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 £OEGHUM. 



North Carolixa. — Hertford : Increased, and a very fine crop. Haywood : Very fine 



Georgia. — Hart : A large crop gathered. Jackson : Ou the increase, and next year 

 the quantity "will be doubled, from the fact that we have introduced the Cook evap- 

 orators. Upson : Cut short by the severe heat in July and August. 



Alabama. — Calhoun : Fine ; a great increase in acreage over last year, perhaps 200 

 per cent. Conecuh : Above average 50 per cent. Shelby : Almost every class and con- 

 dition, from the gray-headed sire of seventy to the stripling of sixteen, are busily en- 

 gaged in having their sorghum made up, leaving cotton and everything else to the 

 mercy of wind and rain. Sorghum is pushed to the front as a compromise between 

 the high price of meat and the low price of cotton. Bullock : Seriously injured by the 

 drought in July, but much improved since. 



Mississippi. — Winsloio : Nearly all blown down after a heavy rain. At least .50 per 

 cent, more will be planted the coming season than last. 



Texas. — Austin : The first crop yielded 80 gallons per acre of fine sirup. The sec- 

 ond crop will not be worth grinding. Upshur : The crop has been greatly increased. 



Arkansas. — Columbia : Largely on the increase. A number of mills and evaporators 

 brought into the country will induce the planting of a still greater breadth. Inde- 

 pendence : Twenty-five per cent, more planted than usual. Fulton : Increased acreage 

 and excellent crops. 



Tknstessee. — Blount: Better than for years. Dickson: The largest crop ever grown ; 

 made into sirup of good quality. Wilson : Unusually large yield. The mills have 

 been running for weeks, some of them all night. 



Indiana. — Shelby : Some injured by frost. 



Illinois. — Madison : Late, but promising a full average. 



Wisconsin. — Richland: Cut short by frost. 



Iowa. — Marion : Nearly a failure. Guthrie : Seed sent out as " imported " is a per- 

 fect failure ; has a drier, whiter inside than corn or broom-corn. A good mill can get 

 but very little juice out of it, and that little proves to be worthless. Other seed gives 

 a good crop. 



Kansas. — Osage : A large crop of good quality. 



Nebraska. — Knox : The growth of the crop stopped while much of it was in bloom, 

 by frost accompanied with ice, September 21. 



HOPS. 



New York. — Oneida: The crop all harvested and the yield at least one-third more 

 than any crop for the last five years. 



Michigan. — Calhoun : Yielded about 500 pounds per acre, and of very fine quality. 



Wisconsin. — Monroe : About two-thirds of a crop. 



California. — Alameda: The product quite good; from one-eighth to one-fourth 

 more than last year. 



Oregon. — Benton: Excellent crop ; large yield on all the fields. The culture here is 

 yet in its infancy, but the bottom-lauds of the Willamette will probably prov^e the 

 finest lands in the world for hop-growing. 



HEMP. 



Kentlcky. — Mercer : Our hemp-crop is very fine, and has been cut in good time. 

 Fayette : Have just finished cutting a larger crop of hemp than has been produced for 

 several years, and the quality, up to this stage, is above average. 



FATTENING CATTLE. 



The number of fattening cattle in the country is somewhat greater 

 than last year. There is a falling off in all the New England States 

 except Connecticut, which reports an increase nearly balancing the de- 

 ficiency of the others. Of the Middle States, New Jersey reports a 

 number equal to last year, but the others show a decline, Pennsylvania re- 

 ducing her estimate 6 i)er cent. The South Atlantic Coast States show 

 a small increase. North and South Carolina making good the loss of 7 

 I)er cent, in Maryland. Texas, by an increase of 6 per cent, upon her 

 large aggregate, raises the number of the Gulf States considerably 

 above last year, notwithstanding the decline in all the other States, 



