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first in production, returns 50 per cent. of an average condition ; Halifax, 
next, 70. In the latter, and in Franklin, 55, and Dinwiddie, 50, the crop 
has suffered greatly both from the severe equinoctial storms and the dep- 
redations of worms. In Mecklenburg, 66, the crop is so late that much of 
it must becut before maturing. Some of the counties producing smaller 
quantities, as Montgomery and Carroll, report that the crop has been 
housed in superior condition. As a rule the lighter counties are higher 
in condition than the heavier, many of them reaching 100. 
In North Carolina the average is 73. In Caswell it has been reduced 
to 80 by unprecedented ravages of the horn-worm. In Rockingham, 35, 
the crop is very late and exposed to damages by frost. Orange returns 
39 in yield, but fair in quality. As in Virginia, a higher condition is 
generally returned in counties producing small quantities. 
Tennessee averages 91, an advance of 11 percent. in September. The 
figures in some of the important counties are: Montgomery, 80; Henry, 
85; Smith, 95; Weakley and Dickson, 100; Obion, 110; Macon, 125. 
In West Virginia a high condition is reported, averaging 106. Among 
the returns, only two small counties, Lewis and Pleasants, each 90, fall 
below 100. Among the more important returns are: Kanawha, 105; 
Putnam and Cabell, 100; others range from 100 to 125. 
Kentucky reports an advance in condition during September from 77 
to 83. General exemption from insect depredations and very favorable 
conditions of weather combined to effect this result. Daviess reports a 
promise of the best crop ever made, and the largest except that of 1872. 
In Webster, Breckinridge, and Warren the crop has been nearly all 
housed in good condition. In Lewis the yield and quality exceed the 
capacity of tobacco-houses for successful handling. In Owen this 
has been the best year in the last twelve for the crop. In Christian and 
Hopkins the condition is 100. In Bracken the yield is 100, but the early 
cut was much injured by damp weather, causing it to rot in the barns. 
In Graves, the yield is but 40, but the quality good, and nearly all 
is housed. Simpson bas not more than 25 per cent. of a crop. Ohiohas 
many very trashy crops. In Metcalf a large part is too late to mature. 
In Pendleton the stem of a considerable portion has rotted in the barn, 
causing the leaves to fall off. Russell is the only county reporting in- 
jury from frost. 
In Ohio the average condition advanced, in September, from 97 to 
104. Montgomery, the leading tobacco county, reports an extra crop of 
seed-leaf; Preble, that the crop has been secured “in splendid condi- 
tion.” In Monroe, the crop has suffered from wet weather; that county 
and Richland (in which the production is small) are the only ones, 
among thirteen, returning tobacco below 100. 
In Indiana, Warrick reports a condition of 110, and Pike 120. These 
counties grow half the crop produced in the State. Among twelve re- 
turns, all, except two unimportant ones, are 100 or above. 
The month of September was also very favorable to the crop in Mis- 
souri. The returns indicate a surprising improvement in condition— 
advancing from 87 to 107; Howard and Lincoln return 125; Carroll, 
Stoddard, and Macon, 110; Montgomery, 75, is the only important 
county reporting below 100. 
THE PEA CROP. 
Acreage.—The States indicating an increase in acreage, compared 
with last year, are Oregon, 2 per cent.; Virginia, Arkansas, and Ken- 
tucky, 3; Florida, Texas, and California, 4; Michigan and Minnesota, 
