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i-ephmted and is now doing well. Builrr : Injured by cut-worms; many fields re- 

 planted, hence backward. Montgomery : Encouraging condition. 



Delaware. — Sussex : Looks very promising. 



Marylaxd. — Baltimore: Average large; stand good. Frederick: Another mouth's 

 drought will kill the crop. Montf/omertj : Great difficulty in getting a stand where the 

 ground was not plowed in the fall ; cut-AVorm mischievous. " Washington : Very prom- 

 ising; a favorable season will bring a large crojt. Cecil : Planted late, and retarded in 

 growth on account of drought. Queen Anne: Late rains have greatly iuiiu'oved the 

 crop. 



Virginia. — Albemarle: Very short, but may come out with rain. Clarke: Backward 

 but healthy ; a large proportion replanted; cut-worm unusually destructive. MecJclen- 

 lurgh : Very thrifty; greatly benelited by receut rains ; much of it replanted. Nel- 

 son : Cleau and healthy, but small. Prince William : Not llattering. James Citg : Well 

 worked and in line condition. Cumhcrland : B.ackward, and will suft'er severely with- 

 out speedy rain. Henrico: Small, but holds color, and with rain will yet make a 

 crop. Frederick : Improving. Prince Edward : Small and backward, but with a good 

 season will make a fair croj). Surrey : Small and backward, but late seasonable weather 

 has greatly improved it. Highland: Injured by worms ; some fields replanted three 

 times; injured also by drought ; late growing weather is rapidly improving the crop. 

 Orange: Injured by worm and drought. Powhatan: Bad stand. Fluvanna: Shortened 

 by drought. King George : Crop low, but may yet be good. Culpeper : Seriously in- 

 jured by drought ; many fields entirely replanted. Spottsylrania : Crop large and 

 promising; worm destructive in good lauds, causing some fields to be replanted. New 

 Kent: Well worked and iu good condition but backward; good rains will make a 

 large crop. Greenville: Corn area decreasing to make way for cotton. Stafford: Im- 

 proved by late rains. Craig: Crop injured by worms. Augusta: Drought aud insects 

 prevented an early stand ; late rains have helped the crop greatly. 



North Carolina. — Gaston; Growth vigorous; above average. Forsyth: Crops 

 promisiug. Chowan: Three weeks late, but looks well. Alexander: Yellow field-corn 

 looks well so far. Lenoir : Injured by the heavy rains iu June. Bladen : Crop late but 

 good. Greene : Bad stand ; at least 20 per cent, below the condition of this time last 

 year. McDoicell : Very much improved ; prospects average. Hertford: Small, but do- 

 ing well. Beaufort: June decidedly unfavorable to late planted. Jones: Dry hot 

 weather injurious. Person: Very fine; pushed rapidly by recent rains and hot sun. 

 Alamance: Promises well. lioivan : Condition excellent. Pockingham : Promisiug; 

 six weeks more of good weather will make as good a crop as ever was made. Craven: 

 Small, but xn'omisiug a large crop. Franklin: Looks well. CMn-i/iJcA; ; Backward, but 

 doiug well ; prospect of a fair yield. Perquimans : Looking Avell ; i)rospect good. 

 Edgecombe : Injured by neglect ; all the attention paid to cotton. 



South Carolina. — York : On valley and loam lands average ; on clay lands, below. 

 Clarendon: lujured by drought ; stalks^ow; crop will probably be short. Orangeburg: 

 Shortened by drought; clear of grass. Marlborough : Early planted doiug very well ; 

 late planted will require a favorable season, Newbury : Owing to drought upland 

 ■will not yield oue-fourth of a croji ; bottom aud low island crops probablj" average. 

 Lexington : Remarkably fiue ; yield probably 50 ]}ev cent, greater than last year. 

 Columbia: Almost average. Georgetown : Late x>lauted suffered from drought. Ches- 

 Icrfieid : Eeduced by dry spring. 



Georgia. — Muscogee: Looks well, except in localities where drought has prevailed. 

 Forsyth : Looks well, though worms are injuring it iu places. Chattooga : Seasonable 

 rains have improved the crop. Columbia : Without speedy rain the crop must be very 

 short. (>»u<mtfH.; Average increased 10 per cent. ; plants small, but healthy aud well 

 cultivated. Effingham: Crop will be good if rain comes soon. Pulaski: Poor ju'os- 

 pect. Lee : Late rains are repairing somewhat the injury of the previous drought. 

 Schley : Shortened 20 per cent, by drought. Wilkes : Coru planting delayed ; crop in- 

 jured by drought. Murray: Late seasonable rains iu favor of the crop. Walton: Yel- 

 low Penusylvania coru matured early. Marion: Injured by drought. Gwinnett: More 

 forward than for many years. Butts : Early coru suffering from drought. Oglethorpe : 

 Has not realized its early promise ; earliest varieties are doing best. Whitefield : Promis- 

 ing. Cobb : Very fine. Clay : Will be 25 per cent, short. Macon : Much of the corn a 

 total failure. Mcrriwether : Unpromising. 



Florida. — Columbia: Injured by drought. Hillsborough: Short. Manatee: Iu the 

 eastern part of the county killed by drought. Jackson : Half a crop. Bradford: Doiug 

 well. Alachua: Drought has reduced coru to a half crop. Gadsden: Short 25 per 

 cent. Clay : Increased attention to corn. Wakulla : Injured by spring freshet and 

 Bummer drought ; late showers may bring it up to half a crop. 



Alabama. — Lowndos : Condition better than last year. Conecuh: Small, aud not 

 looking well. Colbert: Unusually promising. Greene: Crop will be good. Pike: 

 Stalks short aud color good, with fine shoots ; weather very favorable. Dallas : Prom- 

 ising, but in danger of being slighted for cotton. Buttm' : lujured by drought. Mont- 

 gomery: Average reduced 10 per cent. ; aggregate yield wiU equallast year's. Calhoun: 



