Milam County, Texas. — Yield small ; staple inferior. Summer very dry. 



Austin Count)/, Texas. — Not more thaa half a crop. Badly injured by drouoht. The 

 plant is not more than half its usual size. The recent showers have started the growth 

 of the toi) crop, but the season is far advanced, the worm has made -its appearance, 

 and the crop can hardly mature. 



Henderson County, Tm.'8.— About 35 per cent, of a crop. The top crop cannot mature. 

 The bolls are small ami inferior. The lint is fine and strong, but very short. 



Husk County, Texas. — Suliered from dry, hot weather. The jjlauts shed many of the 

 squares left by the drought. 



Smith County, Texas. — Drought and heat have materially reduced the crop. 



Blanco County, Texas. — Not more than one-tenth of a crop. No rain for about three 

 months. 



Colorado County, Texas. — Crop has not been better for several years, according to 

 acreage. The quality is also snijerior. 



Dallas County, Texas. — Crop about one-third as large as that of last year. 



Woodruff County. Ark. — Very wet in northern portion of the county ; in southern 

 part dry, causing material damage to the crop Ijy rust. 



Cross County, Ark. — Crop failing. Drought and heat. 



Jaekson County, Ark. — Some complaint of rust. 



Union County, Ark. — Improved within thirty days, and as much per acre will be 

 gathered as last year, but the acreage is much less. 



Columhia County, Ark. — Better than usual. Many reports of the caterpillar in circu- 

 lation ; none in this neighborhood, but they have no doubt appeared in some crops. 



Sebastian County, Ark. — The hot, drj' weather has injured the crop to the extent of 

 one-half. 



Tulaski County, Ark. — Fewer hoUs than last year; forms shedding; injured by hot, 

 dry weather succeeding the wet. Too much growth in stalk. 



i'rairie County, Ark. — AVeather throughout the year unfavorable to cotton. Not 

 more than two-thirds the usual acreage planted, and that will average little over 

 two-thirds of a crop. 



Johnson County, Ark. — The hot-dry weather has reduced the condition to about 90 

 per cent., affecting most seriouslj^ the poor and dry uplands and the sandj' bottoms, 

 causing squares to fall, and a premature opening of the bolls. 



La Fayette County, Ark. — The cotton-worui — leaf and boll — appeared on the 24th 

 August, and is now in almost every field of cotton in the county. 



Independence County, Ark. — The wet warm summer promises to be followed by a dry 

 fall. Very little rain during the last fifteen days, and cotton is maturing finely. 

 Picking has ak'eady commenced — nearly twenty days earlier than usual. 



Crawford County, Ark. — The crop, which promised to be an average, has been reduced 

 2.5 per cent, by shedding the bolls. 



Drew County, Ark. — Crop being damaged by drought. 



Henry County, Tenn. — Good prospect. 



Hardeman County, Tenn. — From the dry weather and the haste with which the crop 

 was " laid by," cotton has very materially fallen ofi'. The jjroduct cannot be larger 

 than last year. 



Gibson County, Tenn. — Decreased acreage and rust ; crop about 60 per cent. 



Giles County, J!e»i«.— Owing to the wet spring, cotton was grassy; hence the dry 

 weather has been favorable. 



Fayette County, Tenn. — Dry weather has materially injured cotton. Rust and shed- 

 ding have caused considerable loss. An assistant, in another part of the county, 

 writes that the crop has wonderfully improved since the last rejjort, but some appre- 

 hension is felt for highland cotton, on account of the dry weather. If slight rains fall 

 within the next ten days, the yield will exceed the average for the jiast five or six 

 years. 



Lauderdale County, Tenn. — Not more than half a croj). Eust and drought. Half the 

 crop is now open. 



li'eiv Madrid County, Mo. — A yield of one bale to the acre xjromiscd. Staple good. 



HAY. 



The hay crop is greatly reduced in quantity, but excellent in quality, 

 in a majority of the States. The States producing a greater supply 

 than usual are Georgia, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, and Ne- 

 braska. The Missouri Valley, so long assumed to be a dry region, has 

 secured an abundance, while the Ohio Valley has cut 10 per cent, less 

 than usual. The crop of the States bordering upon the Atlantic, between 

 South Carolina and Maine, has been reduced one-sixth, tlie reduction in 

 those east of New York being one-fourth. The quality of hay gathered. 



