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Show lllj W. C. Teltgrtph. THE COTTOS CROP. Washington, 15. The Agricultural Department estimates the reduction of J 'cotton acreage, as compared with last year, at nearly tiiieen per cent-, equivalent equiv-alent to a million aud one-third acres, leaving the present acreage from seven aud a naif to eight millions. No estimate esti-mate is made, but it is assumed that the crop canuot exceed three anda half millions, and may fall to three millions. Lndcr a combination of un- j favorable circumstances in the condi-! tion of the growing, the plant is below' an a ventre in nearly every State. The1 spnug has betn unusually wet and1 cold, retarding the growth and causing! many plants to turn yellow and die. ' The weather has recently been more favorable, and it is nut impossible that an average condition may be attained by the commencement of the picking, season. |