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more acres poorly cultivuteil. Farmers arc learuiug that coru and cotton aloue are uot 

 so profitable as mixed crops. 



Matagorda Connttj, Texax. — Greatly injured by wet weather, the average being reduced 

 below the half bale per acre which the worms had left up to October 1. 



D-ads Count!/, Tixan. — Acreage decreased about 40 per cent. Average yii'ld not 

 more than thirty pounds of lint to the acre. Have not had a good rain since May. 



Fannin Countij, Texas. — Yield light. Staple good; probably the nicest ever gathered 

 in the county. 



Liberty Count;/, Texas.— Drought and the caterpillars have shortened the crop. The 

 culture of sea-island cotton is assuming some importance here, the contiguity of the 

 county to the Gulf coast rendering the locality favorable. The yield is 20 per cent, 

 greater than last year. 



San Antonio Count \j, Texas. — Excessive rains, together with the cotton- worm, have, 

 nearly finished the crop. 



Fails County, Texas. — About half a crop, with greatly decreased acreage. 



Kendall County, Texas.— The desire for planting cotton is fast dying out, and oats are 

 being substituted, v.'hich seem to flourish and give a good yield. 



Upshur County, Texas. — The plant is short, but has a better crop than earlier indica- 

 tions warranted. 



Bed Hirer County, Texas.— Notwithstanding the many disasters to the plant during 

 the season, this county makes a good crop. 



EusJc County, Texas. — The worms have eaten all the leaves from the plants, destroying 

 the prospect for a top crop. 



Williamson County, Texas. — ^.Vcreage decreased one-third. Yield of lint per acre not 

 over half as much as last yeai\ 



Hardin County, Texas.— Less acreage than last year, but generally better, and better 

 handled. 



Dallas County, Texas. — Cotton shed the squares, and did not Ijloom after July. Drought. 



McLellan County, Texas. — The crop all gathered, ginned, and eight-tenths sold at 1"24^ 

 cents, coin, per pound, about two-tijirds of the cost of jyoductiou. We cannot produce 

 cotton, averaging five years, for less than 12 cents per pound, coin ; yet McLellan is 

 the best cotton county in the State three years out of live. Worms have never 

 damaged a crop here. The want of more thorough culture and more reliable labor is 

 the ditficulty. 



Uvalde County, Texas. — Crop about 1,000 pounds seed-cotton, or 3.33 Ijnt, per acre. 



Arkansas County, Ark: — On bottom lands, fully 33 per cent, short ; and on the uplands 

 50 per cent, short. 



Johnson County, Arlc. — About 30 per cent, less than last year. Yield of lint per acre, 

 about 175 pounds. Cotton i^icked before October 12 is white and free from trash and 

 sand. 



Craighead County, Ark. — An average crop. The crop of 1870 was the best in 20 years. 



Prairie County, Ark. — The September frost cut olf all the young bolls. About tlu-ee- 

 fifths of a crop. 



Monroe County, Ark. — Poor staud, drought, &c. Top crop almost a failure. 



lAncoln County, Tenn. — The acreage in cotton has been reduced about one-half, but 

 the yield i»er acre is nearly double that of last year. 



Dyer County, Tenn. — The crop consists principally of the July formation of bolls, and 

 will fall one-third short of the crop of last year. The lint is of good quality, and will 

 be handled much better than last year. 



Rutherford County, Tenn. — Best yield per acre since the war. 



Haywood County, Tenn. — Owing to the very favorable season for picking, many young 

 'bolls which, it was supposed, could not mature, are now open, giving increased pro- 

 duct. 



Hardin County, Tenn. — Reduced yield, Tjut quality above average. 



Giles County, Tenn. — Owing to the fine weather, cotton is yielding better than antici- 

 pated. Every boll has matured. Acreage short 33 per cent. 



Lauderdale County, Tenn. — Crop better than thought at last report. From 50 to 60 

 per cent, of an average crop. 



Williamson County, III — Uut half a crop, owing to the drought. The usual yield is 

 200 pounds of lint per acre. 



rOTATOES. 



The total product of potatoes is reported larger than last year iu all 

 of tbe Middle States aud in Georgia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, 

 Kansas, and Nebraska. The average reduction in the Southern States 

 is 5 per cent. ; the decrease in Illinois, 3.") per cent. ; Missouri, 20 ; 

 Kentucky, 20 ; Indiana, 15 ; 3Iichigan, .34. 



