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well now. Essex: Bad stand, in consejuence of unprecedented ravages of the cut- 
worm. 
Nortu CaroLina.—New Hanover: Entirely killed out by heavy frost in April; 
second planting much retarded by wet weather and scarcity of labor. Chowan: 
Neglected, to save the (too much) cotton, and the result will be short crops of both 
corn and cotton. Sampson: Small, but green and good-looking on uplands ; very small 
on lowlands. Mecklenburgh : Small and badly worked, in consequence of heavy rains 
in May. Cumberland: At least twenty days behind average season. Camden: While 
the acreage of cotton has been increased to a large extent, corn has not been neglected. 
Our farmers will raise their own supplies, and not have a crop to sell and nothing to 
eat. Anson: On uplands, doing remarkably well, and that on lowlands recovering 
rapidly since the excessively wet weather has passed away. Alamance: Did not get a 
good stand at first, owing to frost and cut-worm ; now doing well. Beaufort: A little 
below an average. Cherokee: Promising very well. Moore: Late; with favorable 
season from this time, will be an average crop. Person: Suffering from drought. Polk: 
Generally in the weeds and grass. Caldwell: Seriously injured by the wet weather 
and consequent want of work. Many farms are almost entirely ruined by the most 
destructive freshet in the Yadkin River that has occurred since the county was first 
settled. Madison: A great deal of wet weather, and the crop not being cultivated as 
well as it should be. Ashe: A great deal of rain, and our corn prospect bad. 
SoutH CaroLina.—Clarendon: Prospect not so good as last year. Chester: First 
planting injured by frost, April 24; the second planting on bottom-lands nearly de- 
stroyed by freshet, June 14. York: Has suffered from cold and wet weather, as the 
principal crop is cultivated on lowlands where most affected by these causes. New- 
berry: The lowlands have been planted and replanted and are deficient in stands. 
The continued wet weather hasin many instances destroyed the crop. Lexington: Early 
corn all cut down by the severe frost on the 26th of April. A month later, in a por- 
tion of the county, torn to shreds by a terrible hail-storm. Greenville: Looks well, 
but has not been properly worked; in many cases the weeds and grass are as high as 
the corn. Marlborough: Unusually fine where it has been worked. Richland: Pros- 
pect very good; many farmers, however, on the rich river-lands have not been able to 
plant a full crop on account of the excessive rains. Chesterfield: Prespect worse than 
J have ever known it. Williamsburgh: Where not neglected to save the cotton, is about 
average. Orangeburgh: Has failed. 
GrorGia.— Upson: Fine. Clinch: The heavy rain during June has cut off the corn- 
crop fully one-third. Hart: Crop generally good. Liberty: Crop injured by rain and 
grass. Douglas: Doing well onupland. Muscogee: Below an average; too much rain 
during June. Efingham: Very poor. Wilkes: Precarious; the past month very rainy 
and corn very full of sap. Hot dry weather would now ruin the crop. Sumter: Pros- 
pect better than for ten years. Dooly: Not looking well, owing to too much rain. 
Baldwin: Much of the month of June the soil was too wet for plowing, and the grass 
has obtained the mastery in many of the plantations. McIntosh: Much injured first 
by the long drought, and since by the heavy rains. Gwinnett: Excessive rains during 
May and June have prevented the crops from being well worked; corn on uplands 
promises well; on creek and river lands it is poor. Clayton: Has suffered on bottom- 
lands in consequence of the rains. Putnam: Looks well. Spaulding: Daily rains since 
the Ist of June; corn on bottom-land badly injured; upland, fine. Twiggs: Looking 
finely. Laurens: Never better. Whitfield: Never more promising. Franklin: Never 
looked better. Carroll: On bottom-land almost a failure—drowned out. Yellow field- 
corn doing well, and will make a good crop; proved to be very early. Cobb: Doing 
wellon upland. Fayette: It rained six days out of seven in June, and consequently 
corn on bottom-land is destroyed. Wilkinson: Fine as could be asked for. 
Fioripa.— Madison: Acreage 25 per cent. greater than last year; farmers satisfied 
with the crop. The Pennsylvania yellow corn is very highly esteemed as an early 
corn. Orange: Much above the average in appearance.’ Jackson: Crop was never 
better. Hamilton: Crop continues good; more corn will be made this year than usual. 
Clay: The wet weather is injuring the crop very much. Leon: Best crop I have ever 
seen in the county. Columbia: Best crop for several years. Levy: More corn made in 
this part of the State than for three years past altogether. es 
ALABAMA.—Jackson : Growing rapidly, but very weedy. Blount: Very promising. 
Hale ; Rain has been falling in torrents for the last six weeks, so that the crop is very 
grassy. Macon: The heavy rains have prevented it from being worked, and much of 
the crop will have to be turned out. Green: On low places very much damaged by too 
much rain. Labor not sufficient for the crops in their present condition. Crenshaw: 
The yellow corn from the Department grows well in this climate, and the white corn 
does very well. Clarke: On the uplands where it has been well worked, fine; a great 
deal of the lowlands too wet and overrun with weeds and grass. Montgomery: Good, 
except on low swamp-land; too much rain in June for that. Chambers; Prospect 
more flattering than for many years. Dallas: Injured beyond remedy by continuous 
rain since the Ist of June. Geneva: Crop never better. Lauderdale: Badly damaged 
