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Returns were received from 198 correspondents, from 

 which the following summary has been made : — 



Indian Corn. 

 Indian corn is backward, and will not be more than a 

 three-fourths crop for the State as a whole ; indeed, in 

 many sections it is doubtful if it reaches that figure. On 

 moist lands the crop will be in many cases an entire loss, 

 and even on light fields the excessive moisture has worked 

 much harm. It is off in color, and there is also much com- 

 plaint that it is not earing out well. The condition is the 

 best in the south-eastern portion of the State, where nearly 

 a full crop is promised, but in the western counties there 

 will be a very light crop. 



ROWEN. 



Rowen will be the best crop for many years. The fre- 

 quent rains, which have been injurious to many crops, have 

 been particularly favorable to the growth of rowen. On 

 some fields the bad weather delayed the cutting of the first 

 crop until very late, and in these cases rowen will be a 

 short crop ; but, on the whole, more will be cut than in any 

 recent year. 



Late Potatoes. 



Late potatoes vvill be a very poor crop indeed. Blight 

 is general throughout the State, killing the vines and arrest- 

 ing the growth of the tubers, and rot is also generally prev- 

 alent. There is complaint that, even where fields do not 

 show blight, the tubers are small and few and the general 

 conditions most unfiivorable. Many report the crop to be a 

 complete failure, because of rot. 



Tobacco. 

 Tobacco has suffered from the excessive rains to as great 

 an extent as any crop, and will be very poor as a whole. 

 There are some good fields, but they are the exception. It 

 is mostly late, yellowish in color and small in growth. Cut- 

 ting is later than usual, and was not, at the time of making 

 returns, nearly completed. 



