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A few extracts from correspo'iulcMice are iiuule : 



Noin'ii Caiiomna. — Blight or rust very {general, cnnsiiifij iniddk' and top crops to shed ; 

 bolls >reneraliy .small. Jl'ahe: Drought, rust, and caterpilhirs have cut down tin; croj) 

 25 per cent, below average. Edr/ccombe : Reduced 20 per cent, during Sei)t(nnher hy 

 drought and in.sects. Sahtpfioi) : Rust and caterpillars will cut down the crop one- 

 fifth. Hertford : Drought has caused cotton to shed its h'aves, and to opmi i)renia- 

 turely ; picking going forward rapidly and will soon be completed ; yield Ix-low aver- 

 age in lint, but tlio increased acreage will bring the aggregate up to last year's. 



South Caholixa. — Ornnfichiir;ih : About average. Ulareiidoii : Yielding 1.^) per cent, 

 less than last year; small increase in acreage, but will not raise the yield to average; 

 two-thirds already gathered. Barnwell: Crop l.^> per cent, greater tlian last yt^Mr ; 

 nearlj' all open. Fairfield : Slioitened 10 per cent, by unfavorable weather. Union: 

 Yield above average on good land well (Motivated; poor on badly-cultivated laud. 

 Netoberrjj : Shortened, by drought ; littli- over half crop ; rust luis injured the plant, 

 causing the bolls to open prenniturely. Lcxiiic/ton : A fourth below average, but in 

 good condition and early gathered. Edgefield: Late crop l.^irgely burned up ; prevail- 

 ing opinion reduces the estimate too low. ♦ 



Fi-oiUDA. — ,facki-:on : Caterpillar, boll-worm, and drought have seriou.sly injured the 

 crop. Suirtainve : (Jroatly injured by caterpillars. Oraneje : 15adly injured of late by the 

 caterpillar. Gadadvn : Eavagcs of caterpillars have stopped all further fruiting, cut- 

 ting the crop down .50 ])er cent, below average. The rapid opening of the bolls has 

 recjuired an equally rapid picking. Ginning and packing press more closely upon the 

 ])icking than for forty years previous, ou account o( the pressure of ])ecu])iary obliga- 

 tions o£ the })huiters, and through fear of a sudden collapse of i^rices. .feffcraon : Greatly 

 injured by caterpillars ; crop will ])robably be housed by the middle^ of October. Cohim- 

 iia : Injured by rust and caterpillars 7.5 per cent. ; open. Clay: Shortened a third by 

 caterpillars, yet full average. AlacJina : Eeduced a half by caterpillars. Levy: 

 Seriously injured by caterpillars, rust, &c., but nearly- double the yield anticipated in 

 August. Good weather for picking, crop being gathered in good condition; quality 

 better than usual, owing to improvement in seed. 



Geougia. — Dooly : Crop shortened a fourth by drought and caterpillars ; dry weather 

 Avill matutVi it a month earlier than usual. Worth: Crop the most promising 

 since the war, but sntfering serionslj' from caterpillars. Sumter: Opening earlier and 

 more rapidly than in any year since 1850 ;* toji crop ou stiff' lands almost destroyed by 

 caterpillars. Lee : Croj) between a half and two-thirds ; caterpillars destroying the late- 

 plauted, of which the proportion is unusually large; three-fourths of the cotton 

 now open.' Miiticogee: Injured by drought and worms ; many bolls .small ; though they 

 should all open, the yield of lint will l)e light. For.iyth : Never better ; promises a good 

 yield. Calhoun: Half destroyed by caterpillars. Columhia: Seriously injui'ed by 

 drought, rust, worms, &c. Richmond : Opening rapidly; late plaiitiugs cut off' by rust ; 

 weed larger, but fruit smaller tliau usual. Wilkinson : Caterpillars, rust, and drought 

 have greatly cut down the crop; nearly two-thirds of it already i)icked. Schley: 

 Shortened by caterpillars and rust. Alariov. : Crop has fallen off' oO per cejit. since 

 August 1. Beard: Not over half a crop ; injured by caterpillars. Floyd: Shortened by 

 drought and caterpillars. Gninnctt : Heavy rains, followed by drought, have cau.sed 

 cotton to shed and the prospect to decline 30 per cent, from the Augu.st report. Clayton : 

 Crop prospects declined to an average; it is half open, and is being rapidly marketed 

 to meet pecuniary obligations for fertilizers, provisions, &c. Upson: Seriously injured 

 l)y two months' drought and caterpillars. Chattahoochee : Injured by drought and cAter- 

 pillai-s. Butts: Cut down by rust, which appeared about September :? ; shortened about 

 a fourth. Clay: Shortened by caterpillars ; stripped by September 1. Macon: Bottom 

 and middle cotton a full average; top ci'op a total failure; top is about 27 per cent, of 

 the whole. Chattooga : Acreage increased, but crop injured by caterpillars and boll- 

 worms so that a good fall season will be requisite to make the yield equal to last year's. 

 Coweta : Opening fast ; many lields nearly picked. Madison : Good average, owing to 

 liberal use of fertilizers. Putnam. : Reduced 15 per cent, below average since last re^jort. 

 Wilkes : Fast shedding leaves und opening bolls prematurely ; early gathered and mark- 

 eted. Whitfield: Yield greater than was anticipated, though injured by insects. De- 

 catur: Largely destroyed by caterpillars; crop all picked. Twiggs: Greatly damaged 

 by drought and caterpillars ; three-fourths of tbe crop open ; all will bo picked in October. 

 Fayette: Picking going on rapidly ; crop being placed iu the market promptly. Bike: 

 Drought has shorttnu'd the crop. Effingham : Season fine for picking. 



Alabama. — Saint Clair: Worms injured the crop. Hale: Augnist 1 the crop was 

 exceedingly promising ; August 20 it was swept by caterpillars ; not a boll has beeu 

 made since that date. Bvtler : Destroyed by worms ; not a leaf left ; will make 

 about half a crop. Clarke : Caterpillars, after August 15, destroyed all the leaves, 

 forms, and small bolls ; wliat remained of tbe cotton opened all at once, necessitating 

 considerable loss in gathering. Dallas: Half crop; fine weather for picking ; quality 

 superior. Lee: Cannot exceed five-eighths of an average; droughts and in,sects very 

 injurious. Montgomery: Greatly cut down by the caterpillar, ("olbcrt : An unusual 

 proportion of the cro[) now open ; bad weather and worms have injured it ; yield, 



