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Tensas county, Louisiana.—The cotton crop is backward, but at this time is 
making rapid strides towards perfection. I never knew cotton to improve so rap- 
idly before. But the third generation of worms is at hand and at work. Our only 
hope is that they will not be numerous enough to eat up the crop. It was ob- 
served by many that a large proportion of the worms in August fell on the hot 
ground and died before maturing ; and then a good many of them which did go 
into the chrysalis state were destroyed by the ants. A few planters “wormed 
their crops”—one man killed as many as three barrels of worms with only a 
few hands. 
Jackson parish, Louisiana.—Since my last report a material change has oc- 
curred in the cotton prospect, caused by an unusually early appearance of the eater- 
piller, on or about the 6th of August, since which time the work of destruction 
to the cotton’ plant has gone on rapidly ; the result is a diminution of one half 
in the prospect at present compared with that of the 30th of July. 
Lamar County, Texas.—Cotton, if the present prospect holds out, will be more 
than an average yield. 
Union County, Arkansas.—Apprehension is felt in regard to the army worm. 
Reports are in circulation that they have commenced their work of destruction in 
the county, but I have not observed them among my crop. A great deal of cotton 
is very small—a drought of five weeks has not helped it; but if we should have 
a late fall and no worms, fully as good a crop will be made in this county as 
ever, for the number of acres in. 
Giles County, Tennessee—Cotton has come out very much since my last 
report—has an unusual amount of squares, &c. Should the season continue 
favorable, we expect to make from 1,000 to 1,200 lbs. of seed cotton per acre. 
RESOURCES OF OREGON. 
Salem, Oregon.—A large oil well is now under process of erection in Salem. 
One thousand acres of flax were sown last spring in Marion county to supply 
the oil mill with the seed. Poor as this season has been here, the flax crop is 
excellent. The price of the seed is $1 50 per bushel in Salem. The oil is 
worth $1 874 per gallon, retail rates. 
The great discoveries of minerals on our eastern borders are of national im- 
portance. ‘The mine of tin lately found on the Owyhee, in Oregon, is rich ; and 
the quantity may be estimated by millions of tons. Iron, lead, coal, salt, silver, 
gold, and cinnabar are to be found in nearly all the western slope of this 
coast region. Idaho, Oregon and Washington have a goodly share of this 
mineral wealth. The rapid approach to our shores of the Union Pacific railroad 
gives new life and energy to all classes of persons here. The vast and untold 
bodies of fir, spruce, cedar, and hemlock, in Oregon and Washington, will soon 
become of use and value to disseminate to regions which are measurably desti- 
tute of timber. Our coal mines are very extensive and of good quality in western 
Oregon. 
Sheep raising bids fair to become an important branch of agriculture on the 
western slope of this continent. Sheep are very healthy, and the wool is ex- 
cellent. Crosses of the Sonth Downs and Merinos sell at $1 10 per head in 
this county. Some six woollen factories are now in good running condition, or 
in process of erection in western Oregon. 
AGRICULTURE IN COLORADO. 
A correspondent in Pueblo county, Colorado, writes as follows upon the agri- 
culture of that. Territory: ‘Permanent settlement and agricultural operations 
first commenced here in 1860, but little progress was made until two years later, 
since which time no country has ever improved faster; every available foot of 
land in this county being now occupied and cultivated as closely as in any part 
