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earliest came to maturity. Gloucester, New Jersey, did not produce 
nearly a sufficiency for home use. In Pennsylvania, Sullivan reports 
that early decay of the vines rendered the late-planted not worth dig- 
ging, and proved nearly fatal to the whole crop; Beaver, that the yield 
does not average over 20 bushels per acre, and they are‘rotting. In 
Dorchester, Maryland, the beetle occasioned an inferior crop in both 
yield and quality. In Virginia, early frost reduced the crop 20 to 50 
per cent. in Elizabeth City; and in Dinwiddie, early drought prevented 
most of the crop from vegetating. In Haywood, North Carolina, “a 
peculiar rot,” new to that locality, greatly diminished the product. In 
Hunt, Texas, the crop was so abundant that growers gave one-half of 
the product for harvesting. Williamson, Tennessee, reports a product 
so large that immense quantities were being shipped north and south. 
The crop has rotted to such an extent in Pocahontas, West Virginia, 
that scarcely enough are left for seed. In Ohio, while Hancock, Clark, 
Hocking, Warren, Montgomery, and Miami return. fine crops, Medina 
reports the poorest for ten years; Seneca, the poorest for many years ; 
and Preble, a large portion of the product worthless, though appearing 
sound on the exterior. Michigan reports like contrasts; Delta return- 
ing a good crop of first-rate quality; but Oakland the poorest ever 
grown, in both yield and quality. 
Among the agricultural products of Juneau, Wisconsin, the potato 
crop was the most profitable, yielding 200 bushels per acre, and selling 
at 40 to 45 cents per bushel. In Clackamas, Oregon, on the 1st of Octo- 
ber, many fields were still green and growing. LHarly frosts of unpre- 
cedented severity greatly damaged the crop in Utah. 
Prices have been incidentally stated by our reporters, in different sec- 
tions; in New York, Washington, 65 cents against 20, last year; Indi- 
ana, Kosciusko, 60 to 80 cents, and advancing; L[llinois, Boone, 60 cents 
against 10 last year, and scarcely any sale at that; Missouri, Cole and 
Holt, 25 cents; Kansas, Cowley and Woodson, 50 cents, and in the lat- 
ter ‘‘ will soon be $1.” 
SWEET POTATOES. 
The crop of 1875 was a fair one in both yield and quality; that of this 
year very nearly equals it in both respects. The greatest falling-off in 
yield is in Louisiana, 25 per cent., owing to a general and severe drought 
at the critical season. The same cause, operating in a less degree, re- 
duced the product below that of last year, 13 per cent. in Florida and 
Alabama; 12, in Mississippi; and 7, in Georgia. The average reduc- 
tion is not over 3 per cent. in any other State, while in a majority of 
those producing the crop the yield equais or exceeds that of 1875. The 
excess averages 11 per cent. in Kentucky, 9 in New Jersey, 8 in South 
Carolina, 7 in Missouri, 5 in Delaware, 4 in California, and 2 in Ten- 
- nessee, West Virginia, Indiana, and Kansas. A majority of the States 
growing sweet potatoes and those producing the larger part of the crop 
also report an average quality equaling or exceeding that of the pre- 
vious crop. 
HAY. 
The reported. entire product is 8 per cent. above that of last year, and 
the average quality about 5 per cent. better. Maine returns a product 
2 per cent. greater than that of 1875, which was 10 per cent. above the 
previous crop. In the other New England States, there is a decline in 
product, averaging 12 per cent., owing to the severity of the drought 
before the crop was cut. Jn the remainder of the country, except on 
