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ana : The largest crop ever raised ; all in the shock. Laxcrence : Will be consitlerable 

 soft corn, owing to frost. Elk : A very heavy growth ; all injured more or less by frost. 

 Franlclin : Yield large, and the quality good as can be. 

 Del^vware. — Kent : Fine yield. 



Marvl.ajn'd. — Worcester: The largest crop for ten years. Washington: Never better. 

 Harford: The finest crop for years. Howard: One of the best crops ever raised. 

 Wicomico : Much above average. Baltimoi'e : The best crop for many years. Cecil : 

 Never better. 



Virginia. — Pulaslci : Maturing well. Eoclingliam: Extra good, and being shocked in 

 fine condition. Campbell: Excellent crop. Rappahannock: Very good. Warwick: The 

 crop now matured is the largest for ten years. Carroll: Never better. Stafford: The 

 crop very large. Halifax : Matured ; the largest crop for several years. King George : 

 The best cr»p for years, with promise of superior quality. Orange: Magnificent crop. 

 Charles City : Not as good as was supposed. i-'Zoj/fZ: Injured by early frost. Matthews: 

 The yield above average, but the condition below ; a great deal of rotten corn, owing 

 to the excessive rains. Spottsijlvania : The largest crop since the war. Chesterfield : 

 More forward than formerly. Essex : The best crop for many years ; quality excellent. 

 Greenville: Some late fields have suffered from frost. Goochland: Prospect for a large 

 crop. Highland : Better than in former years. Page : Favorable weather for maturing. 

 Accomac : A larger crop than for ten years. King and Queen : Very fine crop. Madison : 

 Very fine, but ten days late. Elizabeth City : The yield better than for many years ; the 

 quality medium. Mecklenburgh : Unusually good on high lands; on low, moderate. 

 Wythe : The crop far above average. Fluvanna : Unusually well made. 



North Carolina. — Forsyth : Very fine ; worth 50 cents per bushel. Gaston : Good 

 on upland and exceedingly good on well-drained low grounds. Pasquotank : Very much 

 injured by the excessive rain, yet average. Tyrrell: The heaviest and best crop for 

 years ; the ears filled to the utmost. Chowan : The best crop for years. Franklin : 

 Unusually good. Wilson: Improved in September. Hertford: The best crop since 

 1860. Pamlico : Most excellent. Person : Very fine ; on uplands the heaviest yield 

 ever known. Union: Promise of the largest crop in twenty years. Camden: Not as 

 good as August promised. Anson : Cut oif on the bottoms by alternate rains and 

 droughts. Caldwell : The rains have delayed the ripening of much of it, and the crop 

 is yet uncertain. Dublin: Will not make more than half, a crop on sandy land; better 

 on stiff land. 



South Carolina. — Beaufort: Cut off one-half by continuous drouglit. Clarendon: 

 Inferior in quality ; not well matured. Colleton : That planted in March turning out 

 finely, but that planted later almost a failure, owing to the drought. Newberry : The 

 'yield light on uplands. Lexington: Late, injured by drought in September. Marlbo- 

 rough : Never better. Orangeburgh : The quality 100, but the yield only 70. 



Georgia. — Harris: Short on upland ; good on bottoms. Muscogee: Eains came too 

 late for the cro]). Douglas : Most farmers will make enough to do them another year 

 without buyiug. Towns: Better than for several years, and mostly out of danger. Walker: 

 An abundant crop. Cobb: Injured in low lands by overflow. Decatur: Very shoit 

 crop. 



Florida. — Jackson : Recovered considerably after the rains, and heavier than antici- 

 pated. Columbia: Much injured by the drought. Gadsden: The crop will be ample 

 for home consumption. La Fayette: Late corn badly injured by drought and worms. 



Alabama. — Montgomery: Pretty satisfactory. Lawrence: Very good, and abundant. 

 Calhoun : Fully matured, and 10 per cent, more than last year. Dallas : Good. Jack- 

 son: A great deal blown down and will rot. Colbert: Never finer or more abundant. 



Mississippi.— Wayne : A good crop is made. Cherokee : The product over 100 per 

 cent, greater than last year; the best crop ever grown. Franklin : Much better than 

 for years ; most of it housed in good condition. Winsloio : Will be 25 per cent, more 

 than last year. Holmes: Light; the summer rains too late. Jefferson: Good; not yet 

 harvested. ♦ 



Louisiana. — Franklin : Seriously damaged by a storm of rain on the 17th and 18th. 

 La Fayette; Considerably damaged by wind and rains. Carroll: A plenty for bome con- 

 sumption. 



Texas. — Coryell: A crop of good average quality, all safely gathered. Dallas: Crop' 

 short, but sufficient for local demands ; price 50 cents. Washington: Much injured by 

 the equinoctial storm. JS«rne< ; Nearly all gathered ; yield 15 bushels per acre. Hunt: 

 Cut short by drought, grasshoppers, and chinches. Polk: More or less injured by a 

 storm of rain and wind, which lasted thirty-sis hours. Madison : All matured, and 

 nearly all gathered in good condition. Busk : Being gathered ; the yield light. Wil- 

 liamson : Quality good ; product 15 to 40 bushels per acre, according to cultivation ; 

 average 22. Cooke : Fine ; now being cribbed. Lamar : More raised than ever before. 

 Upshur : Much damaged by smiit. Bosque: Cut short by drought; great complaint of 

 smut. De Witt : The quality for a crop injured by drought better than usual. Mata- 

 gorda: Reduced to 25 by the late destructive gales. 



Arkansas. — Calhoun: Gathered, and the best cropjever raised injthe State. Arkan- 



