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Marylanp. — Baltimore: Reduced slightly "below average by drought ; Ijut this -will 

 be more than coiupensated by increased acreage and good quality. Caroline : Short- 

 ened a little, but excellent. WaaMngton : Better than was expected ; acreage increased. 

 Cecil: Early planted corn injured by drought; late i)lanted better. 



Virginia. — Powhatan: Crop short but supplemented by heavy oak-mast, nttsyl- 

 vania : Slight increase in product and quality. Fluvanna: Shortened by drought: 

 Middlesex: Improved 10 per cent, since last report; quality good, but quantity still 

 below average. Nelson: Shortened by drought. Stafford: Severely injured by 

 drought. Shenandoah: Reduced by drought. Madison: Excellent on bottom-lands; 

 iudifl'ereut on high lands. Highland: Never better. Washington: Crop fell off from 

 drought. Craig: Affected by drought. King and Queen : Disastrously short ; our main 

 staple. Lancaster : Shortened by drought. Buckingham : Ruined on high ground ; 

 splendid on lowland. Cumberland: Greatly improved by late rains. King George : 

 Poor yield. Frince Edward : Five per cent, above last year. Fauquier : Better than 

 was expected, on account of thorough cultivation. Fairfax: Somewhat injured by 

 warm fall and rain. Henrico: Not so good as was last reported. Gloucester: Injured 

 by severe drought. Bockingham : Good yield in spite of drought. Westmoreland : Ex- 

 ceedingly sniail crop ; shortened by the terrible drought. Southampton : Suffered from 

 drought and neglected for cotton. 



North Carolina. — Chowan: Good. Bladen: Heavy and good. Greene: Ten per 

 cent, below average. Gaston : Uniformly good ; 20 per cent, above average. Meck- 

 lenlurgh : Twenty-five per cent, greater yield than last year. Bowan: Best crop in 

 twenty-four years ; excellent weather for gathering. Alexander: Bottom crops below 

 average ; upland crops above. Allamance : Best crops in ten years. Pereiuimans: Full 

 average and good. JVilkes : Bottom crops average; ujdands one-sixth above. Stokes: 

 Not so good on bottoms, but better than usual on uplands. Buncombe : Extraordinary 

 crop, flinty, sound, and heavy. Iredell: Best crop in fifteen years. Stanley: Good in 

 spite of early insect raA'ages; especially fine on bottoms. Edgecombe: Ears light. 

 Jackson : Gathers beyond expectation. 



South Carolina. — Fairfield : More sound corn than in any season since 1864. Green- 

 ville : Neglected, as usual, for cotton. Clarendon:. Full crop in some sections; in 

 others two-thirds : Orangeburgh: Gathers well'. Chester : Crop 50 per cent, greater and 

 25 per cent, better than last year. Bichland : Unusually good. 



Georgia. — Muscogee : Acreage and yield the same as last year; poor crop. McDuffie : 

 Best crop for years. Cobb : Good corn season ; better yield than last year, but on a re- 

 duced average. Walton: Heaviest crop for many years. Clayton: Upland corn good, 

 bottom corn injured by wet. Wilkes: Full average and fine. Whitfield: Largest crop 

 for years. Clay: Fifteen per cent, above last year, and of better quality. Liberty: 

 Short though protracted drought, and injured by a storm; quality better than last year. 

 Schley : Shortened by drought, but quality as good as last year. 



Florida. — Leon : Less in product but better in quality. Orange : Shortened by 

 drought one half. Columbia: Short but good. Taylor: Five per cent, below average 

 in quality. 



Alabama. — Morgan : Crops would have been unparalleled but for a partial flood dur- 

 ing the summer. Colbert : Crop exceeds last year in spite of storm and drought; this is 

 attributed to early planting and improved cultivation. Chambers: Improved in quan- 

 tity and quality. Montgomery: Good crop in quantity and quality. Macon: One of the 

 best crops ever raised. Lawrence : Good in quantity and quality. Tuscaloosa : Good 

 yield and quality. Bandolph: Better than last year. 



Mississippi. — Kemper : Best crop for years. Jefferson : Large and superior yield. 

 Tazoo : Late planted, but with favorable weather the yield was large. Bankin : Nearly 

 every planter has raised corn enough for his own demand. Tishemingo : Injured by 

 drought. Wilkinson: Full average and in good condition. Wayne: Injured by drought. 



Louisiana. — Franklin : Both early and late very good. Lafourche: Not so many eafs 

 to the stalk, but more grain and less shuck. Carroll : Good in quantity and quality. 



Texas. — Lampasas: Full crop. Austin: One of the best crops ever raised in the 

 country. Gonzales : But little injured by the severe drought. Fayette: Exceedingly 

 good in quantity and quality. Coryell : Some farms made as high as 65 bushels per 

 acre. Burnet: Very abundant ; some farms double last year's crop. Marion: 10 per 

 cent, above average ; acreage about average. Kaufman : 200 per cent, of last year's 

 crop and heavier. Upshur: Improved in quantity and quality. Travis: Never better. 

 Bed Biver : Good. Busk : Not so good ; ears short and husks long. Craven : Good. 

 Henderson : Corn abundant ; mast light. 



Arkansas. — Fulton : Damaged by squirrels. Jackson : Reduced by squirrels and 

 blackbirds. Arkansas: Crop made before the drought set in. Montgomery: Increased 

 acreage ; early i)lanted good ; late i)lauted short. Washington : Matured before the 

 drought. 



Tennessee. — Jackson : Early plantings good ; later ones light. Blount : Crops made 

 before the drought. Gibson : Early crops good ; later ones short. Bhea : Well ripened 

 and sound. Madison; Quality improved by dry weather. JJyer; Unusually large crop; 



