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hoppers. Eock : ^Almost destroyed by grasshoppers. Sherhnrne : Damaged by high 

 wiuds. Stearns: Finely matured through dehiy of frost. Steele : Good crops of sound 

 grain. Sibleij : Not injured by grasshoppers. Swift: Well matured. Wright: Short- 

 ened by extreme heat in July. 



Iowa. — Grundy : Not well filled and loose on the cob. Woodbury: Double last year's 

 crop, in spite of grasshoppers. WinnesMck : In the north, the crop is fine; but in the 

 south, reduced by drought. Washington : Condition of the crop variable. Poweshiek : 

 Quality first rate ; no frost till the crop was dead-ripe. Pottawaftoniie : Cut short by 

 drought and of poor quality. Polk : Matured early. Pocahontas : Very protitable 

 crop this year. Page: Drought. Montgomery: Averages 30 bushels per acre, and brings 

 40 cents iier bushel. Marion: Turned out surprisingly well. Jones: Drought. Jack- 

 son : Light, but good. Johnson : Selling at 40 cents. Harrison : About 30 per cent, 

 of the crop was i>lauted after the wheat and corn were destroyed by grasshoppers and 

 turned out poorly ; the remainder was very good. Henry : Old corn absorbed 1)y feed- 

 ers at high prices as well as a third of the new crop. Floyd: Short, but of good qual- 

 ity. Des Moines : Injured by insects. Da7/as ; Ears small but sound. Calhoun: Sound 

 and good. Clinton : Killing frost October 11, but corn had ripened before it came. 

 Benton : Drought. Story : Shortened by drought in the silking-stage ; will average 35 

 to 40 bushels per acre. Plymouth : Some crops destroyed by grasshoppers. 



Missouri. — Pemiscot: Almost ruined by drought and chinches. Taney: Lightest 

 crop ever raised. Palls: Unusually good. Polk: A failure ; drought and chinches. 

 Putnam : Injured by wind-storms and excessively wet weather. Platte : Will be scarce; 

 sells at 75 cents per bushel. Phelps : The only tolerable crops were on the bottoms ; 

 drought and chinches. Perry : Not enough to fatten pork ; some are feeding wheat to 

 hogs. Nodaway: Drought. Moniteau: Grain poor and fodder worthless; chinches. 

 Johnson : Almost destroyed by drought and chinches. Jasper : Ruined by drought and 

 chinches. Holt: Chinches verj'' bad. i^raH/i:Zi»: Drought and chinches. Daviess: Drought 

 and chinches. Crawford: Eaten by chinches and starved by drought. Cole: Drought. 

 Clinton : Drought favored clean culture; crop would have been nearly average but for 

 chinches. Callaway : Drought and chinches. Adair : Made chafty by chinches. 



Kaxsas. — Smith : All destroyed by grasshoppers. Osage : Drought, chinches, and grass- 

 hoppers have ruined the crops. Marion : Destroyed by drought, chinches, and grass- 

 hoppers. McPherson : A total failure. Leavenworth: This county raised more corn than 

 all the rest of the State, though the crop here was but 40 per ceub. of an average. 

 Eepnllic : Almost worthless. Miami : Light and chaffy. Labette : Good on bottoms, 

 failed on prairies ; feeding wheat to hogs. Montgomery: Bugs and drought. Jackson: 

 Hardly worth mentioning. Ellsworth: Drought and grasshoppers. Bourbon: Early 

 bottom-crops good ; upland a failure. Brown, : Drought, chinches, and grasshoppers. 

 Anderson: Drought and chinches. Allen: Drought, grasshoppers, and chinches. 

 Mitchell : Total failure. 



Nebraska. — Richardson : Sells at 75 cents per bushel. Jjancaster : Almost destroyed 

 by grasshoppers. Lincoln : Damaged by grasshoppers. Boone : Destroyed bj' grass- 

 hoppers. Antelope : Destroyed by grasshoppers. Otoe : Large portions of the county 

 destitute of corn ; Texas cattle not fed as extensively as formerly. Webster : Eaten by 

 grasshoppers. Cass : Will not average 10 bushels per acre. Pawnee : Kuiued by hot 

 winds, drought, and grasshoppers. 



CviiFORXiA. — Mariposa: Twenty per cent, above average, though some fields were 

 injured by early frost. 



Oregon. — Grant: Injured by early fall- frosts. Columbia: Ripens late. 



COTTON. 



The cotton-product of 1874, as estimated by our correspondents on 

 the 1st of November, aggregates about three and two-thirds millions 

 of bales. The yield per acre is reported less than in 1873 in most 

 of the States. The weather for ripening and gathering the top-crop 

 has been very favorable. The reports are nearly unanimous in stating 

 that the proportion of lint to seed is large. The percentages of last 

 year's aggregate of bales in the principal cotton-States are as follows : 

 Virginia, 89; North Carolina, 89; South Carolina, 92; Georgia, 93; 

 Florida, 100; Alabama, 95; Mississippi, 90 ; Louisiana, 85 : Texas, 90; 

 Arkansas, 60 ; Tennessee, 57. Thi« result corresponds very closely with 

 the indications of the monthly statements of condition made by the 

 Department. It is larger than that foreshadowed by the Cottoii Ex- 

 changes. It is as high as an honest rendering ot returns warranted on the. 

 1st of November; and though the fine weather since that date may add 



