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five years ago, could be bought at 25 cents to $1 per acre, now bring $50 
to $150 per acre. 
PROFIT IN CABBAGES.—Our correspondent in Princess Anne County, 
Virginia, reports that one farmer, from 300,000 plants set out in No- 
vember and December, obtained a spring crop of cabbages amounting in 
value to $13,000. 
EPIZOOTY AMONG HOGS.—Our correspondent in Page County, Vir- 
ginia, describes a destructive disease among hogs in that county, the 
symptoms of which are analogous to those of the horse epizooty. 
EXCESSIVE RAIN-FALL.—_In Sampson County, North Carolina, the 
rain-fall during the whole year has exceeded that of any former year 
within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. 
MORTGAGED CROPS.—Our correspondent in Poole County, Georgia, 
says: ‘The heavy bills to be paid for fertilizers and provisions, with 
the short crop of cotton, will ruin the farmers in this county.” 
SENSIBLE CONCLUSION.—The farmers of Carroll County, Georgia, 
have quite generally become convinced of the ruinous character of ex- 
elusive cotton production, and propose to raise more grain and meat 
hereafter. 
CATTLE VS. FENCES.—In Greene County, Alabama, the absence of 
fences and the depredations of stock running at large prevent the sow- 
ing of winter crops of small grain. 
SUFFERING IN LoUISIANA.—There will be much suffering for bread 
during the coming winter among the small Creole farmers of Terre- 
bonne Parish, Louisiana. Within the memory of the oldest planters 
there never was a season in which the rains set in so early and con- 
tinued so persistently as during the past season; very few intervals for 
labor were allowed. 
DROUGHT IN TENNESSEE.—In Madison County, Tennessee, there has 
been no rain since July 1; in Lawrence County since August 1. 
Too MUCH “ CULTIVATION.”—Our correspondent in Greenville dis- 
trict, South Carolina, says that cotton is “cultivated” there nine 
times in a season, which subjects the soil to great loss from working. 
CANNING TOMATOES.—The business of canning tomatoes has largely 
increased in Cumberland County, New Jersey, where $100,000 worth of 
that vegetable are annually raised for this purpose. 
NORTHERN IMMIGRANTS IN THE SouTH.—Quite a colony of skilled 
farm laborers have been iuduced to migrate from Ohio and Michigan to 
Walker County, Alabama, a movement which has awakened a consid- 
erable spirit of improvement in that region. 
CASTOR-BEANS.—In Perry County, Illinois, the castor-bean (Palma 
christi) is raised in large quantities, and an increased area is annually 
devoted to the culture. An unnsually fine crop has just been raised 
which is selling at $2 per bushel. 
FARM-PROFITS.—The average yield of farm-products in York County, 
Maine, will compare favorably with the yield of ten years past; the 
sales of the past season have been rapid. 
WHEAT AND STOCK GROWING.—Morris County, Missouri, presents 
fine prospects to wheat and stock growers. 
CATTLE DISEASE.—A malady has prevailed among cattle in Wash- 
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