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Texas. — Cornell: Drought lia.s cut iTowii tlio crop to a half avera,2;e. Kaufman: 

 Throwing oft" on account of raiu ; worms have done a little damage. lied liiver : Suf- 

 fering for rain. Dallas : Will average not over (500 pounds of seed cotton per aero, or 

 200 pounds of lint ; July prospects reduced a third. Ellis: Drought shortening the 

 crop again. Henderson : Crop ruined by drouth — average not greater than last year — 

 :35. Williamson : Drought has shortened cotton a third. Milam : Upland cotton short- 

 ened by drought one third; bottom crops shortened one-fourth; opened prematurely. 

 Gonzales: Low condition ; drought has caused squares and small bolls to fall ; worms 

 have done some damage, Austin: Scarcely average owiug to drought. Johnson: Dry 

 weather shortening cotton ci'op, yet it will be double of last year's yield. Fayette : 

 Drought has cut down the crop at least a third, yet in river-lands crops well cultivated 

 will pro .luce 500 pounds per acre. Caterpillars have been very troublesome; now 

 stripping all the leaves; early prolific seed mostly used. Waco: Yield will not pay 

 three-fourths of the cost of production ; worst failure j'et known here. Marion : Crop 

 almost ruined. Rusk: Opened to the top; all the squares dropped ott' on account 

 of drought. 



Arkansas. — Monroe : Drought causing the squares to fall ; crop below average. Crit- 

 tenden : Seriously damaged by drought and rust or blight. Pulaski : Shortened by 

 drought 33 per cent. Prairie : On uplands cut off three-fourths ; short also on 

 bottoms. Diew: Crop will be short. 



Tennessee. — Madison: Suffering from drought; squares and bolls dropping; rust in 

 a few fields. McXairy : Very promising ; average considerably increased. Hardeman: 

 Seriously injured by drought and heat. Weakley: Drought has reduced the crop one- 

 half. Giles : Shedding squares and top bolls; will probably be cut short one-fourth. 



WHEAT. 



The September returns, which give the couditiou of whea^t when 

 harvested, present the following list of States above average : Maine, 

 109 ; North Carolina, 109; South Carolina, 102 ; Georgia, 104 ; Alabama, 

 105 ; Mississippi, 102 ; Louisiana, 112 ; Texas, 120 ; Arkansas, 106 ; 

 Tennessee, 110; Keutucky, 110; Minnesota, 104; Nebraska, 109. Those 

 below 100 are New Hampshire, 95 ; Vermont, 91 ; Massachusetts, 97 ; 

 Connecticut, 98 ; New York, 85 ; New Jersey, 89 ; Pennsylvania, 76 ; 

 Delaware, 92 ; Maryland, 74 ; Virginia, 99 ; West Virginia, 96 ; Ohio, 

 84; Michigan, 95 ; Indiana, 97 ; Illinois, 95; Wisconsin, 98 ; Missouri, 

 70; Kansas, 85; Oregon, 96 ; Iowa, 100. 



Eeference is made to the tables for August, in which the condition of 

 spring-wheat in that month is shown. 



OATS. 



Of the New England States, Maine reports the oat crop 8 per cent., 

 and Connecticut 5 i^er cent, above average, the other States being about 

 5 per cent, below. In some parts of Vermont and Massachusetts, exces- 

 sive rains blighted the crop while growing, and injured it in the shock 

 after harvesting. The same causes reduced the crop below an average 

 in all the Middle States. In Indiana County, Pennsylvania, the loss is 

 stated at 20 per cent. In Warren County, New York, the Birlie oats are 

 pronounced inferior in quality to the common black oats, besides being 

 weaker in straw and smaller in quantity, requiring a longer time to 

 ripen. In Virginia, the depreciation is 25 per cent. The Norway oats 

 made a very line yield in Frederick County. The Schonen is pro- 

 nounced the best variety ever tried in Highland County, but an entire 

 failure in Accomack. Here, however, the oat crop has failed for the last 

 ten years. In North Carolina, the crop is 7 per cent, above average ; 

 but m all the other Atlantic and Gulf coast States it falls from 2 to 

 24 j)er cent, below, except in Texas, which reaches 111. In Travis 

 County, a new variety — the red oats — yielded from 75 to SO bushels per 

 acre. Arkansas, Tennessee, and. Keutucky report from 5 to 7 per cent. 

 above average, and West Virginia 3 per cent, below. The crop was 

 injured in the shock in several counties of these States, by rains 



