477 



prematurely opened, the bolls left by tlie caterpillar. liandoJph : Half crop ; better 

 "where ejuaiio was used. «?'*"-»•; 



MiSiSissiiTi. — Yazoo: Yield probably equal to last year. Jasper: Sprin^^ drought 

 injured crops on black land. Warren : Prospects of the crop improved by lino picking 

 season. Grenada : The crop not much injured by the severe drought. liankin: Good 

 season; crop from 100 to 400 pounds per acre.. Tishemingo: Fine picking season 

 enhanced the yield. De Soto : Better than wan expected. YaJabusha : Fine weather 

 maturing all the bolls. Coahoma: Sutiered from spring rain, summer drought, and 

 slovenly cultivation ; matures six weeks earlier than usual, and too rapidly to be well 

 gathered. Hinds: Dry fall enhanced the yield. Wayne: Cut short by drought, boll- 

 worm, and caterpillar. Kemper: Shortened by drought and caterpillars. Winston: 

 Early bottom crops gopd, but late plantings and upland plantings poor. Holmes : Fine 

 picking season ; crop short, but yields lint in large i>roportiou and of superior quality. 

 Jefferson : Yield larger than last year. 



Louisiana. — Tangipahoa: Short crop. Madison: Damaged by worms and drought ; 

 fine picking weather increased the yield 10 per cent. Franklin : Shortened by drought 

 and caterpillars, but better than was anticipated ; average yield, 200 pounds of lint 

 per acre. £ast Baton liouge: The most favorable picking season ever known, bringing 

 the yield up to last year's. Morehouse : Fine weather improved the crop 25 per cent. 

 Carroll: Prospect improved ; but little will be lost. Claiborne: Three-fourths of a crop 

 well housed. (^ - 



Texas. — Henderson : Nearly all gathered. Craven : Three-fourths average ; shortened 

 by frost. Eusk : Mostly gathered ; yield 70 pounds lint on uplands, and 120 on 

 bottoms. Bed River : Lint heavy in prairie and bottom crops; lighten sandy soils, 

 reducing the average ; yield goofl. Upshur : Larger proportion of lint ; crop one- 

 fourth less than last year. Kaufman : Better than was expected; most upland classed 

 as good ordinary; yield per acre less than last year, but the acreage is nearly double. 

 Marion : Less than half a crop ; averages 100 pounds lint per acre. Dallas : Quality 

 unusually line. Burnet: Shortened one-half by drought. Fayette: All the river-lands 

 well cultivated and early sown with the " Early Prolific " cotton-seed averaged 500 

 pounds lint per acre; uplands average about 300. Gonzales: Drought arrested the 

 ravages of the worm, and the fine open fall enabled farmers to gather the whole crop ; 

 some made a bale per acre ; whole crop averages half a bale. Bosque : Drought 

 shortened the crop from 500 to 300 pounds per acre. Austin : Yield better than was 

 expected. Burleson: Unusual proportion of lint — about a third of the whole; free 

 from dirt and trash. 



Arkansas. — Fulton: Injured by drought. Craighead: Marketed earlier than last 

 year. Pulaski: Improved a little. Jackson: Shortened by drought in July and Au- 

 gust. Bradley: Injured by drought. Monroe: Damaged by drought more seriously 

 than was supposed. Montgomery : Shortened by drought. 



Tennessee. — Gihson: Acreage increased ; yield shortened by drought. Madison: A 

 bale to 4 acres. Dyer : Acreage increased, but yield per acre diminished. Lincoln : 

 Yield average ; quality excellent. Hardin : Better quality tha.n was expected. Giles : 

 Yield better than was expected ; many crops range from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds seed- 

 cotton per acre. 



Kentucky. — Bussell : Small patch produced 600 pounds per acre. 



POTATOES. 



The returns of correspondents point to a decrease of 5 per cent, from 

 the product of last year, amounting to about sfe; millions of bushels. 

 The Western States, in which tliis crop has suffered for several years 

 from the ravages of the Colorado beetle, report diminishing losses from 

 this cause, and are the only States, North Carolina and Texas excepted, 

 reporting increased production. The averages are as follows : Maine, 

 05; New Hampshire, 80; Vermont, 8G; Massachusetts, 90; Rhode 

 Island, 92 ; Connecticut, 94 ; New York, 90 ; New Jersey, 75 ; Pennsyl- 

 vania, 95; Delaware, 75; Maryland, 75; Virginia, 92; North Carolina, 

 104; South Carolina, 87; Georgia, 89; Florida, 74; Alabama, 94; 

 Mississippi, 94 ; Louisiana, 85 ; Texas, 123 ; Arkansas, 93 ; Tennessee, 

 100; West Virginia, 85; Kentucky, 101; Ohio, 90; Michigan, 101; 

 Indiana, 115; Illinois, 135 ; Wisconsin, 95; Minnesota, 127 ; Iowa, 109; 

 Missouri, 93 ; Kansas, 110 ; Nebraska, 104 ; California, 109 ; Oregon, 124. 



Maine. — York: Potatoes injured in quantity and quality by excessive moisture, but 

 no rot. Sagadahoc: Considerable rot. Cumberland: Eotted both before and after 

 digging ; price from 50 cents to $1. Waldo : Heat and moisture reduce the quantity of 



