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Cave Sjiring, Ga.— Cotton crop promisiDg; but too much planted. 

 Corn growing- beautifully — too little planted. Freedmen working well. 



Jackson County^ Fla. — Cotton is about two weeks behind its usual 

 growth on account of the late spring. A drought of two or three weeks 

 followed the sudden opening of summer; but rains have been pretty 

 general within the last ten days and the crop is now looking well. 



Surnter County, AJa. — Land of all kinds was badly prepared on account 

 of late spring rains, and hence the ijrospect of cotton is poor, as com- 

 pared with the condition of the crop at the same season last year, espe- 

 cially where planted very late on sandy land. 



Dallas County, Ala.— Qottovii^ivL average condition; the acreage is 

 ten per cent, greater than it was last year. 



Clarke County, Ala. — Cotton has a good stand, but is small, and at 

 least two weeks later than it was at the corresponding season of last 

 year. There has been but little rain during the greater part of May, 

 and rain is now" needed. March and April were unusually cool, and 

 rains were abundant. The cotton acreage has increased. 



Bandolph Comity, Ala. — Cotton has a good stand and is looking well. 



De Soto County, ALiss. — Cotton is in good condition. This crop has 

 largely increased in acreage and has absorbed almost the entire agri- 

 cultural interest of the county. 



Lauderdale County, Miss. — Cotton is verj' promising ; the land is in 

 better condition, and the stand is better than for many years i)ast, and 

 the work is more forward. 



Attala County, Miss. — Cotton is the all-absorbing interest here. The 

 crop is promising. 



Grenada County, Miss. — Cotton has been retarded by drought in May, 

 but has improved under late abundant rains, and now looks healthy, 

 though small for this time of year. The culture has been poor, owing 

 to defective labor. 



Coahoma County, 3Iiss. — The cotton prospect is good, and the acreage 

 is ten per cent, greater than it was last year. 



iSu7i Flower County, Miss. — Cotton is in excellent condition. Planting 

 was done in April, nearly a month earlier than last year. 



Holmes County, Miss. — Cotton looks well. 



Winn Parish, La. — Cotton promises better than it has done during 

 the last ten years at the same season, and there is at least two per cent, 

 increase over the acreage of 18G9. 



Eapides Parish, La. — Cotton is in fine condition and the acreage is con- 

 siderably larger than tbat of last year. 



Carroll Parish, La. — The prospect is good notwithstanding a wet win- 

 ter and spring. 



Tensas Parish, La. — Cotton is twenty per cent, above an average in 

 condition, and the acreage is one-fifth larger than it was last year. 



Williamson County, Texas. — Cotton promises more than an average 

 ci'op. 



Cameron County, Texas. — Cotton i)lanted in February is now opening; 

 that planted later needs rain, and unless this want is soon supplied will 

 probably be ruined. The cotton acreage is ten times what it was last 

 year. 



Bush County, Texas. — Cotton promises an average crop. 



Leon County, Texas. — Cotton is in excellent condition, considering the 

 backward spring. 



Falls County, Texas. — Cotton is in very good condition, and the acre- 

 age is one-fifth larger than that of last year. 



Austin County, Texas. — Cotton is in good condition. 



