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Perquimans, Rutherford, Stanley, and Wilkes; '-very fine" in Orange; 

 " better than for years" in Columbia and in Chatham ; over an average 

 in Greene ; never better in Madison and in Sampson, and one-third 

 more grown; and favorable returns come from Martin, Lenoir, and 

 Greene. 



South Carolina. — Wheat has an unpromising appearance in Lexington 

 and York ; looks well in Abbeville ; very well in Marion and Orangeburg ; 

 unusually fine in Greenville ; nearly fifty per cent, better than an aver- 

 age in Spartanburg ; promising in manured clay lands in Newburg ; 

 better than usual in Williamsburg ; and shows a good color in Eichland. 



Georgia. — Forty counties in Georgia have made reports of the condi- 

 tion of winter grain, of which but six represent the crop as unpropitious 

 in appearance, viz : Clayton, Chattanooga, Macon, Meriwether, Laurens, 

 and Towns. As elsewhere, there is much that is small but healthy and 

 standing well. There is some evidence of winter-killing in places, and a 

 diminished area in others, in consequence of the expense of fertilizers, as 

 in Hancock, is indicated, while in Decatur more than usual was sown. 

 In Murray it was as " good as for ten years past ;'- in Columbia " better 

 than for years." The crop generally appears "promising," "better than 

 usual," or "an average," as in Butts, Bartow, Coweta, Cobb, Decatur, 

 Effingham, Fulton, Floyd, Gilmer, Greene, Heard, Johnson, Newton^ 

 Oglethorpe, Pike, Pulaski, Putnam, Pickens, Richmond, Stew^art, Sumter, 

 Taylor, Talbot, Terrell, Troup, Walton, and Walker. The correspondentin 

 Carroll County says : " On account of the cold and wet winter in March, 

 the wheat, as a general thing, looks poor and backward ; but the Tappa- 

 hannock wheat, obtained from the Department of Agriculture, so far 

 excels all other kinds that it will eventually be the only kind sown." 



Alabama. — This State is less extensively engaged in wheat-growing 

 than Georgia. In most of the counties the business is almost unknown. 

 The little that is sown looks well, with few exceptions ; wheat is back- 

 ward on account of cold weather in Jefferson, poor in Lawrence County, 

 but better than for many years in Perry ; a good stand of small plants 

 in St. Clair, and presenting a fair appearance in Butler, Clay, Etowah, 

 Sumter, and Tallapoosa. 



Mississippi. — Less than usual has been sown in Mississippi, and few 

 counties regard it as one of their industries. In Neshoba the croj) ha« 

 an uni)romising appearance, and in Carroll it looks worse than usual, 

 while in Attala, De Soto, Kemper, Lafayette, Rankin, and Winston a 

 fair appearance is presented. 



Louisiana produces scarcely wheat enough to permit a mention of its 

 appearance. 



Arlcansas. — The crop generally looks well, where found at all. A 

 greater breadth than usual was sown in Washington ; a smaller area in 

 Columbia. With some variety, a fair average is reported from most of 

 the counties in which wheat is grown. 



Texas. — There appears to be little disposition to produce wheat where 

 cotton can be grown. Though the northern portion of Texas is admir- 

 ably adapted to this cereal, it is comparatively little grown at present. 

 Drought interfered with its growth in many places where sown ; it is 

 noted as below an average in Anderson and Gillespie and Forsyth ; 

 while in Travis it was better than for years ; in Coryell above an aver- 

 age, and looking well in Blanco, Ellis, Gillesi)ie, Lamar, Red River, and 

 Rusk. 



Tennessee. — There are few couuties in Tennessee unable to give a 

 favorable account of the winter grain, and among these are Dyer, Fay- 

 ette, and Greene. In Sumner winter rye looks well, though the wheat 



