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«arth or a small stone ou each plaut after setting out, to protect it from tLe siui, and 

 removing the same after the plants had taken root,) we secured a stand and a crop 

 above average. 



Floyd County, Va. — A good average iu quantitj- and quality. ' 



Granville County, N. C— Owing to the scarcity of plants and the ertrly dfonght not 

 more than half a crop was expected, but the later favorable weather in'stires fully 

 two-fourths of an average yield. This is one of the largest tobacco gro\Ving counties 

 in the Slate. A much larger projiortion than usual has been cool cured, and SOme of 

 •our farmers has already sold and delivered their crops at an average price of 25 to 30 

 cents per pound. 



Moore Couiiiy, X. C. — Injured by frost. 



Gaston County, X. C. — Tobacco is attracting attention, and is returning flattering 

 results to the few engaged in the culture. 



Genera County, Alabama. — Better crop than ever l)efore. — The Connecticut seed-leaf 

 tobacco is a complete success in this section. Product per acre at least one-third more 

 than of our own tobacco. 



Grainyer County, Teun. — The crop ripened finely. 



Eutherford County, Tenn. — Acreage decreased 30 percent. Crop injured in ijnantity 

 .and quality by drought. 



Tyler County, W. Va. — Finest crop ever raised iu the county. 



Butler County, Ky. — Very fine, but not much grown. 



Nicholas County, Ky. — But little raised; very good. 



Daviess County, Ky. — The crop will be near 6,000,000 pounds; somewhat injured by 

 frost iu September, and some cut too greeu for fear of frost. Quality five to ten per 

 cent, inferior to the crop of 1870. 



• Graces. County, Ky. — Injured by frost; will not equal the crop of last yeat in (juan- 

 tity or quality. 



Ou-en County, Ky. — Generally very fine, but, owing to the dry weather, does not cure 

 as bright as it should. In some localities the frost injured the crop. 



Henderson County, Ky. — Acreage decreased forty per cent. Yield per acre twenty-fivo 

 per cent.' less than last year. Quality much inferior, being uneven, small, much of it 

 unripe, and some frosted. 



Vernon County, Mo. — Very superior. 



Cule County, Mo. — Less planted than last year, owing to late spring frosts, but quality 

 very good. > • 



Ferry County, Ind. — Tobacco had a late start, and but littlejias been cut ripe. 



Xoble County, Ohio. — Injured somewhat in quality by frost. 



Medina County., Ohio. — The cultivation of tobacco is on the increase in the southern 

 tier of townships of this county. 



Fori Homme County, Dak. — I think tobacco culture will* prove, a success in this county. 

 •Small quantities have been grown for home use, and the report is fiivorable. 



SUGAR-CANE. : -, 



Keports of the past two months do not sustain the promises held forth 

 in October. The injitry from sprouting" has been extensive in some 

 ■districts. An increase in quality as compared with the crop of lat year ; 

 145,000 hog.slieads are still exi)ected with some confidence from the 

 increase in the area planted. 



Lee County, Ga. — Sugar-cane fine. 



Columhia County, Fla. — Cane is now being converted into sugar and sirup by almost 

 -every planter in the county. Yield fully as good as last year, though much damaged 

 by the storms of August, which blew it down, causiuj^ much of it to sucker and sprout 

 .at the joints, materially decreasing the yield. 



Manatee County, Fla. — Verj- mucli injured by heavy rains. 



Jackson County, Fla. — The cane crop is somewhat better than last year. 



Oranf/e County, Fla. — Cane much injured, but the acreage is hirger than last year. 



Wakulla County, Fla. — The cane is larger and longer than I ever before saw it. The 

 ;yield must be abundant. 



St, John^s County, Fla. — Fully an average crop. Not injured by the storm. 



Levy County, Fla. — Cane is growing well, and in a month, without frost, will make 

 uj) most of its loss by the storm. 



Conecuh County, Fla. — Full crop; doing well ; no frost to kill up to date. 



Hancock County, Miss. — Raised this year for home consumption only. Riiiened finely. 

 Stalks with seventeen to twenty joints may be seen in little patches all along the 

 ■coast, 



Iberia Parish, La. — Acreage increased, but the yield per acre is slightly diminished. 

 Snuill plantations ;ire multiplying, and the disjjosition is becoming gt-uer.il to introduce 



