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Alameda Coiiniy, Ca7.— Season dry; wheat and barley not more tliau half an average 

 crop ; quality good. 



Mendocino County, Cal. — Wheat and barley iu vallej-s one-half more than an average; 

 on upland short. 



San Jicrnardino County, Cal. — Wheat crop lai-gest and of best quality for several 

 years ; grasslioppers very destructive. 



Dakota County, 2\^ebr. — Season very drj*; wheat, rye, and barley more or less injni'ed. 



Dixon C'(7»/)///, jNrfer.— Long-continued drought ; Arnautka wheat four to six inches 

 taller- than otlier varieties cultivated here. 



Jefferson County, Xehr. — Season tine; wheat and other crops look well; two weeks 

 earlier than usiial ; harvesting July 1. 



Lancaster County, Nebr. — Serious drought the last four weeks ; wheat has suffered 

 much. 



Nemaha County, Nebr. — Wheat badlj^ injured by chinch-bugs. 



Otoe County, N-ebr. — Wheat and other grains considerably injured by drought ; some 

 pieces of wheat entirely destroyed by chinch-bug. 



Osage County, Nehr. — Chinch-bugs appearing iu large numbers; fears that they will 

 damage spring wheat. 



Wa><hin(jion County, Nebr. — AVeather hot and dry; wheat crop in many places nearly 

 ruined by drought ; Arnautka wheat appears to be the best variety grown. 



Dona Ana County, N. Mex. — Wheat, corn, beans, and red pepper principal crops; 

 some fields of barley cultivated; look promising; all cultivation dependent upon 

 irrigation. 



Ada County, Idaho. — Wheat and barley serionsly injured by drought and heat. 



Gallatin County, Mont. — Hard frosts iu June injured grain crops. 



Clackamas County, Urey. — Spring wheat threatened by drought. 



Douglas County, Orf(/.— Wheat and other grains above the average. 



Marion' County, Oreg. — The warm weather of June has brought crops "forward very 

 fast ; wheat very fine. 



Kane County, Utah. — Wheat considerably injured by grasshoppers. 



Millard County, Utah. — Tappahaunock wheat sent by the Department bids fair to be 

 a success in this region. 



Morgan County, Utah. — Severe frosts on the 3d and 4th of June will diminish the 

 yield of wheat and other grains. 



iifc7i County, Utah. — W^heat and other grains almost entirely destroyed by drought 

 and grasshoppers. 



Salt Lake County, Utah. — Spring wheat seriously affected by drought; mountain 

 ^treams lower than for ten years past. 



Weber County, Utah. — Prospect for wheat and all other crops never better than this 

 year. 



Clarke County, Wash. — Little wheat or other grain has been sown, owing to excessive 

 rains. 



COTTON. 



The July returns do not materially change the cotton crop prospect 

 reported in June. Severe rain storms have continued to obstruct culti- 

 vation and check growth in the States upon the Gnlf coast. The States 

 of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida average lower in con- 

 dition than at the date of the last i-eport; the G-eorgia and Texas aver- 

 ages' remain unchanged, and an improvement is indicated in the Caroli- 

 nas, Tennessee, and Arkansas. The percentage in each State, as com- 

 pared with the July statement of last year, is as follows : 



July, 1870. July, 1871. 



North Carolina. 94 per cent. 99 per cent. 

 South Carolina. 96 " 100 " ' 



Georgia 101 " 82 " 



Florida 98 " 88 " 



Alabama lOi " 81 " 



July, 1870. July, 1871. 



Mississippi 95 percent. 80 percent. 



Louisiana 101 " 75 " 



Texas 97 " 93 " 



Arkansas 101 " 90 " 



Tennessee 85 " 98 " 



While no estimate can, at this early date, be authoritatively made, 

 this information leads to the following conclusions : With a reduction of 

 14 per cent, in acreage, the continuance of the present relatively low 

 condition, and a season as long as that of 1870, there should be gath- 

 ered a crop of 3,200,000 bales, or about as large as that of 18G0 • with a 

 season of average length, 2,000,000; with an early frost, and a very un- 

 favorable season for picking, 2,700,000. The prevalence of insects, with 

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