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'dimiuisiiing- ; Lighliiud rice taking its place; cotton stolen from the fields by night ; stand 

 late. Milton : Have been growing fast for four weeks ; still a little late but promising. 

 Putnam: A month backward. Richmond: At least twenty days behind last year ; damaged 

 by storms. Twiggs : Three weeks late ; would greatly improve with favorable weather. 

 Heard: Some indications of boll-worms. JViiite : A little better. £«r/(/ ; One worm reliably 

 identified. Oglethorpe : Bloomed three weeks later than last year and about half the size 

 of this time last season. Stuart : Badly in the grass ; rained twenty-seven days in June. 

 De Kalb : Healthy but late. Morgan : Not rain enough to bring up late plantings ; crops 

 clean. 



Florida. — Jefferson: Satisfactory. Gadsden: Some complaint of defective stands, and 

 of a tendency to shed forms, but the condition has greatly improved and is now quite satis- 

 factory. Constant rain for two weeks. Jackson : Cotton doing well. Leon : Crop greatly 

 improved in June ; some fields grassy. Columbia : Stand inferior, but looks well. 



Alabama.— Greene : Heavy spring rains caused much of the cotton to be replanted ; it 

 looks healthy, and is doing well, though backward ; stand defective, De Kalb : Late, but 

 weeding finely. St. Clair: Has been backward, but has started to growing finely. Cham- 

 bers : Three weeks late. Montgomery : Backward, but looks well. Macon : Grassy, 

 through excessive rain. Crenshaw : Some complaint of poor stands, but generally flour- 

 ishing. Cvnecuh : Too much rain; looks badly. Clarice: Bad stands, through defective 

 seed and a wet, cold April, but greatly improved with recent rains ; plants thrifty and grow- 

 ing finely. Franklin : Looks unusually well ; though planted fifteen days later than usual 

 the first bloom was seen June 25, a week earlier than usual. Limestone : Early plantings 

 full average ; later, not so good. Lauderdale : Improved wonderfully during the month of 

 June ; has been well cleaned, and is growing finely with recent showers. Hale : Behind 

 time twenty days but growing finely. Pike : Stand poor ; fruit formation backward ; acre- 

 age reduced 20 per cent. ; labor improving. Dallas : Promising, Perry : Weeding rap- 

 idly, but fruit does not appear ; daily rains injurious. Clay : Poor stand and growth. Bul- 

 loclc : Stand poor ; plants small. Wilcox : Stand defective, but the plants look well. Cal- 

 houn : Greatly improved, but still behind in growth. 



Mississippi. — Amite: Rain following drought ; hail-storms injured the crop, but still it 

 is of average promise. Copiah : Small, but clean and pi'omising. Harrison : Growth some- 

 what retarded by unfavorable weather and insects. Pike : A month backward. Newton : 

 Good stand ; doing well. Warren : Grows rapidly on recently overflowed land ; much 

 replanted. Jasper : A month late. Grenada : An unusual amount in grass ; prospect fair 

 where well worked. Wayne : Excessive rains prevented good stands, but subsequent 

 drought enabled the planters to work it clean. Coahoma : Late, but looks well. Dc Soto : 

 Fine. Lowndes : Stands irregular ; late rains have improved the crop in some localites. 

 Kemper: Promising. Smith: Ten days behind, but of average promise; first bloom June 

 23, usually June 10 to ]5. Lauderdale: Great improvement lately. Lee: Improved 

 astonishingly within a month ; weed large and full of squares. Marion : Cotton-flies in im- 

 mense numbers have appeared in one field. Madison : Late eighteen days, but well worked ; 

 plants small but thrifty. Jefferson: Small, but growing well. 



Louisiana. — Morehouse: Three weeks late, but is as large as last year, and in better 

 condition; planting delayed by excessive rains. East J3a«ow Ro?t^e ;. Suffered from drought 

 following excessive rains, yet the crop is about average. Union : Suffered from drought. 

 Rapides: Growing finely, but two weeks late ; caterpillars have been seen. Franklin: More 

 late cotton than usual ; looks well but cannot bring a full crop, Cameron : Promising. 

 Concordia : Planting, after the overflow, continued till June 15 ; acreage decreased 30 per 

 cent. ; May drought kept the seed from germinating ; stand generally good, but cannot make 

 over half a crop. Caddo: Has done remarkably well; unusually clean, Tensas: Doing 

 as well as late cotton can be expected to do ; some of it looks badly : injured by cut-worms ; 

 rain needed. IVest Feliciana : Replanted cotton late ; stand irregular ; many bad spots, 

 Washington : Suffered some from drought. Madison : Improving for thirty days past. 

 Eichland : Early planted doing well ; no good rain for nine weeks ; plantings on overflowed 

 lands suffering from drought. 



Texas. — Hood: Prospect finer than ever known, Austin: Late but doing well; yield 

 will be below average. Bosque: Good ; improved by the late fine weather. Collin : Never 

 more promising. Waller : Growing steadily and fruiting finely ; cotton fly reported, Up- 

 shur : Crop clean, and stand excellent. Burnet : Looks well generally ; season favorable. 

 Bandera : Low, but looks well ; growing fast. Ellis : Never in better condition, Faytte : 

 A little backward, but very promising. Fort Bend : Prospects better than at any time since 

 the war. Gonzales : Good where good stands were obtained before the drought. Grimes : 

 Fine. Harrison: Late, but looks well ; needs rain. Hm»j< : Fine looking, but late. Lamar: 

 Prospect very fine. Milam: One-fourth rotted by recent rains ; the rest promising. Robert- 

 son : Looks well where well cultivated. Smith : Has rapidly improved with the last six 

 weeks of dry hot weather ; growing finely. San Jacinto : Three weeks late, but well 

 worked. Williamson: Poor stands, especially on new lands ; only slight showers for sev- 

 enty days ; plants small. Washington : Well cleaned during the dry weather, and now 

 profiting from the seasonable rains. Wood : Better condition than last year ; threatened 

 with worms, Matagorda : Some fine crops, but mostly indifferent ; about 30 per cent, has 



