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cotton. Eichmond : Proportion of lint 20 per cent, above average. Miller : Top- 

 crop cut otf by drought. Forsyth: Heavj frost October 12 injured the crop, which 

 was generally late. Carroll : Early frost. Daivson : Frost. ColumMa : About half 

 of last year's yield. Dougherty : Better than was expected ; probably a larger yield 

 thau last year. Telfair: Short; good gathering-season. Bullock: Decreased acreage 

 aud yield. Catoosa: Increased acreage and yield. Whitfield: Not gathering so well 

 as was expected. Cordon: Killing frosts in October. Muscogee: Shortened by drought 

 on uplands and by worms on bottoms. Murray : Shortened 40 per cent, by worms. 



Florida. — Gadsden : Fine weather for opening and picking; crop rapidly marketed. 

 Suwannee: Crop light and late. Ora^i^re ; Short of last year's yield. Jackson: Yield in- 

 creased by the closing season. 



Alabama. — Covington : Average lint-product per acre fell off 14 per cent. Conecuh : 

 Fine picking-weather. Lowndes: Fine closing season ; yield improved. Calhoun: Late 

 bolls all frosted. Lawrence: Short. Colbert: Half of last year's yield. Clarke: Short 

 of last year through drought. De Ealb : Late plantings damaged by October frosts ; 

 good i^icking season. Blount: A falling-off of 1,000 bales from last year iu this county. 

 Greene: All the bottom-cotton was frost-killed October 12; some left on hills and ridges ; 

 crop very short and will not go far toward paying the famers' debts. Hale : About 

 9,000 bales against 7,000 last year; we made 17,000 in 1870. 



Mississippi. — Washington : Killing frosts. Amite : Loss from drought partly compen- 

 sated by the fine growth of the closing season ; quality superior. Holmes : Shed badly 

 from drought; subsequent rains caused second growth ; there will be no surplus. Le 

 Flore : Killing October frosts. Jefferson : Mostly picked ; 25 per cent, short of last year; 

 killing October frosts. Madison: Yield somewhat improved; quality good. Lee: 

 Lint good; seed small, and promises to sprout poorly next year. Winston: Very 

 short. De Soto : Crop short aud prices low. Rankin : Unusual proportion of lint. 

 Lincoln : Opened prematurely by drought. Lauderdale : Late plantings ruined by 

 drought. Cairoll: Reduced yield. Tishemingo : Fine picking-season. Ch-enada: Yield 

 increased by fine picking-season. Covington: Drought. Franklin: A third short. Pike: 

 Somewhat improved b,y late picking-season. 



Louisiana. — Jackson : Two mouths of fine closing season have been greatly iu favor 

 of the crop, though the top-crop is almost worthless. Franklin : Shortened by floods, 

 drought, and cut-worms. Eapides : Better thau last year ; yield of lint double. Ten- 

 das : Very fine picking-season, enlarging the lint-product. Union : Yield better than 

 was promised iu September. Caldwell: Fine ripening and gathering season. Washing- 

 ton: Drought. ATore^fOMse: Increased yield from fine picking-weather. il/ad/soH ; Finest 

 picking-season in five years; lint of good quality ; white frost October 13. East Baton 

 Bouge: Fine closing season. Richland: Injured by heavy rains in September. 



Texas. — Matagorda : Not over half a bale of lint per acre, the ordinary yield being 

 500 pounds. Fort Bend: Fine ripening and pickiug season greatly increased the prod- 

 uct. Kaufman : Late frosts cut off late bolls. Washington : Fine closing season 

 brought the yield up to last year's. Red River : Great improvement. Houston : Fine 

 I)icking-season. Harrison : Very short. Ellis : Much will yet ripen if the weather 

 continues favorable. Cherokee: Many fields have not made a bale to five acres. Bur- 

 net : Worms injurious. Austin : Very little top-cotton ; 15 per cent, rotted by excessive 

 rains. Fayette : Crop improved in the eastern part of the county. Upshur : Improved 

 yield of lint has raised the product per acre above last year's. Williamson : Last pick- 

 ing shortened by worms. Waller: Ripened rapidly in the charming weather; fully 

 five-sevenths of the crop already marketed. Victoria : Injured by freshet. iSmith : 

 Yielding better than was expected. Medina: Greatly improved. Montgomery: Fine 

 growing aud pickiug weather since September 28. Hunt : Shortened by drought. 

 Parker: Late bolls will not mature. Lavaca: Cost of production exceeds the price. 

 Caldwell : Top crop may yet come out. De Witt : Damaged by rains and wet weather. 

 Wilson : A bale to four or five acres against a bale per acre last year. Bexar: Greatly 

 damaged by September rains. Goliad: Injured by September rains San Jacinto: 

 Large yield of lint in proportion to gross product. 



Arkansas. — Scott : Drought. Dorsey : A very serious failure. Independence : Short, 

 but all saved in the fine picking weather. Jackson: Injured by heavy rains in Sep- 

 tember causing a second growth. Sevier : A bale from six acres. Fulton : The middle 

 and best crop was destroyed by drought ; the top crop by frost. Pulaski : Three-fourths 

 already marketed. Prairie: Inc eased acreage will bring the yield up to 60 per ceut. 

 of an average. Crittenden : Frost damaged late cotton. Bradley: Better lint yield. 

 Howard: Shortened by drought. Arkansas: Short, but greatly improved. Izard: Up. 

 land crops nearly destroyed by wet in spring and drought in summer. Columbia : Short- 

 but of improved quality. Franklin : Bottom crops average ; uplands a fourth of a crop, 

 Van Buren : September rains caused the crop to take a second growth, but too late to 

 mature. 



Tennessee. — Lauderdale: Almost a total failure through draught aud wet. HenvM 

 Short. 6;)i»«o« ; Almost a failure. ZJarditt .* Half crop ; good quality. Bedford : Dio^- 



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