300 



Marengo, and Russell; 80 in Hale, and 109 in Dallas. None are lower 

 than 75 or higher than 100. 



The crop is late in Mississippi, but growing rapidly. It is grassy in 

 places, yet much cleaner than last year. Condition ranges from 50 iii 

 Tunica, where it was destroyed by overflow, to 110 in De Soto and sev- 

 eral other counties. 



The Louisiana planting continued after the overflow until June 15, 

 and the crop is therefore later than elsewhere, and has suffered in places 

 from cut-worms, drought, and excessive rains. The caterpillar has ap- 

 peared in Rapides. 



Rarely has Texas had better promise of a fine crop. In some coun- 

 ties growth is not well advanced ; in a few localities jdants made their 

 appearance late in June. The stand is generally better than in other 

 States. 



Drought has been injurious in Arkansas. Some localities have had 

 no rain in eight weeks. In one township in Independence 1,000 acres 

 were left uncultivated on account of drought. Rains have been more 

 general of late in portions of the State; yet fully half the counties re- 

 port 100 and above. 



A majority of the counties of Tennessee return average condition; a 

 few range from Go to 100, and Shelby County, which yields one-sixth of 

 the State aggregate, is placed at 110. 



The following extracts from remarks of correspondents are made : 



Virginia. — Dimciddic : Looks well, though planted late ; season favorable and crop 

 clean. 



North Carolina.' — Cleveland : Good season ; land better prepared, and more commer- 

 cial fertilizers than usual. Edgecombe : Good stand. Rowan : Promising, though small for 

 the season. Wake: Greatly improved by the hot dry June weather; crop perfectly free from 

 grass; fine rains beginning to fall. Gaston: Last six weeks favorable to working the crop; 

 crop looks flourishing, but it is ten days late. Linmln : Acreage increased at the expense of 

 corn and tobacco. Greene : Stand good, and generally clear of grass and weeds ; better cul- 

 tivated than for six years. Choican : Plants small, but look well. Warren : Injured by late 

 spring. Pitt : Very little grass in the crop. Moore : Doing well. Davidson : Greatly bene- 

 fited by recent rai>«s. JVayne : About 20,000 acres in the county this year planted ia cotton. 

 Wilson : Acreage decreased, but the improved condition will make up the deficiency. 



South Carolina. — Union : From two weeks to a mouth later than usual. Clarendon : 

 Small and two or three weeks late, but growing very well, and of healthy appearance. Dar- 

 iington : Early spring very unfavorable. Marion : Generally in good condition, and grow- 

 ing rapidly ; improved 10 per cent, in June. Marlborough : Late and infested with lice ; 

 cultivation improved ; with a favorable season a decreased acreage will make an average 

 yield. Williamshurgh : Poor stand. Edgefield : Almost average ; improved by late show- 

 ers. Richland: Improved by recent rains, but stand generally bad. Lexington : Backward. 

 Newberry : Yield will be short without a seasonable fall. Orangeburgh : Clean and growing 

 fast. Fairfield: Doing well. Spartanburgh : Doing pretty well ; bloom almost as early as 

 usual. 



GhORGEA. — Columbia : Season fine ; crop healthy but grassy and backward. Harris : 

 Considerable replanting, putting the crop back three weeks; injurcid by frost and rains; if 

 everything is favorable we jvill have two-thirds of a crop ; labor easier. Jl'orth : Cut off by 

 frost, rain, and cut-worms; stand poor. Muscogee: Much of the cotton acreage plowed up 

 for corn ; improving though rains have been excessive ; alarming rumors of caterpillars in 

 southwest Georgia. Clinch: Very promising. Randolph: Looks well, though small. 

 Schley : Two weeks late ; can't make more than 80 per cent, of an average. Wilkinson : 

 Small but promising. Guinnett : 6 weeks late ; much replanted ; first bloom June 27, gen- 

 erally liot before July 4. Terrell: Eunning considerably to weed ; bad stand ; injured by 

 rains. Taliaferro : Acreage reduced 25 per cent. ; only half the guano of last year used ; 

 stand in-pgular; better tillage than last year, but the yield will fall short 2.5 or 33 per cent. 

 Wayne : liain becoming excessive. Hancock : Small, but good and growing tolerably fast. 

 Dougherty : June favorable for growth but not for cultivation ; grass growing fast. Brooks : 

 Greatly improved by rains of June. Baker: Only tolerable ; too much rain. Carroll: The 

 crop has taken a fresh start and will be fair with a late fall. Cobb : Weed growing rapidly 

 from late rains. Douglass : Crop clean. Dooley : Poorer than ever known. Fulton : Vig- 

 orous ; first bloom June 20; last year June 15. Freedmen doing well. Lincoln: Three to 

 four weeks late ; 50 per cent, less of fertilizers used ; season promising. Liberty; Culture 



