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Ozaul-ec County, Wis. — Potatoes uninjured by potato-beetle this year; all the beetles 

 have disappeared. 



Faribault Countij, Minn. — The potato crop good this year ; Colorado potato-beetle, so 

 destructive for the past five years, has disappeared. 



Fillmore Couvtii, Alinn. — Potato crop mostly harvested. 



Mariihall Countij, Iowa. — Potatoes well ripened aud of good quality. 



Tama County, Iowa. — Late potatoes injured by the dry weather during the last two 

 months. ^ 



Harrison County, Iowa. — A large crop ; digging commenced; Sweet-potatoes culti- 

 vated extensively ; have succeeded well ; present price $1 per bushel. 



Douglas County, Kans. — Crop of sweet-potatoes large; yield heavy. Irish ijotatoes 

 injured by drought ; crop less than last year. 



Lahefte County, Kans. — The potato crop has been diminished by the drought. 



No7-ris County, Kans. — A better potato crop has never been known. 



Sedgwick County, Kans. — Potato crop extra good. , 



Kearney County, JVebr. — The potato croj) is larger and of better quality than last year. 



Humboldt County, Cal. — Fifteen per cent, better than last year in quantity aud quality. 



Grant County, Oreg. — Iijish potatoes considerably injured by frosfe 7th and 8th of 

 September. 



Marion County, Oreg. — Potatoes are good; selling at 75 cents per bushel. 



Morgan County, Utah. — Only half a crop, owing to June frost and excessive drought. 



Summit County, Utah. — Small i)otato crop ; injured by frost and excessiye drought. 



COTTON. 



The cotton returns of October are no more favorable than those of 

 the preceding mouth. In no State is the average of September fully 

 sustaiued. The general average of condition in the first week of tke 

 j)resent month is 7G per cent, against 80 per cent, in September. In 

 some sections in the Mississippi Valley aud in Texas improved prospects 

 are reported, while the preponderance of testimony in the southwest, 

 as "well as on the Atlantic coast, favors a further reduction of tlie ex- 

 pected yield. The percentage of the condition of the several States is 

 as follows : ISTorth Carolina, 80 ; South Carolina, 75 ; Georgia, 72 ; Flor- 

 ida, 73; Alabama, 75; Mississippi, 7G; Louisiana, 73; Texas, 72; Ar- 

 kansas, 82 ; Tennessee, 94. 



The iiijuries reported are from rust, shedding of bolls prematurely, 

 sufficiently low temperature to check the development of bolls in more 

 northern latitudes, floods and inundations in Florida and Georgia ; 

 sprouting or rotting of bolls from rains, drought in some sections of 

 Georgia, and the boll and army worms in portions of Mississii)pi and 

 more western States. It does not appear that the losses from insects 

 are general or very serious, with a few isolated exceptions. Drought 

 should be credited with a larger proportion of the depreciation than any 

 other assigned cause, notwithstanding the fact that cotton endures lac^ 

 of moisture better than any other crop. 



The present indications do not point to a crop of more than three mil- 

 lions of bales, and if the remaining season should be unfavorable for the 

 development and gathering of the fiber, a smaller result must be 

 accepted. 



Sampson County, N. C. — Some say half a crop, others two-thirds, while others say 

 three-fourths. My own opinion is that there will be fully three-fourths of an average 

 crop, as many now say the crops pick out better than they expected. 



Bladen County, N. C. — The early cold fall has Stopped all growth ; the bolls are nearly 

 all open ; mueh immature; crop oue-thirif short of a full average yield. 



Chowan County, N. C. — Reduced at least one-third by rust, which is general. 



Camden County, N. C. — The drought aud rust have changed the condition within a 

 few days. The yield will be below average, but the quality will be fair. 



Mecklenburg County, N.C- — About half gathered. No late bolls to mature. Drought 

 destroyed the bright i>rospect up to July 1. 



Gaston County, N. C. — Nearly all picked ; short crop. 



Anson County, N. C. — All crops have filled. -Drought from 27th June to 22d Septem- 

 ber. Cotton crop will not exceed one-third of an average yield. 



