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by the excessive rains of August. New York and Pennsylvania report 

 someimprovement, but are still below average. Virginia returns indicate 

 a great improvement and a condition 12 per cent, above average. Fur- 

 ther down the coast the continued rains have uuiformly depressed the 

 condition of the crop. Florida is full average. The Cuba tobacco of 

 Gadsden County is superior to any crop since the war, both in quantity 

 and quality. The small crops of the Gulf States and Arkansas show 

 improvement, and, on the whole, a condition above average. The great 

 tobacco-region between the Alleghany Mountains and the Mississippi, 

 producing about two-thirds of the census-crop of 1869, shows a rapid 

 decline since July, and a condition greatly below average. The flooding 

 rains that visited this region have inflicted very serious damage upon 

 tobacco as well as other crops. Tennessee has reduced her July average 

 of 106 to 92 : Kentucky has fallen from 131 to 86 ; Ohio, from 98 to 66 ; 

 Indiana, from 102 to 81 ; Illinois, from 95 to 75 ; West Virginia, from 

 97 to 9-4 ; Wisconsin, from 90 to 00. West of the Mississippi Eiver, 

 Missouri, the only large tobacco-producing State, shows a condition 5 

 per cent- above average, a gain of three per cent, since July, notwith- 

 standing some local injuries by storms. The other States of this sec- 

 tion, yielding but small crops, show some improvement, but are below 

 average. Insect-injuries are rarely mentioned in our reports of this crop. 



MASSkcnvs-ETTS.— Hampden : Now being harvested, and bids fair to prove a remark- 

 ably fine crop. 



PENXSYLVAXiA.—rorA;; Benefited by the wet weather. 



Maryland.— fi'oroaj-fi ; Good planting season and growing weather havetavored the 

 crop. Prince George's: The promise, August 1, of a full crop has been disappomted, 

 owino- to constant rains. Charles : The rainy season has seriously injured the prospect. 

 St. Mary's : Greatly damaged by late heavy raius. Calvert : Continuous rams have 

 stopped the growth, and drowned out a considerable area. Montgomery : Crop wiU be 

 large if frost does not destroy it. j. ,■, j. 



Virginia.— Pow/iaton : Prospect of the largest crop ever grown from the amount 

 planted. Caroline : Favorable weather will make the crop considerably over an aver- 

 ao-e. Pittsylvania: Quality injured by continued wet. Cumberland: Very promising 

 at present, but fears of "frenching" from excessive wet. Spottsylvania : Doing well. 

 Chesterfield: Much planted, and generally of good growth and color. Lomsa : Injurecl 

 by rains, though looking unusually well. Madison : Very promising till recently, but 

 iniured by excessive raius. Surry : Promising. Transylvania : Looking very well. 

 Amelia : Very fine. Charlotte : On well-manured lots heavy, and in a fair way to make 

 a heavy yield. Halifax : Greatly damaged by Hoods, hail-storms, and shedding ot bot- 

 tom leaves. Lunenburgh : Very promising. Craig : Better than for several years. Meck- 

 lenburgh: Seriously affected by the long-continued rains. Orange: A continuance ot 

 the present fine weather will insure a large crop of superior quality. Rockbridge : JJo- 

 iug well, but needs sunshine. Fluvanna: Very large, and as yet no fire in it. _ 



North Carolina.— Person ; Seriously hurt by long-continued rams. Caswell: Seri- 

 ously damaged by continued wet. Davie: Injured in low lands by wet weather. 

 Stol-es : Has'too much sap to make it strictly fine. Alamance ; Except on wet ground, 



very fine. , , , ■, i • 



Vlorivx.— Gadsden : The crop of Cuba tobacco is measurably housed, and is superior 



in quantity and quality to any since the war. 



Alabama. — Crenshmv : Doing well. j , x, j. 



Arkansas.— GarZand ; Helped by recent rains. Washington : Improved by the wet 



weather. .,,,,. j -n 



Tennessee.— Po&erfeon ; Has been damaged by rams, but the increased acreage will 

 bring the product to nearly an average. Trousdale : Has been inj ured very much by wet 

 weather, in frenching, and is late ; but with favorable September will be 10 to 20 per 

 cent, above 1873. Obion : Damaged by wet weather, yet pretty good. Montgomery : 

 Cutting the early-planted. Greene : Uneven. Dickson : Large crop ; not as heavy in 

 leaf as usual ; very forward, and now being cut. Macon : Needs rain. Wilson : Greatly 

 benefited by the recent dry weather. 



West ViRGLNLi-.—lfercer : Too much rain. ^ , t j t^th 



Kentvcky.— Adair : A great deal of the crop destroyed by rains. Cumberland : \V lU 



yield but a poor crop of inferior quality. Warren: The season fine and the crop much 



improved thereby. Callaivai/ : Will be light in weight ; small on all bottom-lands 



and a good deal freuched. Grayson : Was seriously damaged by the wet weather, but 



