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already. Tlshemiiigo : Opened earlier than last year ; quality inferior ; good picking 

 time. Amife: Injured by drought ; good picking season. San cock : Suffered severely 

 from worms ; heretofore it was thought that worms would not injure cotton on the 

 sea-shore, but this hope has proved fallacious, irhtston : Drought. Lowndes : Worms 

 have stripped the leaves ; light lands suffered from drought and heat. Carroll : Ex- 

 treme heat caused forms to drop, materially reducing the yield. Lincoln : Opening 

 rapidly ; picking well advanced. Jefferson : Seed sprouted by heavy rains following the 

 late drought. Clark : Very little rain since July 1. Adams : Good picking weather. 



Louisiana. — Iberia : Caterpillars have done but little damage. Last Baion Rouge : 

 Caterpillars in large numbers ; uplands only half average. Iberia : Worms appeared in 

 September, too late for damage. Last Feliciana : Cut down one-half since August 1 by 

 drought and heat ; staple inferior and seed immature. Caddo : Damaged 10 per cent, 

 by September rains ; picking slow ; crop gathered after September 5 will be inferior in 

 quality. Claiborne : Heavy and driving rains in September injured the quality of cot- 

 ton to the extent of 2 cents per pound. Franklin : Greatly damaged by recent driv- 

 ing rains. Lajjides : Staple good, but the crop only half average. Madison : Fell off 

 10 per cent, in September through drought. Concordia : Opening slowly ; but little 

 yet shipped. Union : Quality good, but yield short. Cameron : Worms in many 

 places ; injury serious. Jackson : Picking going forward rapidly, but staple inferior 

 owing to premature opening of bolls brought on by excessive heat : top crop growing 

 rapidly, with abundant forms and bolls ; this, if the frost holds oft', will materially 

 increase the yield. 



Texas. — Bosejue: Long drought; half a croj). Dallas: A third of a crop ; staple in- 

 ferior to last year. Llano: Unprecedented drought. Palo Pinto : Drought. Bed River : 

 Drought. IVashington : Condition improved; first picking of superior quality; the 

 quality will be 10 or 12 per cent, in advance of last year. Austin: Caterpillars de- 

 stroyed the top crop ; late heavy rains caused a serious loss by washing and blowing 

 out the seeds; much inferior cotton. Collin: Excessive drought and heat caused cot- 

 ton to throw oft" its forms. Falls : Inj ared by heavy rains in September. Waller r Con- 

 tinued rains caused the seed to sprout in the boll; condition still further reduced. 

 Bell: Cut short by drought. Bandera: Greatly damaged by late rains; top crop de- 

 stroyed by worms ; a bale to 3 or 4 acres. Cherokee : Injured by wet, cloudy weather. 

 Fannin: Injured by recent rains; seeds, in some cases, have sprouted in th« boll. 

 Harrison: Injured by drought. Henderson: No rain in September; crop very short. 

 Kaufman: Half crop; drought. Medina: Drought; I'ain comes too late to save it. 

 Hood : Fallen off beyond precedent ; seed small and light ; staple sl^ort. Xai'arro : 

 Two months drought cut down the crop fearfully. San Jacinto: Half short and a 

 month late. ITilliamson : Slightly improved by late rains. Harris: Excessive rains 

 .have sprouted the seed in the bolls; picking brisk. Cooke: Short; no rain fron June 

 1.5 to September 7 ; August extremely hot. Freestone : Severe drought ; crop shoriened ; 

 Wharton: Prospect of a heavy yield cut down by excessive rains. Montgomery Seed 

 sprouted in the bolls from excessive rains. Rusk : Has taken a second growth, and is 

 now filled with small bolls and blooms, few of which can mature. Matagorda: The 

 whole coast visited by heavy rains after a long drought ; very bad for cotton. Liraca : 

 Excessive rains and heavy storms have beaten out the cotton, reducing the condition 

 20 per cent. Caldwell: About 4 acres to a bale; excessive rains and floods. Vi'alde : 

 Badly blown down. Comanche: Failure through drought. Lamar: Good pjcking 

 weather ; staple good, rich cream-color, and of medium length. Fayette : Shortened 

 by drought and injured by subsequent storms ; will average a half bale per acre 4n the 

 bottoms and a bale to 4 or 5 acres on the uplands. Traris : Drought from the n^iddle 

 of July to the middle of September, causing the plants to shed forms and bolls very 

 freely. fj)s/n(r; Early crop matured before the drought; fields clean. Vict4»-ia: 

 Badly blown out by "a storm of fifty-six hours, commencing September 5. Karnes: 

 Damaged by late heavy rains ; will average about a bale to 4 acres. Kendall: Seri- 

 ously Injured by fourteen days of continuous rain. Robertson : Eaiu causing consiier- 

 able seed to sprout in the boll. Blanco : Injured by late rains. 



Arkansas. — Pulaski: Premature opening; picking costs 75 cents per 100 pouids, 

 hands boarding themselves. Boone: Drought. Crawford: Opening better than usual. 

 Dallas : Short. Franklin : Cut oft' one-fourth by drought ; late heavy rains have caised 

 it to stain and rot in the boll. The little cotton there is is near the ground, and the con- 

 tinued rainy and cloudy weather hjs greatly damaged it. Garland : Almost a faihre. 

 Prairie : Picked as rapidly as possible and thrown on the market. Yell : Almost a fail- 

 ure ; drought, with scorching winds in the summer. Craighead: Early frosts waild 

 finish what is left of the crop. Cross : A great failure. Hempstead : In many part? of 

 the county there was no rain from May 10 to Septem.ber 16 ; intense heat. Ouachia : 

 Opening rapidly ; shortest crop ever raised here; poor quality, short lint; bad copr. 

 Monroe: Half crop. Stone: Twelve weeks' drought. Independence: Nearly all opm ; 

 picking will be completed forty days earlier than usual. \ 



Tennessee. — Gibson: Almost a failure; qua]ity iuferior. Henry: Short; dronglt. 

 Hardin: Seriously damaged by drought. Giles: Injured by fall rains; not over 4^0^ 

 pounds seed-cotton per acre. Obion: Half a crop. Laudo-dale: Half a crop. 



