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so good as last year. Newton: Well worked, clean, and prosperous. Chickasaw: Prom- 
ising where well worked; the freedmen laboring well. Choctaw: Increased acreage, 
owing to the fact that many plowed up cotton and planted corn. franklin: Materialiy 
injured by drought. 
LOvISIANA.—Concordia : A lar ge increase in the acreage ; more disposition to go into 
farming and quit the ruinous cotton- planting. Hast Baton Rouge: In all the neighbor- 
hoods where the labor has not been interfered with, jn splendid condition. Madison: 
Backward, but growing well. Carroll: The yield will not come up to last year. West 
Felicianau: Splendid up to this time, but beginning to suffer from drought. Jackson: 
Backward, but very promising. 
Tpxas.—Bastrop: Fine, with much larger acreage than last year. Coryell: Better 
than for years; a fall crop sure. Harrison: Raising a heavy crop. De Witt: Sufter- 
ing from dry weather. Upshur: Indications of a yield 75 per cent. above last year. 
Colorado: A little late, but one of the most promising crops for years. Lavaca: Splen- 
did, though now suffering from drought in localities. Williamson: A promise of the 
largest crop ever made; of fine quality. Caldwell: Never better. Medina; Injured 
by a drought of two and a half months, but now improving. ed River: Now silking, 
with a prospect of a very heavy crop. Matagorda: Improved by rains. Waller: The 
crop made sure, and will be of full weight. Austin: Secured by the late rains, and suf- 
ficient for home consumption. Burleson: Doing well. Collin: Almost made; will be 
afine yield. Dallas: Never better. Gillespie: Very good. Smith: Very fine on red 
land; too wet on gray land. Titus: Large acreage and better prospect than for many 
years. Washington: Heaviest crop ever raised. Bexar: Never better; all made. 
Burnet: Early planted, splendid; late, doing weil. Tannin: Good; the most favorabie 
season for years. Travers: Never better. 
ARKANSAS.— Boone: Suffering from lack of cultivation, owing to excessive rain. 
Saint Francis: Late, but looking extremely well. Baxter: The smallest ever known. 
Monroe: Crop will be abundant. Arkansas: Looks remarkably well; but a small 
black beetle, which seems to feed on the roots, has injured it 10 per cent. Have seen 
ten to twenty-five in a hill. Bradley: Irregular, and rather late. Jzard: Is healthy, 
clean, and nice, and promises a large yield. J'ulton: Well worked, healthy, and grow- 
ing finely. Marion: Small, but looks well. Ouachita: Not doing well. 
TENNESSEE.—Anderson: Bad stand; a small worm cut off the roots. Some have 
planted two and three times. Lincoln: Well cultivated, and looks unusually well. 
Blount: Generally looks well, though injured badly in places by the bud-worm. Gib- 
son: Late planted, and damaged by rains in low lands. Loudon: Fine. Rhea: A 
good season for corn. Sullivan: Growing finely. Hawkins: Looks well. James: Too 
much rain for corn on lowlands. Knox: Much damaged on the river-bottoms by over- 
flow. Bedford: Looks fine. Giles: Nevermore promising. Robertson: Backward, but 
looks very well. Van Buren: Depredations by the bud-worm. Obion: Damaged by 
overflow. Greene: Irregular, but thrifty. Sequatchie: Damaged considerably by the 
bud-worm and other insects. Montgomery: Never better. Trousdale: Looking well. 
Wesr VirGinia.—Tucker : Acreage two hundred; looks well. Pocahontas: A fine 
prospect. Grant: A little backward. Pendleton: A little late, but very promising. 
Cabell: Promising. Monroe: First rate. Wetzel: Promises a good crop. 
KENTUCKY.— Daviess : Damaged badly by excessive rains. Ohio: Drowned out in a 
portion of the county. Spencer : Clean and in fine condition. Bath: Decidedly im- 
proved by rains for the last ten days. Gallalin: Materially injured by drought. 
Mason: Looks remarkably well; the ground well tilled and clean. Metcalfe: Look- 
ing well. Owsley: The prospect, better than for years. Russell : Injured by the wire- 
worm, a little black bug, and the corn-louse; but all clean and improving rapidly. 
Hardin: Looks well. Calloway: Looks well. 
Oxn10.—Adams: Small, but good stands and well worked. Holmes : Growing rap- 
idly, but in weeds and grass, owing to wet weather. Perry: Coming forward very 
rapidly. Vinton: Good ‘stand, but small. 7 ‘ashington : Much of the crop late, but 
growing rapidly. Defiance: Damaged by excessive rains. Miami: Never better. 
Jackson: Small, but warm showers are bringing it out fast. Jayne: Good on uplands ; 
ale on lowlands by heavy rains. Mercer : “Largely increased acreage, in fine con- 
dition. 
MicuiGan.—Montcalm: Never so backward; many fields not yet touched with the 
plow or hoe. Ottawa: Too much rain. Wayne: Planted late, and wet weather has 
prevented proper cultivation. Wexford: Late in coming up, but growing very rapidly. 
Lenawee: Very backward. Calhoun: Injured by continuous heavy rains, which have 
prevented working. Hillsdale: Set back somewhat by the wet weather. Jonia: Very 
backward, owing to heavy and continuous rains ; impossible to work init. Leelenaw : 
Never more promising. Allegan: Very weedy, owing to continuous rain. Barry: 
Small and backward. Mason: Looks well. Newaygo: A greater fall of rain in June 
than ever before, and the indications are that the crop will be the poorest ever seen 
here. uscola: Rains have delayed cultivating, and weeds are getting a large start of 
the crop. Muskegon: Suffering on heavy land from excessive rains. Mecosta: Mate- 
rially damaged by excessive rains. 
