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HAT IN LOUISIANA. 



Rapides Parish, La. — More hay is being gathered than for many years, 

 probably 100 per cent. more. The mode of cutting is quite primitive — 

 the instrument the hoe, chiefly. 



'alfajlfa clover. 



Colusa County, Cal. — Farmers are beginning to sow alfalfa, (Chili clo- 

 ver,) which produces about three tons of hay i)eracre, at eacli cuttingj 

 twice a year ; if irrigated, three tons three times a year. 



GRAPES AND WINE. 



Alhemarle County, Va. — There are several good vineyards in this 

 county which are producing very abundantly. The grapes have been 

 converted into wine this season, as the market price was too low to 

 warrant their sale. AVe look forward to the day when many of our now 

 barren hills will be clothed in this beautiful and remunerative crop. 



Orangehurg County, 8. C. — There are a number of vineyards in this 

 county, and a good deal of very tine wine has been made. The Scup- 

 pernong grape is the favorite. 



Williamson County, Texas. — In this county 10,000 gallons of wine have 

 been made from the mustang grape. The iirst pressing of the grape 

 makes a superior wine, similar to brown sherry ; the second pressing is 

 quite like good claret. The mustang grows wild over tliegreater portion 

 of the State, and if all the grapes were made into wine it would be worth 

 more than the cotton crop of the State. 



ORANGES. 



Futnam County, Fla. — The orange crop will be diminished about one- 

 fourth, but what is lost in quantity will be iirincipally made up in the 

 improved quality of the fruit. 



INFERIOR. COTTON SEED IN FLORIDA. 



Wellhorn, Suwanee County, Fla. — We greatly need reliable seed in 

 Florida, especially of the sea island cotton and improved varieties of 

 sugar cane. The seed of our sea island cotton is poor, old, mixed, 

 degenerated, and unreliable. I planted sis acres and spent two days in 

 picking, and know the foregoing to be true. The seed was the best I 

 could lind ; the bolls are of all kinds ; some passably good, other bolls 

 almost entirely seed without staple. From some bolls the cotton falls 

 as soon as ripe ; others have to be opened with force. The entire yield 

 of staple is small, and the seed large. Frequently seven pounds of seed 

 cotton are required to make one of lint. 



PRODUCTS OF PRINCESS ANNE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 



Princess Anne County, Va. — Fish, oysters, crabs, and wild fowl con- 

 stitute an important indiistry in this county. Large quantities of spots, a 

 fish noted for its rich, delicious flavor, are now being taken on our coast. 

 The celebrated Lynn HavcD bivalves are in demand at $3 per bushel. 

 Wild ducks are beginning to appear, but the " ducking Season" proper 

 begins in October. 



