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the 10th, and as the crops had become very weedy cultivation of 

 corn and potatoes was begun, although in many districts corn and 

 potato planting was not yet finished. Wheat headed during the 

 second week and some was nearly ready to harvest by the close 

 of the mouth. Small fruits and vegetables, while maintaining a 

 vigorous growth, were kept in a very backward condition. Beans 

 generally were planted by the 10th, and a particularly good crop 

 of strawberries came to market by the 12th. Hops promised well 

 early in the month, but later the growth became uneven, and lice 

 were reported in the yards. Tobacco transplanting was finished 

 by the 25th; the plants sutfered somewhat from the cool weather. 

 The weather was very favorable during the last week, and by the 

 close of the month a large proportion of the hay, especially clover, 

 was secured, and about all the buckwheat sown. Wheat, barley, 

 cats and rye were growing nicely, although in some sections rust 

 was reported in the wheat and oats. Strawberries were nearly 

 finished in the southeast, but in northern sections the crop was in 

 the ])rime. Apples were reported as dropping very badly, but 

 small fruits and berries continued most promising. Frosts on the 

 21st and 27th slightly nipped gardens in exposed localities. 



July was remarkable for excessive heat and rainfall. The 

 excess of temperature occurred mainly from the 2d to the 12th, 

 maxima of 100 degrees being reported from stations in the Grenesee 

 valley on and about the 5th. From the 12th to the 26th the tem- 

 perature was slightly above the normal, but a cool wave followed 

 from the 26th to the 31st, with minima under 50 degrees in the 

 cooler sections. Rainfall was very unevenly distributed, portions 

 of the west, central and the St. Lawrence Valley reported a drouth, 

 while at many eastern stations the rainfall was the heaviest on 

 record. Phenomenally large amounts in single storms were regis- 



