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Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia report from au average to 10 

 per ceut. below. 



HOPS. 



California is the only State that reports increased acreage in this prod- 

 uct. Ohio claims an undiminished acreage, but all the other hop- 

 growing regions show a decline of 5 to lo per cent. — Wisconsin, 10; Mich- 

 igan, 15. The condition at date of reporting was generally 5 to 15 per 

 cent, below an average. 



TOBACCO. 



This crop is reported 14 per cent, below average in Connecticut, 7 be 

 low in Massachusetts, 10 in Maryland, 17 in Mississippi, 4 in Texas ; 

 and 2 above in New York, 5 in Pennsylvania, 4 in Virginia, 14 in 

 Xorth Carolina, 10 in South Carolina, 13 in Georgia, 10 in Arkansas, 

 9 in Tennessee, 5 in West Virginia, G in Kentucky, 3 in Indiana, 2 in 

 Ohio ; and an average in Missouri, Illinois, and Michigan. 



FRUITS. 



Though there is much complaint of apples falling during the last two 

 months, and of retarded growth caused by the dry weather, a fair prod- 

 uct is promised in the Eastern and Middle States generally, and in 

 Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 

 with from six to nine-tenths of an average crop in the Western States. 

 Peaches have been about three-fourths of a crop in Delaware ; an aver- 

 age crop in New Jersey ; from 10 to 20 per cent, below an average in 

 New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland; Virginia, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, and Florida ; three-fourths of a crop in Michigan, and 

 in the West, generally, half to two-thirds of an average yield. Grapes 

 promise an abundant yield almost everywhere, and the general product 

 must be very large. Delaware, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, 

 Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee report less than an average 

 crop ; the other States report variously from average up to 25 per cent, 

 above. 



WOOL. 



A slightly increased weight of fleece as compared with an average 

 yield of wool is reported in New Hampshire, M.issachusetts, Maryland, 

 Arkansas, Minnesota, and Oregon ; and an average weight in Virgiuia, 

 Kansas, and California. Other States report a decline ranging from 2 

 to 10 per cent. A small general decline is probable. 



STOCK HOGS. 



There is a decrease reported in the number of fattening hogs, as fol- 

 lows: New Hami)shire, Massachusetts, lihode Island, Georgia, Florida, 

 Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Illinois, from 2 to 5 per cent.; in Indi- 

 ana, Texas, and Oregon, 5 to 10 per cent.; and an increase of from 2 to 

 5 per cent, in Maine, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 

 Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia,. 

 Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and California^ 

 and 5 to 10 per ceut. in Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. The condition 

 as to size and weight generally compares favorably with that of former 

 years, except in several of the Southern States and in Illinois, Indiana, 

 New Hamjjshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Oregon, which indi- 

 cate depreciation in this regard. 



