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crop cannot be made ; the worm is now eating in the fields. La Fayette : Ruined by 

 drought. Gadsden : Suftered seriously from drought previous to August 1 ; since 

 then excessive rains have induced general rust. Colmnhia : Early cottou rusting and 

 shedding badly; late looking very well, but caterpillars are making themselves famil- 

 iar with it. Suwannee: A six weeks' drought injured the crop, causing it to rust and 

 shed its fruit badly. Wakulla : Very promising, but the hot, dry weather of July 

 caused it to rust and shed its forms ou old ground. 



Alabama. — Monroe: Injured by drought, rust appearing on sandy land. Autauga: 

 Seriously injured by drought and rust. Colbert: Large and fine. Conecuh: Rust has 

 invaded every farm. Dallas: The general prevalence of rust has injured the crop 20 

 percent. Perry: Some rust, biit general good prospect. Bullock: Seriously injured 

 by the drought in July. Clarke : On uplands cut off to a greater extent than I ever be- 

 fore knew by the long-continued drought. Marion: Injured to some extent by the 

 rains. Marshall : Dry weather has stopped the growth of the weed and is improving 

 the bolls rapidly. Franklin : A little too wot for cotton. Wilcox : Some complaint 

 of rust. Choctaw : Taking rust and throwing off leaves, squares, and forms. Greene : 

 Season favorable, but some complaints that forms are shedding. Crenshaw : The poor- 

 est crop since the war. Lauderdale: A large weed, but poorly filled ; cannot make an 

 average crop. Covington: A new enemy has appeared, and the injury is general. It 

 resembles rust, and is taken by many for rust, but on examination I find it is caused 

 by insects, such as I never saw before in cottou. They are miuute gnats, and collect ou 

 the leaves similar to lice. The exudation, when dry, is a rusty-colored dust, and the 

 whole stalk is involved, causing rapid death. The injury is wide-spread and very seri- 

 ous. Hale : Has fallen off since tiie 1st of xlugust, owing to rust. Pike : Red rust on 

 cottou on sandy lands, and black rust on stiff' lauds. Shelby : Akindofdry rust is slowly 

 advancing over all uplands in the cotton, which completely destroys the foliage, tender 

 bolls, and forms. Jackson : With a dry and late fall, there will be the largest crop since 

 the war. Macon : Rust on low land, and there will be no late cotton. Montgomery : 

 Has improved since the rains. Eussell: Great complaint of rust. Butler: Very seri- 

 ously injured by the summer drought. Calhoun: A falling off in August of 28 per 

 cent. De Ealb : Doing well. Laivrence : Looks well and promising, Marengo: On 

 uplands the plant small, but well boiled, and baa stopped making ; on the bottoms, still 

 blooming, and may make a good yield. 



Mississippi. — Pike : Was very fine ten days ago, but much has been overflowed, and 

 is greatly injured. Neivton : Injured by rust 33 per cent. Neshoba: Very fine. Jas- 

 per : Injured by rust 25 per cent, within three weeks. Smith : First injured by drought, 

 then by excessive rains, causing it to rust. Wayne: Rust has made its appearance. 

 La Fayette : The best crop we have ever known in the county. Covington : The rust is 

 injuring the crop worse than the worms ever did. Noxubee: Opening rapidly ; staple 

 fine. Lee : Full of blooms on rich land, but on thinner land black rust is setting in. 

 Clark : Greatly injured by the fi'equent rains, causing the black rust. Madison : All 

 rejoicing in the prospect of a good crop. Wilkinson : Considerably damaged by rains, 

 causing rust and shedding of fruit. Adam,8: Much damaged by rains ; becoming grassy 

 and rotting. Lowndes : More boll-worms than since 1867 ; rust has damaged the crop 

 Tery much, and is spreading. Tishemingo : Not injured by anything except some rust. 

 Winston : Has rained a great deal during the last month, and rust has taken the cot- 

 ton. Panola: The past two weeks have been just right for cotton, but only a late 

 season can give us a top crop and mature the middle crop. Bankin : On alluvial 

 and fresh land, excellent; on old upland, extremely light — rust and much shedding, 

 owing to continual rains. Amite : Will be 120, unless some disaster falls upon it. BoU- 

 I'ar : Very full of forms and bolls, but fears that the bottom crop will rot, owing to the 

 many very heavy rains. Jeffarson : Plenty of rust and rot ; rained all through August. 

 Louisiana. — Caldwell: Will be shortened at least one-fourth by rust. Union : Better 

 than since 1865. Bapides : Recent heavy rains and winds have injured the crop. The 

 forms have fallen considerably, and the cotton is lightly boiled'. Fast Feliciana : The 

 heavy rains of last week damaged the crop 10 to 15 per cent. Franklin : Seriously 

 damaged by rains and high winds in August ; afft^cted by both rot and rust. Madison : 

 Greatly damaged by heavy falls of rain — from 10 to 20 per cent. Morehouse : Shortened 

 very much by drought from June 1 to August 6. Caddo : Abundant rain has affected 

 cotton badly with rust and lice. Cameron : Damaged by excessive rain at least 20 

 l)er cent. Avoyelles : Continued rains in August caused the shedding of forms and 

 the rotting of the bottom bolls. Claiborne: Injured by rust in a few localities. 

 Tf ashington : Continued rains have caused cotton to shed forms and the bolls to rot. 

 Concordia: Prostrated by rains and high winds, and shedding fruit. Jackson: Picking 

 going on briskly, but the yield not average ; the crop will be at least 25 per cent, below 

 that of last year. 



Texas. — San Jacinto : Late, but prospect of a full crop. Washington : Cut short some 



by drought, but quality superior. Dallas : The range of yield from 250 to 500 pounds of 



lint per acre. Upshur: Somewhat damaged by drought, yet promises the heaviest 



crop ever raised, if not damaged by wet. Palo Pinto : Promises better than for years. 



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