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GeEOoRGIA.—Dooly: Fine; just beginning to form. Zlbert: Destroyed on the bottoms 
by a freshet in June. Marion; Backward, but good stands, well cultivated, and prom- 
ising. Fannin: Not a very good stand; killed by the bud-worm. Thomas?! Fine. 
Troup: Prospect very good. baldwin: The acreage 85, and the condition 120. Butts: 
The stand and condition unusually good. Columbia: Looking well. De Kalb: Well 
worked, and fine promise. Hall: Not doing well; too much rain. Hancock: Very 
grassy, owing to too much rain, and not fruiting well. Laurens: Never better, and in 
good tilth. Madison: Badstand, and two weeks late. Mitchell: Most promising crop since 
1865. Dodge: Best prospect in four years. Haralson: Two weeks late, but looking 
well. Jefferson: Much above average. McDufie: A wet June has injured the crop to 
a large extent on all low lands; it isin the grasson many farms. Walton: Very prom- 
ising. Hart: Late two weeks. Lincoln: The profusion of rain June 11-18, over- 
flowing the bottoms, totally destroyed 5 per cent. of the crop. Terrell: Prospect im- 
proved very much in June. Fulton: Well worked, and looks well; blooms on the 24th 
of June. Carroll: Promises a good yield. 
FLORIDA.—Jefferson : Greatly damaged by the most destructive rain-storm ever 
known. Madison: Fine. Jackson: Prospect good. Taylor: Much damaged in the 
lower part of the county byexcessive rains. 
ALABAMA.—Clarke : Quite small; much later than last year. Greene: Late twenty 
to twenty-five days, but in good growing condition. Crenshaw: Very fine, though the 
acreage is decreased 25 per cent. Monroe: Small, but looks well. Lauderdale: More 
backward, and smaller than last year. Blount: Very backward. Conecuh: The plant 
small, but free from grass and weeds, and well fruited. Perry: Late ten days, but 
very promising. Colbert: Growing finely. Cherokee: Has a fine growth, but has suf- 
fered from excessive rains and want of clean cultivation. 
MISsSIssIpPI.— Grenada: Has come out wonderfully during June. Amite: Reduced 
acreage, but better cultivation. Pike: Promising. Perry: Young, but looks well. 
Monroe: The plant healthy and in good condition. Yazoo: Backward two weeks. 
Lowndes: The prospect not so good as last year. Newton: Far behind last season in 
_ size and stands. Chickasaw: Stands not good in places, and ten days late, but 
healthy. Clarke: Late two weeks. De Soto: Late, but healthy. Franklin: Two 
weeks late; small; free from grass and weeds; too dry. Lincoln: The plant small, 
but looks well. ; 
ARKANSAS.—Saint Francis : Two weeks late, but looking well. Yell: Fine. Monroe : 
Coming forward rapidly. Bradley: A part rather late; chopped out, and looking 
healthy and thrifty. Izard: Well cultivated, and promises a full average. Marion: 
Injured by cold nights and storms of rain. Ouachita: Very poor prospect. 
TENNESSEE.— Gibson: Late, but looks well. Giles: Small and backward, but im- 
roving. 
Missourt.—Dunklin : Favorable; branched lower on the stock, and the leaves larger 
than for years; squares well formed.» Mississippi: Not well cultivated, owing to the 
rains. 
Lovistana.—Concordia: The water is so slow and subsiding from overflowed lands, 
that there will be a large decrease in acreage. Last Baton Rouge: In splendid condi- 
tion in all the localities where the labor has not been interfered with. Lafayette: 
Slightly improved by the favorable weather Madison: Twenty per cent. lost by 
overflow; the remainder growing finely. Carroll: Healthy and fine, but in the grass 
in some localities. Jackson: Backward, but doing well. 
Trexas.—Bexar : Late three weeks, but growing rapidly. Burnet: Backward. Fan- 
nin: The most favorable seen here for years. Bastrop: Flattering prospects. Upshur: 
Later than last year. Colorado: A little late, but one of the most promising crops for 
years. Lavaca: Later than last year, but the condition splendid, though suffer- 
ing from drought in localities. Williamson: Very promising. Red River: Growing 
very fast. Matagorda: Early crops very fine, but the greater part very late and small. 
Walker : Damaged by rains. Austin: Early-planted on sandy uplands very promising ; 
on black uplands and bottoms very backward. Collin: Doing well. Dallas : Never 
better. Gillespie: Acreage increased 400 per cent., and in good condition. Smith: Late 
two weeks, but very healthy and promising. Titus: Doing finely. Washington: Late 
three or four weeks, but looks first rate. Travis: Growing finely. 
TOBACCO. 
The acreage in tobacco in 1876 appears to be less than in 1875. 
Our reports exhibit some very remarkable variations in the areas planted 
inthedifferentStates. Nearly all the great tobaccoregions have planteda 
smaller breadth than last year. Massachusetts has fallen off 20 per 
cent., Connecticut 5 per cent., New York 3 per cent., Maryland 6 per 
cent., Virginia 39 per cent., North Carolina 58 per cent., Tennessee 33 per 
