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than l.V pounds each. Clatj : Never better; price, 15 to 20 cents. Laldte: Never bet- 

 ter, dsuge : Exceeils any crop before raised. Learenworlh : Badly ri|)ened. 



Nebraska. — Dixon : The best crop ever raised. Lancantcr : Very hirge crop. IlaJl : 

 The farmers of Nebraska will remember 1875 as " the great potato year." From about 

 ;$ acres 1,100 bushels of excellent quality were sold otf. Anielojje : An enormous yield ; 

 will average 225 bushels per acre, and one acre of my own gave 325, Early Rose and 

 Harrison, of excellent quality. Clay : An Increase of 25 per cent, in acreage ; the yield 

 twice that of last year, and the (juality much better. Nuckolls : Good, and free from 

 disease. Merrick : Quantity and (luality better than since the world began. 



California. — Sonoma: Injured by blight. Lake: Unusually good. Mendocino: 

 Badly afiected by the blight. 



Oregon. — Doiu/Jas : Cut short by drought. 



Colorado. — IVild: Renuirkably good crop. 



Utah. — San Fete : Light crop, but the quality very good. 



SWEET-POTATOES. 



In the rainy section tlie crop suffered in yield and quality from exces 

 sive moisture. In the Gulf States and west of the Mississippi the yield 

 largely exceeds that of last year, and the quality is about average. In 

 Xew Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland the product is about 3 per cent, 

 greater than in 1874 : the quality in the two former is slightly depreci- 

 ated, and in the latter slightly improved. 



Maryland. — Worcester : Not average. The summer rains caused rank growth to the 

 vines at the expense of the potatoes. Caroline : Turned out well. 



Virginia. — Patrick : Too much raiu for this crop. Matthews : Very short crop ; too 

 muchraiu. Henrico: Fiue. Norlhampton : Inferior in quality. Chesterfield: Quality 

 excellent. Lancaster : Very good. 



North Carolina. — Iredell .-.Of fine quality. Kash : Very fine. Gaston : Good. Chowan : 

 Only three-quarters of a crop. 



Georgia. — Berrien : Materially benefited by recent rains. Wayne : Suffered much 

 from drought ; not more than half a crop. Clayton : Short ; owing to drought. Mcin- 

 tosh : Cut off one-half by the late drought. Wilcox: Cut short by dry hot weather, 



Alabama. — Clarke : Doing well since September rains. Montgomery : Turning out 

 exceedingly well. Lauderdale : Good. Covington : Yield per acre short, but large in- 

 crease in acreage. 



Mississippi. — Pike : Abundant and fine. Newton : Of superior quality. Jefferson : 

 Splendid. 



Texas. — Dallas : Fine yield, of unsurpassed quality. Bed River : Abundant ; price 75 

 cents. Upshur : Quality much better tlaan last year. Harrison : Good. 



Arkansas. — Arkansas: A bountiful crop, of first quality. Fulton: Materially injured 

 by drought. 



Tennessee. — Monroe : Almost a failure. Grundy : Inferior in size and quality. Greene : 

 Better in quality than quantity. Cheatham : A fair crop last year, and better this. 

 Bledsoe: Generally very small. Mason: The largest crop ever raised. Ousley : Injured 

 by the rains, and cut short by frost. 



Ohio. — Athens : Less than average, and not good. 



Indiana. — Bipley : Yielded veil, but were poor in quality. 



Iowa. — Harrison : Too wet for sweet-potatoes. 



Missouri. — Chariton : A large yield of excellent quality. Camden : A magnificent 

 crop. Some specimens weigh 7 to 10 pounds. 



Kansas. — Miami : Too wet for sweet-potatoes. Coivley : Very fine in yield and 

 quality. 



COTTOK 



November returns make a direct comparison of the product of this 

 year with that of 1874. As former reports of condition have fndicated, 

 the States bordering on the Atlantic all show a reduced product, and 

 those in the Mississippi Valley an increased yield. 



Prior to November 1, killing frosts had appeared in the more northern 

 States of the cotton-belt, in some counties of Northern Georgia, and in 

 the district north of the Tennessee Kiver, in Alabama. Elsewhere the 

 cotton-plant was uninjured, and generally in vigorous growth on the 

 best lauds. In one parish in Louisiana (Claiborne) it is claimed that 



