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SUGAR-CANE 
Two counties in South Carolina report the condition of this crop 5 
and 10 per cent. above average, respectively; 18 counties in Florida 
average 98; 21 in Georgia average 108; 7 in Alabama, 114; 6 in Missis- 
sippi, 96; 10 in Louisiana, 95; 15 in Texas, 96. 
FLorimpa.—Orange: Fine weather for sugar-cane. Jefferson: Crop good. Wakula: 
Good; ratan-cane winter-killed. Jackson: Doing well. Leon: Doing well. Leon: 
Good. Gadsden: Sugar-crop large. 
GrEorGIA.—Glynn: Recent rains very favorable for cane, which is very promising. 
Brooks: Good. 
ALABAMA.— Geneva: Good crop. 
Louistana.—St. Mary: Rainy weather favorable to cane-crop. Terrebonne: Plant- 
cane good; stubble bad. Iberia: Cane excellent and growing rapidly. Rapides: Fair 
average ; but little stubble-cane. 
TEXAs.—Polk : Average decreased one fourth. Gillespie: Red and black seeded: Af- 
rican cane in good order; the second seed. 
TOBACCO. 
The general average for tobacco in September was about 90. This 
crop was above average in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas, and 
Tennessee, and average in West Virginia. In New England the crop 
was 82 in Massachusetts and 90 in Connecticut. In the former State it 
ripened two weeks earlier than usual in some places. In Pennsylvania and - 
Maryland it was seriously injured by late rains, very greatly reducing - 
its condition. and yield. The same causes operated in Virginia and 
North Carolina, though to a less extent. In many counties the planting 
was very late, but with good fall weather the farmers expected to make 
a good crop. In Gadsden County, Florida, the cultivation of Cuba 
tobacco has become quite extensive. In the Gulf States and Tennessee 
the crop was quite successful, but in the Northwestern and Pacifie 
States the crop was below average generally. 
New HampsnHire.— Grafton: The few tobacco-fields look well. 
MassacuHusrEtTts: Earlier than usual by two weeks ; will probably escape frost; 
some pieces ruined by a hail-storm August 23. 
New York.— Wayne: Heavy crop; weather very cessor. 
PENNSYLVANIA.— York: Crop improving ; may yet reach an average. 
MaryLanp.—Charles: Seriously injured by late rains. Howard: Greatly benefited 
by recent rains. 
Vireinta.—Charlotie: Crop late and cannot come up to an average. Bedford: Much 
damaged on bottom-lands by high water. Lunenburg: Suffered much from unfavorable 
weather. Amelia: Seriously affected by hot, wet weather; looks as if sprinkled with 
boiling water. Nelson: Late and irregular. Campbell: Late, owing to scarcity of plants. 
Orange: Late, but growing finely ; will reach an average if the fall be fine. Pittsylva- 
nia: Generally poor; planting season unfayorable. Halifax: Somewhat improved ; 
crop late; horn-worms destructive. Buckingham: Plants large but injured by excessive 
wet in low grounds and fired on high grounds; much of the crop will be entirely lost. 
Mecklenburgk : Much improved by ‘Au gust rains. 
NORTH CAROLINA.—Caswell : Improved by late rains but needs a favorable fall te 
mature. Person: Much improved by August rains and will make a full yield; acreage 
decreased on account of drought and scarcity of plants. Alamance : Unpromising ; 
poor stand obtained. Yadkin: Much improved by late rains. 
FrLoripa.— Gadsden: Large crop of Cuba tobacco. 
Texas.— Austin : Second cut hardly inferior to the first. 
TENNESSEE.— Obion: Very good. Monroe: Good. 
West VirGinia.—Mercer: Below average, but improving. 
Kentucky.—Logan: Bids fair for a superior crop. Edmonson: Materially shortened 
by drought. Lewis: Largest acreage and yield ever known. Graves: Finest prospect 
in eighteen years. 
INDIANA.—Spencer : Injured first by excessive rain and then by drought. 
Missouri.—Lincoln: Greatly shortened by drought. 
