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terestiug particulars of local variations iu coudition and their causes 

 will be found in the notes from correspondents which follow : 



Maine. — Oxford : Growth good ; two or three weeks late. Sagadanoc : Late. Androa- 

 coflgin : Very backward and light. 



New Hampshire. — Carroll: Remarkably green and backward. 



Vermont. — Orleans: Crop good and ripening well. Wahhbujlon : Harvested iu good 

 order ; no frost yet. Rutland : Severe drought for two months. 



Massachusetts. — Berlshire : Injured by the early cold season. 



Connecticut. — Keic London : Very promising. 



New York. — Cohaniia : Very light. Queens : Shortened by drought ; not generally 

 well filled. Tioga : Recent rains. Genesee : Prematurely ripened by drought in 

 August and September. Sullivan: Light but good. Franklin: Late and small. Hud- 

 son : Injured by drought. 



New Jersey. — Gloucester: Shortened by extreme drought. 



Pennsylvania. — Xorthamjyton : Planted on old corn-stubble without manure ; crops 

 »re very j)Oor. Clearfield : Some good pieces, but late planting causes much soft corn. 

 Indiana: Sound and safe from frost. Columbia: Suifered from drought. Westmore- 

 land: Corn still needs tine weather for ripening, Erie: Has done well. Armstrong : 

 Good season. Lycoming: Average in quantity and qualitj'. Beaver: Damaged by 

 drought. Butler : Injured and retarded by cool nights. 



Delaware. — Kent: Shortened by late drought. 



Maryland. — DorcJiester : Shortened 30 per cent, by drought ; fodder good. Balti- 

 more : Average, and of good quality. 



Virginia. — Greenville: Injured by worms. Lunenburg: Shortest crop ever made. 

 Madison : Maturing and very sound ; upland poor ; bottoms good where well worked. 

 Middlesex: Injured by bud-worms ; season good. Gloucester: Injured by drought and 

 worms. Shenandoah : Drought. Stafford : Half crop. Charles City : Still green. Din- 

 widdie : Yield large but of inferior quality ; late planting, poor culture, and drought. 

 Fodder well secured. Essex : Best crop for live years in spite of bad stand. King 

 George : Too dry and cold. Xelson : Good, but late. Clarke : Some improvement. 

 Elizabeth City : Improved of late. Highland: Unusually good. Loudoun: Improved 

 by late rains ; a fine prospect. Matthews : Fine quality, shortened by bud-worms. 

 Mecklenburgh : Drought and storms. Nansemond : A late cold season gave a poor 

 stand, but a fine summer has greatly improved the crop. Pulaski : Nearly out 

 of danger. Albemarle : Late rains have raised the crops to average. Fluvanna : 

 Tolerable. Louisa: Partial drought. King William : Best crop for years. Orange: Ben- 

 efited by late rains ; chinches. King and Queen : Will make .50 per cent, more than 

 last year. Buchanan: Drought and leveling winds. Chesterfield: Fine yield and qual- 

 ity if frost delays. 



North Carolina. — Franklin : Lack of cultivation. Cumberland : Drought. Pasquo- 

 tank : Short, but better than last year. Beaufort : Unusually well saved and sound. 

 Gaston: Shortened by drought. Cleveland: Sliort. Camden: Good. Greene: Nearly 

 average, but not enough for home use. Perquimans : Fully a third better than last 

 year. Choican : Good. Haywood: Late and of low growth on account of drought, but 

 the ears are long and well filled. Moore : Early crops fine, later plantings injured by 

 drought. 



South Carolina. — Orangeburgh : Crop fine. Lexington : Late corn has held its own. 



Georgia. — Schley : Good, and enough for home consumption. Muscogee : Short, 

 cotton-seed fertilizer not applied. Catoosa : Injured worse by drought than ever 

 before. DeKalh : Good. Sumter: Crop made; 15 per cent, better than last year, 

 but not enough planted. Columbia : Fine ; enough for home use. Harris : Better 

 than last year. Oglethorpe : Turning out well in spite of a cool summer. Upsan: 

 As good as the land will bring where well cultivated, but a large proportion is not 

 well cultivated. Jefferson : Better than usual. Carroll : Fine where well worked ; fodder 

 largely saved in good order. Pulaski : Increased acreage and yield. 



Florida. — Madison : Good, as nsual. Gadsden : Yield satisfactory. 



Alabama.— Late corn injured by drought. Greene: Crop turning out well. Coffee: 

 Late corn almost cut off by drought. Conecuh : Drought. Montgomery : Fine ; the 

 late plantings injured by drought were few ; full ears and good grain. Colbert: Half 

 a crop and of poor quality ; selling at $1 per bushel ; usual price 40 to 50 cents. Dal- 

 las: Late plantings curtailed by drought. Calhoun: Early plantings good; late, 

 injured by drought. Lawrence : Half crop. Clarke : Early-planted upland crop very 

 good; river-bottom crops mostly ruined by drought. Limestone: Very poor. Franklin: 

 Di-stressingly short in some localities. Monroe : Drought since July 20. 



Mississippi.— ^4 «a?a ; Late plantings ruined. Ketn2}er : Destructive drought. Ilan- 

 kin : Some excellent; some very poor. Amite: Late plantings injured by drought. 

 Winston : Shortened by drought. 

 Louislana.— J &eria.- Selling at 50 cents to 75 cents per barrel. Franklin: Damaged 



