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OTving to iucreaeed area will yield a full average in pouuds,'but notin quality. Logan : 

 Injured 20 to 25 per cent, by the wet weather, causing it to drown out on bottom 

 and french on uplands, laylor : Badly damaged by rain in July and first part of 

 August; now suffering from drought. Clinton: Materially injured by the rains; some 

 crops lost altogether. Carroll : Much shortened by drought since the 1.5th of August. 

 Graves : Seriously damaged by wet weather. Simpson : The yield per acre will not 

 be more than half an average. Gallatin : Now being prematurely cut to save the 

 crop from firing and becoming a total loss. Owen : Injured by the rains. Hardin : 

 Promised yield of 60 per cent. Metcalf : Not more than half a crop. Monroe : 

 Greatly damaged by frenching, being lost in the weeds, and on the streams washed off 

 or overflowed. Russell : Do not think one plant in ten will make good tobacco. 



Ohio. — Miami : By far the largest crop ever grown. Monroe : The crop will be 

 about half that of 1873, 



Indiana. — Dulois : Cutting going on, and the crop curing well. 



Illinois. — Johnson : Will be better than anticipated a month ago. Pope : Looks 

 well, but is late, and consequently will be light. Effingham : Injured by water. Mas- 

 sac: Badly injured by rains ; one-fourth frenched. 



Missouri. — Macon : Good. Chariton : Fine on dry lands. Boone : Badly frenched ; 

 that not so affected is good. Harrison: Very fine; a large yield. Lincoln: Doing 

 finely since it ceased raining ; flattering prospect for a crop good in quantity and 

 quality. Maries : Extra fine, but a hail-storm has swept over a part of the county and 

 nearly ruined the crop. Balls: Fully up to an average crop. 



Oeegon. — Clackamas : A good crop. 



SUGAE-OANE. 



Thirty-six counties in Georgia report an average of 80 ; the crop 

 was here considerably afiected by drought in some counties. Fourteen 

 counties in Florida average 79, with considerable injury from drought. 

 Seventeen counties in Alabama reach 88, the earlier drought being 

 partly recompensed by later rains. Thirteen counties in Mississippi 

 stand 9 per cent, above average, with an increasing area. Pine-lands 

 well fertilized and cultivated produce excellent and remunerative crops 

 in some counties. Nine parishes in Louisiana return an average of 88 5 

 and 19 in Texas average 80. The dififlculty in both these States was 

 lack of rain, especially in the earlier part of the season. 



Georgia. — Dooly : A fine crop anticipated. Liberty : Suffered to some extent from 

 drought. Jefferson : The rains were in time to benefit the cane. Terrell : Benefited 

 by the rains. 



Florida. — La Fayette: Badly injured by drought. Columbia: Much injured by 

 drought, but will improve with favorable weather. 



Alabama. — Grenshaiv : Improving since the rains. Covington : Eecent rains are 

 bringing out the crop fast, and the promise is fine. Butler: Considerably injured by 

 the drought. 



Mississippi. — Wayne : Acreage increases every year. Our poor pine-lands, well fer- 

 tilized and cultivated, produce excellent and remunerative crops. 



Louisiana. — Rapides : Improving every day. Saint Mary^s : A show for three- 

 fourths of a crop. 



Texas. — Upshur: Doing well. Wood: Greatly revived by recent rains. Jasper: 

 Has been too dry for sugar-cane. 



SOEGHUM. 



In the valleys of the Missouri and the Mississippi Elvers the promise 

 of sorghum is considerably above average. The highest figures for con- 

 dition are, in Arkansas and Mississippi, Hi ; Kansas and Nebraska, 

 110; Tennessee, 105. These figures show a decided advance. In August, 

 Missouri fell from 106 to 103. Texas rose from 82 to 97 ; Alabama, from 

 94 to 99 ; Iowa, from 84 to 95. There was a similar improvement in the 

 Ohio Valley. In Kentucky, from 91 to 95 ; .Ohio, 94 to 101 ; Indiana, 

 89 to 93. Owing to frosts, Illinois fell from 99 to 95 ; Wisconsin, 102 to 

 43 ; Minnesota, 89 to 79. On the Atlantic coast, Delaware and Georgia 

 return 100; Maryland, 104; Virginia, 91; North Carolina, 98; South 

 Carolina, 105. 



