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kept down by the cut-worms, which are more numerous than ever known before. Hen- 
rico: Planting has “ drawn its slow Jength along” four weeks, and is not yet over. 
Highland: Continued rains kept corn from being planted ; not all done yet. Marion: 
Planting two weeks later than usual; now being worked, and looking finely. 
Nortu Caroxrina.—Lenoif: A rain-fall, the heaviest we have had for many years, 
May 21, seriously damaged the crops; washed up the corn, which will have to be re- 
planted. Hertford: Crop looks well. Sampson: Prospect never poorer. Rowan: Con- 
siderably washed up by the freshets. Anson: Benefited by the wet spring. Green: 
Very heavy frost on the 25th of April; cut the corn all down, and killed a large por- 
tion. Some plowed up and planted again; others replanted; the crop 25 per cent. 
below average. ; 
Sour Carotina.—Darlingion: Killed by frost and ice April 26; much replanted. 
Orangeburgh: Backward. Newberry: The continuous wet weather and the washing 
rains have injured stands of corn in low lands. 
GrorGiaA.—Douglas: Looking well. Liberty: Badly in grass and weeds, from show- 
ers day and night. Coweta: Looking very well. Yroup: Looking finely; a great deal 
more planted than the previous year. 
FiLoripa.—Gadsden: The farmers of this county plant a sufficiency of corn and oats 
to insure an ample supply for their own use and a small surplus; importations of corn 
are for non-producers, both white and black, the number of which is, unfortunately, 
large. Wakulla: Better stands than last year. Suwannee: In fine condition. Hamil- 
ton: Prospect finer than for a number of years. Levy: Silking; prospect of a better 
crop than for several years. 
ALABAMA.—Clarke: Very good; a rise in the rivers has done some damage on low 
lands, but replanting is going on. J’ranklin: The cut-worm has been far more destruc- 
tive than usual, injuring materially the stands of corn. Lauderdale: Looks well, though 
late. Crenshaw: Looks well. Montgomery: More planted than last year, and promising 
well. Afacon: Seriously injured by the rains. Dallas: Cultivation better than usual; 
decrease on last year’s acreage of 15 per cent.; condition, average. 
Mississipri.—Hart: Looks well. Tishemingo: Very favorable for corn. Bolivar: A 
great deal more planted than last year. Jefferson: Doing well, but small. 
Lovuisiana.— Claiborne: Small but healthy. Rapides: The recent wet weather affect- 
ing corn seriously. Tensas: Prospect the best for many years, 
Trexas.—Blanco: Being replanted the third time; bids fair to make a good crop. 
Milam: Prospect for a good crop, though late. Limestone: The prospect for a good 
crop rarely better. Marion: Fifteen per cent. above average. Dallas: Too small yet 
to guess at ayicld. Burnet: At this time, when corn ought to be blooming, we are 
giving it the tirst plowing. Fayette: Late frosts killed the corn; yet, owing to a very 
propitious season since, the crop has regained what was lost, and presents an average 
condition. Sandera: Now being pianted the third time. Hunt: Prospects injured by 
continued heavy rains from the 17th to the 28th of May; killed by sevére frost March 
26; now waist-high. Rusk: Hill-corn looks well; Cooly corn in silk. Lampasas: Our 
farmers planted corn three times; have now a good stand, growing finely. 
ARKANSAS.—Hempstead : Much difficulty in securing a good stand. 
TENNESSEE.—Sumner: Some farmers have been forced to plant their corn the third 
time on account of the cut-worm. Granger: Looks tolerably well. 
Kentucky.—McLean: Late corn-planting. Hardin: Low, in the weeds, bad color. 
Russell: Corn-planting unfinished. } 
On10.— Mercer: Late corn-planting. Miami: Mostly up and in good condition. 
Gallia: The worst corn prospect for many years. Defiance: Notmuch planted. Wyan- 
dot: About half the corn planted, and much requires replanting on account of bad 
seed.’ Champaign: Prospect poor, much requiring to be replanted. Adams: Late- 
planted, but growing finely. 
MICcHIGAN.—Ingham: Much of the first planting of corn a failure through bad seed. 
Oakland: Early-planted corn rotted. 
Inpiana.— Decatur: Planting delayed three weeks. Noble: Planting late. MWayne: 
Planting delayed. Huntingdon: Not much corn planted; plowing but half finished. 
Miami: Only half the corn-ground planted. Carroll: Planting just completed. Marion: 
Planting not yet finished. Ripley: Planting not completed. Spencer: Only half thé 
corn planted. Cass: Not half the corn planted. Warren: Not all planted; cut-worms 
taking the early plantings. Morgan: Planting not finished. Jasper: But half the 
corn planted. Posey: Cut-worms very destructive to young corn. /Vells; Planting 
unfinished. 
Inuinois.— Kankakee : One-fourth of the corn not yet planted. Monroe: Planting 
delayed by wet. DeKalb: Early plantings mostly rotted; seed not generally very 
good. Sangamon: Planting late. Jersey: Very little planted; prospects not flatter- 
ing. Macon: Half the corn planted. Carroll: Seed-corn rotting badly. Grundy: 
Not one-twentieth of the usual acreage yet planted. McLean: Not all planted. 
Ogle : Planting late ; much replanting. Putnam: Much replanting. Scott: A third 
