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country. The following extracts from correspondence will show some of 

 the local aspects of this industry. The report from Alamance, North Caro- 

 lina, will excite special attention on account of its different tenor from 

 the general mass of our reports : 



CoxxECTicuT. — Hartford : Early plauted secuied in tioe order ; late planiings require 

 ten to fifteen days more of good weather. 



Maryland. — Charles; Not half a crop planted, and much of that injured by the 

 cold, harsh, and dry weather. Calvert: Suffering from drought. Saint Mary's: Very 

 poor. 



Virginia. — Fhivanna : Full half short. Orange: Late, and threatened by frost; 

 only early planted and well cultivated tobacco will mature. Patrick: Scarcely any. 

 Pittsylvania : Condition somewhat improved of late ; area greatly reduced. Spottsyl- 

 vania : Hardly a fourth of last year's acreage, and less promising. Caroline : Almost 

 a failure. Halifax: Smallest crop for years, and badly injured by horn- worms. 

 Henry : From one-fourth to one-third average ; fair proportion of fine leaf if the season 

 is good. MccMcnhuryh : Drought and tobacco-worms injurious, the latter more numer- 

 ous than for many years. Buckingham : With late frosts the crop may be one-third of 

 an average. Campbell : Backward and unpromising. Chesterfield : Only a half crop 

 planted ; looks well. Amelia : Almost a total failure from want of plants and ravages 

 of the fly. Louisa : Greatly reduced by drought and flies. Madison : Good when a 

 stand was secured early; late jilantiugs small; crop about half. Bath: Two-thirds 

 of a crop. 



North Carolina. — Alamance: The northern portion of Alamance County is one of 

 the finest tobacco regions in the State, though until the last few years it was not fully 

 realized. In all the tobacco sales which have been held of late in Danville, Va. , and 

 when premiums bave been offered, Alamance farmers have taken the prize. In one 

 township. Pleasant Grove Township, which lies in the northeastern part of the county, 

 there has been .$75,000 worth of tobacco sold of last year's crop, and some yet to sell. 

 Some farmers have made from SoOO to $1,000 per hand, after paying all expenses. 

 Caswell : Scarce half a crop standing ; with an ordinary season much of that will not 

 mature. Person : Half a crop ])lauted ; unusually fine. 



Texas.— raws ; Plant-beds failed. 



Arkansas. — Washington: Half a crop; drought. 



Tennessee. — Macon : Almost a failure. ]lilliamson : A failure. 



Kentucky. — Daviess: About one-tenth of a crof) ; looking well, but complaints of 

 worms are numerous. Lewis: A third of last year's crop. Bracken: No improvement ; 

 almost a total failure. McLean : Almost a failure ; about an eighth of a crop. Gray- 

 son : Very little plauted. Graves : The crop will not be over a million pounds, and 

 that inferior, against an average of six millions. Metcalfe : The small crop planted is 

 poor ; too late to ripen. Mason : A tenth of a crop. 



Indiana. — Pike: Looks well, but the crop will Ije small. 



Illinois. — Massac : Injured by drought. 



Missouri. — Chariton: Suffered severely from drought. Shelby: Short. 



POTATOES. 



The average condition reported for the entire country is 83. In New 

 England, where the crop has suffered scarcely any drawback, full re- 

 ports return an average condition of 103. Throughout the remainder 

 of the country, except on the Pacific slope, droughts, Colorado beetles, 

 grasshoppers, and chinches, either singly or conjointly, have preyed on 

 the crop to a greater or less extent. All these have combined to reduce 

 the condition in Kansas to 20, and in Nebraska to 2-1. Elsewhere, the 

 areas over which they have severally prevailed will be sufficiently indi- 

 cated bv the annexed notes from correspondents. The prevalence of 

 rot is only noted in Otsego, New York. In the Middle States, except 

 New York, ravages by the Colorados have been more extensive than 

 heretofore. 



MxiSF..— Penobscot : Greatly improved by July rains. Oxford: Two weeks late. 

 Sagadahoc : Rotting in some places. Hancock : Rotting. 



iiawRAMPsniRE.— Hillsborough: Yielding abundantly. Grafton: A good yield. Sulli- 

 van : Promising. Cheshire : Injured by drought. 



Vermont.— C'a7ef7onm ; Some rot. Franklin: Have begun to rot. 



Connecticut.— ;j'i/(d/iam : Rotting. Xew London : Crop large, but commencing to 



