870 Ninth Annual Report of the 



good crop. All crops very weedy. Tobaoco making papid> growth, 

 but crop is uneven. Potato prospects not flattering. Corn doing 

 fairly well, but will not be a big crop. Plenty of pears, plums 

 and grapes, but few apples. Oran. — Farming at a complete stand- 

 still. About a third of the hay uncut, over ripe and spoiling. 

 Much wheat cut, but little housed. Some has been in shock two 

 •weeks, and all is sprouted. Standing wheat also is sprouting. 

 Oats badly lodged. Too wet to harvest. Early potatoes rotting. 

 Cloudburst 24th did thousands of dollars damage in valleys and 

 lowlands; estimated rainfall from 10 to 15 inches. 



Ontario County (Phelps). — A little rain every day, but soil dry 

 enough to hold the moisture. Some damage to grain. Potatoes 

 and cabbages improving. Plums and pears fine; apples growing 

 less every day. Berries fine. 



Orange County (Port Jervis). — Considerable rye and hay dam- 

 aged by continued rains. Potatoes rotting, — in some places very 

 badly. Other crops doing well. Rain, 4.69. 



Orleans County (Lyndonville). — Continued wet weather has 

 caused wheat to sprout in shock, and has also damaged beans to 

 some extent. Rain, 1.21. Ridgeway. — Wheat remaining out has 

 nearly all sprouted, and is greatly damaged. Barley in nearly as 

 bad shape. Some hay yet to be secured. Corn and beans getting 

 weedy. Potato bugs giving much trouble. Rain, 2.01. 



Oswego County (Oswego). — Rain, 1.06. Palermo. — Rain every 

 day for two weeks. Much hay damaged. Oats badly lodged. 

 Pastures never better. Corn growing very fast. Potatoes light. 

 Rain, 1.44. 



Otsego County (Cooperstown). — Having at a standstill and much 

 of the hay damaged. Pastures and afterfeed much benefited; 

 corn and buckwheat made a good advance. Early oats ready to 

 cut. Rain, 1.81. 



