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; ALABAMA.—Crenshaw: Good. Conecuh: Increased acreage, and more advanced than 
ast year. 
MIsSISSIPPI.— Amite: More extensively cultivated than ever before. Lauderdale: 
The cultivation increasing. Pike: More planted. Perry : Acreage increased 25 per 
cent., and the condition 10 per cent. better than last year. © : 
TrExas.—Harrison: Has been grown here successfully for a year or two, and we are 
doubling the crop. Cherokee: The mild winter started the cane, and at the planting- 
time many of the shoots were broken off. Upshur: Acreage increased 30 per cent. 
Burleson: Doing well. 
COTTON. 
Cotton, in the first week of July, is in a condition of healthy growth— 
less favorable than in July of last year—well cultivated and reasonably 
clear of grass. During the last half of June its growth was rapid, and 
blooms were freely reported in the more southern belt. No complaints 
of drought are received; rains have been frequent, and, in a large area, 
in excess of the requirements for the highest condition. In rainy dis- 
tricts the uplands and sandy lands give better promise at present than 
the bottoms. In South Carolina and in Florida storms were especially 
severe between June 11 and 18; in some localities, seven days of con- 
tinuous rain. 
In comparison with last year, North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas 
report higher condition; all the other States lower figures than in July 
of 1875. The general average of 1875 slightly exceeded 100; the pres- 
ent average of condition is 97.6; the unit of comparison being normal 
growth and unimpaired vitality. 
In comparison with the report of June, the States that have made im- 
provement are North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi- 
ana, Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Georgia has held the high con- 
dition of last month. South Carolina has declined from 98 to 90, in 
consequence of excessive moisture. 
The figures for condition are as follows: North Carolina, 104; South 
Carolina, 90; Georgia, 103; Florida, 98; Alabama, 100; Mississippi, 
94; Louisiana, 92: Texas, 99; Arkansas, 97; Tennessee, 103. 
VIRGINIA.— Dinwiddie: The most favorable season for cotton for several years. 
Nortu Carotina.—Warren: An excellent stand; generally clear of grass; back- 
ward, owing to cold nights. Wayne: Has been well cultivated and promises an un- 
precedented yield. Cumberland: Fully fifteen days behind. Gaston: Late and small, 
but clear of grass and healthy. JVilson: Healthy, free from grass, and in fine condi- 
tion. Duplin: Better than ever known. Pitt: The weather in June very seasonable, 
anda largecrop promised. Wake: Clean and in good condition, welladvanced. Nash: 
On high and sandy lands, welladvanced ; on low and stiff lands, bad stand, small, and 
somewhat grassy. Beaufort: Has grown rapidly thelast two weeks. Hartford: Early, and 
very promising. Pasquotank: Late seven to ten days, but looks well; favorable season 
for cultivating. Caldwell: Injured by excessive rains. 
Soutn Garortna.—Beaufort: Much injured by a prolonged rain-storm in June. 
Clarendon: Seven days of continuous rain proved very injurious; the leaves turned 
from green to red; but the past few days of warm, dry weather have given the plant 
astart. Chester: Six days of excessive rain, ending June 19, gave cotton on sandy 
lands the red rust, and many of the tields have become grassy, and are not yet cleaned. 
Newberry : Promises a good yield. Georgetown: A good stand was checked by drought 
in April and May; and owing to recent protracted rains, grass now has the ascendency. 
Lexington: Backward. Marlborough: Very good; clear of grass and healthy. Rich- 
land: Much injured and destroyed by a freshet. Barnwell: Injured 5 per cent. by 
steady rain, from the 11th to the 18th of June. Fairfield: A week of continuous heavy 
rains, ending in a disastrous freshet, has done the crop great injury. Horry: Acreage 
increased 25 per cent.; eight to ten days late, and damaged badly by heavy rains from 
June 10 to the 20th. Spartanburgh: Two weeks behind in size and fruitage. Orange- 
burgh: Very much injured by heavy rain-storms. Edgefield: Small, but good stands 
and vigorous plants. Marion: Bloomed about eight days later than last year. Ches- 
terfield: Too much rain for cotton. Laurens: Poor stands, and backward; much de- 
stroyed by devastating rains. 
