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GRASS AND PASTURES. 
Owing to the drought, which prevailed in June throughout the New 
England and Middle States, and in portions of Ohio, Michigan, and 
California, pastures and clover are below average in all those States ; 
and timothy in all, except Vermont, 101; Connecticut, 102; and Massa- 
echusetts, Rhode Island, and New York, 100. In all the other States 
pastures are above average, and clover is average or above in all except 
Mississippi, 95; Illinois, 92; Wisconsin, 83; and Minnesota, 88. Florida, 
- Louisiana, and Texas do not report clover, and these States, together 
with South Carolina and Mississippi, do not report timothy, which is 
above average in all the remaining States. The States showing the 
highest condition of pasturage are Alabama, 118; Texas, 115; Wiscon- 
sin, 114; Mississippi, 113; Louisiana, 112; Georgia, 111; and Florida 
and Nebraska, 109; Arkansas and Tennessee, 108; Iowa and Missouri, 
107; Kansas, 106. Those lowest are Rhode Island, New York, and 
Pennsylvania, 75; New Jersey, 78; Maryland, 79; Massachusetts and 
Connecticut, 80; California, 85; Vermont and Pennsylvania, 89. Of 
clover, the highest condition is found in Missouri and Nebraska, 107 ; 
Georgia and Oregon, 106; South Carolina, 105; Kansas, 104; the 
lowest in New Jersey, 70; New York, 72; Rhode Island, 78; Massa- 
chusetts, 79; Delaware, 80; Wisconsin, 83; the highest of timothy, in 
California, 110; Minnesota, 107; Wisconsin and Nebraska, 106; Geor- 
gia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Missouri, 105; the lowest, in New York, 
67; Rhode Island, 72 ; Connecticut and New Jersey, 75; Massachusetts, 
76; Vermont, 77; Maryland, 82; Delaware, 83; Maine, 84; Pennsyl- 
vania, 85. 
Since the Ist of July, refreshing rains have revived those sections 
that were sufiering from drought, and the hay-crop, though not reaching. 
an average, will evidently be larger generally than correspondents then 
predicted. The following extracts will afford more specific information 
respecting the condition of pastures and grass, and the prospects of the 
hay-crop in the several States: i 
Marne.—dndroscoggin; Clover and timothy fair, as they got a good start before the 
pinching drought came on. Old fields and pastures are suffering. Oxford: Pastures 
drying up; unless rain comes soon cattle will have to be fed from the stable. Frank- 
lm: The dry weather the last half of June has injured the hay-crop materially. Aroos- 
took: Grass wintered finely, and the hay-crop must be abundant, though the grass will 
not be fit to cut for two weeks yet. Pastures good and stock in thriving condition. 
Sagadahoc: One of the severest dreughts ever known at this season; hay will conse- 
quently be light. : 
NEw HampsHirE.—Grafion: Very little rain for some four weeks, and if the drought 
continues much longer it will affect the hay-crop seriously. Carroll: Suffering badly 
from drought. Hay-crop will be small. Belknap: Having avery dry time; grass is 
suffering. Sullivan: The lack of rain for the month of June is telling hard on the hay- 
crop. Hilisborough: Should have had an unusual crop of clover but for the drought; 
as it is, we have more than for several years. Clover and other grasses have sufiered 
at least 25 per cent. We began to cut the 15th of June, and now the great proportion 
of English grass is in the barn in fine condition. Merrimac: The hardest drought for 
many years, so early in the season; grass on dry soils about ruined. 
VERMONT.— Windham : The grass in many places is entirely dried up, and the pros- 
pect is that we shall not get more than half an average crop of hay. Addison: The 
season opened with great promise for grass, but for three weeks past we have suffered 
severely from drought, reducing the crop of clover and timothy 50 per cent. Rutland : 
Grass in pastures and meadows is fast drying up. Orleans: All crops suffering from 
drought ; hay-crop very short and drying up; on light soils not half a crop. Clover 
in low Jands much injured by frost May 31. Pastures are better than mow-lands. 
Grand Isle: Grass thick set in the spring. Only occasional light showers since the 
snow went off; consequently grass is drying up. Franklin: The comparatively cool 
weather has to some extent mitigated the severity of the drought, which has prevailed 
for a month and a half, upon grass; while many of our pastures are much parched, in 
