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Dovglass county, Kansas. — Grasshoppers Lave destroyed all early-sowed 

 wheat. They are still quite numerous. 



Collin county, Texas. — Grasshoppers appeared in the northwest part of this 

 county about the 1st ultimo, and destroyed all the wheat that had come up, and 

 then passed on to the southwest. They have nearly disappeared. They fly 

 very high, and in some places were so thick that we estimated them at one to 

 the squfire inch. 



COTTON. 



Macon county, Georgia. — The cotton crop is now gathered with slight excep- 

 tion, and I can now give results. I planted 150 acres, and expected to make 

 fifty bales of cotton, weighing 450 lbs. to the bale. I have made but 22 bales, 

 9,900 lbs., worth about 25 cents net per lb., $2,475. Expenses : provisions, 

 costing 82,000; hire of freedmen, $1,200; overseer's wages, $700; total, $3,600. 

 Thus, you see, I have incurred a loss of $1,125, leaving out of the calculation 

 interest on value of lands and mules, and wear of implements. My coin crop 

 was almost an entire failure. This is about a fair average for this section of the 

 country. 



Oxford county, Georgia. — The appearance of ice this morning settles the case 

 of " King Cotton" for this year. I do not think more tban a third of a crop will 

 be made in Georgia this year. ^ 



Taylor county, Georgia. — In most localities the cotton is all opened, and Avill 

 soon be housed should the present fine weather continue. The staple of cotton 

 is not as good as it has been in former years, but the color is generally good. 



Claiborne comity, Mississippi. — The cotton crop is a failure beyond doiibt. 

 Two-ninths of a crop will approximate the result. 



Washington county, Mississij^jji. — About one-fourth of the number of bales of 

 cotton are now picked and ginned that v.^ere in former years at this date. I do 

 not believe there will be near as great an efi'ort made next year to raise a cotton 

 crop — I mean a large crop — as there was this year, as many planters have not 

 paid expenses. 



Fayette county, Tennessee. — From the causes given I think the cotton crop 

 will be cut short fully one-fourth of the estimate for*August. Our county's 

 average yearly yield has been 30,000 bales of 500 lbs., but from indications the 

 present crop will not be over 6,000 bales. 



Carroll 2^arish, Louisiana. — The crop of cotton for this point in 1860 was 

 near 90,000 bales ; 9,000 will be more than will probably be made this year. 



Ouachita parish, Louisiana. — The cotton in the parish on the alluvial lands was 

 planted in the proportion of about three-forths of 1S60, and from the unusually 

 wet season and the worms the yield is now estimated at two-fifths of a bale of 

 400 lbs. to the acre. In the upland it will require about five acres to make 400 

 lbs. of lint. 



Washington county, Texas. — The cotton crop is as fine in this county this 

 season as ever was grown here, both as to quantity and quality. All that was 

 planted early and kept well cultivated will far excel any ever grown here, but 

 the late crop was injured badly by the worm. Most of the staple is extra. 



Trinity county, Texas. — There was a large amount of cotton planted, of which 

 there was considerable ruined by the flood and wet weather, which is unusual 

 here. The farmers, however, went on planting again, and the cotton came on 

 and did well until some time in September, when the worm commenced, reduc- 

 ing the crop about one-third, and now I suppose we will make what we call a 

 half crop this year. 



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