392 Eighth Annual REroRT of the 



Franklin County (Malon?). — Showers not as beneficial as ex- 

 pected oiQ account of cold, dry "winds, which checked growth. 

 Potato planting finished; cultivating corn begun. Hay crop in 

 critical condition, and if rain does not come soon crop will be 

 light. Pastures getting short. Rain, 0.17. 



Jefferson County (Adams Centre). — Early sown grain looks 

 well but late S)Own is spotted and weak. Barley and oats is hardly 

 fair. Winter grains are in very poor condition. Pastures very 

 shoi't. Many meadows being plowed up and sowed to corn and 

 millet. Peas never looked better. Very dry; no rain. Antwerp^ — 

 Meadows making slow growth. On clay ground gi'ains are poor 

 and uneven. General outlook bad. Corn grows slowly. Car- 

 thage — Copious rains of last week refreshed pastures and 

 meadows, but hay as a crop is very poor and weed}'. Red clover 

 in blossom two weeks earlier than usual. Orchard grass is head- 

 ing and June grass will be ripe during the week. 



Lewis County (Lowville). — Large part of last year's grass seed- 

 ing plowed up, and what is left is generally thin. Old meadows 

 noit recovered from last year and are very poor. Pasturage short 

 and milk decreasing. Rain, 0.06. 



Livingston County (Avon). — Grass and ha}- are light and 

 brown. Timoth}' will not head out unless we have more rain. 

 Oats fair and good; corn good; wheat fair. Rain, 0.55. 



Madison County (Bouckville). — Grass growing slowly, and 

 under most favorable conditions cannot be other than a very poor 

 crop. Much corn and some millet drilled in to supplement the 

 hay crop. Corni makes little progress; potatoes doing w(^ll. 

 Strawberries just beginning to; rii)en. Rain, 0.25. TTamilton — 

 Cultivating corn and potatoes the main work. Grass improves 

 little and is very poor. 



Monroe County (Pittsford). — Clover is short and light; timothy 

 iis headed out and is less than 'Onc-half the usual height, and is 

 rusty at the bottom. Pastures turning brown, and being plowed 

 for sowed corn. Rochester — ^Rain, 0.25. 



Montgomery County (Canajoharie). — Hay is injured beyond 

 recovery and the crop will be very poor. Many meadows sowed 



