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of May and June has so completely cut off the Corn crop in many places that there will be a yeald of more than Five (5) bushels to the acre and in fact some fields are not worth gathering.

The Cotton crop will not be more than one-half the yeald, owing to its recent distruction by the cotton worm, to what is usual in section. I dont think there is a field of cotton in the Southern portion of my District that has not been greatly injured by these destroyers.

In Randolph County however the crops are somewhat more favorable. Col Smith Agent, for that county reports that with ordinary industry, care, and prudence, there need be no want of the common necessaries of life by either, whites or blacks.

Labor.
The Freedmen are generally working well, and desposed to faithfully fulill their part of the contracts for the year, more especially those who are working for a share of the crops or on rented lands- but this is not, strictly of the whites, complaints by the blacks, that they have been driven off from their work by their employers on some trivial excuse are not infrequent occurrences.