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Butte, Col. : I have made about five tons of raisius this season from 

 the grape called Muscat of Alexandria, or "White Muscat, which is 

 identical with that from which the Malaga raisins are made in Spain. 



Corn-culture. — Orleans, Yt. : During several years it has been the 

 prevailing sentiment that it is cheaper to buy western corn than to 

 raise it here. 



Ptymouth, Mass. : The farmers plant less grain every year ; one may 

 ride several miles without seeing a single acre of Indian corn ; more 

 attention to milk production, vegetables, and fruit. 



Grass CROPS. — Orleans, Vt. : Hay is our principal crop, and is all 

 stored in barns; very few stacks in the county. 



Caldwell, N'. C. : Italian rye-grass wholly worthless here. 



Lincoln, JV. C. : The blue-grass has been taken in hand by one of our 

 most enterprising farmers, but no one seems willing to try the Italian 

 rye-grass for fear it may iDrove like some other foreign grasses, hard to 

 eradicate. 



Tobacco-culture. — Person, N. C. : The counties of Person, Gran- 

 ville, and Caswell are the finest tobacco-growing counties in the State. 

 All other crops are mnch neglected or laid aside. The croj) this year 

 is one of the finest in color and quality. 



Rice-culture. — Camden, Ga. : This county has on the Saint Ilia River 

 6,2U0 acres of rice-land under bank, all being under cultivation prior to 

 1861, and producing 279,000 bushels of rough rice, or 45 bushels per 

 acre. In 1806 about 400 acres were planted, and the acreage has grad- 

 ually increased from that time. Tlie present year about 3,000 acres 

 were planted, producing 120,000 bushels, or 40 bushels per acre. 



Live stock. — Montgomery, Ya. : This county is superior for gi'azing, 

 which is a prominent occupation of the people. We have this year been 

 eminently successful in this branch. Cattle were made very fat and 

 sold at remunerative prices. Sheep-husbandry is on the increase, and 

 the breeds of both cattle and sheep have been improved by importation. 



Montgomery, loica : This county at the recent election adopted a reg- 

 ulation requiring stock of all kinds to be restrained from running at 

 large, unless under the care and attention of some person, during the 

 whole year. 



Folk, Mo. : Farmers are selling all the stock they can get into selling 

 condition. I expect to see more thin stock next si)ring than was ever 

 seen in Polk County. 



Platte, Mo. : Hogs a quick sale at $5 per cental gross. 



Sedgwick, Kans. : Those that have what farm-stock their homesteads 

 can carry are, in this time of trial, in the best condition. Those that 

 depended on grain alone, and would not be bothered with cattle, are in 

 rather a bad fix. 



Cotton-culture.— ^rZy/e/ieM, S. C: Last year a friend, with no 

 little persuasion, induced me to plant a small portion of a very produc- 

 tive lot with seed of his raising, a variety known here as the Bancroft 

 Cluster cotton, and the increased yield over the portion planted with 

 common seed was truly wonderful, amounting to 20 per cent. These 

 plants may be crowded very thickly, while the bolls, being in clusters, 

 are easier to gather. It is said also to yield more lint from the same 

 amount of gross cotton. 



Products of Southern Texas. — Cameron: This section of Texas 

 is not a fanning country. Between the Nueces and Rio Grande — a ter- 



