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Cool weather has retarded the growth of cotton ; staud poor. Rowmi : Doing well. 

 Bladen: Planting hite and hurried; only ordinary stands, on account of the drought 

 at planting. Nights too cool for its rapid growth ; dying out to some extent. Duplin: 

 Unusualainonnt of commercial manures used ; late starting, but good stands obtained. 

 Pasquotank : Area doubled ; cool, dry weather has prevented a good stand ; crop will 

 probably be short. Gaston : Very unpromising. Sat/ipson : Cotton-planting late, but 

 staud unusually good ; crop looks finely. Moore : Cotton planted late, but looks well ; 

 staud good. I'cniuimans : Cotton area doubled ; stands good ; cotton disi>lacing the 

 wheat-crop. Coahoma; Earlier planted cotton looks well. Stanhj : Drought in April 

 and May will shorten the crop. Montgomery : The crops three weeks in advance of last 

 year. Jones : Prospect never lietter, but labor scarce. 



Eveiy report from South Caroliua, except tliat from Newberry, (which 

 is 100,) increases the area of last year. Fairfiekl stands highest in con- 

 dition, at 110; Marlborough and Livingston, 100; and twelve counties 

 reported stand below average. 



York: There is an increase of acreage; but six weeks of drought after planting has 

 put the crop back very much. The stand is good, except where it was planted very , 

 early. Anderson : Has suffered much from drought. Half of what was planted in May 

 is at a poor stand, but it generally looks strong and healthy. Fertilizers have been 

 freely used. WilUamshnrf/h : Late in coming up, and the stand not very good, but the 

 growth has been rapid, the tilth good, so that the jirospect is favorable, take it alto- 

 gether. Orangeburgli : Looks fine; fa voi'able season. i^ai^yJeM : Cotton area increased ; 

 more fertilizers used ; labor less abundant and available ; crop retarded by the late 

 spring and lack of rain up to May 16, since when fine rains have produced a great 

 improvement. Staud good. Union: Tu the northern part of the county the staud is 

 good, and the season has been favorable for cultivation, but in the southern i)art there 

 ha.s been very little rain since April 8, and it is unpromising. Edgefield : The staud is 

 imperfect owing to continued drought over much of the county since the early part of 

 April. The indications do not point to a larger crop than last year's. Bichland : The 

 stand is very imperfect, much not yet up, and much land too hard and dry to break up. 

 Marlborough : That planted, early in April came up well and is very promising, while 

 late-planted cotton has not yet received the first working, and will require a late fall 

 to make a good crop. Xewhcrry : The staud is very poor owiug to cool nights and 

 drought during spring. Many crops have been replanted entire, the second crop just 

 coming up ; more fertilizers used than last season, and the crop may be an average 

 one, though the prospect is not encouraging. 



Very full returns are received from Georgia, numbering sixt^'-three, 

 and representing as many counties. The only counties in which the 

 cotton area appears to be diminished are Worth, Schley, Troup, Heard, 

 Greene, Pike, Kewton, Liberty, and Charlton. Among the principal 

 cotton counties, Pickens claims an increase in area of 30 per cent., Gor- 

 don of 25, and Dawson and Coweta of 20, and Hancock of 5 per cent. 

 Thirteen reports claim condition above average from 5 to 25 per cent., 

 among which are Gordon, Schley, Lee, Glynn, Brooks, Walker, Putnam, 

 and Milton. 



Stewart : Stands good ; bottoms all planted and doing well ; promises better than for 

 several years. Madison : Stand bad, but condition good. Glynn : Three weeks late, 

 but in good condition. Marion : Looks well. Upson : Licreased use of fertilizers, but 

 drought has injured the crop. Lee : Twenty per cent, of cotton crop not up ; 

 planted late on account of drought. Greene: Stand small and late. T)-oup : Poor cot- 

 ton stand ; plants sickly. Heard : Bad stand. Clayton : Cotton mania raging ; 200 

 tons of fertilizers bought on credit : crops mortgaged for provisions. Chattooga : 

 Unusually good staud. Laurens : Drought has greatly injured the prospect. Mc- 

 Duffie : Favorable weather, and guano are i^ushing the crop. Givinnett: Late rains 

 have improved cotton. Immense quantities of commercial manures used. Johnson : 

 Acreage devoted to cotton increased 10 per cent., birt drought prevented the 

 planting of the whole. Twiggs : Very backward, but good stands secured. Eich- 

 mond : In better condition than usual. Fulton : Drought has caused much cotton 

 to be plowed up. Sumter : Bad stands. Butts : Drought in May made poor stands 

 Muscogee : Doing well where there is a staud. Walton : Season unfavorable. Harris : 

 Dry weather of May prevented the cotton from coming up well. Columbia : Bad stand ; 

 weather and seed complained of; a good, warm rain may yet bring it out. Newton : 

 Stand pretty good, but plants small. Putnam : Staud first-rate, but a full mouth late. 

 Oglethorpe : A tolerable stand, and late, but improving. Fayette : Stands good. Clmtta- 

 hoochie ; Prospect average ; ])etter than last year. Wilkinson : Stands poor ; in some 



