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quality. The only cause of reduction named is drought, except that 
~in Dodge County, Nebraska, grasshoppers destroyed the entire crop. 
The condition of 16 counties in New York, returning hops, averages 87 ; 
23 in Wisconsin, 82; 9 in California, 97; 7 in West Virginia, 10 in Ohio, 
10 in Michigan, and 5 in Missouri, 99; 5 in Vermont, 81; 5 in Pennsyl- 
vania, 95; 5 in Indiana, 106; 8 in Iowa and 5 in Oregon, 101. 
VERMONT.— Orleans : Small but good in quality. 
New YorKk.—Schoharie: Increase in acreage, but condition below average. Onon- 
daga : Will be fair; prices 25 to 30 cents. Franklin: Entirely a top crop. Madison; 
Not over 67 per cent. of a crop; light in weight and weak in strength, owing to 
drought. 
WISCONSIN.—Juneau : Will not be more than one-third of last year’s crop. Rich- 
land; A light crop; being picked. Sauk: Last year 2,500 acres; this year, 2,938; the 
average yield about 380 pounds of cured hops to the acre. About half are picked. 
CALIFORNIA.—San Joaquin ; Considerable attention is being paid to hops. 
OREGON.—Clackemas : Increase in acreage and yield. 
THE HAY CROP. 
CLOVER.— Condition : The August returns reported that clover was 
generally harvested in superior condition in New England, in the entire 
section south of the Potomac, the Ohio, and the Missouri, and on the 
Pacific Slope. In the remaining section the crop was more or less dam- 
aged by wet weather, partly by preventing seasonable cutting, and 
partly by injuries between cutting and curing. The damage was greatest 
in the States bordering the Ohio on the north. Ohio returned an aver- 
age condition of 94; Indiana, 86; Illinois, 92. 
Product : The product equaled that of last year in Massachusetts and 
Connecticut ; was less in New Hampshire by 11 per cent.; Vermont, 21; 
Rhode Island, 4; North Carolina, 5; Mississippi, 5; Wisconsin and Min- 
nesota, 10. In the remaining States it exceeded that of last year; in 
Maine, New Jersey, and Maryland by 4 per cent.; Missouri and 
Nebraska, 6; Delaware and Georgia, 7; Alabama and Arkansas, 9; 
West Virginia, 10; Illinois, 11; Ohio and California, 12; Kansas, 15; 
Michigan, 16; Texas and Tennessee, 18; Kentucky, 21. 
TimoTHY.—Condition: The August returns indicated an average 
condition considerably above 100. The only States in which it fell below 
were, Massachusetts, 91; Rhode Island, 82; Connecticut, 90 ; New York, 
99; New Jersey, 87; Delaware, 98; and Minnesota, 86. In the last 
named, grasshoppers, with dry weather, were the main causes assigned 
for reduction; in the others dry weather alone. Among those report- 
ing the highest condition were Maine, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa, 
and Nebraska, 105; Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Indiana, 
107; Illinois, 108; Texas, 109; California, 111; Michigan, 112. Returns 
for September indicate that timothy was generally harvested in excel- 
lent condition. The States in which it falls below average are, Massa- 
chusetts, 99; New Jersey, North Carolina, and California, 98, and Min- 
nesota 93. In Connecticut and Arkansas it is average ; in all the other 
States better than that, ranging from 101 to 112. 
Product : The product of timothy is reported equal to that of last year 
in Maine, Vermont, and Alabama; less than last year in New Hamp- 
shire and Connecticut, 98, and Minnesota, 92; greater than last year in 
all the remaining States. New York and Texas return an increase of 
3 per cent ; New Jersey and West Virginia, 19; Pennsylvania, Kentucky, 
Indiana, and Illinois, 15; Maryland, 11; Virginia, Lowa, and Oregon, 10; 
South Carolina and Arkansas, 12; Tennessee, 9; Ohio, 13; Michigan, 
22; Wisconsin, 8; Missouri, 7; Kansas, 16; Nebraska, 25 ; California, 6. 
