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Warren : Much of the cotton, planted the 15th to the 20th of March, was killed by 
frost 15th and 16th of April; the remainder puny, and suffering from cut-worms. The 
later planted more promising. Jee: Cold and wet, and cotton not all chopped the 
’ first time yet. Dooly: Looking bad, in consequence of heavy hail-storms, too much 
rain, and too cool mornings. Hart: Good stand and in a healthy condition. Grenada: 
Considerably damaged by the excessive rains of late; grass, weeds, and an unhealthy 
condition of the plant are the consequences. Tishemingo: Weather now very favora- 
ble to cotton. Neshoba: Looking very bad; bad stands, caused by an unusually cold, 
wet spring. Coahoma: Too wet to plow all through May; cotton dying out in many 
places; grass abundant. Rankin: Spring late, but warm, and with rains so frequent 
as to hinder the working of the cotton-crop. Noxubee: Good stands, but bad condition; 
too much rain. Attala: Stand good; looks well, but the heavy rains for the last two 
weeks have damaged the prospect, grass and weeds having taken possession. Madi- 
son: Crop two weeks later than usual, but looking healthy. Clark: From the cold 
and dry weather in April, and the excessive amount of rain (9.4 inches) in May, the 
condition of the cotton-crop could not be other than bad. Bolivar: Prospect very fime. 
Marion: Crop generally rather late. Jefferson: Late and grassy. 
From Louisiana nine parishes report no change from last year in 
acreage, and nine an increase. Morehouse, Washington, and Tangipa- 
hoa return an increase of 25 per cent.; East Feliciana a decrease of 10 
per cent.; and Cameron of 25 per cent. Eight parishes return average 
condition; Assumption 5 per cent. and Winn 10, above; the others from 
5 to 25, below. ‘ 
Richland: Spring cold and backward; April very dry; as a consequence, cotton later 
than usual; stand poor in some places; prospect 10 per cent. below average. Terre 
Bonne: But little grown in this county. MWashington: A heavy increase of acreage this 
year; prospect of a crop favorable. Zranklin: In fair condition; about two weeks 
later than usual. Claiborne: Late, owing to cold spring. West Feliciana: The season 
not so favorable for cotton as the last; April cold and dry, and May too wet; the crop 
grassy. Rapides: Two weeks later than last year; covered with the apides and very 
grassy. 
Reports have been received from thirty-nine counties in Texas. 
Among these the only one returning less acreage than last year is Fort 
Bend, which reports a decrease of 59 per cent. But it would seem that 
this figure refers to the area which, June 1, promised to yield a crop 
rather than to that planted. The report says: “The only crop we raise 
worthy of notice, cotton, is less promising than for many years. Twice 
killed by frosts, a stand was not obtained. until about the 1st of May; 
since then rains have been so frequent that but little work could be 
done. The growth of grass and weeds has been rapid, and labor 
cannot be had. A large portion of the crop has been, and more will be, 
abandoned.” Seven counties report the area the same as last year, and 
all the others an increase; Cooke, of 700 per cent.; Fort Bend, Kendall, 
Grayson, and Atascosa place the condition, each, at 50; Austin at 60; 
Tarrant, Smith, and Washington at 75; Rusk, Upshur, Hunt, Coryell, 
Henderson, Red River, Milan, and Hays at 80. Eleven counties report 
average, and only two, Livingston and Titus, above; each 110. 
Blanco: Being replanted the third time, bids fair to make agood crop. Hays: Crop 
very young and late; all the early crop was destroyed by frost. Milam: Prospect of 
a good crop, though late. Henderson: Crop two weeks behind last year, when it was 
two weeks behind the year before. Now the weather is favorable, but I have never 
known a full crop made when so late. Caldwell: The decrease in condition compared 
with last year is owing to late frost, but the season being very favorable the erop is 
now doing finely and promises well. Limestone: Rarely a better prospect for a good 
crop. Marion: Small, but looks well. Austin: Far behind last year; plentiful rains, 
coupled with extreme warm weather, are bringing it forward, but also giving grass and 
weeds a vigorous start. Dallas : Too small yet to guess ata yield. Coryell: Twenty per 
cent. more planted this spring than ever before. The growth backward, but the stand 
and prospect good. Burnet: At least four weeks backward. <Attoscosa: Two plantings 
eaten up by the grasshoppers, and now the army-worm has set in on the third. Gal- 
veston: All sea-island cotton in this county this year. Hunt: Continued heavy rains 
from the 17th to the 23th of May have injured the prospect. Williamson: Very promis- 
ing. Bexar: Promising well. Rusk: Too wet since May 18th to plant cotton-land; 
the plant yellow and very grassy. 
