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frost. till October 29. Centre: Crop light; much did not mature, Hrie: Late and 
much injured by September frosts. Clinton: Corn from first planting superior, North- 
umberland: Average yield and quality. Wyoming: Poorest crop in fifteen years 
badly frosted. Northampton: Early plantings 20 per cent. above last year; late plant- 
ings 20 per cent. below ; average about the same as last year. Hlk: Much unsound 
corn on account of replanting. Beaver: Husking delayed by stormy weather; much 
soft corn. Lawrence: Early frosts made much soft corn. Fayette: Crop short; cut- 
worms and poor seed. Armstrong: Softened by early frosts. Lehigh: Yellow corn 
ripened tolerably; gourd-seed not so well; much of it soft. Jefferson: Very good in 
quantity and quality ; not injured by frost. Lycoming: Acreage about the same as last 
year but yield less. Bucks: Light crop. Lancaster: Reduced 20 per cent. below aver- 
age by poor planting season. My lotof 20 acres produced 1,500 bushels. Westmore- 
land: Injured by early frosts. 
DELAWARE.—Kent: Late plantings did well; early plantings injured by drought. 
MaryLanp.—Howard : Late favorable weather has partially repaired the damages 
of cut-worms, late planting, and drought. Dorchester: Shortened by drought but of 
good quality. Carroll: Good except when worms destroyed the plantings. Some crops 
yield 90 to 1€0 bushels per acre. Queen Anne’s: Crop lighter than was supposed. 
Baltimore: Crop fair. Washington: Largest crop ever made, in spite of drawbacks. 
VirGinis.—Aing and Queen: Improved by late summer rains. Prince William: Cut- 
worms and weather made a late stand, but frost did notereach it. Madison: Yield above 
average; quality prime. Rappahannock: Not so good as last reported ; not well filled, 
owing to excessive rains and cloudy weather. Northampton: Better than was expected. 
Rockingham: A fine season has repaired the damage of the cut-worm. Spotsylvania: 
Quality superior; yield 20 per cent. above last year’s; Pennsylvania Yellow a success. 
Fluvanna: Full crop and in good order. Pittsylvania: Never recovered from the July 
drought. Pulaski: Matured well. Loudoun: Although the season was favorable the 
crop did not harvest so well as was expected ; probably below average, though 10 per 
cent. above last year’s. Middlesex: Best crop for four years. Louisa: Average. Fau- 
quier: Fine season ; even late plantings ripened. Rockbridge: Heavy crop. James City: 
This year has shown the value of early plantings. Chesterfield: Large acreage and 
yield, but not of good quality; frosted. Bland: Injured by grub-worms. Henrico: 
Below average, but 50 per cent. above last year’s; afiected by July drought. Mecklen- 
burgh : Shortened by rains in planting-time, by floods on flat lands; later plantings in-. 
jured by drought and chinch-bug. Orange: Season too dry for corn. Northumberland : 
Corn injured by drought and hail-stones. Sussex: Acreage increased 20 per cent., and 
quality as good as last year. Page: Full average and good quality. Goochland : Better 
than for years, though bottom plantings were injured by treshets; the increased up- 
land yield will make the entire crop 20 per cent. greater than last year. Cumberland : 
Very fine. Aing George: Good crop; better than last year. Highland: Injured by 
worms ; skunks destroy these worms. Floyd: Injured by drought and worms. Clarke: 
Yield double last year’s; sufficient rain, but not quite enough heat; crop average. 
Bath: Light. Dinwiddie: Fine season and increased yield. : 
NortruH Carouina.—Stokes: Stand late and poor; did not escape frost ; yield 70 per 
cent. of last year, and not of so good quality. Rutherford: Injured by excessive rain. 
Stanly: More abundant than last year, but no better; injured by excessive rains and 
floods; much rotten corn. Person: Greatly shortened by drought. Chowan: Crop 
short. Craven: Average increase 10 per cent.; yield per acre equal to last year’s, 
- and quality better. McDowell: Shortened by late planting and wet season. Tyrrel: 
Average. Beaufort: Injured by rains. Lenoir: Fair. Gaston: Good, but not equal to 
expectations. Forsyth: Fine; 50 cents per bushel. Franklin: Average where well culti- 
vated. Yadkin: Short. Davidson: Abundant through late rains. Greene: Short 25 
per cent. Granville: Damaged by June drought and July rains. Haywood: Yield 
equal to last year’s; injured by rain and loose on the cob. Rowan: Not so heavy as 
last year. Currituck: Shortened by wet and increased cotton-culture. Martin: Above 
average and of good quality. Perquimans: Poor. 
SourH CaroLinsa.—Williamsburgh: A little below last year; too wet for cultivation. 
Lexington: Below last year in quantity and quality. Georgetown: Damaged by Sep- 
tember rains, much of it rotting in the field. Marlborough: A considerable acreage 
was abandoned to grass on account of deficiency of labor. Fairfield: Bottom crops 
almost failures; upland better, but the aggregate yield is poor. Newberry: Bottom 
crops light and interior. Richland: Shortened by wet; neglected for cotton. Laurens: 
Better and sounder than for ten years. 
Grorcis.—Jackson : Bottom crops injured by wet; upland crops fine where well 
cultivated. Macon? Gathers better than was expected. Hart: Good; equal to last 
year’s. Upson: Twenty-five per cent. better than last year. Towns: Shortened by 
drought at silking. Gwinnett: Ten per cent. less than last year; quality as good. 
Muscogee: Below last year both in quantity and quality. Oglethorpe: Has not re- 
covered from heglect in June. Whitfield: Full average, but remarkably small. John- 
