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prospects are better at this date than for ten years past. The corn-crop 
ig now safe, and the fodder being pulled ; the yield of this cereal, owing 
to the greatly increased area, will be ample for home-supplies, and will 
greatly increase the supply of meat, as the hogs will be better fed than 
usual. All kinds of stock areremarkably healthy and in fine condition, 
especially cattle and sheep, and our people are better supplied with 
beef and mutton than at any time since the war. Our farmers will now 
be able to live at home, and have their cotton-crop as a money surplus. 
The failure of the fruit-crop is seriously felt, and will greatly increase 
the bilious disorders of our section. Thomas: The season is fine. Corn 
is made, and a better crop than any since 1865. There is no boll-worm or 
caterpillar, and cotton looks well. Sugar-cane is good, and the acreage 
larger than usual. Farmers are hopeful. We have an abundant supply 
of feed, and if we had hogs we would make a full supply of meat and 
bread without going West for any. The cholera killed our hogs. 
Troup : I never saw such a year in my life. Seasons have been very 
favorable for all crops. If no disaster befall us we will have the best 
crops made since the war. Corn is outof danger. Heard: The seasons 
are fine, and our crop-prospects are the best we have had for years. 
Florida.—Levy : This has been the best season for crops since 1866. 
Reports from all parts of the State represent that the crop-prospects are 
better than usual. There are noreports of insects. The new settlers in 
this county are well pleased with the climate, especially its healthiness, 
- and there is a prospect of a large immigration from the North this fall. 
Alabama.—Russell : Crops are better now than at any time since the 
war, and the prospect forethe farmer is very flattering. reedmen have 
done more and better work, with less trouble and rations, than in any 
year since they have been free. They are beginning to see and act for 
themselves. One great cause of this reform is that a large per cent. of 
the most worthless ones emigrated to the West last winter. 
Texas.—Kendall: The yield of corn will be fully double that of any 
year for the last ten. The prospects for cotton are excellent. Potatoes 
promise an immense yield; and the yield of wild fruit, such as grapes, 
cherries, apples, and plums, is unprecedented. Nacogdoches : The pros- 
pect for all kinds of crops is better than for the last six years; for corn 
better than for fifteen years. The corn forwarded from the Department 
is three to four weeks earlier than any we have had, and suits this cli- 
mate. Navarro: The corn-crop is better than for many years. Some 
claim to have made, without subsoiling, 60 to 75 bushels per acre. The 
average will be about 50 bushels peracre. Robertson: Not only in this 
county, but all over this section of country, we are having the most 
plentiful crops for years. Jive Oak: Five times as much corn as last 
year was planted, and the yield is twice as great, 
Arkansas.—Baaxter : Crops of all kinds are looking well. Quite a 
number of farmers are buying reapers, mowers, and other improved im- 
plements for cultivating the soil. JIzard; The general outlook for the 
farmer of this county was probably never better than at present. His 
labors last year were richly rewarded. Abundant supplies of food and 
forage have enabled him to prosecute his work this season with unusual 
vigor, and his efforts have again been greatly blessed. Neither drought, 
flood, nor storm has befallen him; no prevailing disease affects his do- 
mestic animals, and peace and plenty reign throughout the land. 
Indian Territory.—Choctaw Nation : We have had an unusual amount 
of rain this season. Corn is splendid. One old white farmer in Paul’s 
Valley, in the Chickasaw Nation, has now 35,000 bushels of old corn on 
hand, besides several hundred acres in corn now that will average 60 
