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Mobile, September report. — Alabama: Porty-five counties; thirty- 

 one report drought and heat; fourteen, generally seasonable with occa- 

 sional showers; thirty-seven, stoppage of growth, shedding, and ruting 

 in many places, destroying the top-crops ; eight, good results of drought 

 on bottoms and stiff lands ; tweuty counties, mostly stiff bottomlands^ 

 estimate 10 per cent, increase of yield ; twenty-five upland counties, 11 

 percent, decrease; premature opening; estimates of decline from Au- 

 gust prospects vary from 25 'to 50 per cent., average 33. MiHsissippi: 

 Nineteen counties; sixteen report drought and heat; three, seasonable 

 weather; effects of drought serious, shedding and premature opening 

 of bolls ; thirteen expect 33 per cent, of last year's yield ; five, still less ,'. 

 one, no decrease. 



National Cotton Exchange, October reports. — Charleston 

 Department. — South Carolina: Sixty-two letters from twenty-seveu 

 counties, not distinguished: fourteen report slight damage from 

 frost; four, serious damage; fifty-eight, favorable weather since 

 September 20 ; three, unfavorable ; average decrease of yield from last 

 year, 19 per cent. 



Savannah Department. — Georgia : Forty-nine counties ; frost in 

 all except the extreme south, but only injurious in the extreme north,* 

 increase of 10 per cent, expected in the south ; 10 to 15 per cent, decrease 

 in the middle; 20 per cent, in north; weather can no longer affect the 

 yield; fine picking-season; more rapid marketing of crop than ever 

 before. Florida: Sixteen counties; no injury from frost; fine picking- 

 season ; yield about the same as last year in the sea-island district; in 

 the upland districts, one county decreased; the remainder increased at 

 an average of 25 per cent.; drought favorable to lint, but top-crop 

 cut off. 



Augusta Department. — Georgia: Thirty-two counties; all lowland 

 crops damaged, and uplands in the north belt slightly ; middle-belt up- 

 lands not injured ; favorable picking- weather ; decrease of yield in three 

 counties, 50 per cent. ; in thirteen, 33 per cent. ; in eleven, 25 jier cent. ). 

 in five, 10 to 20 per cent. ; crop clean and rapidly marketed. 



Mobile Department. — Alabama: Thirty-seven counties; little in- 

 jury from frost; good picking- weather ; twelve counties report from 5 

 to 100 per cent, increase last year, averaging 25 per cent.; one, no 

 change; twenty-four, a decrease from 10 to 50 per cent., averaging 25 

 per cent. ; crop picked earlier and cleaner than usual. Mississipjri : No 

 frost; good picking- weather; one county expects 25 per cent, increase; 

 one, no change ; the rest, decrease from 10 to 50 per cent. ; average, 33. 



New Orleans Depart3IENt. — Louisiana: No injury from frost; 

 good picking- weather; yield a little greater than last year, increase 

 averaging 10 per cent. ; injured by diought, but clean and bright. 

 3Iississippi : Twenty counties; little or no injury from frost; good pick- 

 ing-season ; average decrease of yield 25 per cent. ; complaints of lights 

 and short lint yield. ArJcansas : Little damage from frost; good pick- 

 ing-season ; decrease of yield 25 to 0(J per cent., average, 41 ; river-bot- 

 toms may turn out better; finest picking-season will not balance the- 

 drought. 



Galveston Department. — Texas: Fifty-nine counties; no frosty 

 heavy rains from September 20 to October 1, but very favorable pickiug 

 and ripening w^eather afterward; thirteen counties that failed last 

 year report an increase; thirteen, a decrease of 10 to 25 per cent, j 

 nineteen, 25 to 50 per cent. ; six, 50 to 75 per cent. ; eight, no decrease ; 

 caterpillars destroyed the top-crop of some coast-counties ; some ex- 

 pect a top-crop, but others say it is too late to mature. 



