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EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE. 
UTAH COTTON. 
The Secretary of the Southern Utah Agricultural Society sends to the de- 
partment a sample of cotton of fair quality grown in Washington county, in 
that Territory, and says: 
“The first cotton grown in this section was from the ‘ Tennessee green’ seed, 
which at first was very short in staple, but has steadily increased up to the pres- 
ent time, so that it now may be fairly stated that our cotton will favorably com- 
pare with any of the general crops raised in the best cotton-growing States. 
This improvement we believe is owing to the introduction of the ‘ Sea Island,’ 
‘Petty Gulf’ and ‘North Carolina Green Seed,’ by favor of your department. 
We found that by preserving the identity of the three last named kinds, our 
season was a little too short for their successful cultivation ; but by ceasing to 
preserve that identity we now have a very good staple for all ordinary purposes; 
and so far as yield is concerned it is good for this country, where all crops must 
be irrigated. As high as 600 pounds of cotton lint, with good staple, has 
been raised on three-fourths of an acre, carefully measured, and no part of the 
growth of stalks exceeded four feet in height.” 
The same correspondent writes : 
“T believe that a good variety of fall wheat would be a blessing to this 
country. We find that by sowing our spring wheat (Taos White) in Septem- 
ber, we have. harvested 714 bushels per acre, while the same kind of seed and 
soil, by putting in early in the spring, yields but from 22 to 25 bushels, and 
then the grain is not as plump as that raised from early fall sowing.” 
INCOME OF DAIRYING. 
Medina county, Ohio.— Sheep are decreasing and cows increasing in this 
county. Almost every township has one or more cheese factories, and farmers 
generally carry their milk to them. Factory cheese is much sought after. 
Carry a cheese to the Cleveland market, and the first inquiry is, “Is it factory- 
made?” “No.” “Then we don’t want it.” Thus we farmers are compelled to 
patronize these new institutions, which are working a great change in ‘“ Cheese- 
dom,” as our section of Ohio is called. 
COTTON CULTURE IN NORTH CAROLINA. 
Bertie county, N. C.—Our principal crop for market has been, and ‘still is, 
cotton. We find it very profitable, and it is the most certain crop that we plant. 
The casualties which often prove disastrous to the crop at the south never hap- 
pen to us. We are never seriously injured by the army worm, (which was never 
seen here,) the boll worm, the chinch bug, nor caterpillar. The rust and blight 
have sometimes, in the recollection of our farmers, injured the crop somewhat, 
but seldom more than two per cent., and it really amounts to nothing. Dry 
weather in the summer benefits the crop. By a little manuring we easily raise 
from one thousand to twelve hundred pounds of seed cotton per acre, and we 
can raise two thousand pounds. Upon comparing my own operations with 
those of persons whom I have met from the southern States—Tennessee, Mis- 
sissippi, Louisiana, and Alabama—I have long been satisfied that it is more 
profitable to cultivate cotton in this section than upon their best lands, taking 
five years together—the losses from casualties to their crops more than balane- 
ing their superior yield in favorable seasons and our expenses for fertilizers. 
SILK CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 
A California correspondent (Mr. L. Prevost) writes encouraging accounts of 
the progress of silk culture in that State. He states that while not more than 
