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Queen Anne county, Maryland.—Corn, on good, high land, has made wonder- 
ful improvement and looks finely ; in low and wet lands it is hopelessly gone. 
Hudson county, New Jersey —The extreme heat in July has advanced our 
corn finely, and we think we shall have a large crop. 
Bradford county, Pennsylvania —The drought of July greatly injured the 
corn. 
Corron.—The reports of condition of cotton are favorable in a majority of 
cases. The average planted was somewhat less than in 1867, but the culture 
is generally better, and the prospect of a fruitful yield more promising. The 
improvement is more marked in Texas than elsewhere. ‘From all sections of 
our State,” said our Galveston correspondent in August, “we have the most 
encouraging accounts of the coming cotton yield. The weather is extremely pro- 
pitious, and although we have occasional complaints from some sections, of the ° 
worms appearing, the season is too far advanced to fear extensive ravages from 
them. In the lower tier of counties picking has already commenced.” 
The August returns from Tennessee claimed a very favorable season for 
growth. Rutherford, one of the few counties in which cotton-growing is promi- 
nent, reports an improvement of 20 per cent. in condition, in 20 days, and repre- 
sents that “the fear is now that the plant is going to weeds; that the rain has 
been too abundant. A considerable reduction in acreage is to be noted, esti- 
mated three-tenths as compared with 1867. The crop of the county in 1867 
was 20,000 bales. I estimate for this year, at 500 pounds seed cotton per acre, 
16,200 bales.” ‘This indicates a decrease of 30 per cent. in acreage, and about 
28 in yield. From Fayette, “cotton, though lessened as to acreage, has a fine 
appearance, and will come up to the average yield.” 
Louisiana, which has suffered in the cotton yield more than any other State since 
the war, is more prosperous this year. Some of our correspondents there report 
a decrease of one-third in acreage, and an increase in yield per acre of 20 to 30 
per cent. 
From Georgia a few gloomy reports have been received. A drought of ten 
weeks injured certain sections of the State in the early part of the season, (May, 
June, and July,) and further injury resulted by excessively hot weather in 
August. In Decatur the cotton caterpillar has nrultiplied and destroyed from 
half to two-thirds of the crop; and the same pest is reported among the sea- 
island cotton of McIntosh county, and also the boll worm. Hot sunshine and 
heavy rains caused, in some places, the dropping off of bolls and squares, as in 
Columbia county, where a yield of 400 pounds of lint in certain fields is still 
counted upon. 
The following notes on cotton are appended : 
Henderson county, Texas—In some portions of our State the cotton worm has 
made its appearance. On the Trinity river, in Polk county, and also in Fort 
Bend and Brazos counties, on the Brazos river, the worm first appeared among 
the cotton between the 20th and 25th of July. The crop of this county promises 
very fine. No worms as yet. 
Rusk county, Texas——The cotton looks well. The cotton worm has appeared 
in small numbers, and may yet injure the crop, which will not be safe yet for 
30 days. 
Marion county, Mississippi—The panic about the cotton “army worm” has 
subsided for the present. 
Monroe county, Mississippi.—The boll worm has commenced his destructive 
work in this county, and may yet ruin the crop. 
finds county, Mississippi—Cotton worm at work; little damage done yet 
by them; boll worm worse than ever known; season unpropitious. 
Prairie county, Arkansas——Have the best crops in this county since 1862 ; 
some of the farmers will have at least 14 bale per acre. 
Wake county, North Carolina —Cotton was kept back on stiff lands by 
