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bolls to cease growing on sandy soils ; all had opened by September 10. Pamlico : Cnt 

 down 20 per cent, by rust. Folk: Not so good as last year. StaiiJy : Opens slowly, 

 and locks hang but sparely out of the bolls. Marion: Late storms have injured the 

 crop ; there will be very little late cotton. Darlington : Never more promising till the 

 rains ceased, in August ; since then it has shed all the fruit taken on since July ; staple 

 injured by late heavy rains beating it on the ground. Georgetown : Greatly injured by 

 storms. Marlborough : Storms and bad picking weather ; much open cotton beateii 

 out. lUchland : Caterpillars damaged some crops. Orangeburgh : Weed good, but 

 fruitage scanty and nearly all open ; no blooms for a month ; rust very bad. Lex- 

 ington: Not yet recovered from August droughts; yield light. Laurens: Two weeks 

 of drought caused great shedding of forms and young bolls. 



Georgia. — Pierce : Drought and rust. Schley : Drought in September caused still 

 further decline : some worms, but too late to do any harm. Dooly : Ruined by di'ought 

 from August 2 to September 22. Douglass : Never recovered from the August drought ; 

 opening very fast ; the drying of wild vegetation indicates an early frost. Muscogee : 

 Continued drought, with rust. Ca/oosa ; Squares dropping. De Kalb : Dvonght. Early: 

 Unprecedented drought of September; worms injured the top crop. Elbert: Rust. 

 Marion ; Uplands not so good as last year ; bottom crops better. Sumter : Drought and 

 caterpillars ; very poor prospect. Henry : Rust and August drought. Banks : Good 

 picking weather; but little middle crop. Montgomery: Poor stand and injured by rust. 

 Spalding : Quality middling, and good middling. Harris : Opening very rapidly ; oc- 

 casional rains during the drought prevented injurious shedding. Terrell: Drought 

 through September broken by a few showers ; crop a third less than last year ; good 

 picking season. Jackson : Weed small and damaged by late storms ; blooms scarce. 

 Laurens: Cut down half by drought ; picking season never better. Lincoln: Rust on 

 gray lauds. Oglethorpe: No top crop ; middle crop short ; drought. Walton: Coming- 

 in slovly ; picking retarded by storms, which have also injured the crop ; 66 bales 

 came ia during September against 325 bales last year. Ilrooks : Good gathering season. 

 Macon : Picking forward ; drought in August made the crop open prematurely. Morgan : 

 Injured by heat of August ; opening fast ; bolls small ; lint short and light ; later 

 plantings did not suffer so much ; bolls of better size ; some rot among bottom bolls ; 

 receipts to date only half of last year's. Upson : Still further decline. Jefferson : Rust. 

 Baldwn : Coming to market freely ; staple of excellent quality ; yield shortened by 

 drought. Madison : Rust ; two weeks late. Carroll : All the August cotton shed 

 through drought ; no rain for six weeks. Twiggs : Will be all gathered by November 1. 

 Wilkes: Opening finely; very unequal in condition. Pulaski: Acreage decreased 20 

 per ceit. ; nearly all open, and will be picked within thirty days ; the prospective yield 

 has de:;lined 2.5 per cent., but the staple remaining is of excellent quality on account 

 of the absence of rain and storms to blow it out and stain it. 



Florida. — Columbia : Shortened 10 per cent, by rust within thirty days : unusual 

 drougit. Wakulla : Hot dry weather killed the caterpillars, but also injured the crop ; 

 bolls nostly open. Jackson : Forward but short ; mostly secured in good order. 

 Leon : Injurious drought in August and September. Jeff^erson : Weather fine for open- 

 ing and picking. The rapidity with which the crop is marketed may induce peo^jle to 

 think the crop is larger than it is. Madison : Some very fine crops, but the general 

 condition is very unsatisfactory. Gadsden : Many fields denuded by the third brood of 

 caterpillars ; crop injured also by drought; many young bolls perished and others are 

 yielding but scantily. Levy : Rust. 



AL.4BAMA. — Dale: No rain for two months ; squares and grown bolls falling; half 

 crop. Greene : Drought. Pussell : Top crop shedding. Mobile : Drought ; squares fall- 

 ^S- Coffee: Some worms, but the drought was too much for them. Conecuh: Prospect 

 imp7oved. Montgomery: Nearly average in spite of drought. Pike: No rain for eleven 

 weeks ; upland cotton all open. Shelby : Drought. Calvert : More than was expected, 

 but staple not so good ; will be picked early. Dallas : Shortened a fourth by protracted 

 droight. DeKalb : Bolls opening well, but smaller than last year and lint shorter. 

 Marshall : Will yield not over half average ; staple short and inferior ; slight frost 

 Sep.ember 28, but no damage. Calhoun : Poorly fruited ; drought and late stand. 

 Cho-Aaw : Shortened by long drought. Hale: Ruined by drought and caterpillars. 

 Jac:son : Drought and rust. Macon: Drought caused the crop lo shed badly and to 

 opei prematurely. Lawrence: Half crop. Autauga: Drought for three mouths; 

 no lop crop. Henry: Drought through August and September. Clarke: Shortened 

 onehalf by drought and caterpillars. Limestone: Very poor; not over a bale for six 

 acr«s. Franklin: Poor crop. Monroe: Drought since July 20. Jl'inston : Top bolls 

 fallng ; crop opening freely. 



Sississipn. — Lauderdale : Half average ; in some places no rain has fallen since June. 

 Gnnada : Drought ; bolls opening immaturelj' ; lint and seed frequently very impcr- 

 fed. Yalabusha : Not over two-thirds average. Xee ; Drying up ; almost the last boll 

 is jpen ; no rain of any consequence since May 3. Wayne: Small crop. Attala: Cut 

 of a third by drought. Kemper : Drought cut oft" both the crop and the worms. 

 Noxubee: Black and slough lands will double last year's yield; sandy upland not so 

 good ; good picking season. Rankin : Crop made ; rains too late to save it ; half picked 



