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Schley, Ga. : This section in far better condition than at any time 

 since the war ; more j)rovisions ; i)eople nearer out of debt. 



Laurens, Ga. : Few farmers are able to sustain themselves. 



Libert}/, Ga. : Agriculture slowly improving. 



Douglas, Ga. : The repeal of the lien-law will cause some farmers to 

 be pinched next year. This law created extravagance among certain 

 classes. The county is well furnished with breadstuffs, but meat is 

 scarce. 



Morgan, Ga. : Low prices of cotton and high prices of supplies. 



Hamilton, Fla. : All crops short. 



De Kail), Ala. : Eigid economy necessary. 



Henry, Ala. : Farms more self-sustaining ; more oats sown and more 

 pork raised. 



Shelby, Ala. : People more hopeful. 



De Soto, Miss.: The pressure of the bread question has enlarged our 

 wheat acreage to six times that of last year. 



Noxubee, Miss. : Unequaled breadth of wheat sown. 



East Feliciana, La. : Our condition deplorable. 



Henderson, Texas : Plenty of corn ; if our lauds had been worked 

 well we would have had abundance to spare. 



Dallas, Texas : Hard times. 



Jaclson, Arl'. : Half of the farmers will have to buy corn. Farmers 

 of the hills to the west of us are bringing their cattle to winter on the 

 cane of the river bottoms, which is abundant. 



Prairie, Arl: : Immigration heavy, especially from Illinois and Kansas. 



Giles, Tenn.: Stock in good condition but no demand for it 5 money 

 scarce. 



Hardin, Tenn. : Money scarce. 



Bedford, Tenn. : The most trying year we have yet known, but the 

 farmers have gone to work with a will and have put in more wheat and 

 in better order than ever before. 



Lewis, Ey. : The county is filling uf) with small tobacco-growers from. 

 Virginia. Tobacco land is selling at $5 per acre. The acreage will be 

 increased 50 per cent. 



Floyd, Ind. : Money scarce. 



Whiteside, III. : Looking for a good and rather prosperous winter. 



Livingston, III. : Farmers in better condition than in any year since 

 the war. 



Saiyit Croix, Wis. : The poor yield and low i^rices of wheat depress 

 our farmers. The flouring mills of Saint Croix keep the price at least 

 10 cents per bushel above what it would be otherwise. 



Washington, Wis. : Low prices of wheat are very discouraging, caus- 

 ing farmers to hold back for higher prices. It costs 75 cents per bushel 

 to raise wheat in this county, and the price is but 85. 



Craicford, Wis. : Provisions plenty, but money scarce. 



Nicollet, Min. : The prospect for a large crop of grasshoppers is flat- 

 tering; any amount of eggs deposited. 



Washington, Iowa : High price of pork compensates the low i)rice of 

 wheat. 



Pocahontas, Iowa : Considering the threatening aspect of the grass- 

 hoppers last spring, farmers have reason to be satisfied with their crojjs. 



AiJjjanoose, Iowa : High prices of corn, oats, and hogs are making a 

 very successful season for our farmers. 



Siotix, Iowa : All our corn and half our wheat destroj^ed by grass- 

 hoppers. 



Putnam, Mo.: Farmers are liberally rewarded by ruling prices of 

 produce. 



