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dadison: Good condition and opening fast; cotton-worms in all parts of the parish, 
but too late todo much damage. Union: Cotton-caterpillar at work generally; but 
little dainage yet. Carroll: Very fine where well cultivated, but the rot and cater- 
pillars are at work reducing it to the average of last year. Rapides: Stripped clean of 
its foliage by August 20; three weeks late; wet weather threatens to rot the bolls, 
Bossier: Some crops on Red River have not a leaf left; a few on the hills badly worm- 
eaten. Washington: Looks well. Yangipahoa: Greater part of the crop destroyed by 
worms. : 
Trxas.—Anderson: Injured 10 per cent. by caterpillars, but improved by fine weath- 
er. Hill: Fine. Hunt: greatly improved. Lamar: A half crop. Washington: Stripped 
by caterpillars ; poison somewhat effectual. Upshur: Equal to last year; will be better 
if the season continues favorable; some rumors of boll-worms and caterpillars. Red 
River: Cotton saved from grass and weeds is growing finely and promises well. Wood: 
Some damage by worms. Polk: Taken by worms; rich bottom-lands will make three- 
fourths of acrop. Navarro: Will be large if not eaten by worms. Coryell: Better than 
ever before; no worms. Montgomery: Great efforts to kill worms; will save half the 
crop. ilis: Better than was expected. Caldwell: Worms appeared, but no damage 
yet. Leon: Locks full average, but worms are in every field. Dallas: Never better 
prospect; promises of 500 pounds of lint per acre. Wharton: Stripped by caterpillars ; 
nearly a total failure. Collin: Favorable weather bringing the crop to average. Bur- 
net: Recovering; may be full average. Lavacca: Too wet for cotton; what escaped 
worms was so rank that the undergrowth rotted; late plantings all eaten by worms; 
a patented preparation of Paris green somewhat successful. Rusk: Large weeds; ray- 
aged by boll-worms and army-worms. blanco: Worms only in isolated fields. Comal 
Crop flattering in spite of drawbacks. Austin: Greatly injured by worms; showers 
have stimulated the growth of weeds without corresponding fruitage; bottom-fields 
entirely stripped ; uplands less severely affected. Bexar: Remarkably fine. Cooke: 
Short. Limestone: Large and beyond danger, but labor scarce to gather the crop. 
Grimes: Worms have taken the crop; some eftect from arsenic and Paris green. 
Liberty: Worms destroying the crop. Smith: Worms destructive on red land, but not 
on grayland. Fort Bend: Shortened by worms and rains. 
ARKANSAS.—drkansas: Looking fine. Union: Worms have appeared ; crop in advance 
of last year; weeds larger and bolls more numerous. Saimt Francis: Injured by 
drought. Hempstead: Improved, but worms are reported. Monroe: Bottom and mid- 
dle crops scarce, with good prospects for top crops. Baxter: Shortened by drought. 
Prairie: Greatly improved. Dorsey: Fine cotton scarce; caterpillars have appeared, 
but have not done much damage. Columbia: Still growing and blooming, three weeks 
late. Crittenden: The fine season is bringing cotton up to average, though there is 
some danger from frost. Independence: Greatly improved by late rains. Sebastian: 
Shortened by drought. Yell: Variant estimates of the crop; late cotton looking re- 
markably well. Montgomery: Much cotton abandoned to grass, but a larger acreage 
was planted; the fine weather brings it out. Drew: Drought injurious; some cater- 
pillars. Pulaski: Injured by drought. dshley: Worms increasing; leaves already 
stripped. 
Teese ayia e Crops improved. Decatur: Crop three-fourths of an aver- 
age. Roane: Seed from the Department doing splendidly ; plants 4 or 5 feet high, 
promising a heavy yield. Albion: Good. Giles: Not over half average. Haywood : 
Drought following heavy Juve rains caused a dropping of forms and a stinting of 
growih; fields imperfectly worked and the grass gaining ground. Putnam: Yield and 
quality both improved; crop prospects fair. Shelby: Somewhat improved. Hancock : 
Upland cotton from the Department is full of bolls, and 50 per cent. larger than any 
other cotton. 
Missourt.—Pemiscot: Improved greatly in thirty days; cotton culture increasing. 
Kansas.—Labeile: Doing finely; fully equal to any of the northern range of cotton 
States. 
OATS. 
The general average of condition of the oats crop is $2. The crop is 
above average—in Vermont, 100; Virginia, 103; North Carolina, 102; 
South Carolina, 105; Georgia, 108; Alabama, 107; Texas, 100; Arkan- 
sas, 105; Tennessee, 105; West Virginia, 105; Kentcuky, 100; Minnesota, 
101; Oregon, 110. In all the New England States except Vermont, and 
in the Middle States, the crop is under average, the deficit ranging 
from 26 per cent. in New Jersey to 3 per cent. in New York. In portions 
of these States a severe drought prevailed during the latter part of the 
growing season, greatly depreciating the yield. In other localities the 
