264 



the crop of the State ; other counties of considerable importance at 120 

 and 125. 



In Mississippi some of the principal counties report high condition : 

 Hinds, 125; Madison, 120; Yazoo, and several others, 110 ; Washington 

 stands at 90. 



Fayette, in Tennessee, in 1869 producing 20,000 bales, is reported at 

 110 ; and Giles, a prominent county, is put at 110. 



Tensas Parish, in Louisiana, yielding 25,000 bales in 1SG9, and pro- 

 ducing in 1859 the uuequaled crop of 141,000, though there were but 

 117,000 acres of improved land in the parish, is reported at 110 ; East 

 Feliciana, 120 ; East Baton Eouge, 105 ; Concordia, Claiborne, Eapides, 

 and other principal parishes, 100; and Caddo, yielding 26,000 bales in 

 1869, at 95. 



Very little complaint is made of injuries by insects. The aphis is 

 reported in several counties of the Carolinas ; and the " cotton-worm" is 

 mentioned in Texas. 



The following extracts fi^om correspondence will further illustrate the 

 subject : 



ViRGiN'LV. — Surry: Culture increasiug. Prince George: Cottou taking the j)lace of 

 peanuts. 



North Carolina. — Gaston: Croj) late, and Las not grown well till within a week. 

 A fair season will make an average yield. Bei-fie: Late, but looking well; there will 

 he hut few, if any, blossoms on the 4th of July. Wake : Too much rain ; but little 

 prospect of an average crop. Tift: Cotton badly in the grass and seriously injured. 

 Lenoir: Wet weather has made the grass very troTiblesome. Mecllenbnryh : Cotton 

 looks finely where planted before the loth of April ; later plantings not so good ; 

 season good for working ; blossoms by the 15th of June, earlier than ever before 

 known. A good season will make a splendid crop. Bladen : Growing finely, but four 

 weeks behind time; lice beginning to show themselves; last year they were, the 

 forerunners of rust ; crop cannot be average. Greene: Bad stand ; drought at plant- 

 ing caused the seed to remain in the ground from four to six weeks ; condition of 

 plants, 20 per cent, below par. Onsloiv : Looking well and growing finely ; almost 

 three weeks later than last year. Eeriford : Crop small, but thrifty ; exceedingly fine 

 weather will be necessary for a full crop. Beavfort : Crop has suft'ered ; on ill-drained 

 lands not over a third of a crop ; stand generally imperfect ; cut-worms at work ; this 

 especially true in the case of lauds that have long been in cotton. Jones : Cotton 

 small, but promising. Alamance: Good. Sia7iJey : Blooms plenty. Bowan: Condi- 

 tion excellent. Lincoln : Season fine for cotton. Moore : Backward through depreda- 

 tions of liee and cold nights. Craven : Generally a bad stand through unfavorable 

 weather ; plants small, but healthy. Brajillin : Very grassy through excess of rain. 

 CurritucTi : Acreage increased; growing finely. Perquimans: Started with an excel- 

 leiit stand ; cold nights durfng the first half of June reduced it; now not over two- 

 thirds, and full of lice. EdgecomTje : Cotton a failure, through drought at seeding- 

 time and excess of rain afterwards, producing g'rass and weeds. 



South Carolina. — York : On light loam soil cotton was out of the ground early ; in 

 clay soil the plants are late, and delayed i)y dry spring. The former class above average, 

 and the latter below. Fairfield : Below average on account of drought and late plant- 

 ing. Clar.endon : Promising, though late planted ; generally infected with lice. Orange- 

 inrgh : Suffering from lack of moisture ; crop clean. Marliorongh : Early planted doing 

 well ; late planted will require a favorable season ; lice on late plantings. XeuhiD-y : 

 Cotton small and backward from late re-plantings ; early stands look well, Anderson : 

 Poor and late stand. Lexington : Improving ; promises to excel last yeai-'s crop. 

 Columhia : Stand imperfect, but prospects almost average. Chesterfield : A little better 

 than nsual, where fertilizers are used; where not nsed, the crop is far below average. 



Georgia. — Muscogee: Backward in many localities, though imjiroved by late rains. 

 Liherty : Short cotton supplanting the long staple and finer cottons even on the coast ; 

 farmers working hard for a good crop. Columbia : Doing well. Harris : Cotton 

 planting delayed and restricted by drought in April ; stand imperfect. Quitman : Crop 

 has been well cultivated and looks well, liorth : Drought greatly injured cotton ; 

 much did not come up ; niuch that did come up died; .^1 per bushel is now oftered for 

 cotton-seed, the usual price being about 10 cents. Sumter : Condition varied; where 

 rain has been abundant tlMi crop looks well ; where rain has been deficient crops are 

 very poor. Vilkinson : Shortened by drought ; not a good stand. Effingham: Looking 

 well. Pulaski: Prospect fine; crop clean ; will be a full average. Glynn: Crop has 



