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sections for the safety of the crop. Under the head of “ Extracts from Corre- 
spondence,” we give notes from the several cotton-growing States. At the date 
of our returns Georgia promised to yield 53 per cent. beyond her crop of 1866; 
South Carolina, 50 ; Alabama, 42; Mississippi, 24; Arkansas, 18, and Tennes- 
see, 9; while Louisiana and Texas show a considerable falling off from last year. 
Rye, barley, and oats exhibit no material change from the previous reports, 
though oats were seriously injured in some sections by the extreme wet weather 
during the harvest ; but generally the crop appears superior to that of last year. 
Buckwheat shows an average acreage, with prospect of a fair crop. 
Potatoes are rotting badly in many of the large potato-growing States, and 
the crop will probably fall below the yield of last year. 
Sugar cane and sorghum.—The leading sugar-producing States show a fair 
increase over the crops of last year. Sorghum is evidently on the decline in 
most of the States, without sufficient reason. The crop now growing is in good 
condition. : 
Apples and peaches—In a few of the States the apple crop promises well, 
but in a majority the yield will be from 10 to 40 per cent. below the crop of 1866. 
Peaches were much injured by the rains of July -and August, and orchards 
which promised well early in the season have proved entire failures. With 
the exception of a few States, the crop is grown for home consumption or local 
markets, which fact, together with the irregularity of the yield in different 
seasons, renders it difficult to reduce the various estimates to averages for the 
States, though we include the figures. 
Hay shows an increase in almost every State, and quite large in many of 
them, Pennsylvania returning an increase of 50 per cent.; New York, 24; Michi- 
gan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, 28 ; Indiana, 26 ; indeed, the general average will 
reach from 25 to 30 per cent. above the crop of 1866. 
_Lhe wool clip of 1867 will probably fall from five to ten per cent. short of 
the crop of last year, attributable to the severe weather of last winter and the 
consequent exposure and destruction of a large number of sheep. 
