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in many counties the grain standing in the shock was seriously injured 
by heavy rains, especially where the crop was not well ripened. In 
New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania heavy storms prevailing about 
the middle of September prostrated many fields. Grub worms are 
reported in a few cases as somewhat troublesome. This section, as a 
whole, is about 8 per cent. below average. The South Atlantic States, 
especially in counties near the coast, suffered serious injury to this crop 
from the September storms above noted, which prostrated fields left 
uncut, while the heavy rains that followed spoiled a large amount of 
both grain and fodder. Freshets swept the crops stacked upon the 
river bottoms, and frosts damaged late crops in one or two counties of 
North Carolina. Some complaint of damage to upland crops from 
drought have been received from South Carolina. Maryland and South 
Carolina are full average, and Georgia largely above, but the deficien- 
cies of Virginia and North Carolina cut down the general condition of 
this section to 2 per cent. below average. The crop in the Gulf States, 
on the whole, is about average, Texas reporting an especially fine con- 
dition. Conecuh, Alabama, reports the crop as selling at 50 cents per 
bushel, which is lower than at any time during the past ten years. 
Local prices show a considerable reduction in this State. Reports of 
injuries from drought and storms have been received from Mississippi 
and Louisiana, but the tone of reports from Texas indicates a very 
superior yield and quality ; in some counties prices have fallen to 25 
-cents per bushel. The southern inland States are all above average, 
and the promise of large yields had already depressed local prices, 
especially in districts remote from market. Giles, Tennessee, reports corn 
selling at 12 or 15 cents per bushel. Kentucky, especially, promises a 
large crop and a consequent depression of prices, though some counties 
complain of light crops, the result of drought. 
North of the Ohio River there is a deficiency on the whole, the low 
condition in Illinois and Michigan overbalancing the extra promise in 
the other States. Ohio reports a superior crop, generally of good qual- 
ity, though drought in some localities, and excessive rains in others, 
reduced local averages. Prices in some of the rural districts have fallen 
to 25 cents per bushel. In Michigan, crops on low, wet lands are re- 
ported very poor, and in some cases not worth gathering, indicating 
injuries from excessive rains, but no reports of injurious frost have been 
received. Iliinois is 6 per cent. below average, though several counties 
report the finest crop for years. September storms were destructive 
at a few points. The superiority of upland crops indicates an over- 
plus of rain. Several reporters in Wisconsin mention, with satisfac- 
tion, that the crop was too far advanced to be much injured by either 
frosts or grasshoppers. West of the Mississippi the small deficiency in 
Missouri is more than repaired by the fine condition reported in all the 
other States. In Iowa crops were poor in low, wet lands, and the con- 
dition in several counties reduced greatly by grasshoppers. In Missouri 
local damage by storms is reported, but low prices indicate an abundant 
yield in the larger portion of the State. Kansas is full average, in spite 
of the grasshoppers and chinches, and Nebraska is considerably above. 
Insect ravages were quite severe in several counties 6f Colorado and 
Dakota, while frosts were destructive in Utah. The later part of the 
season, in several trans-Mississippi districts, was quite favorable, repair- 
ing to a considerable extent the disasters that had preceded. The crop 
on the Pacific coast is somewhat below average, the superior condition 
of Oregon not being sufficient to meet the depression in California, 
