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Crop ill) nred by (Iron <i,lit ; perhaps iis low us two-thinls of last yoar. Ausiin : Cotton- 

 fields swept by worms. Mataf/orda : Crop all ;^aflu'r('<l ; generally this riMpiirestill the 

 niid(ll<! of Deet'iiiber. Grayson: (Short one-third from dronf^ht. Hunt: Drought short- 

 ened the July prospects of the crop fully one-half. Trai'iH : Season line for picking, 

 Avhich will be completed this month. > 



Ahkansa.s. — Craighead: Cotton very short. .}fonroe : Injured by drought; bottom 

 crop tolerable, but the middle and top crops searctily worth picking ; fully half tiw, cotton 

 is open and a. very largt; proportion has been ])icked ; the crop will nearly all be in 

 market by Christinas. Bradlci/ : Damaged by drought. Drew: Finest crop prospects 

 ruined since midsummer by drought and v/orms. Jacknon : Shortened by drought. 

 Columbia: Ciop about half of last year's. Crittenden: Seriously damaged by drought. 

 Prairie : Cut down to half a crop by drought ; all will be picked bj' November 1st. 

 Sebastian : Crop good as to lint and texture but cut short a third ; no to]> cotton; aver- 

 age so increased that the aggregate yield will not fall short of last year's. Woodruff : 

 Shortened a third. Marion :^ Drought has affected the cotton crop. Montgomery : 

 Shortened by drought ; half picked already ; not over .500 i»onnds seed-cotton per acre. 

 Independence ; SeptembOT drmight told fearfully upon cotton ; no bolls formed in that 

 month while those of Angustiierished; crop 40 per cent, below average; no better 

 in any county within one hundred miles. 



OATS. 



The product of oats is apparently increased, as compared with that of 

 last year, by about 3 ^)er cent., but it will not equal the aggregate of 

 the census-year. Completed calculations may slightly modify the pres- 

 ent aggregate of 205,000,000 bushels. The comparison with last year is 

 as follows: Maine, 119; New Hampshire, 98; Vermont, 113; Massa<jhu- 

 setts, 95 ; Ehode Island, 105 ; Connecticut, 111 ; JSTew York, 9() ; Kew 

 Jersey, 80; Pennsylvania, 100; Delaware, GO; Maryland, 78; Virginia, 

 76; North Carolina, 130; South Carolina, 92; Georgia, 120; Florida, 90; 

 Alabama, 97; Mississippi, 99; Louisiana, 105; Texas, 116; Arkansas, 

 107; Tennessee, 124; West Virginia, 98; Kentucky, 109; Ohio, 93; 

 Michigan, 96; Indiana, 111; Illinois, 112; Wisconsin, 105; Minnesota, 

 108; Iowa, 100; Missouri, 122; Kansas, 150; Nebraska, 130; California, 

 103 ; and Oregon, 101. 



■ Maixe. — Androscoggin: Very good. Piscaiaqt(is : Very good (piality. Oxford: Good 

 crop, well secured. 



MASS^piiuSETT.s. — Norfolk : Above average in quantity and (juality. Berkshire : 

 Injured uy storms requiring it to be mowed like hay. 



Rhode Island. — Kent : Rusted and blighted ; not worth cntting. 



New York. — Ulster : Too wet and hot for oats. Madison : Crop good, but injured iu 

 the shock by rains. Genesee : Grain shrunken by drought. SnlVa-an : A good yield 

 though damaged by bad weather at harvest. 



Pe:xnsvlvania. — Lancaster : Ecjual iu quantity to last year, and heavier. Armstrong ; 

 Injured 5 per cent, in the shock, yet good. Centre: Damaged by damp. Elk: Damp- 

 ness reducing the quality of oats. 



ViKGiNiA. — Eappahannock : A great failure. Essex: Raised in but small quantities, 

 owing to repeated lailures. Chesterfield: A large acreage sown in oats. Highland: 

 Much shortened by drought. Clarke: Schouen oats, though crippled by drought, are 

 much better than common oats on the same farm. Nansemond: Oats nearly average, 

 but shortened by drought. MadiHon: Vei'y indifferent; Schonen ruined by storms. 



Noirni Cauolixa. — Forsyth: Never better; price 50 cents per bushel. Franklin: 

 Good. Alamance: Above average. Stanly: Injured by drought. 



Geougia. — Gninnett: Oats 50 per cent, better than last year, both in (quantity and 

 quality. 



Florida. — Levy: Seriously injured by drought in May, but the increased acreage 

 ■will bring up the aggregate yield to last year's; seed-oats are worth >]il.50 to $2 per 

 bushel. 



Mississippi. — Smith: Materially injured by drought. 



Texxessee. — Giles: Greatly injured in the shock. TJicksou. : Shortened by drought. 

 Hancock: Good crop. Jefferson: Better than last year's. IVdson : About average. 



Kextucky. — Lincoln : Average. 



Ohio. — Medina : Crop smaller than indicated by previous appearances. 



Michigax. — Emmeit: Oals rotting in the stack and on the ground. 



Ixdiaxa. — Ouen : A''ery fine up to harvest ; en*rmons in quantity but depreciated in 



