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The followiug table shows the average conditiou of the crop on the 

 1st of Juue and 1st of July of the current and five preceding years : 



Virginia. — Dimviddie : Replaced considerably by tobacco ; crop small, but growing- 

 fast ; no blooms yet. Sussex: Injured by cold and drought. Nansemond: Stands 

 drought well. Frince George : Small but healthy. 



North Carolina. — Gaston : No cotton-blooms yet ; they frequently come about 

 June 20. Mecldenburgh : Ten days later than last year, but in better condition ; very 

 little grass; crops well worked; best stand since the war; fertilizers used only to a 

 limited extent. Chowan : Very small ; looks badly ; hindered by lice and cold weather. 

 Pamlico: Greatly improved by fine weather; stands good, though crops are small. 

 Beaufort : June very cool with too much raiu ; much cotton hopelessly behind time. 

 Perquimans: Backward; stand poor. jFrawWm: Backward, but stand promising. Wilson:: 

 Stand good, but from seven to ten days late ; plants healthy. Edgecombe : Spotted ; 

 stands damaged by lice ; the blue or root louse, which is more destructive than the 

 leaf-louse. Wake : Weather very favorable; crops clean, aud rapidly recovering from, 

 the spring stint. Camden: Very backward aud lousy. Duplin: Badly injured by- 

 heavy rains; unusually small. Columbus: Some blooms ; rains have made the crops 

 grassy. Greene: Planting ten days late ; plant unusually small, but crops clean; fine- 

 growing weather. Hertford: Plants small, but looking well. Pitt: Ten days late: 

 stand good aud clean. Mont g ornery : Stand fair, but two weeks late; we need a late 

 and favorable faU. Netv Hanover: Improving fast. Sianl)/ : Weed low; forms its 

 squares close to the ground. Onslow : Small for the time of year. Polk : Prosi^ect 

 better than at this time last year. 



South Carolina. — Colleton : Had to be replanted, but is now promising. Marl- 

 borough : Heavy wind, raiu, aud hail-storms damaged the crops ; they are now better^ 

 but need raiu ; weed not so good as last year ; looks sickly, with few forms ; blooms 

 ten to fifteen days later than last year. Beaufort : Fine season ; crojis average- 

 Orangeburgh : Admirable weather ; crops backward but in fine condition. Barnwell:- 

 Later than last year but 15 per cent, better. Darlington : Fully up to last year aucS 

 in better condition. Newberry : Very promising. Georgetown : Promises well in spite 

 of late frosts requiring replanting. York: Generally good, but two weeks late. Union: 

 Healthy and growing. Lexington : Growing vigorously ; some danger of overgrowtLx 

 of weed. 



Georgia. — Lumpkin : Last year this county put up only forty-two bales. Troup r 

 A little late but growing finely. Pickens : Smaller than usual, but in better condition, 

 and cultivation. Douglass : Small, but cleau ; stand good. Bullock : Crop being well 

 worked. Dooly: Greatly benefited by the dry, warm May. Muscogee: Small and 

 late blooming ; growing slowly for lack of rain. Richmond: Healthy and A'igorous, but 

 average growth ; not so advanced as it should be at this time ; crops uncommonly 

 clean. Gwinnett : Good average prospect. Mitchell : Short ; well cultivated during 

 the dry weather, aud unusually clean. Columbia : Improved by late rains. lUffing- 

 hatn : Looking well. Elbert : Three weeks of fine weather have advanced the crop to 

 the usual standard of size aud fruitage. Hart: Increased acreage ; crops look well bufc 

 are two weeks backward. Butts : Ten days late ; fine. Terrell ; Small, but healthy. 

 Banks : Clean and well worked. Hancock: Too much rain; plants not so large as- 

 last year, nor so well fruited; grassy. Milton: Promising. Madison: Late, and poor 

 stands. Oglethorpe: Will be short. Pulaski: Flatteruig. Upson: Rather above the; 

 average. Walton: Growing finely and well filled with forms. Cobb; Suliering for raiu, 

 Lincoln : Great improvement. Clayton : Decreased acreage. Twiggs : Two weeks late j 

 there are a few fine crops, but there is a tendency to exaggerate their condition.. 

 Taliaferro : Precocious development of weed. 



