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WOOL. 



The wool-clip shows a considerable increase, especially in the South 

 and West and on the Pacific coast. Nebraska increased her yield 31 

 per cent, above last year; Kansas, 23 percent.; Iowa and California, 

 11 per cent. ; Oregon, 10 per cent. ; Minnesota, 8 per cent. ; ArlCansas, 

 7 per cent. ; Mississippi, 4 per cent. ; Texas, 3 per cent. ; Connecticut 

 and West Virginia, 2 per cent. ; Maine, New Jersey, South Carolina, and 

 Louisiana, 1 per cent. Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky yield a clip 

 equal to last year's. The greatest reduction, 10 per cent., was in Ehode 

 Island, where the clip was small ; Ohio was 5 per cent, short ; New York 

 and Virginia, 4 percent.; Vermont, Massachusetts, Alabama, Illinois, 

 and Missouri, 3 per cent. ; New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and North 

 Carolina, 2 per cent. ; Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Michigan, and Indi- 

 ana, 1 per cent. 



New York. — Columbia : Wool above average, bringing 40 to 42 cents per pound. 



XoRTH Carolina. — Jones: Increase over last year 20 per cent. 



Georgia. — Worth: Crop fine; business largely increasing; wool so high that you 

 can scarcely buy a mutton. 



Florida. — Jackson : Wool-product increasing. 



West Virginia. — Pocahontas : The light fall of snow and good condition of sheep 

 increases the wool-clip. Boone : We have one of the best wool-growing counties, yet 

 ten per cent, of our sheep have been killed by dogs. Cannot something be done for 

 the better protection of this v.aluable property ? Are a majority of our people both 

 fools and blind f * 



Kentucky. — Boyle: Increase from sheep driven into the county. 



Ohio. — Morrotv : Smaller clip, but of better quality. 



Wisconsin. — Walworth: Clip unusually large and in fine condition. 



JIissouRi. — Camden : Wool-growing rapidly increasing. 



The Territories. — Laramie, Wyoming : Wool-growing has assumed immense pro- 

 portions within a year. One grazier has increased his flock of sheep from 3,000 to 

 32,000 head. Other parties have also enlarged their flocks by jiurchases from the East 

 and from New Mexico. 



TOBACCO. 



The severe drought which almost destroyed the tobacco-crop in some 

 of the largest tobacco-producing sections last year reduced the acreage 

 of 1874 to a small fraction of that of 1873. The large increase of 1875, 

 175 per cent., has not brought the breadth planted up to the standard 

 of 1873. The following States have increased their acreage, viz: Mary- 

 land, 4 per cent.; Virginia, 30 per cent.; North Carolina, 33 per cent.; 

 South Carolina, 7 per cent.; Florida, 23 percent.; Mississippi, IG per 

 cent.; Arkansas, 10 per cent.; Tennessee, 203 per cent.; West Vir- 

 ginia, 31 per cent. ; Kentucky, 223 per cent. ; Ohio, 25 per cent. ; 

 Indiana, 49 per cent.; Illinois, 5G per cent.; Missouri, GO per cent. 

 New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas report the same area as last year. 

 The following States have reduced their acreage, viz : New Hampshire, 

 30 per cent. ; Massachusetts, 25 per cent. ; Connecticut, 2 per cent. ; 

 Georgia, 5 per cent. ; Alabama, 10 per cent. ; Louisiana, 7 per cent. ; 

 Wisconsin, 17 per cent.; Kansas, 11 per cent. The acreage of 1875 

 is about twice and three-quarters of that of the preceding year. 



The condition of the crop of the whole country is at least 20 per 

 cent, above average, being the most satisfactory in the largest tobacco 

 States. Our reports from Kentucky, which produces two-fifths of the 

 tobacco of the country, show a condition 34 per cent, above average; 

 Virginia, 3 per cent, below ; Tennessee, 6 per cent, above ; Ohio, 2 per 

 cent, below ; Maryland, 1 per cent, above ; Missouri and North Caro- 

 lina, 2 per cent, above. Most of the heavy tobacco States are either 

 very nearly average or above. A very depressed condition is found 



