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IVLiRYLAND. — Caroline : Looks well. Prince George : The promise, August 1, of a full 

 crop has been injured by constant rains. Dorchester : Many a year since such a crop 

 was harvested as will be this year. Worcester: Injured by recent heavy rains. Balli- 

 more : Prospect for a heavy yield. Washington : The largest crop for years. Cecil : 

 Never appeared better. Harford: The finest show for years. Wicomico: Excellent. 



Virginia. — Highland: Better than for years. Lancaster: The best crop in ten years. 

 Montgomery : Most bountiful crop. Richmond : Very rank growth. Culpeper : Best crop 

 for many years. King and Queen : Too much rain for corn. liockbridge : Safe for a good 

 crop. Fluvanna : A good crop. Buchanan : A good deal " fired ;" probably caused 

 by working when too wet. Smith: The largest growth for years, with indications 

 that it will mature finely. Powhatan : Prospect of the largest crop ever grown. Page : 

 Never better. Sussex : Better than for the last seven or eight years. Middlesex : Consid- 

 erably damaged by incessant rains, but promises above average. liappahannock : Prospect 

 flatteVing. New Kent : Prospectof a very heavy crop. Spottsylvania : Promiseof the largest 

 crop ever raised. Chesterfield: Surpasses our most sanguine expectations ; think there 

 will be as much made as in the past five years altogether. Floyd : Very late. King 

 George : Was very promising, but prospect of injury by continued rains. Madison : Very 

 fine.but too much rain for low lands. Prince William : Some pieces damaged by water 

 standing on the ground. Amelia: Very fine. Bland: Prevented from earing as well 

 as usual by the continued wet, but a much larger than usual growth of fodder. James 

 City : Materially benefited by the late rains. Mattheivs : The excessive rains have 

 brought the condition far below average. Pulaski : Fine, but late. Wythe : Looks 

 well. Charlotte : Never better. Elizaheth City : Has improved since the last report. 

 Halifax : Fine on high lands ; too much rain on low. Lunenhurgh : Promises the best 

 yield for years. Northampton : Injured with rot, owing to continual rains in August. 

 "Bedford: Splendid. Clarke: Prospect of a heavy crop. Mecklenburgh : Never better. 

 Orange : A gigantic crop. Princess Anne : A larger crop and better prospect than for 

 ten years. Essex : Never better. 



North Carolina. — Meckleniurgk : Better than for several years. Moore : Damaged 

 to someextent along the creeks by overflow. Clarendon: Not half a crop ; drought. Per- 

 son : Very fine on uplands ; on low grounds damaged by excessive rains. Caswell : Half 

 destroyed on bottom-lands by rains. Lenoir : Very fine. Wayne : Excellent crop. 

 Davidson: Too wet for corn. Pasquotank: The best since the war till injured by recent 

 rains. Surry : More promising than usual, but overshooting owing to continual rains. 

 Franklin : Promises unusually well. Beaufort : Magnificent. Chowan : Better than 

 for ten years. Tyrrel : Good. Wake: Early injured by intense heat in July; all 

 crops injured by excessive rain in August. Wilson: Cut off 10 per cent, by excessive 

 rain ; ail on the land subject to overflow destroyed. Anson : Fair on upland, but very 

 poor on bottoms owing to excessive wet. Haywood : Favorable season. Alamanee : 

 The finest in twenty years. Gaston: Upland crops promise all the land can pro- 

 duce ; on low grounds, the loss from rains and flood is about 74 per cent. G-reene : 

 Very good though injured by drought 10 per cent. Onslow : About one-third of the 

 crop badly injured by drought. Montgomery : The best for many years. Caldwell ; Too 

 wet for corn. Polk: Injured on bottoms by too much, rain; better than usual on 

 uplands. 



South Carolina. — Beaufort: The drought in July proved destructive to the crop. 

 Fairfield: Very fine on upland. Horry: Badly injured by excessive drought in July. 

 Marlborough : The crop is secure ; the fodder better than usual. Newberry : Early plant- 

 ing very light, owing to drought; late planting, three-fourths of a crop. Lexington : 

 Hardly possible to bring the crop up to average. Georgetown : The rain too late for corn. 

 Georgia.— Jf^ersow ; Suflered seriously from drought, but rains came in time to bene- 

 fit the late planted. Lincoln : The larger acreage will compensate for the low condition. 

 Randolph: Drought cut ofi' the crop 25 per cent. TerreZZ: The rains too late to benefit the 

 crop. Pierce : Cutoft" by drought. Dooly : Badly damaged by drought in July. Mitch- 

 ell : Greatly damaged by drought. Grenada : Early cut off one-half by drought ; late ben- 

 efited by rains. 7ro></i.- Cut off one-half. Coiu7H&ia ; Rains too late for corn : Telfair: 

 Ruined by drought. Harris : Very much cut off by drought. Troiqy : Ruined by the 

 drought. Bartow : Greatly benefited by recent rains. Catoosa : Better than ever 

 seen before. Muscogee : The rains too late for corn. Liberty : Seriously injured by the 

 protracted drought. Walton: Injured by drought. Forsyth: Injured on uplands by 

 drought. Towns: Better than ever known. Gwinnett: Cut short by hot, dry weather. 

 Bullock : The rains too late. Carroll : The early-planted made before the drought ; the 

 late a failure. Elbert : Good. Appling : The exceeding hot, dry summer caused corn 

 to fall short of maturing. Laurens : Quite short, owing to drought. Brooks : Cut off 

 25 per cent, by drought. Twiggs : Will yield better than was anticipated. 



Florida. — Madison : Has fallen oft' 25 to 33 per cent. Volusia : Injured by drought 



■when filling. Jackson : Is made, and must be scarce for consumption. Columbia : 



Injured by drought, which continued to the middle of August. Suwailnee : Injured very 



much in spring by drill-worms. 



Alabama.— X'flJe ; Early, half crop ; late, total failure. Crenshaw : Stout, except on 



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