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in the cinnity geuerally good, and liciicc the crop is better than, was exixjctcd. Carroll: 

 Good iu the iiorthein, and very good in tlie sontlicru ])art of the county, v.-here 

 the dronglit was jnost severe. Monlfjomcri) : Jietter than was anti(;ij)atcd during the 

 dry snmuier ; deep ph)wing and fertilizers to some extent conntenicted the dronnjbt. 

 Howard : Crop crippled by cnt-wornis. Washington : Finer than ever alonjj the Penu- 

 sylvania line, bnt short farther sonth. Caroline: Turned out well ; 00 biisiiels per 

 acre ; corn-fodder a snbstitute for hay in many cases. Anne Ariindd: Good. 



ViUGiNiA. — Xever better ; ont of danj^er from frost. Fluvanna : Very poor on forest- 

 lands. Stafford: Mucli injured by drought. Rappahannock: Crop 2.') jx-r cent, above 

 average iu spite of drought. Orange: Nearly average in s])ite of drought. 

 Prince George : Late-planted corn very nnicli improved ; early-planted most! j' a failure. 

 Henrico: Very short. Clarke: Very good in the southern third of the county, but 

 ■elsewhere below average. Highland: Bust crop known for many years, in spite of 

 an uufiivorable spring and summer. Chesterfield : Nearly all secured. Princess Anne: 

 Seriously injured by drought. Essex: Severely injured by drought. Lancaster: In- 

 jured by drought. Madison : Early coru good; late injured by drought. 



NouTii Carolina. — Forsi/th : Very good ; price, 6.5 and 70 cents per busliel. Gaston : 

 Promises a very large crop. Harnett : Very promising ; season favorable. Franklin : 

 Escaped the drought. Rowan : Injured 10 per cent, by a violent storm on September 

 8. Haywood: Pennsylvania corn has done finely, showing a special adaptation to 

 our climate. Currituck: Very line and Avell matured. Davie: Siiortened 10 ])er cent, 

 by drought. Alamance: Above average. Sampson: Crop excellent aiul well saved. 

 Stanlji : Crop average ; bottom-crop, fine ; white Roanoke the favorite variety. 



South Cauolina — Orangehurgh : Very good. Clarendon: Below average ; less than 

 last year. Union: Crop good ; dry enough to crib. Edgefield: Crop large and in tine 

 condition. 



Gkokgia. — Dool.'i : Late crop injured by drought. Forsyth: GoneralU' good ; on up- 

 land about 15 per cent, above average. Muscogee: Fair iu some localities; poor 

 in others. Lee: Better than was expected. Sumter: Better than last year, but below 

 average. Worth: Better thau in 10 years. Cohnnhis, : Remarkably tine. Heard: Bet- 

 ter than for sciveral years. Butts: Shortened by drought. Whitfield: Crop -well- 

 inatured and larger than was expected. Twiggs : Looks well ; never of better 

 (quality than now. 



Flojiida. — .Tackson : Only half a cron ; jiot so good as last year. Orange : Shortened 

 40 per cent, by drought. Jefferson : Not over two-thirds of an average. 'Taylor : Crop 

 short near the coast ; not over 30 or 35 bushels per acre; 20 per cent, better in the 

 northwest part of the county. Luvy : Injured by drought iu May and June ; not more 

 than half enough to supply the homo demand. 



Alakama. — Saint Clair: Destructive floods iu July prevented the finest crop 

 ever made in the couuty ; upland corn good. Clarke: Crop light in some places; 

 average in others. Dallas: Above average in quautity and quality. Lee: Crop much 

 the best since the war. Blount : Excessive rains destroyed about half the crop. Law- 

 rence : Early corn good ; late crop poor. Chambers : Ten per cent, above average. Ma- 

 con : Good ; enough for home demand. Limestone : Better than for several years. 



Missi.ssii'Pi. — Zi'aHA(« : Yellow corn from the Department a success ; stalks fine ; ears 

 of good size ; ripens early. Tishomingo: Extra fine ; late planting somewhat injured. 

 Grenada : Best and largest crop since the war ; full average. Jasper : Early croj) very 

 good; late plantings injured by drought. Amite: Made before the drought set 

 iu. iSmith : Full average and of gobd quality. Lee : Made before the drought ; a 

 good yield. Lauderdale: Crop 25 per ceut. above average, but not sufficient to meet 

 home demand ; 25 per cent, more must be imported. Hinds: Full average. Jefferson: 

 .Early-jjlanted croji good ; out of the way of drought. Kemper : More abundant than 

 last year; probably enough for home demand. Attala: Good; mostly made before the 

 drought. 



Louisiana. — Morelxouse: Extra fine. La Fouiche : Heavier ears but fewer thau last 

 year. Red River: Bottom-corn full 50 per cent, better than hill-corn. Assumption: 

 Largest crop siuc(^ the war. 



Texas. — Coryell : Yield fiue ; average 40 bushels per acre, some farms reaching 75 ; 

 market price 40 cents. Smith : Abundant. Red River : Pretty well matured before 

 drought set in. Medina : Crop made before the drought set iu. Rusk : Early-planted 

 bottom-corn doing well. Upskur : Better than last year. Austin : Very good gener- 

 ally. Grayson : Best crop in 10 years ; 40 to GO bushels per acre. Matagorda : Short- 

 ened by drought. 



Arkansas. — Craighead : A large proportion late, and quite a fatlure. Drew : 

 Mostly gathered ; matured before the drought ; crop extra, both iu quantity 

 ;and quality-. Jackson : Greatly shortened by drougiit ; injured seriously by an immense 

 }uiniber of squirrels. Columbia: Estimates greatly declined since the crop was gath- 

 ered ; nearly all lioused. Sebastian : Shortened a third by drought, but of excellent 

 x'^nality; early-planted corn has done Avell, but late-planted amounts to nothing. 



