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swamp-lands. Saint CJair : Will probaLly be cheaper tbis fall than since that of 1870 

 LaudJi-dale : Never better. Covinglon : Drought cut short all late corn. like: Late 

 corn entirely cut off by dronght. Shelby : All late corn an entire failure from drou h 

 Butler: Corn considerably injured by the drought. CaJhoun: About as good as the land 

 can brino- De Ealb : Extra crop, now made. Lawrence: Looks well and promising. 

 Autmuial Seriously injured by the drought. Colbert: Never surpassed. </onecith: 

 An average crop already made, and some late corn doing remaikably we]l. Limestone . 

 Better than for many years. Perry : Below expectation. BandoJph : Cannot make 

 more than four-fifths 6f a crop. BuUoclc : Seriously injured by drought, but yet 

 110 Clarl-e: On uplands cut off to a greater extent than I ever before knew by the 

 long-continued dronght. Marion: Matured and very good. Marshall: The most 

 abundant yield since the war. , , , ^ j i v 



MissiS'iiPPi —Fihe : Very fine ten days ago. but mnch has been overflowed and is 

 c^reatly injured. Neshoba : Better than for years. Smith : The best in ten years ; it is 

 believed enough is made to supply the county. Wayiie: The best crop smce 18o5 

 La Faiiette : The best crop known in the county. Lee : The crop is made, and the yield 

 almost incredible. Wilkinson: Considerably damaged by extraordinary rains. Tish- 

 eminno : Not as heavy as the stalks indicate ; too mnch sap and husk ; but twice as 

 much grown as last year, and the weather very favorable Panola : Was never finer. 

 Bankin: An ample supply for one year. Bolivar : Never better since the war. Jeffer- 

 son : Better than for years. . , • j r • 7 



LouisiANA.-Cfl^rfii'e?/ ; Injured by unprecedented rains and severe winds. Lmcohi , 

 The largest ever made iu the county. Papidcs : The best for years. East Feliciana : 

 Dama-ed by the heavy rains of last week 5 to 10 per cent. Franklin: Seriously dam- 

 aged by high winds in August. Madison : Nearly all matured in good condition ; late 

 Slantino- very fine. Morelmise : Shortened very mnch by drought. Samt Mary^s : The 

 best crol, since the war. Cameron : Damaged at least 20 per cent by too much ram 

 Concordia: Considerably damaged by high winds, with rain. Jaclcson: Cut short by 

 drought in July, and a great deal of fodder lost by the rains in August. _ 



Texas -De Witt: Somewhat injured by drought. , Washington : home^h^t injured 

 bv droucrht. Dallas : Will range from 30 to 60 bushels per acre. Upshur ••About half 

 c?o : damaged bv drought. Palo Pinto: Better than for hve years. Milam: Cut 

 short 50 per cent, by the Sine weeks' drought ; will average about 20 bushels per acre. 

 ^flKLan; Harvested, and light. Burnet: Reduced by drough. Harrison :CntoS 

 by drou-ht, except early corn on deeply-plowed land. Bexar : '£he crop mostly gath- 

 ered Ihe average will be 20 bushels per acre. Caldwell: Average yield about 15 

 bushels. Graiison : Will vield from 30 to 50 bushels per acre. Lampasas : Late rams 

 will improve the late plantings. Lavaca : Better than anticipated Medina :L.^vge\j 

 iniured by the drought. Somervell: Product surpasses that of last year 10 per 

 cent Victoria : Much of the late planted failed to fill, owing to the long drought. 

 Bed River : Good, but much blown down. Matagorda : Cut short 50 per cent, by 

 drought. Tyler: Cut off in some parts by drought; in others far above average. 

 Jasver : Materially injured by drought. „ , , ^ . d j 



ARclNSAS.-&«r/a«rf: Did well ; more made than for the last ten years, ^fxter: 

 Good. Bradley : condition advanced by copious and well-timed showers. Independ- 

 ence : Maturing rapidly. Stone : Better than for many years. Arkansas : Good. Jef- 

 trsonTllmved by drought in some localities. Marion: Never saw such a crop for 

 thiity-ei-ht years ; more raised than in the last three years together and I ought to 

 have put it a^t 30o'instead of 150. Tell: Will come out all right. Cmi./ord .• Bene- 

 fited by the rains almost beyond measure. Saint Francis : Will double the last year's 

 crop ; the best ever raised. Washington : Lnproved by the wet weather. Montgomery : 

 Affected by the dry weather, but much better than last year. Newton : Never better ; 

 more raised in the county than ever before. Fulton : lucreased acreage, and the best 



'Te?nes"ee!^S%o«: Badly damaged by rains. Bedford: Prospect never finer. 

 Bledsoe : Would have been extraordinary but for so much rain ; will t)e average. Bob- 

 itson: Earlv corn, well worked, very fine ; but a large portion of the corn not suffi- 

 dentlv worked, owing to excessive rains. Grundy : Promise ot an excellent crop. 

 S/oJ- Abnndant. ^iles : Prospect never better. Blount: Very fine. Kayette: 

 Slth?lydttmaged by a drought of twenty days, but 140, and beyond a peradventure 

 very fine. Obion : Could not be much better. Hancock : Injured on bottoms and bene- 

 fit on uplands by continual wet. James : Cut a little short by ^r^ught in August. 

 Dickson: Extra heavy crop. Sequatchie: Too wet for late corn. Wilson: Good. Ma- 



''''weS ViRGiNiA.-T«c/cer: So much wet weather that corn is not earing; will not 

 be more than half a crop. Pleasants: lujured on small streams and creeks. Grant: 

 Promise of an abundant crop. Mine^-al: Very heavy crop, but backward. Gilmer: 

 DesSoyed on bottom-lands by wet weather. Braxton: Very promising. Boone: B-^- 

 asred by tlie rains. Jefferson : Prospect of the largest crop since the war Mercer : Not 

 well cStivated, owing to wet weather. Putnam : The condition now better than aver- 



