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the bolls, and in others bored holes. Perry: Above average. Bat little strict mid- 

 dlings. One-half middlings, and the balance low middlings, and ordinary. The sandy 

 lauds always produce the best grades of cotton. Bibb : Inferior. The caterpillar cut 

 ofl" the leaves before the cotton matured. Marengo: Oa the upland excellent, strong, 

 and of good length. On the bottom lands, short and Aveak — injured by worms — much 

 of it opening prematurely. One-tenth low middling ; seven-tenths good ordinary, and 

 two-tenths ordinary. Crenshaw : Eavages of worms caused some trash, but not more 

 than usual. Three-fourths of the crop good ; one-fourth from good fair to inferior. 

 Choctaw : About as good as usual. Blount : Better than average. Less yellowed by 

 late opening and exposure than usual. Greene : Twenty per cent, middling ; 50 per 

 cent, low ftiiddling; 30 per cent, good ordicary. Walker: Better than an average 

 season. It is nice and fine. Montgomery: Fair average, there being no top or late 

 cotton. No inferior fiber, except from neglect or delay in picking. Bourbon : Full 

 average. After the fii'st picking the yield of lint from the ponnd of seed-cotton was 

 most remarkable, being in some instances, as much as two-fifths per pound of lint, 

 whereas the average is not more than one-third. Henry : Caterpillars and storms in- 

 jured the fiber. The proportion of grades is about one-tenth low middling; one-half 

 good ordinary, and the remainder ordinary. Conecuh : Cotton crop never was gatherd 

 in better condition, and the fiber will compare with previous years. All cotton from 

 this county (with few exceptions) sold the i^resent year has been classed as low mid- 

 dling. Mobile merchants say that the fiber or staple is short. Know of no causes fin- 

 short fiber save the ravages of the caterpillar and dry weather during its maturity. 

 Have only two grades, low middling and spotted ; very little of the latter. Lauderdale : 

 Very good, except on some few lowlands, where it rusted. Eu§t wilts the plant, and 

 neither seed nor lint comes to maturity. The grades ai'e about one-fourth to three- 

 fourths. Tuscaloosa : Fiber of the bottom ci'op good; the balance of the crop not so 

 good on account of ravages of worms. Two- thirds good ; one-third indifterent. Clarke : 

 About the same. Fii'st picking injured by excessive rains. Grades, one-quarter ordi- 

 nary,* three-quarters low middling. Prices ruling now, 13J to 14 cents. Bandolph : 

 Better than common. The difference this year is slight. The damage was on bottom 

 lands. 



Mississippi. — Jasper: Quality below an average; supposed to be caused by the wet 

 season. The greatest amount of grade " ordinary." Marion: Not as good as usual. 

 Cause, the early date at which the leaves were destroyed. Most of our cotton classes 

 low middling, say nine-tenths. Madison : Fiber is an average quality ; about low mid- 

 dling. Lee : Worms and drought killed the top crop. All opened early, and conse- 

 quently the grades are lower than formerly. No yellow or frosted cotton. IFinston : 

 Above average, from the fact that there has scarcely been any rain to injure the cot- 

 ton during the last ten or eleven weeks : Clarke : One-third middling, one-third low mid- 

 dling, and balance good ordinarJ^ On this question I have depended on cotton-buy- 

 ers for information. Smith: About the same as last year. Warren: Five per cent, 

 better than last year, owing to the better maturity of the bolls before opening, and 

 about equal in quality to an average crop. Grenada : Fiber shorter aud lighter, 

 owing to a too-hurried maturity, brought about by a sudden transition of the crop 

 from a very wet season to an excessively dry one, aud the crop laid by in the wet. 

 Clairborne : All cotton coining to market here was much above the average. Attala: 

 Is equal to an average quality. Worms, aud extreme seasons of rain aud drought, 

 have caused the injury that has occurred, which is mostlj' to the poorer grades — about 

 one-fourth of the crop. The other portion' would have been fine could it have been 

 saved from trash and dirt. Leflore: Average; no injury. Tishemingo : Good average, 

 except shorter through drought. But little of highest grades, if any; middling, two- 

 thirds; one-tenth good middling; remainder, ordinary. Kemper: More good cotton this 

 year than usual. Xewton : A little better than an average; no injury; one-half, low 

 middling; one-quarter, good ordinary; one-quarter, middling. Amite: The fiber this 

 year is inferior, especially where the caterpillar ravaged. One-third of crop injured. 

 Common staple the only grade raised. Tunica: About average. Proportions about 

 equal from good middling to low ordinary. Jefferson : Not so good on account of 

 worms. Great deal of immature cotton opened after the leaf was stripped. Stained 

 from worm-excrement. Jones : Quality somewhat below an average. Rankin : Fiber 

 a full average. An unusually small proportion has been injured by frost and long- 

 exposure. About 60 per cent, of the crop saved in good condition. Four per cent, 

 frosted, and 16 injured by exposure. It will rate at about CO per cent, middling, 20 

 low, and 20 ordinary. Wilkinson : Fully one grade lower on New Orleans classifica- 

 tion. Staple shorter from too much cloudy weather or want of sunshine to mature; 

 45 per cent, good ordinai-y, 40 low middling, and 15 middling. Panola : Inferior cot- 

 ton opened rapidly in September, faster than it could be saved, aud a rain-storm on 

 the 27th of September materially injured the entire crop. 



LouisiAXA. — Concordia : The quality of the fiber is average, but the cotton does not 

 class as high as average, owing to the fact that it is filled with pieces of straw and leaf, 

 caused by worms, and which is not taken out by the gins. It is what we call trashy. 



