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Uuusnally Hue ; Lot for the bud-worm the yield would have doubled last year's. 

 Essex : Season late but propitious ; best crop for seven years. Accomack : Upper sectiou 

 of the county has doubled last year's yield ; the rest shows a fair crop. Orange : Yield 

 good iu spite of the chinch. Pittsijlvania : Late corn did not suffer so much from the 

 summer-drought. Madison: Grain sound. Craig: Good. Buchanan: Injured by early 

 drought. Fluvanna: Fair. MiddJesex: Turning out well. Spottsijlvania : Turning out 

 well. liappakannock : Shortened by drought. 



North C.\rolina. — Caldwell : Two weeks later than last year, and hence not so firm 

 or well matured. Eowan : Excellent in grain, and turns out better than was expected. 

 Randolph : A very fine crop cut down below average by chinches and tloods on bottom- 

 lands. Franklin : Far above average where well cultivated. Wilkes : In the west of 

 the county, the crop is better than for thirty-tive years ; eastern upland-crops were in- 

 jured by drought, but bottom-crops were fine. Hayivood : Not very well filled and 

 somewhat loose on the cob. Burke : Early drought followed by excessive rains and early 

 fall-frosts injured the crop greatly. Person: Damaged by drought. Camden: Fine 

 gathering season. TVat/nc : Larger acreage than last year and equally fine quality. 

 Chowan: Short, but of good quality. Gasion : Fair on lowlands ; variable on uplands. 

 Lincoln : Long drought. McDowell : Better than for years. Eobeson : Turning out 

 well. Beaufort : Crop larger and better than last year. 



South Carolina. — Union: Unusually fine season; acreage increased 2.5 per cent. 

 Xewherry : Quality improved by late favorable weather. Marlborough : Has done well 

 except on flooded lowlands. Georgetown : Damaged by storms and rains. Chesterfield : 

 Injured by freshets. Colleton: Very fine. Lexington: Best crop for years. Fairfield: 

 Uijland-crops greatly improved ; lowlands overflowed. 



Georgia. — Macon : Increased yield due to increased acreage. Madison : Acreage 

 greatly increased. Hancock: Best crop since the war. Sumter: Yield satisfactory. 

 Gwinnett : Best crop for years. TVaijne: Great ravages by insects. IVilkes : Improved 

 upon last year. Lee: Very tine. Carroll: Heaviest crop for years. Dawson: Gathers 

 better than was expected. Columbia : Fine crop. Dougherty : Best since 186.5. Bul- 

 lock : Yield larger than last year, but quality not so good. Catoosa: Cut oti" half by 

 drnught. 



Florida. — Orange : Shortened by drought. 



Alabama. — Covington : Drought ; light grain. Conecuh : Drought caused corn to 

 run to shock. Calhoun: Drought severe, especially on late corn. Lawrence: Short. 

 Colbert: Inferior quality and one-half short; selling at SI per bushel. Butler: Late 

 plantings injured by drought. Mobile: Late plantings short. Shelby: Decreased 

 yield. Lauderdale : Shortened bj^ drought. 



Mississippi. — Amite: Quality superior. Holmes: Drought made the crop short, light 

 and chafly. Lee: Half-crop; acreage increased 20 percent. Wilkinson : The weevil, 

 so damaging for five years past, was but little felt this year; Runner's corn, from the 

 Department, made a very heavy crop. Grenada : Very short. Franklin : Late plant- 

 ings largely failed. 



Louisiana. — Franklin : Drought and rot. Bapides : Improved 75 per cent, on last 

 year both in quantity aud quality. Tensas: A failure. Saint Mary^s : Shortened one- 

 half, but of good quality ; late corn amounts to nothing. Madison : Drought. Fast 

 Baton Rouge : Season. unfavorable for late corn. Richland: Chafty and light. 



Texas. — Matagorda: Very poor. Red River : Drought and chinch-bugs injured the 

 crop very badly. Harrison: Light and chafl"y. />((r«ef ; Fine quality. ^«s/(w; Light. 

 Hamilton: Yellow corn more generally planted than the white, as it is supposed to 

 stand the drought better ; white corn from the Department yielded well aud ripened 

 ten dayseaiiier than any other variety. Fayette: Excellent. Smith: Sounder than last 

 year and supplemented by a heavy mast. Lampasas : Drought injured the crop, but 

 the yield and quality are 20 per cent, better than last year. Shelby : Late crop dam- 

 aged by drought. Anderson: Unpropitious season throughout. De Witt: Injured by 

 drought aud rains, but the improved quality will compensate for the short yield. 

 Goliad: Injured by September rains. 



Arkansas. — Scott: Drought. Washington: Badly injured by drought and chinches. 

 Horsey : Short and inferior ; unfit for bread, and not very good for stock, being badly 

 smutted. Independence : Corn has not been so scarce since the war ; one-fourth of the 

 people will be without feed for their work-animals. Fulton: Worm-eaten and light. 

 Frairic: Very light ; ground not wet 4 inches since April. Howard: Shortened by 

 d.OLight. Arkansas: Improved by September rains. Izard: Short but better culti- 

 A'aled than usual. Columbia : Smutty and poor. Franklin : Average on Arkansas 

 Eiver bottoms, but light on uplands. Baxter: Almost ruined by chinches and drought. 



Tennessee. — Obion: Quality good. Union: Drought. Dickson: Drought. Henry: 

 Drought. Lauderdale: Light and worm-eaten. Wilson: Very light. Sullivan : Crop 

 larger and better than previously estimated. Bradley: Early corn inferior; that 

 planted iu May is good. Blount : Short. Rhea : Not so sound as usual, Washington : 

 Injurious frosts. Sevier: Largest crop ever raised; season remarkably fine. Monroe: 

 Light; late-planted somewhat injured by frost. Gibson: Almost a failure. Hardin: 



