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Vlokida. — Madison: The late short dry spell was a benefit; growing thriftily. 

 '^Tackson : Weed small, but unusually well fruited. Jefferson : Increased use of ferti- 

 lizers. Wal-ulla : Greatly improved. Gadsden: Still average, though there are some 

 complaints of " sore-shin." Leon : Weed not large, but well fruited and doing 

 well. 



Alabama. — Sainl Clair: Promising. C/toc/rnc; Weed smaller than last year. Clarice: 

 "Small, but doing well. Macon: Stands good, but small. Crenshaio : May possibly 

 ^'ield an average. Montgomery : Crop well worked, but slightly dwarfed by drought'; 

 never more promising. Calhoun : Fine on good land well manured ; old laud will not 

 /grow cotton without manure. De Kalb : Doing remarkably well for a few days past. 

 Dallas: Continues promising. Perry: Higher average than for ten years. Lawrence: 

 Late, but in tine growing order. Shelby : Limbing and forming well ; the few commer- 

 cial fertilizers used show a marked eifect. Monroe ; Good. Fike : Fine growing sea- 

 son. Limestone: Full average in size, but teu days late. 



MisSLSSippi. — Amite : Less cotton and more corn planted ; crop looks as well as last 

 year. Pike : Flourishing. Neivton : More flourishing than for years. Grenada : Crop 

 in better condition than last year, with labor more reliable. Neshoha : Late planted, but 

 looks fine; well cultivated and clean. Jasper: Injured by lice in some parts. Coa- 

 homa: Dry, but crop in fine condition ; blooms a week earlier than usual. Clark: Not 

 ••30 forward as last year, but in better culture ; some of ifc is atfected with sore-shin, 

 the tap-root drying uj). Rankin : More than made up its past slowness of growth. 

 La Fayette : Later than last year, but promises double the yield; season exceptionally 

 good for cultivation. Washington: Promising. De Soto : Small, but healthy and grow- 

 ing fast. Kemper : Healthy and growing. Lowndes : Weeding too ftist, and fruiting 

 too slowly. Lincoln : Generally average. Lee : Never more promising. Tunica : 

 Large average, excellent stands and abnndaut labor. Tishomingo : Small, but growing 

 finely. Jefferson: Not quite so promising as at this time last year. Smith: Below 

 average. 



Louisiana. — East Baton Rouge: Greatly improved since last report, and now fully 

 ten per cent, above average. Morehouse: Later than usual, but in fine condition. 

 Franklin : Late and small, but doing very well. Concordia : Small, but healthy and 

 strong ; some parts of the parish have suffered from drought, but rains now threaten 

 to be in excess. Tensas: Very promising. Washington: Unusually fine. Madison: 

 Growing very fine. Richland: Clean and coming on finely. Union: Average yield, 

 though the acreage was decreased. Bossier : Eight weeks' drought, yet the crops stand 

 it well. Cameron: Best prosi^ect since the war. Jackson: Unusually fine. Caldwell: 

 Promising. 



Texas. — Dallas: Late, but fine. Washington: More promising than for years. Up- 

 shur: Better condition than last year. Henderson: Late in starting, but now good ; 

 bloomed June 15. Burleson : Blooming ; promises a third more than last year. Cory- 

 til : Stand injured by cut-worms and other insects. Collin: Started late, and has 

 not yet recovered; several unknown insects injuring the crop. Gonzales: Late, but 

 doing well. Kendall : Prospect of an immense yield. Limestone : Slightly damaged 

 by caterpillars on low lauds. Red River : Growing finely. Rusk : Looks well, and 

 bloomed early. Williamson : Looks well on old land; on new land beginning to need 

 rain. Bexar: Condition good ; full of squares and j^oung bolls ; needs rain. Houston: 

 Unusually well cultivated, and hence in fine condition. Titus : Looks well, in spite of 

 the cold, backward spring. Harrison : Late planted, but growing finely in the good 

 ■weather. Bandera : Four-fifths destroyed by cut-worms. Williamson : Backward ; 

 beginning to need rain very badly. Blanco: Very good yet, in spite of drought. 

 Bosque: Sufliering from army- worm and drought. Cooke: Sufl^ering for rain. Fayette: 

 Suffering for rain. Gillespie: Looks well. Hunt: Threatened by drought and grass- 

 hoppers. Waller : Free from grass ; one-third of the crop is unusually small and 

 of slow growth ; cotton-worm on three or four farms. Galveston : Beginning to 

 need raiji. Smith : Small and backward ; general complaint of lice. Montgomery : 

 Best prospects for years. Matagorda : Needs rain for weed-growth ; caterpillars seen, 

 but not threatening. Anderson: Unusually good condition, in spite of drought. Ham- 

 ilton : Very backward, but growing well; considerably injured by what is sometimes 

 called the cotton-gi-ass worm, especially on sod-land. Marion : Drought ; crop may 

 yet reach average. Xavarro : Drought, but crop not yet injured. 



Arkansas. — Garland: Fine; on a decreased acreage we will double last year's yield. 

 Woodruff: Lice, worms, and drought somewhat injurious. Prairie: Full average. Van 

 Buren : Injured by lice. Lndependence : Later than last year ; much replanting. Ashley: 

 Fine showers. Bradley: Fine growing condition. Dorsey: Looks lovely. Saint Francis : 

 Ten days late and very small ; drought. Crawford : Doing well. Sebastian : Changing 

 base from cotton to wheat. Columbia : Weil worked. Fulton : Ten days late ; de- 

 creased acreage. Pop>e : Promising. Marion : Small plants, but very promising. 



Tennessee. — Lincoln : Plant unusually small. Gibson : Fine condition. Williamson : 

 Acreage reduced 20 per cent. 



