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Georgia.—Liberty: The pea-crop is promising. Jefferson: The pea- 
crop is promising. Twiggs: We have a good crop of pease. 
Florida.— Hamilton : Pease are doing well. Putnam : The orange-crop 
is good. } 
Alabama.—Jefferson: Chufa is being tested extensively and gives gen- 
eral satisfaction. My opinion is that it will prove more valuable to the 
South, as food for hogs and hay for cattle, than any other crop. Shelby: 
The pea-crop is promising. 
Texas.—Rusk : Ground-pease are doing well and promise a large yield. 
Ohio.—Lucas : The cabbage-worm is doing great injury. 
Missouri.—Lawrence: Flax yields 14 bushels of seed per acre. Vernon: 
Flax was cut short by wet and weeds ; yield not over 2 bushels per acre. 
Castor-beans are 2 per cent. above average. 
Tennessee.—Sumner : There is-a growing interest in this county in 
cultivating broom-corn. There are instances in which the land at $40 
per acre has been purchased with one crop of broom-corn. 
Texas.—Shackelford : Had there been a column for broom-corn I shouid 
have marked it 100. 
SUPERSEDING COTTON WITH CEREALS.—Tevxas.—Austin: Owing to 
short crops of cotton for the past two years, and the low price, with no 
prospect for improvement in the immediate future, many of our cotton- 
farmers are becoming disheartened and directing their attention to other 
agricultural pursuits. Cotton has been grown asa specialty so long, and 
there being no present market for other products, it is rather difficult to 
decide which to choose. Aut Galveston is now just commencing to ship 
grain, and the production Cf small grain is recommending itself to our 
farmers. As there is generally a lack of working force this will perhaps 
be the easiest to cultivate and the most profitable. Itremains to decide 
which are the varieties best adapted to our locality. Experience 
has shown that the white starchy varieties of wheat and oats will not 
succeed as a general thing; but as the red rust-proof oats succeed ad- 
mirably, it is safe to infer that the red. hardier, and coarser varieties of 
wheat would also do well. It is stated that these varieties succeed in 
North Africa, which has a climate much the same as this part of Texas. 
Different varieties of barley succeed very well here, but as yet have 
been cultivated only on a very limited scale, since there was no market. 
A local market is now developing, and several farmers intend to enter 
into the production of barley. With proper care, very good tobacco can 
be grown here, and it is desirable to give several varieties a trial. We 
naturally look to the Department for aid in this effort to extend the 
number of our staple products. 
GERMAN MILLET.—Georgia—Gwinnett: German millet, lately intro- 
duced here, is a wonderful success. It yields more forage than any 
other crop. 
Arkansas—Arkansas : In this county millet is quite a success. Over 
two-thirds of the farmers are raising it, and the crop is looking beauti- 
ful. Izard: The only hay-crop worth noticing is German millet, which is 
quite promising. 
Tennessee—Sullivan: Millet is sown more than ever before, and prom- 
ises an enormous crop on the land sown. 
HUNGARIAN GRASS.—Pennsylvania—Bedford: Hungarian grass seems 
to gain favor with our farmers. Its great yield under fair culture and 
season makes it a profitable crop for feed. Montgomery: We are just 
introducing Hungarian grass. It matures in a short time, and is well 
spoken of by those who have tried it. 
