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crop ever known here. Newton: Fhe late planting almost a failure; too hot and 
dry. 
TENNESSEE.— Monroe: Never better. Greene: Heavy yield. Grundy: Very promis- 
ing. Bledsoe: Better than ever known. 
WEST VIRGINIA.— Braxton: Very good. Weizel: Favorable weather has done wonders 
for the crop. , 
Kentucky.—Shelby : But half of last yeav’s acreage. 
Outo.—Ashtabula: Much injured by drought in the northern section. Williams: 
Short, from drought. Athens: Late, shortened by drought. Delaware: Good. San- 
dusky : Only enough for home consumption. Tuscarawas: Injured by the grub-worm. 
Muskingum: Late planted far below average, owing to drought. 
MicnHican.—Mason: Not turning out as well as expected. Kalamazoo: Small, but 
good in quality. Tasco: Small yield, and beginning to rot. Delta: A good crop, and 
the quality first-rate. Montcalm : Poor crop, owing to wet weather ; Early Rose affected 
with rot. Hayne: Early, light from drought; late, light from the beetle. Calhoun: 
Injured by rains. Charlevoix: Poor in yield and quality. Muskegon: Small yield, but 
of good quality. ent: Not over half a crop; drought. 
InDIANA.— Decatur: Late potatoes will not yield well. Elkhart: A failure, from 
beetles and wet weather. Wabash: Never did so well before on our bottoms. 
Itiino1s.— Bureau: Early, good; late, comparatively nothing. Hardin: Poor stand, 
but looking well. Hamilton: Early, good; late, injured by drought and the old-fash- 
ioned potato-bug. Ogle: Light crop. Johnson: Late potatoes nearly destroyed by 
the beetle. Pope: Two-thirds of a stand; do not look healthy. 
WISCONSIN.— Outagamie: Signs of rot. Clark: Threatened with rot. Brown: Re- 
duced by excessive wet and the beetle. Crawford: A big crop. Fond du Lac: Very 
light. 
‘Miynesora.—Fairbault : Injured by grasshoppers 50 per cent. Nicollet: Much of 
_ the crop destroyed by grasshoppers. Rock: Reduced to 25 by grasshoppers. 
Iowsa.—Benton: Best crop ever raised. Howard: Beetles cleared some fields and 
left others untouched. Sioux: Reduced to 10 by grasshoppers. Greene: Being in- 
jured by grasshoppers. Sac; Injured 5) per cent. by grasshoppers. 
MissouriI.—Nodaway : Never better. Caldwell: Badly injured by weeds. Newton: 
Matured before the drought, and are good. 
Kansas.—Jackson: Good. Ellis: Injured by drought. 
NEBRASKA.—Otoe: Grand yield. Cuming: Late potatoes injured by grasshoppers. 
Saunders: Largely destroyed by grasshoppers. Wayne: Iujured by grasshoppers. An- 
telope; The beetle very destructive, and the grasshoppers finished the crop. 
CALIFORNIA.—Humboldt : Will be a light crop; all early planted killed with blight. 
OREGON.—Clackemas: Late. 
CoLorapo.—Weld: Badly injured by grasshoppers. 
UranH.—WMorgan: A severe frost August 9 destroyed 33 per cent. A more severe frost | 
on the 2ist. Summit: Badly injured by a very severe frost on the morning of August 
9 Ice was formed from one-fourth to one-half an inch thick. 
SWEET POTATOES. 
At the 1st of August the crop as a whole was in a promising condi- 
tion. Prevalent dry weather bad reduced it in Virginia to 94; in North 
Carolina to 96; and in Louisiana to 91. South Carolina returned an 
average of 99; Kentucky, 100; and all the other States in which sweet 
potatoes are a crop worthy of notice a higher condition; New Jersey, 
Mississippi, and Tennessee, 103; Georgia, 106; Alabama and Arkansas, 
108; Texas, 111. 
The September returns show a reduction of condition in August of 9 
per cent. in New Jersey, 5 in Georgia and Ohio, 4in Florida, Missouri, 
and California, 10 in Texas and Nebraska; an advance of 3 per cent. 
in Maryland and Virginia, 2 in North Carolina, 4 in Mississippi, and 7 
in Kentucky. In the remaining States the variation from the condition 
at the Ist of August is slight. 
VIRGINIA.— Dinwiddie : Promise of a good crop. King and Queen: Very fine. North- 
ampion: Short crop; fleas seriously injured early plants. 
SouTH CaroLina.—Lexingion: Suffering from drought. 
GEORGIA.—Appling : Dying from drought. 
FLorIDA.—Columbia : Too dry for the crop. Putnam: Not rain enough to set sweet 
potatoes. 
