auimal-po'.ver less available than usual; consequently tlio work was slovenly done and 

 the crop badly set. Upwards of one-third of the 1G,232 acres planted were seeded late 

 in May, and up to the 20th of Jane, the usual time for sowing being from the 25th of 

 March to the last of April. The water-grasses, started by the condition of the lands 

 under a very low subsidence of the fresliets, were well rooted when the rice was put 

 in ; and high up the rivers, where the drainage is still deficient, these grasses have 

 never been eradicated or controlled. The almost universal report, therefore, is that 

 the crop is •' grassy" — which means unsatisfactory cultivation. Under these circum- 

 stauces the growth has not been vigorous, and the product caunot possibly exceed the 

 average of the past four years. The crop is assuredly not as promising as the growth 

 of last year, and the harvest has not yet commenced. That portion of the crop planted 

 in May will inevitably be seriously damaged by birds, (a terrible pest with us,) and it 

 has yet to be seen whether the June rice will mature so as to be out of the way of harm 

 in the contingency of an early frost. All things fairly considered, there is no ground 

 for calculating upon anything more than an average, vrhich has not, since 13G8, reached 

 higher than 5(30 pounds of clean rice to the acre, this being 55 per cent, less than the 

 maximum of 1,207 pounds in 185'J. 



Geosgia. — The following account of the rice-fields in Mcintosh 

 County, Georgia, has been received : 



In the year 1S71 two-fifths of the entire crop was destroyed by a heavy storm and 

 continued freshets after it was cut and stacked in the fields. In 1872 the acreage was 

 greatly diminished by an excessive freshet of long dui'ation, which occurred during the 

 ])lauting-season. In the present year nineteen hundred aci'es have been planted up to 

 September. The heavy and continued freshets, together with a cold spring, retarded 

 planting operations. Planters, however, are still at work, and there will probably be 

 as much planted as in former years. Upon a review of the acreage planted, it is ascer- 

 tained that only one-third of the laud " under bank," and which was planted prior to 

 the war, is now under cultivation. The fact that all the lands liaA'e to be kept in good 

 order t^ insure the safety of the crop, and the additional fiicts of limited resources in 

 money and a fiiiling supply of labor, account for the reduced acreage in the county, 

 and for the reduced average per acre. 



Louisiana. — A correspondent writing from Point a la Haclie, says : 



Of the yield of our rice-crop in 1873, we can estimate with certainty that the yield 

 was about 240,000 barrels of rough rice, or 120,000 bushels of hulled and polished. Not- 

 withstanding the many difficulties planters had to contend with in the beginning, their 

 success was very eucouraging, for the crop of 1873 was in proportion doubled to that 

 of any preceding year. The condition and prospects for this year (1874) are wholly 

 changed on account of a wet and late season for planting. It may be estimated that 

 the crop will reach 180,000 bushels of rough, or 90,000 bushels of rice hulled and pol- 

 ished. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL RECORD. 



By TowNEXD Glover, Extojiologist. 



Insect injuries. — Cotton-cate)j)iUars (Anoints xi/Unw). — This insect 

 appeared at different points in the cotton States, but their iujuries were 

 scarcely appreciable except at a very few points. In Pamlico, North 

 Carolina, the weather was too cool for them, but generally the extreme 

 heat was unfavorable to their propagation. In Eussell, Alabama, and 

 a few other counties, they were somewhat destructive to late crops; 

 but elsewhere they were either of very little force, or were easily de- 

 stroyed by Paris-green. The planters of Harris, Texas, are hopeful of 

 finally exterminating them. 



