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Crawford County, Ga. — Drought, riist, and the boll-worm have caused a fallinj^ off iu 

 cotton. 



Jackwn County, Ga. — Prospect gloomy ; the crop lookei well ii]) to the middle of July, 

 when the drought began, continuing up to the 20th of August, with scarcely any rain ; 

 all the bolls have dropped ; scarcely a bloom can be seen, and upon many fields the dry 

 Aveather rust has done its work ; one-third of a crop is a higli estimate; rain is now 

 falling, l)Ut it is too late for cotton or corn. 



Wilcox County, Ga. — One-third less planted than last year; less manure used, andihe 

 crop is now taking the rust, rapidly dying and rotting in the field. The crop will be 

 short of that of last year one-third, some farmers say one-half. 



Murray County, Ga. — Injui'ed by drought; short crop. 



Marion County, Ga. — Suffered much from drought, and recently from storm. 



Dooly County, Ga. — The drought and rust bid fair to cut the crop viny short. 



Schley County, Ga. — Prospects gloomy ; just ont of a four-weeks drought; from a])- 

 pearances, cannot make above half a crop. 



Macon County, Ga. — The quantity of the crop cannot^be innch affected by future cir- 

 cumstances ; about half a crop estimated. 



Madison County, Ga. — Crop 40 per cent, below that of last year. 



Wilkinnon County, Ga. — Not more than half a stand, and rust taking it badly ; not 

 more than half a crop can be made. 



Wilkes County, Ga. — The drought and the subsequent rainy weather have injured cot- 

 ton ; large proportion of bolls now matured and will soon open with dry weather ; late 

 planting now most promising, but necessarily a §hort crop. 



Liberty County, Ga. — Not more than half the crop of 1870 in thiq county; all crops 

 have suffered from a series of "disastrous storms; fields deluged, crops blown down and 

 Xtartially destroyed, to the extent of at least 33 per cent, of the whole. 



Carroll County, Ga. — Since last report the drought has almost ruined the cotton crop. 

 The best fields in the county will not average more than 500 pounds to the acre — 160 

 pounds of lint ; the plant has shed the late bolls and forms. 



Glynn County, Ga. — Much injured by late heavy rains; the bottom OTop almost a 

 failure. 



Hancock County, Ga. — Drought and rust have greatly reduced the prospect. 



Clay County, Ga. — Kust has appeared and stopped the growth of the plant and the 

 maturing of the fruit; the few bolls opening on such stalks are light and defective in 

 quality. 



Columhia County, Ga. — Short crop ; the heavy rains following the long drought have 

 caused the plant to cast off the greater part of the young fruit; the crop is estimated 

 to be the shortest that has been made for years — one-third to one-half less tharn last 

 year. 



Calhoun County, Ga. — The plants have shed most of the squares and bolls of August; 

 rust very bad. 



Laurens County, Ga. — Rust is general ; storms have injured the crop, and the pro.spect 

 diminishes daily. 



Jackson County, Fla. — Rust severe, and will probably reduce the yield 25 per cent, 

 from th? crop anticipated about the 1st of July. 



Eillsboro County, Fla. — Crop suffered severely from heavy storm which extended over 

 the whole county, doing great damage. 



Liberty Cou-nty, Fla. — The wet weather of June and July has caused cotton to shed 

 both its forms and leaves. No insects thus far. 



Madison County, Fla. — The boll-worm has appeared, and is doing much damage. A 

 heavy storm of rain and wind has blown down both trees and cotton, the latter being 

 much damaged. Rust has also appeared in some places, and boll-rot, it is feared, will 

 extensively i)revail. 



Leon County, Fla. — Suffering severely from rust and recent storms. There will not 

 be much late cotton. 



Clay County, Fla. — The storms of the 17tli and 25th August injured the crop one- 

 fourth it is thought. , 



Sutcanee County, Fla. — Much damaged recently by boll-worms. 



Putnam County, Fla. — Not more than one-fourth of a crop. Destroyed by stonn of 

 17th and 18th August. The plants were entirely stripped of foliage and of the greater 

 portion of the bolls and bloom. 



Levy County, Fla. — Mucli inj-ured by August storms, but with favorable season hence- 

 forth, there niaj' yet be a good croi^, as it is starting anew and is filling fast. 



Dallas County,\Ua. — The crop, which was well cultivated, has been cut short by a 

 drought of nine weeks' duration. Rust is more general than ever before known. With 

 weather fiivorable for picking the crop will be gathered by the 15th of October in this 

 county. The crop cannot exceed two-thirds an average ^yield. 



Pike County, Ala. — Much injured by drought — rust general. A late season cannot 

 benefit the crop much, if any. 



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