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COTTON. 



There is consitlerable complaint of damai^e to the cotton crop from 

 rust, the worms, ami unfavorable August weather, but the general pros- 

 pect is not discouraging. The average of reports from Xorth Carolina 

 shows the condition 5 per cent, better than at same date last year ; but 

 there are reports of injury b}' rust, and of bolls falling oft", caused by wet 

 weather. South Carolina, 5 per cent, above, but rust prevalent, and the 

 yield diminished by intensely hot and dry weather. Georgia, 5 per cent, 

 above, with the rust and the worms deteriorating the crop to some 

 extent. Rust and dry weather have done considerable damage on the 

 gray lands fertilized with guano. In Florida the condition is 15 per 

 cent, above last year. In Alabama the rust, the drought, and the boll- 

 worm have wrought serious damage, while in some localities rain has 

 induced rot and extensive shedding of young bolls ; an average of reports, 

 however, shows the general prospect in the State to be as good as at the 

 same date last year. Mississippi also reports an average condition, though 

 complaints are numerous of the depredations of the boll-worm and ot 

 the shedding of bolls from frequent rains. Louisiana 8 per cent, above 

 average condition ; the crop is later than nsual, and the rains and the 

 caterpillars have done some damage. Texas, 9 per cent, above, with in- 

 creased acreage. Our Cameron County reporter says, " This valley pro- 

 duced 400 bales last season ; will probably produce 2,000 bales this year." 

 The worm has done much damage, and excessive rains have been disas- 

 trousin some localities. Arkansas promiseslO per cent, better than at this 

 date last year, with few complaints of injury. The condition in Tennessee 

 and Missouri is about an average, though several correspondents rate the 

 crop considerably below that of last year, unless there should be a 

 similarly favorable fall. There is little in the figures of our report- 

 ers to indicate a decreased yield of cotton, and favorable weather hence- 

 forth must insure considerable increase. 



WHEAT. 



Our returns upon this product pertain chiefly to the condition of the 

 crop when harvested, though the figures indicate in a measure the ex- 

 tent of the yield as compared with an average. At the date of reports, 

 however, the grain had not been thrashed .out to any considerable ex- 

 tent, so that our October returns must be had before an estimate of the 

 aggregate wheat production of the year can be made. On condition, 

 when harvested, the States report as follows, (the figures 10 represent- 

 ing an average:) Maine, 10,1 ; New Hampshire, 9 ; Vermont, 9.6; Mas- 

 sachusetts, 10; Connecticut, 9.7; New York, 9,1; New Jersey, 8.1; 

 Pennsylvania 9 ; Delaware, 7 ; Maryland, 8.2 ; Virginia, 9 ; North Car- 

 olina, 10,5; South Carolina, 9,5; Georgia, 11: Alabama, 11; Missis- 

 sippi, 10 ; Texas, 9 ; Arkansas, 10.6 ; Tennessee, 9.8 ; West Virginia, 

 10; Kentucky, 9,6; Missouri, 9,3; Illinois, 10.1; Indiana, 9,5; Ohio, 

 9,5 ; Michigan, 9 ; Wisconsin, 10 ; Minnesota, 9,8 ; Iowa, 10,2 ; Kansas, 

 10; Nebraska, 9,5; California, 9,7 ; Oregon, 10,3. In New York the 

 gathered crop has been injured by heavy rains. In New Jersey and 

 Pennsylvania, complaints are heard of shrunken grain, in some cases 

 " hardly worth thrashing." The " scab " proved a serious injury in Mary- 

 land and Virginia, caused by heavy rains previous to harvest. Some smut 

 in North Carolina, and injury from wet weather in West Virginia. In 

 Kentucky there was considerable rust in the low lands along the Ohio and 

 Kentucky Rivers. Frequent rains have damaged the gTain in the shock 

 in Tennessee and Minnesota. The Michigan harvest was frequently in- 



