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of May will cause us to make nearly afull crop. Austin: The fields all overran with 
grass and weeds, and much of the corn-crop drowned. Lampasas: More raim during 
the last two months than for the last thirty years in Texas; corn-crop much in the 
weeds. Grimes: The very late and cold spring put corn behind, and June has been a 
month of rain; consequently crops much in the grass. San Saba: The grasshoppers 
were here in such quantities that we were prevented from planting corn till about 
the 1st of May. Consequently the crop is about six weeks behind ; prospect favorable 
if the rains continue. Gonzales: Early corn was killed by frost April 9, and a sue- 
ceeding drought injured the young crop, which'abundant rains have since remedied. 
Henderson: Will have to be very favorable if we make half a crop of corn. Medina :. 
The first planted entirely destroyed by grasshoppers ; replanted after their departure, 
and now promises nearly an average crop. Matagorda: Injured by too much rain. 
Montgomery: So overrun with grass and weeds that it is now considered impossible to 
reclaim if to an average. Colorado: Doing pretty well. DelVitt: Very promising ; 
acreage 25 per cent. greater than last year. lis: Much of the corn has been drowned 
out. Fayette: Good and nearly made. Karnes: Fine rains through June give us good 
crops of corn. JVashington: Has suffered seriously from excessive rains. Anderson: 
Very favorable for corn. Bandera: From the third or last planting, after the grass- 
hoppers disappeared, a tolerably good stand was secured. Excessive rains from May 
25 to June 24 prevented tillage and seriously injured much corn in the valleys. Atas- 
cosa: The third planting has succeeded so well as to justify anticipations of an extra- 
ordinary crop. Musk: Very promising on the highland; on the lowland will not 
entirely recover from the excessively wet weather. Burnet: Growing rapidly. Ma- 
rion: Promises an abundant yield. Leon: Good, except in lowlands. 
ARKANSAS.—Hempsiead : Have had almost incessant rain for six weeks. Corn, which 
should have had its third working, has not yet been worked out the first time ; much of it 
is now beginning to tassel, standing in weeds that came up with it, and not over five 
feet high. Independence: Never better. Arkansas: Never looked better. Craighead: 
Crops all doing well. Monroe: About two weeks later than usual. Union: In splendid 
condition, where it has been worked. Woodruff: Needing rain. Cross : Considerably 
damaged by too much rain. Columbia: Not doing well on wet lands owing to con- 
tinued rains. Yell: Would have Jooked better if it could have been better worked. 
Sebastian : Looks well. 
TENNESSEE.— Washington: Looking very well, particularly on old uplands. Cut- 
worms were very destructive to this crop in clover-lands. Loudon: More rain this 
June than in any previous one for years; so much that the farmers have not worked 
their crops as they should. Some lands so wet that they have been abandoned. 
Stewart: A considerable portion of corn-land has been so wet that it could not be 
planted. Maury: Has sufiered for the want of plowing, and is now grassy. Newbern : 
Has suffered very much in consequence of the continued wet weather. Carter: Looks 
well, but too much rain. Hawkins: Rain has fallen so incessantly during June that 
the corn crop, though growing rapidly, is generally very foul with weeds and grass. 
Giles; Has a fine color, notwithstanding the unprecedented rains. Jackson: In grass 
and weeds on account of so much rain. Montgomery: Head and ears in the grass and 
no chance yet to clean it. Obion : One hundred per cent. more rain than last spring and 
summer; in some places corn is lost. Farmers have planted the same field three times. 
Grass and weeds are now taking the whole country. Smith: Left in bad condition by 
excessive rains. Bradley: Most promising. Roane: Have never seen a more promis- 
ing crop where it has been properly worked. Those who have overcropped themselves 
are considerably in the weeds and grass. Trousdale: Generally late. May and June 
very wet. Macon: Will not make over half a crop, owing to the very wet season. 
Sevier : Never saw so fine a crop in this county before. Dickinson: Where it has been 
possible to work it looks well, but we have had heavy rains almost every day during 
the last month. Humphrey: Tall, spindling, full of sap, and very foul, owing to 
the continued rains. Monroe: Continued rains have retarded the crop, though it grows 
finely in the weeds. Putnam: Remarkably wet; corn foul, but looking well. Wilson: 
Looking remarkably well. Weakley: Very low. Davidson: Will be cut short from 
grass and want of tillage at least one-third. Morgan: Incessant rain during June has 
seriously injured the corn. Fentress: Backward; weeds away ahead. Haywood: Ow- 
ing to excessive rains in June the crop became smothered with grass and weeds. ob- 
ertson: Excessive rains from May 25 to July 1 prevented plowing, and the crop is in 
a very bad condition. ; 
WEST VIRGINIA.—Jefferson: A genial rain a week ago, followed by a warm sun,1s 
rapidly improving the corn; worms and dry weather had retarded it. Morgan: Rather 
bad start from cut-worms; will probably come out in July, as we have had frequent 
showers lately. Monroe: A fairaverage. Pocahontas: Wet weather and late planting 
will diminish the crop. Cabell: Growing finely. Hardy: Prospect quite favorable, 
but not up toan average. Harrison: Not very forward, but looks well. Mercer : Short. 
The grub-worm has been destructive to some fields. Pleasants: Very backward; light 
showers ; now doing much good. Braxton: Late planted; now looking well. Pen- 
