168 
An analysis of these figures shows that the condition of the erop iy, 
nearly but not ‘quite so favorable as on the Ist day of June, 137 70; the 
June average of 1876 is also less than in LS872,and) 1870, bat: greater 
than in 1874, 1875, and 1871. The opening prospect for the growing 
crop is, then, ‘at least a full ay erage With late years, butits character and 
productiveness depend upon the subsequent developments. of. the sea- 
son and the culture bestowed upon it. 
The following notes from our statistical correspondence will illustrate 
the local aspects of the crop in different parts of the cotton area : 
Norte Carouina.—Laurens: Suffering from cold nights.’ Onion: Plant small; stand 
very good. Edgefield: Good stand, heaithy- -looking. Orange: Prospect good. “Pam- 
lico : ‘Looking remarkably well. Alamance: Came up well, good stand. Duplin: 
Diminished acreage ; stand unusually good ; growing finely. ‘Edgecombe: Late’ plant- 
ing is not up yet; early planting, fine. Pitt: Stand good, free from grass. Wilson: 
Some complaint of cotton dying. Cumberland: Fifteen days bebind average season; 
rather inferior stand. Columbus : Owing to cool] nights, stand is bad. Beaufort: Plant 
smal), but stand good and healthy. Gaston: Acreage same as last year; good stand. 
SouTH Caro.uiwwa.—Fairjield: Looks well, and has a very good stand. /Villiamsburgh : 
Very promising. Orangeburgh: Looks well, but is backward. Marlborough ¢ Condition 
fine; stand perfect; slight injury from lice. Lexington: Somewhat backward. Ches- 
ter: First planting, bad stand and uuhealthy ; later planting, good stand, healthy, and 
promising. Newberry: Stand generaliy good. Clarendon: Increased acreage; very 
promising. Georgetown: Good stand; plant small, but promising. 
GrorGiIA.—JVorth: Plant is small, but looks well. Richmond: Good stand ; seldom 
such regularity. Schley: In good condition. Gordon: Inferior stand and feeble weed. 
Wileoc : Plant small. Terrell: In good condition. Butts: Stand good; plant never 
looked better. Troup: Excellent. Laurens: Never better. Hart: Better than, for 
many years. Dodge: Good prospect. Cobb: Fine. Walton: Stand good; season favorable. 
Stewart: Average stand; complaint of grass. Montgomery: Good stand; free from 
rust. McIntosh: Plant smal, but healthy. Zincoln: Good stand, but rather back- 
ward. De Kalb: Stand good ; backward, but average prospect. Carroll : In fine con- 
dition. Clayton: Very fine. 
FLoagips.—Columbia : Looking well, but bad stand. Gadsden: Bad weather and_ 
cut-worms have cansed a defective stand. Madison : Late; on account of backward 
spring. Jackson: Stand good; plant late. 
ALABAMA.—Greene: Stand above average. Dale: Best stand ever known, and looks 
very healthy. Russell: Stand remarkably good. Hale: Stand not very good; grassy, 
owing to excessive rains. Crop two weeks late. Lee: Heavy raius have caused rank 
grow th of grass. Jefferson: Too much rainand grass. Franklin: Acreage very great; 
condition: satisfactory. De Kalb: Came up well, but has suffered from bad weather. 
and insect injuries. Colbert: Growing well. Autauga: Looking well. Dallas: In- 
-ereased acreage; condition not so good, owing to imperfect stands. Conecuk: Stand 
never better ; “increased acreage. Calhoun : Doing well; excellent stand. Lauderdale: 
Plant remarkably small ; stand inferior. Monroe: Unusually late. Macon : Cotton- 
lands too wet this season. Blount: Diminished acreage; later than usual. Morgan: 
Some complaint of imperfect stand. Perry: Increased acreage; prospect good, Ran- 
dolph: Generally clean, but small. 
Mississippei.—Greenville : The overflow has materially injured the cotton-crop in part 
of the county. Choctaw: Not more than75 per cent. of last year’s acreage ; on account 
of damaged seed, a great many have plowed up and planted corn. Jefferson : A good 
stand, but grassy. Perry: Mostly planted late; appearance ,fair.. Coahoma: Au in- 
clination to procure improved cotton-seed. Covington: Not doing well. Clark: A 
very bad stand of cotton, and an excessive stand of grass. De Soto: Late, but a good 
stand, and in good condition. Lincoln: The stand defective on account of eold and 
wet. Neshoba: In some instances the stand is bad, and the crop late, and looking un- 
healthy. Rankin: Much complaint of poor stand ; late and sickly. Grenada: Did 
not start well; but the stand is generally good, and the weather now favorable. Pike: 
Looks well, although backward, : on account of rains and cold weather. 
Lovuistana.—Carroll: The plant is finer than for years; the stand is perfect, but 
generally grassy. Jackson: Backward, butimproving. Concordia: Decrease of 30 per 
cent. in acreage on account of the overflow; under the most favorable circumstances, 
Jo per cent. of the area planted will not ayer age one-third of acrop. Hast Baton Rouge: 
Had to be plowed up and planted over on account of the extreme cold on the 19th and 
20th of March. Rapides: About 15 days behind last year; good stand generally. Frank- 
lin: Late and very small; large percentage under water. Jichland: Four or five 
weeks later than usual ; the stand not good, owing to heavy rains and cold nights. 
Texas.— Washington : "Increased acreage; looking very well. San Jacinto’: Prospect 
