. Cheshire: Toodry. ~ . 
VERMONT.—Franklin: Shortened by drought. Grand Isle: Apparently ruined by 
drought. Rutland: Have suffered from a drought of six weeks, and in some localities 
from beetles. Windsor: Late potatoes damaged by severe drought. Orleans: Not 
quite average in yield, but good in quality. 
MASSACHUSETTS.— Worcester: Very light drought. Hampshire: Reduced by drought 
and the beetle to 40. Hampden: Many pieces an entire failure; drought. Plymouth: 
Have suffered from dry weather. 
CONNECTICUT. —New London: Severely injured by the beetle; small, and the yield 
not more than 50 per cent. 
New York.—Greene: Late potatoes hardly worth digging; drought. Washington: 
The lightest crop ever grown; drought. Schoharie: Not half a crop; the driest for 
twenty years. Montgomery: Very fine and dry. Saratoga: Injured by drought. 
Chautauqua : Will not be 10 per cent. of an average, owing to beetles and rust. Gene- 
see: Shortened by drought. Onondaga: Late potatoes ruined; the beetles and drought 
have spoiled the crop. Kings: All harvested and sold. Warren: A failure threatened 
from drought. Dutchess: Reduced 50 per cent. by drought. Madison: Injured by 
severe drought. Orange: Much injured by the beetle. Wyoming: Struck with blight; 
will not be half acrop. Browne: Reduced by drought and beetles. Ontario: A light 
crop; drought. Schuyler: The beetles entirely destroyed many fields. Sullivan: 
Scarcely half a crop; drought and beetles. Suffolk: Beetles have proved very destruc- 
tive. rie: Light. 
New JERSEY.—Cumberland : Look well where the beetle has been kept off. Ocean: 
Owing more to drought than to the beetle, many farmers will not get their seed back, 
and not one in twenty will have enough for home use. Mercer: Have suffered seri- 
ously from drought. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Cambria : The large tops dying off fast, without producing an aver- 
age crop. Northumberland: Destroyed by the great drought. Wayne: A failure; no 
rain since July. Blair: Have suffered from the intense heat. Butler: Few and small; 
drought. Cameron: Injured by the very dry and hot August. McKean: Badly injured 
by drought. Monroe: Reduced by the severest drought everknown. York: Rapidly 
maturing ; promise well. Armstrong: Have suffered from drought in August; early 
potatoes were extra good. Bedford: Less in quantity but better in quality than last 
year. Elk: Very light crop. Tioga: Materially shortened by extreme drought. 
Chester: A poor crop owing to drought and the beetle. Warren: Greatly reduced by 
protracted drought. Indiana: A large crop; in excess of demand. Lehigh: Cut short 
by drought and the beetle. Sullivan: Tops all died prematurely ; poor crop. Lycom- 
ing: Very poor in quantity and quality. 
MARYLAND.—Montgomery : Seriously injured by drought. 
VIRGINIA.— Dinwiddie: 'The late crop almost a failure. King and Queen: The late 
crop making nothing, owing to the beetle; early potatoes were good. Russell: Very 
good. Elizabeth City: Late potatoes injured by drought. Pulaski: Mostly dug, and 
found to be badly rotted. 
Nortu CaroLina.—Greene: A good crop. , 
GEORGIA.— Dooly: Wery fine. Fulton: The best yield ever made. Brooks: Being 
injured by drought. Decatur: Very much damaged for want of rain. Jefferson: Ex- 
cellent. 
FLoripa.—Gadsden: A large acreage; suffering from drought. Hamilton: Doing 
well. 
MIssisstpr1.—Greene : Good. Hancock: Short crop, from protracted drought. 
Texas.—Caldwell: Cut short one-half by drought. Titus: Never better. Upshur: 
The finest ever raised in the county; many 34 inchesin diameter. Hunt: The largest 
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