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PASTURES. 
Upon the whole the high condition of pastures reported for June was 
maintained up to the 1st of August. The condition had been reduced 
in Rhode Island to 45, and in New Jersey to 56, by severe drought. 
Owing to local droughts chiefly, it was somewhat below 100 in Massa- 
chusetts and Connecticut, in the coast States between Pennsylvania and 
South Carolina, and in Mississippi and Louisiana. Grasshoppers with 
dry weather had reduced it to 93 in Minnesota. But in Vermont the 
condition had risen to from 90 to 104; in Florida from 97 to 100; in 
Kentucky from 97 to 107; and. in all the remaining States it was above 
100, many of them showing a decided advance on the June returns. 
Among the highest were [owa and Kansas, 106; Maine, 108; Ohio, 
_and California, 109; Missouri, 111; Michigan, 113; Texas, 114; Ar- 
kansas and Illinois, 115; Tennessee and Oregon, 116. Several returns 
from Texas referred to the thrifty, fat condition of stock, consequent 
upon the abundant and excellent pasturage. In California the wet win- 
ter and late spring rains had contributed to make pasturage unsur- 
passed. 
The condition of pastures is not specifically reported iu the Septem- 
ber returns; but our reporters, in notes from which brief extracts are 
given below, indicate severe reductions in August, from excessively hot 
and dry weather throughout the eastern, middle, and lake States, and 
Texas, and from grasshoppers in Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska. Lit- 
tle or no depreciation and in some localities an advance in high condi- 
tion is indicated in the interior, and on the Pacific slope. 
Matne.— York: Whitening from drought. Penobscot: Short from dry weather. Ox- 
ford: Injured by a severe drought for the last six weeks. Cumberland: Much dried 
up; cattle being fed from the barn. 
Nrw HampsHIrRE.—UCurroll: Very little feed left, and cattle falling away; drought. 
VrERMONT.—Franklin: Short; product of milk and butter diminishing; drought. 
Lamoille: Feed mostly dried up, and dairy products essentially reduced; stock have 
to be fed largely from the barn. . 
MASSACHUSETTS.— Worcester : Scorched by drought. Hampden: Dried up. 
New York.—Greene: Burned up; farmers are feeding corn-fodder. Olsego : Drying 
up. Westchester: Alldried up. Chautauqua: Injured by severe drought. Onondaga: 
Crisped by the terrible drought. Stewben : Short, from drought. Franklin : Completely 
dried up; farmers feeding their cattle. Fulton: Drying up. rie: Dry and bare. 
PENNSYLVANIA.— Wayne: Dried up; cows require daily feed. Armstrong: Suffered 
much during August for want of rain. Beaver: Good. Susquehanna: Dried up, and 
cattle suffering for food. Washington: In localities almost gone, owing to drought, 
ae and grub-worms. Wyoming: None, owing to drought; have to feed 
cattle. 
DELAWARE.—Sussex : Being parched. 
MARYLAND.— Montgomery: Seriously injured by the driest August for many years. 
VirGintaA.— Middlesex : Excellent. 
Norra Carorina.—Transylvania : Have improved very much during August. 
GEORGIA.— Baldwin: Suffering for rain. 
ALABAMA.—Jackson: Never better. Shelby: Fine. 
Trexas.—Bandera: Have the appearance of ripe grain-fields from drought. Uvalda: 
Much dried up. Berar: The grass on the prairies is dried up. Stock have to go from 
one to eight miles for water. 
ARKANSAS.—Arkansas: Prairie as green as in June, and breast-high. Independence : 
Cattle fat. Izard: Range and inside pastures very fine; domestic animals healthy 
and fat. 
TENNESSEE.— Trousdale: Good. Bledsoe: Very fine. 
Kentucky.—Cumberland: Extra fine. Jessamine: Blue-grass pastures better than 
usual. Mason: Unusually fine. Owsley: Dried up. 
On10.— Wayne: The earth here is carpeted with grass. Harrison: Grass abundant ; 
plenty of rain. Richland; Never better. Portage: Abundant. 
Micnican.—Aalamazoo: Quite short from drought. ; 
InDIANA.—Lawrence: Excellent; stock doing well. Warren: Good. Floyd: Never 
better. 
