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20 per cent. more than last year. Marlborough: Extreme drought and heat; prema- 
ture opening of bolls; seeds small and light. Chesterfield: Rust comes later than usual, 
bunt is very general. Lexington: Average crop; opening splendidly. Marion: Rust 
general ; bolls small, and hands gather only three-fourths the average amount per 
day. If the weather remains dry most of the crop will be gathered by the end of 
September. Union: Injured by recent drought. 
GEORGIA.— Twiggs : Injured by heavy rains, followed by drought. Stewart: Unfavor- 
able weather, drought and black rust; caterpillars present on the fresh bottom-lands 
where the crop is late; considerable shedding. Jefferson: About average. Upson: 
Great destruction from drought in all uplands. Whitfield: Injured by drought. Ter- 
rell: Took rust much earlier than usual, which has damaged the crop seriously ; crop 
will be gathered by October 15; never opened so early before. Macon: Drought has 
played havoc; cotton-fields look as they usually do in November ; 40 per cent. already 
open ; 90 per cent. will be gathered by October 1. Jackson: Decreased aereage ; looks 
well. Floyd: Injured by drought commencing July 20, also by grasshoppers. Some 
rust in bottom crops. Dodge: Rust is shorteniug the crop. Clayton: Within two 
weeks heat and drought have greatly reduced the crop; forms shedding. Butts: Heat 
and drought have reduced the condition of cotton 10 per cent. within fifteen days; 
rust already showing itself. Baldwin: Reduced 30 to 40 per cent. since August 1. 
Walton: Some complaint of shedding, but, on the whole, cotton appears in fine condi- 
tion. Richmond: In lower part of the county fine rains have raised the crop above 
average; in the upper part drought has reduced it below. Oglethorpe: Suffering from 
heat and drought. McDuffie: Reduced 10 per cent. by drought. Fulton : Shedding 
badly from drought. Dooly: Shortened 20 per cent. by rust; no top crop except on 
new lands, on which rust is not likely to come. Worth: Drought has cut cotton down 
to half a crop. Heard: Shedding badly; some rust. Hancock: Drought has played 
havoc with the crop so promising at last report; rust is also destructive ; most of the 
cotton has ceased making, and a large portion is leafless and dead. Harris: Cut down 
- to an average by drought and worms. Baker: Badly rusted in some places. Thomas: 
Rusted badly. Zroup: Drought since August 12; small bolls, shedding as fast as they 
come out. Seriven: Badly rusted; middle crop shortened, and top crop cut off, Pu- 
laski: Badly rusted; drought over a third of the county. Muscogee: Rust and cater- - 
pillars. lbert: Fine season. Carroll: Drought causing plants to shed; nearly half 
the August crop has fallen. Barlow: Injured by drought and grasshoppers. Wilkes: 
Fertilized upland crops losing nearly all their forms and small bolls ; larger bolls open- 
ing prematurely. Coweta: Greatly parched up. Columbia: Drought beginning to tell 
on the crop. Cobb: Drought caused shedding of forms. arly: Caterpillars riddled 
the crop in spots. Henry: Reduced one-third by drought of twenty days. Lincoln: 
Shed profusely from August drought. Yaylor: Seriously injured by rust within two 
weeks. Wilcox: Rusted very badly; growth stopped. Polk: Drought damaging 4 
very fine crop. 
FiLoripsa.—Jackson: Rust and worms destructive. Columbia: Looking well; cater- 
pillars have just appeared. Madison: Caterpillars in the western part of the county, 
but no great damage yet; rust has appeared, and the crop is opening rapidly ; weather 
dry. Jefferson: Carterpillars badly injuring the crop; they threaten to close it out by 
the middle of September; rust, also, is very general; weed small, but well fruited; 
labor reliable. Gadsden: Deteriorated since last report; rust prevalent every where ; 
dry hot weather stimulates the opening of the bolls. 
ALABAMA.—Dallas: Since August 20 caterpillars have stripped the plants of their 
foliage, inflicting a loss of 40 per cent. on the crop as it previously promised; no 
remedies have been found successful. towah: Where good conditions of growth have 
been enjoyed the plants are well stalked, but poorly fruited; if frosts delay, the yield 
may approximate an average. Morgan: Two weeks’ drought has greatly damaged the 
most promising crop we have had for years. Limestone: Shedding badly from drought. 
DeKaib: Runs too much to weed. Crenshaw: Rust and worms; crop average on sandy 
land. Clarke: Large weed; caterpillars plenty. Conecuh: Caterpillars greatly dam- 
aging the top crop. Autauga: Caterpillars by the million; seem to be closing out the 
crop. Perry: Two-thirds of the county swept by caterpillars; they have destroyed the 
leaves, squares, and small bolls; they are moving northeast, according to their custom ; 
the flies preceded them ten days; they fed greedily on figs, rotten apples, cider-pumice, 
&ce.; they remained about a week. Franklin: Two months’ rain; crop injured same. 
Coffee: Shedding; excessive rains in some parts; rust and worms in others. Clay: 
Excessive rains have stimulated the top growth so as to cover and overshadow the bat- 
tom fruit, preventing the bolls from a full development. Russell: Considerable rust 
and worms ; crop opening fast. Monroe: Weed large, but not well fruited; young 
cotton doing well; worms in some places. Bullock: Injured by rust and caterpillars ; 
the poor condition of bottom crops reduces the general condition 25 per cent. below 
average. Lowndes: Reduced by worms and wet weather. Jackson: Too much rain. 
Hale: Caterpillars have reduced the crop to three-fourths of an average. Greene: 
Caterpillars at work; there wiil be a fair bottom crop, half a middle crop, and no 
