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Union : Good, fair quality, in early matured crop; later erop, short staple; proportion, 

 1 to 3 of latter pickings. Jiajiides : From low middling to middling; liber stained 

 by rains. Avoyelles : About 25 per cent, less tbau an average, on account of very wet 

 season, and early destruction of leaf by worms ; about a general proportion of all 

 grades. East Baton Boitge : Ninety per cent. ; classed as low middling. Franklin : Our 

 cotton may be properly put in two classes — that which fully matured prior to Sep- 

 teml)er 1, and that which did not. The first, embracing 60 per cent., is about average; 

 the second, amounting to 40 per cent., oO per cent, below average. Tangipahoa : Vari- 

 ous grades nearly same as usual, perhaps 10 per cent, a lower grade. Yalobusha : 

 There will be a larger projiortiou of nice cotton than usual, as the fall "nyis favorable 

 and crop gathered early. All saved before the heavy rains which fell on the 22d and 

 23d of November is nice cotton and of good fiber. East Feliciana : Not good, owing to 

 heavy rains. Morehouse : The cotton picked up to middle of October is fine or low 

 middling to strict low middling. All picked after that time is injured by heavy rains 

 and winds, and is rated as good ordinary ; 20 ]}er cent, of the former damaged, and 

 10 per cent, of latter. 



Texas. — Bosque: Quality of fiber better than average. Top crop slightly injured by 

 frost. Sabine: Better than last year. Injured Some byrain and worm; .50 per cent, injured. 

 De Witt : Better than the average of former years, owing partly to the introduction of 

 improved seed. Our cotton is not classified hereby brokers, but there is great uni- 

 formity in the staple. The bulk of it is classed in the market as " good ordinary." Smith : ■ 

 Above average. New Orleans classification : one-eighth low middling, one-eighth 

 strict good ordinary, one-half good ordinary, one-eighth ordinary, and one-eighth low 

 ordinary. Titus: Two-thirds will compare favorably vrith an average of last year. 

 One-third infi^rior. The freeze of October 20 cauglit the jilants with an excessive 

 growth and flow of sap, followed by a light rain which extracted and dripped the 

 frozen sap upon all of the cotton not gathered, staining it badly. Anderson : 10 per 

 cent, better; 20 percent, stained by frost. Kaufman : In comparison with an av,erage 

 10 per cent, better than last year. Injury was caused by excessive rains followed by 

 drought. Henderson : Above average. Our cotton averages middling to low middling. 

 Liherijj : Possibly not an average, owing to not selecting the best seed. Peelor and 

 Dickson planted in about the usual quantities. But little sea-island. Burnett: 

 Very good; none injured; 45 per cent, middling, 40 low middling, 10 good 

 ordinary, and 5 ordinary. Grimes : Fully equal to an average, where cotton 

 has been properly picked and housed. Fully 25 per cent, is low middling, and 

 over 40 per cent, good ordinary to low middling, and 35 per cent, good ordinary. 

 Washington: Fiber fair, but cotton light. Ordinarily 1,.500 to 1,000 pounds seed- 

 cotton " makes a 500-pound bale. This year it takes 1,700 to 1,800 yjounds. The 

 quantity of seed-cotton that would have turned out nine bales last year would 

 only turn out eight this year. Bexar : The season havingbeen so favorable the quality 

 is 10 to 15 per cent, above an average. Nothing has injured the crop. Our best plant- 

 ers say we shall average 2,500 pounds on every three acres. Freestone : one-fifth ordi- 

 nary, three-fifths good ordinary, and one-fifth upper grades. Improved in preparation 

 for market, and gradual im])rovement in varieties planted. Caldwell : For many 

 years it has taken from 2,000 to 2,500 pounds seed-cotton to make a 500-pound 

 bale of lint. This year it only takes 1,000 to 1,800 pounds of seed to make .500 

 pounds of lint. Lamar : Matured later this year. Late rains caused the fruit (bolls) 

 to hang on the stalks very late without ripening, which is unusual for a dry 

 season. Coolx- : Quality of fil)er about an average. Austin : One-fourth to one- 

 third of the cotton raised in the county by white labor may be classed as mid- 

 dling to good middling. The better grades of cotton are only produced by white 

 (mostly European) labor; that raised by negroes always classed as inferior. Lavaca : 

 The first picking, as a general thing, is the best and cleanest, consisting of about 

 one-half to threefourthsof the crop. Later on, the winds and storms blew much out 

 on the ground, where it lies too long and is damaged. This season, however, the rule 

 is reversed. Owing to the wet summer and early fall the first picking was much 

 stained and rotted, the bolls next to the ground being entirely lost where the plant 

 was rank. The present picking is a grade better tlian the first. Cherokee : Frost, and 

 a yellowish hue therefrom ; also 25 per cent, that will not open. Strictly middling, 50 

 per cent. ; good ordinary, 25 ; low middling, 25. Williamson : Not quite an average. 

 Kains and worms stained the fiber, particularly the last j)icking. The lower grades 

 injured the most. About one-third of each crop will class as good ordinary, low mid- 

 dling, and good ; but little inferior. BeU : Better than fonnerly, owing to introduc- 

 tion of improved varieties, Hurlong, Golden Prolific, &c. Dallas : Considerably above 

 an average. Have had light rains this fall, consequently the cotton is but little stained 

 or trashed. Larger proportion of it will class as good middling, and but little inferior. 

 Limestone : The l)ulk of the cotton produced here will class " good ordinary " as known 

 in commerce. About one-teutli will class low middling. Fort Bend : Crop exceedingly 

 short ; but what little there is the fiber is good and not surpassed by any previous 

 year. Goliad : Crop this year better than an average. Blanco : Average quality of 



