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De Soto County^ Miss. — The winding up of the cotton crop shows onr 

 people generally "broke." Large cotton crop; low price; provisions 

 all from Cincinnati and St. Louis. 



Attala County, Miss. — Cotton crop lOf this county one-third larger 

 than that of last year. The coininon expression is that one-third less 

 cotton will 1)6 planted this year, but when planting time comes they will 

 X^robably go cotton again. 



N'eicton County, Miss. — Cotton has made an extraordinary yield, fully 

 forty per cent, greater than last year. 



Morehouse Parish, La. — Much of tiie cotton crop remains in the field, 

 and will remain there, owing to the indisposition of the laborers to 

 gather it. 



Hardin County, Texas. — One hundred per cent, increase in the cotton 

 crop of this county over the crop of 186S. 



Milam County, Texas. — There are in this county about 20,000 acres in 

 cotton that will yield 15,000 bales, and 10,000 acres that will yield 3,000 

 bales ; 18,000 acres in corn, yielding 30 bushels to the acre ; and 4,000 

 acres in promiscuous cultivation. 



Anderson County, Texas. — Twenty per cent, of the cotton crop yet 

 unpicked, and most of it will be lost; the best crop year in ten years, and 

 with efficient labor planters would now abound in all the products of the 

 latitude. 



Musk County, Texas. — Other crops have been neglected for several 

 years past for cotton. Nov,^ that cotton has fallen in price it is thought 

 more attention will be given the former. During the war wheat, rye, 

 oats, barley, ancl rice were paying crops. 



SUGAK-CANE. 



Xeu-ton County, 3[iss. — Our planters are now raising the genuine 

 Louisauft sugar-cane, and are meeting with great success. They make 

 from four to eight barrels of sirup to tlie acre with the indifferent means 

 at hand for crushing. Some are making sugar. 



Iheria Parish', La. — Severe cold weather. A large quantity of seed- 

 cane has been destroyed, and a few plantations have had their ftrops 

 cut short by the heavy freeze. It is feared that the orange crop and 

 trees have been killed. 



Hardin County, Texas. — Four times as mucli sugar and molasses have 

 been i)roduced in this county this year as was made in 1868. 



Jaclson County, Fla. — The cane crop has turned out better than ex- 

 pected. The cane was small, but the juice was sweeter than usual, 

 yielding one gallon of sirup to six of juice. 



Manatee County, Fla. — A killing frost on Christmas day. Cane much 

 injured. It is feared that the seed-cane is much damaged. 



soKanuM. 



Mendocino County, Cal. — Sorghum is a new crop here. In a year or 

 two it will be an important product in this county-. 



iSurry County, Va. — Our sorghum has much deteriorated; now hardly 

 .worth cultivating. It is mixed with broom-corn. 



Kendall County, Texas. — There has been a good yield of very superior 

 golden-colored sirup from sorghum. 



Jackson County, Kan. — The sorghum crop was light, owing to the 

 drouiilit. 



