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- tions, has been good during the autumn, stock, wherever reasonably 
eared for, may be expected to enter winter-quarters in good condition, 
and to maintain it until they come out. 
Marne.—/WValdo: Extra in quantity and quality. Piscataquis: Average quantity, 
quality extra; fine harvest weather. ‘*dndroscoggin: Crop good. Sagadahoc: Very 
good. Cumberland: Full average quantity and fine quality. 
New Hampsnire.—Hillsborou gh: Very fine; fall feed abundant; cattle will go to 
the barn with a better stock of hay than last year. 
Vrermont.—Rutland: A little less in bulk than last year, but its fine quality makes 
if more valuable. Franklin: Less in quantity than last year, but will carry more 
stock through the winter. 
MASSACHUSETTS.—Berkshire: Less in quantity, but of greater value than last year, 
on account of better quality; fine growing and harvest weather. Plymouth: First 
crop of hay small, but on good soils the second crop was large. Norfolk: Crop large 
and good; fall feed good. 
ConNECTICUT.— Windham: Excellent; scarcely a drop of rain in harvest. Hartford: 
Average and of good quality ; fall feed abundant. 
New York.— Yates: More hay cut than last year; clover considerably injured by 
harvest rains. Seneca: Crop moderate but of good quality. Chemung : Ten per 
cent. better than last year’s light crop. Washington: Larger second crop of hay than 
usual. St. Lawrence: Crop cood and well secured; fall feed abundant. Columbia: 
From $15 to $20 per ton. Rockland : Short ; ; selling at $35 per ton. Madison: Fall feed 
good.” Genesee: Second crop of clover good. Albany: Crop light. Ontario: Crop 
shortened by June drought. Alleghany: Short in the north half of the county; in the 
south half average. 
NEw Jersey.—Allantic: Salt-hay and black-grass our main dependence. Hunterdon : 
Pasture better than ever known at this season. Sussex: Fully as much hay as usual 
has been secured, but the upland hay is not as good as usual; bottom crops more or 
less injured by rain after cutting. Cumberland: Hay but half average ; timothy of good 
quality, but clover rather poor, being coarse and stemmy. Gloucester : First crop short- 
ened by drought; second crop heavy. Burlington: Fall pasture good. Warren: 
Timothy good and well secured ; clover short and badly secured. Hudson: Greatly in- 
jured by drought and ox-eye daisy ; pastures benefited by late rains. 
PENNSYLVANIA. —Wyoming : Crop never better. Beaver: Pastures better than for 
several years, and live-stock in better condition. Lawrence: Meadows injured by 
severe frosts. Fayette: Half crop, but good quality. Armstrong: Second crop of hay 
good, making up the deficiency of the ‘first crop. Jefferson: Below average, but bet- 
ter than last year ; fodder must be economically used. Northumberland: “Large and 
and fine yield. Crawford: Damaged by late spring frosts and afterward by drought. 
MAryYLAND.—Howard : Greatly improved by seasonable weather this year. Carroll : 
Pastures good. Baltimore: Crop shortened by drought, but better than last year. 
Vireinia.—King and Queen: Crop larger and more nutritious than last year. Pu- 
laski: Fall pastures good. Fauquier: Hay-crop good; pasturage holds out well. Fair- 
fax: Crop below average from drought. Rockbridge: Late pastures good. Henrico: 
Crab-grass hay enough Mnade to winter our cattle on. Madison : Largely in excegs of 
last year; quality good. Spottsylvania: Hay and fodder crops large. Pittsylvania: 
Grass-crops never recovered from the July drought. Lunenburg: Little or no hay raised ; 
cattle fed almost entirely on corn-fodder. Goochland : Hay-crop much greater than last 
year andfine. Highland: Yielded well; quality good. Greenville: Good hay season, 
but the cotton mania has restricted its cultivation ; ; in some cases the grass is allowed 
to die without cutting. Bath: Hay extra. Dinwiddie: Season favorable to ha ry; In- 
creased attention to grass-crops. 
Norra Caroiima.—Craven: Attracting more attention and an increased quantity 
secured; native grasses constitute the staple, but clover is becoming a favorite in 
some places. Tyrrell : Average in quantity, but inferior. Forsyth: Very fine, bringing 
40 cents per hundred. Robeson : Only crab-grass cured. 
South CO ae eee Short; Jack of sunshine. Marlborough : Unusu- 
ally fine. Juairfield: Hay abundant where saved. Orangeburg: More attention to hay ; 
land too poor for blue-grass. 
GrorGcis.—Floyd: Shortened by wet, especially clover. Muscogee: Crop consider- 
ably increased. Oglethorpe: Above average. JWhitfield: Light, buat of fine quality. 
tichmond ; Yield of cow-pea hay and Hungarian gTass double last year’s; spontaneous 
summer grasses from 75 to 100 per cent. in advance of last year; fow cultivated varie- 
ties. 
ALABAMA.— Montgomery : Especially fine. Calhoun: Short but good. 
Lovrstana.—Hast Baton Rouge: Abundant and fine. Iberia: Hay $5 to $8 per ton. 
Texas.— Hamilton : Our indigenous mesquite-grass excels the blue-grass from the 
North. Grimes: More hay saved every year. De Witt: Native grasses abundant and 
