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California. — Stanislaus : Farmers have planted two-thirds of their 

 grain, and a fine rain gives them a good prospect. 



Utah. — Box Elder : As it has been proved that fall-wheat will grow 

 faster than spring-wheat, and be out of danger of the grasshoppers be- 

 fore they become developed for work, the farmers are striving to put 

 in much this fall, but the process is difficult, as we have had no rain for 

 a long time. 



Agricultural Vicissitudes. — Maryland. — Howard: Our people are 

 advancing rapidly. We are putting up many new houses and other 

 barn-buildings, and are materially improving our farming implements 

 and processes. The politicians are beginning to act with more honor 

 and patriotism, and with their help we shall have an agricultural mil- 

 lenium in Howard County. 



North Carolina. — Beaiifort : Until this year this county has imported 

 large quantities of hay fromthe north. This year it has imported none, 

 and the quantity of long forage, mostly fodder and sheaf-oats, now on 

 hand, is more than sufficient to supply all demands until the next crop 

 comes in, Duplin : A larger breadth of wheat will be sown in this 

 county than ever before, and our farmers are generally returning to the 

 system of raising their own supplies of every kind. If the low price of 

 cotton continues, this county will sell pork and corn, instead of buying, 

 within two years. Pork at 88 per hundred, the present price here, is a 

 much better business than cotton at $12 per hundred. 



South Carolina. — Barnwell : With short crops and short prices we are 

 to have a hard time, but it may be beneficial in driving our farmers to the 

 production of what they now import, and at less cost. Marion : The 

 outlook for the farmers is gloomy ; a short cotton-crop and a low price 

 for the staple, while 35 per cent, of the hogs have died of cholera. 

 Georgetown : Great mortality among hogs and poultry throughout this 

 county during the past summer. The extent of the loss among hogs 

 could notbe ascertained while they were pasturing in swamps and woods, 

 but now that they are looked for to put in potato-fields, &c., they cannot 

 be found. In many cases from ^ to f of the number are missing. 



Georgia. — Harris : The fiirmers have lost largely this season, and 

 much suffering is anticipated another year; but they have planted 

 largely in wheat, rye, oats, and barley, and the prospect is good. Clay- 

 ton : Our prospect is better than it has been since the war. We have 

 planted more corn, and it has been better cultivated; we have also 

 made better crops of wheat, and will fatten more meat. We shall be 

 nearer self-sustaining than usual, though the price of cotton is low, and 

 I suppose will be. until our people learn not to plant so much, to the 

 neglect of other crops which we ought to raise. Upson : Cotton is sell- 

 ing below the cost of production. This will leave the mass of planters 

 and farmers in debt, with little or no hope of extricating themselves ; 

 all the result of the blind policy of planting cotton to the exclusion of 

 home-supplies. Mitchell : Cattle and sheep are healthy and in fine con- 

 dition, but only a few hogs are left by the cholera. The short corn-crop 

 will necessitate the buying of both corn and meat by our planters, very 

 few of whom will be able to pay cash, owing to the short cotton-crop 

 and the unreraunerative price. Hence, they must pay big rates of in- 

 terest for acceptance by the coinmissionmen. The outlook is not in the 

 least encouraging. 



Alabama.— Greene : The farmers are in a fair way to prosper. We will 

 import no corn and less meat than usual. The cotton-crop, though the 

 price is low, will almost pay the county out of debt. The freedmen have 

 more to show for their labor than any year since 1865. Henry : Our 



