100 



Lawrence, Lebanon, Tioga, Fulton, Erie, Clearfield, Crawford, Fayette ; 

 " very good " in Cambria, York, Armstrong, Sullivan ; and in Butler 

 " remarkably good, the late fall pasture, with abundance of corn and 

 fodder, compensating for inferior quality of liay." 



In Baltimore County, Maryland, "cattle are looking tliin;" " wliere 

 proper treatment lias been bestowed they wintered well " in Howard ; in 

 other counties the reports are all favorable, some of them in a marked 

 degree. 



In Virginia, cattle are represented in poor condition in Priucess Anne, 

 Northumberland, Stafford, Scott, and in the part of Nelson injured by 

 the flood in the James; about as usual in York, "always poor;" and 

 from "fair" to " fine " in thirty-one other counties reported. 



The only counties reporting unfavorably in North Carolina are Sami)- 

 son. Union, Bladen, and Orange, Avhile forty-one return " better than 

 usual," " in average condition," " remarkably good," or equivalent 

 terms. 



South Carolina presents an equally favorable report, except in Martin 

 and Newberry. 



Fifty-four counties of Georgia send returns. In McDuffie " a worse 

 condition than for ten years" is reported; "poor" in Baldwin, Terrill, 

 Mason, Heard, and Decatur; "better than for ten years " in Colquitt ; 

 "better than at any time since 18G0" in Walton; " in unusually fine 

 condition" in Richmond; "in excellent condition "in Towns, Jackson, 

 Schley, Bristow, Clinch, Charlton, Chattanooga, Fulton ; and in the re- 

 maining thirty-seven counties a condition up to or above an average. 

 Throughout Florida the reports are favorable without exception. 



In Butler, Alabama, the record is "poor," but as good as usual in the 

 spring; " poor" in Marengo; as good as usual in Lawrence, Dallas, Tal- 

 lapoosa, Greene, Lee, Marshall, Clarke, Etowah, Morgan ; better than 

 usual in Jefferson and Randolph ; very good in DeKalb, Montgomery, 

 Calhoun, and Clay. 



In Newton, Mississippi, " some that have been on the range all win- 

 ter are now fat enough for beef;" in Wilkinson, Winston, Clark, and 

 Carroll, they are poorer than last spring; all other counties leport 

 "average," "better than usual," or " very good." 



In Louisiana, cattle winteriug in canebrakes come out fat. The win- 

 ter has been favorable, and stock are generally in comparatively fine 

 order. Only one parish, Washington, i)resents an unfavorable report. 

 The returns fx^om Texas are quite variable. In Dallas County the 

 winter has been severe on the unfed and unprotected stock, and one- 

 fifth have died ; in Uvalde unusually poor ; 20 ])er cent, below average in 

 Bandera; poor in Leon, Milam, Smith, Red River; very poor in For- 

 sythe, Galveston, Washington, and Burleson; poorer than for several 

 years in Refugio, where many have died ; in Williamson thinner than 

 u.sual, but fattening fast; in Kendall, "those that took to the hills and 

 distant grazing grounds are in fine conditon, while those in the home 

 ranches are thin ; " in Bell, " cattle four years old or upward are in 

 good condition, but old cows and young stock are poor;" in Wharton 

 they have "come out of the bottoms sleek and fat;" in Nueces, the 

 grass starting early, cattle recu])erated rai)idly, and are selling at $20 

 to $2i each, to fill up immense droves starting for Kansas; in Rusk, 

 Harris, Lam])asas, McLennan, Gillespie, and Gonzales, an average 

 is reported ; in Lamar, Bee, Lavaca, Bexar, Maverick, Atascosa, Hays, 

 De Witt, Victoria, Austin, Anderson, Fannin, good condition; and in 

 Collin, Hardin, Titus, Travis, fat enough for beef; Matagorda, Falls, 

 Burnet, " very good ; " in Blanco " 50 i)er cent, above an average." 



