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ton will escape it. Anson : Late, with some rust. Alamance : Plant fine. Gates : The 

 constant rains of August caused the weed to grow rapidly and the forms to drop oft' at 

 least one-third. Gaston : A wonderful growth of plant and show of fruit. Greene : 

 The two extremes of drought and excessive wet produced rust, which has spread very 

 rapidly. Onslow: On the whole, bids fair for a good crop. Fcrquunans : Materially in- 

 jured by the excessive rains. Harnett: Injured by rain. Montfjonwnj : Injured by 

 wet; shedding bloom. Polk: Too much rain. Mecklenhnrgh : If we have two weeks 

 of dry weather the crop will be as good, or better than for several years. Boheson : 

 Injured by excessive rains ; rust very prevalent. Moore: Rust beginning to appear. 

 Coiitmbm : Daily showers through the entire month have caused it to drop forms 

 freely. Clarendon: Eust very general and disastrous. Lenoir: Doing well. Duplin: 

 Since the 12th of August very rainy, causing cotton to shed its forms and rust. 

 ' Wayne : Excessive rains caused considerable shedding, and rust is spreading rapidly. 

 Davidson: Too wet for cotton. Pasquotank: The best since the war. till now, seem- 

 ingly, almost ruined by rains. Surry : Promising, unless it runs too much to weed. 

 Cumberland: Greatly injured by heavy rains in August. Franklin: Injured by rains 

 and rust. Nash : Luxuriant growth of weed, but a good deal of rust. Pitt : Heavy 

 daily rains from the 8th to the 20th caused rust to appear in about half of the county'; 

 the other half yet doing well. Beaufort: Seriously, injured by August rains. Chowan: 

 Very much injured by continued wet weather. Edgecombe : Still declining from too 

 much wet, aud rust beginning to appear. Tyrrell : Has had too much rain. Wake : 

 Injured by rains in August. 



South Cakolina. — Beaufort : The drought in July proved very destructive to the 

 crop. Fairfield: The season favorable for fruiting aud maturing. Horry: Being in- 

 jured by rust. Laurens: Taking the rust in some localities. Marlborough: Compared 

 with last' season, 20 per cent, inferior, owing to wet weather. Newberry: Injured by 

 rust. Lexington : Has improved somewhat. Edgefield : Injured by drought and rust. 

 Union : Much rust in some localities. Chesterfield : Rust more general than I ever 

 knew. Georgetown : Has shed a good deal, and is opening badly. Darlington : The 

 heavy rains in August have injured the crop to a very great extent, .causing rust and 

 throwiug-ofi' forms. 



Georgia. — Early : Has suffered from drought ; middle crop mostly lost ; top crop 

 now looks promising, but the caterpillar has made a beginning. Hart : Present indi- 

 cations all look toward a short crop. Cherokee : Rust iu some places, which may yet 

 seriously injure late cotton. Pierce: Cufc down by drought. Dooly: Injured badly by 

 dry Aveather ; red aud black rust, followed by incessant rains. Will be no top crop or 

 leaves for caterpillars. Mitchell : Injured first by drought and since the rains by rust. 

 Grenada : A general tendency to rust and blight. Worth. : Ruined. Columbia : Rains 

 too late for cotton. Telfair: Ruined by drought; have never seen such a drought. 

 Harris : Cut otf very much by the drought. Troup : That fertilized made a good 

 growth in July, but none in August. Burton : Late cotton somewhat damaged by 

 drought in July, but greatly benefited by recent rains. Henry: Injured by drought 

 iu July; rains in August caused it to shed and take the black rust. Catoosa: 

 Stalking largely with extensive bolls. Muscogee: In some localities where it was not 

 destroyed by drought too much rain has caused a shedding of s(][uares, and the bottom 

 bolls are beginning to rot. Dougherty : The crop poor beyond precedent. Schley : 

 Dronght through July and part of August too protracted for old cotton, anil now the 

 rust in every form is doing considerable damage. Liberty : Suffered from drought. 

 Walton : Injured by drought, but the weather now favorable, and it is beginuing to open 

 finely. Forsyth: Suffered from drought in July, recent rains causing many squares 

 to shed. Gunnnett : Largely reduced by hot, dry weather. Bullock: The rains too 

 late to make much improvement. Carroll: The tine prospect blasted by drought; 

 opening pretty freely ; picking begun. Elbert: A good season through August has 

 sustained the crop. McDuffle : Red rust on all the gray lands, aad the cotton as dead 

 as if visited by a killing frost. Appling: The exceeding hot, dry summer caused 

 cotton to shed its fruit. De Kalb : Somewhat retarded by cool weather. Heard : The 

 crop very short. Hancock : Rainy weather and cool nights have caused cotton to rust, 

 shed, and the bolls to rot badly. Marvin : On sandy soil, dying with rust. Laurens : 

 Quite short, owing to drought. Brooks : Owing to drought and rust the yield cut 

 short fully 35 per cent. Butts : Rust has taken it. Dodge : The rust has appeared, and 

 is likely to do much damage. Floyd : Very seriously damaged by drought from 20th 

 of July to the middle of August. Twiggs : Badly damaged by drought, followed by 

 excessive rains. Whitfield: A fine weed, well filled with fruit, but late in maturing. 

 Cobb : Injured by the drought. Douglas : Some rust, but nothing serious. Jefferson : 

 The rains set in iu time to benefit the late-planted cotton. Lincoln : Rust very 

 general ; growth almost checked by it. Pulaski : Rained every day from the 1st to 

 the 2.5th, in which time nearly all took rust. Pike: Rnst is ruining the cotton. 

 Randolph : Drought and rust have cut off the crop one-half. Terrell : The rains too 

 late to benefit the crop, and the rust is doing great damage. 



Flokii>a. — Madison : Great damage by drought. Jackson : Many farmers say a half 



