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Kershaw Coitntii, S. C. — The rt;ceipts at tlio depot ixi this placo aio 25 per cent, in ox- 

 eess of tbose for September and October of 1870. The excess falls in September almost 

 entirely, and is dne to the early season, caused by the drought, Vhich has so much 

 shortened the total product. Notwithstanding the drought, thorough culture and a 

 liberal (not excessive) use of fertilizers, even on lamls most susceptible to the effects of 

 the drought, have secured 400, .'>U0, and even GOO pounds of lint to the acre. Such 

 treatment has been exceptional. 



Williamnhimjh County, S. C— The early pickings were very good, but there is very 

 little fruit on the center or top of the plants. Tiie harvest is now nearly over ; it ordi- 

 narily runs into Decemdier. 



Marlborough ConiUy, S. ('.—No late crop. The stalks are full of forms and small bolls, 

 which will be killed before maturing. Most uutavorable season in thirty years. 



Lexington Count;i, S. C— The late fall is adding something to the crop. 



BimneittirUe, S. C., Xovemhcr oO.— The black frost and freeze of the lOth, 17th, and 18th 

 of October killed all the late bolls, entirely destroying all vitality. Plantations in this 

 neighborhood usually making ten to lifteen bales of yellow (from iVost,) and late cotton 

 will not turn out a single bale this year. 



Muscogee Countif, Ga. — Most unfavorable year since 166G. 



Earli/ County, Ga. — Reduced one-half by rains in early part of the season and by 

 storms of wind and rain after the crop had matured, beating it out and so mixing it 

 with the soil as to render it unlit for use. 



Calhoun County, Ga. — Weather favorable since xiugnst 2.5, and most of the squai'es 

 froin that time to the 20th September have matured. 



Columbia County, Ga. — Very short crop. The continued rains have caused consid- 

 erable rot in the bolls; much has been beaten out. 



Lee County, Ga. — Weather favorable, but no material change in t!ie crop can result ; 

 aViout two-thirds of an average. 



Fayette County, Ga. — When well fertilized and properly cultivated, on ground not too 

 much drenched, has done well fov the year. Our county, though behind many others, 

 is manifesting increased interest in improved modes of culture and the use of fertilizers. 



Upson County, Ga. — The poorest lands have made nearly a full crop, while the best 

 lauds have fallen short nearly one-half; average, 70 per cent, of a full crop. The sec- 

 ond growth amounts to nearly half a crop, not a pod of which can mature. 



Fulton County, Ga. — Favorable weather is increasing the yield, and the lint is ocjual 

 to the crop of last year in qualitj'. 



Gwinnett County, Gn. — Quality good ; no yellow cotton ; no top crop. 



Oglethorpe County, Ga. — A luxuriant -'second growth," which is a serious injury, as it 

 makes nothing and impairs the maturing of the old wood of the stalk. 



Clutttooga County, Ga. — The fall has been esi)ecially favorable to cotton. 



Stcivari County Ga. — Qnality of lint better than for live years; clear and white ; no 

 sand or trash ; in quantity about half an average crop. 



Bomjlas County, Ga. — Will turn out better than anticipated, owing to the lateness of 

 frost ; area planted 25 per cent, less than last year ; very little guano used. 



Cherokee County, Ga. — A few farmers nuike 400 pounds of lint to the acre, but many 

 acres yield at the rate of 100 to 200 pounds only. 



Milton County, Ga. — Owing to the late fall, the crop will be nearly an average in 

 quantity, and a i'ull average in qnalit.y. 



Harris County, Ga. — C'ott(m is not half a crop. For the surrounding counties it may 

 reach live-eighths. 



Orange Mills, St. John's County, Fla. — The heavy storms have almost to tally destroyed 

 the crops for iifty miles around here. 



Levy County, Fla. — Much short of an average crop. It is thought the crop of the 

 coimty will be under 100 bales ; some think not over 50 ; last year 200 bales. 



Santa liosa County, Fla. — Suuday night, November 11, cloiuls came up from the soutli- 

 west, and the rain literally poured; a box ten inches deex> was found to bo full, and 

 Jiow much ran over is not known. The wind shifted to the north and cleared up, and 

 and on the 14th, 15th, and 10th there were very heavy frosts, the tii-st of the season. 



Hamilton County, Fla. — Much danmged by storms. 

 . Orange County, Fla. — Acreage small; completely destroyed in many places by the 

 storm. 



Gadsden Cotuitij, Fla. — I have planted cotton since 1828, and have no recolh^ctionof so 

 nnpropitious a season as the present one during the entire jjcriod. Where the crop 

 escaped the rust it w^as attacked by the caterpillar. 



Jackson County, Fla. — Improved live jier cent, since last rejtort. The crop will aver- 

 age about 150 pounds of lint per acre. 



Alachua County, Fla. — A disastrous year for East and South Florida. The prospect 

 for sea-island cotton and corn was hardly ever better up to the timt; of the? storms 

 which swept these sections the latter i)art of August. The cotton was thrashed out 

 where opened, and the young bolls were destroyed in great part. In some sections of 

 East Florida tlie failure is almost total, and in no part is there more than half a crop. 



