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each, and commanding at the barns prices ranging from 20 to 80 cents per pound, 
according to quality. This is emphatically the “ poor man’s crop ;” in numerous in- 
stances it has so proved itself requiring but a small acreage and little money. Every 
child six years old may be profitably employed on this crop, which is subject to none » 
of the casualties of cotton. It will probably resume its former position of a staple 
crop. 
DRY SEASON. 
Hancock, Me.—The season from planting to harvesting has been one of as little rain 
as ever was known; many wells have been dry for months that were never dry before. 
UNHEALTHY WEATHER. 
Alamance, N. C.—Chills prevailing more than any year since 1846, owing to excessive 
wet and rank vegetation. 
LARGE NUTI CROP. 
Braxton, W. Va.—Hogs getting fat on acorns. A very large crop of chestnuts, which 
the merchants are buying and shipping largely. 
Fayette, W. Va.—Immense mast this year, and hogs make good pork on it without 
any corn. Millions of pigeons, however, are devouring it. 
EARLY SNOW. 
Schoharie, N. Y—Snow on the highlands 12 to 15 inches deep on October 7; the rest 
of the month fine weather. , 
Steuben, N. ¥.—Cold rain and snow October 19; ice October 22. 
Erie, N. Y.—Snow 3 inches deep October 29. 
Lewis, N. Y.—October 31 one inch of snow; soon disappeared. 
Cattaraugus, N. ¥.—Snow 3 or 4 inches deep October 20; snowing very fast to-day, 
November 1. 
Lawrence, Pa.—Considerable snow October 27, 28, and 29. 
Campbell, Tenn.—Cumberland Mountains covered with snow October 28. 
Kanawha, W. Va.—¥rost September 15; snow over 3 inches October 21. 
Randolph, W. Va.—Great snow-storm, commencing October 19; snow fell from 24 to 
30 inches deep and passed off without frost; considerable damage to fruit-trees and 
other timber. 
Ottawa, Ohio.—Snow 5 inches deep October 21, with ice a quarter inch thick in shal- 
low water. 
Vinton, Ohio.—Snow 7 inches (the heaviest ever known at this season) October 21; 
two-thirds of it melted as it fell. 
Jackson, Ohio.—Snowed 8 inches October 21. 
Coshocton, Ohio.—Snowed 6 inches October 21. 
Highland, Ohio.—Nearly a foot of snow October 21. 
Holmes, Ohio.—Snow from 6 to 10 inches October 12. The timber, being full os green 
leaves, was badly broken down. 
Ottawa Mich.—Frosts from September 20 to November 1 almost every night. First 
snow October 2, lasting six days; November 1 about 6 inches on the ground. 
Livingston, Mich.—Ten inches snow. 
Clark, Wis.—Snow October 24, 10 inches deep. 
Dunn, Wis.—Eight inches snow October 25; sleighs used the last few days about as 
much as wagons. 
Outagamie, Wis.—Snow-storm October 25; 12 inches on the ground. 
EXPERIMENTS IN TREE-CULTURE. 
Sedgwick, Kans.—Chestuuts, hickory-nuts, and acorns summer-killed the first season 
I intend to plant under other trees for shade. If that will not do, we must give up 
raising hard timber. Soft timber does well. 
SUCCESS WITH CASTOR-BEANS. 
Wilson, Kans.—Many farmers planted castor-beans last spring, and though the season 
has been very unfavorable the returns have been far greater that from corn, or, in fact, 
from almost any other crop grown here. 
: SUCCESS IN MANUFACTURING BEET-SUGAR. 
Alameda, Cal.—The Alvarado Beet-sugar Manufactory, in this county, is making a 
fine article of sugar, and is worked up to its full capacity, with ready sale for its prod- 
ucts. i 
PRODUCTION OF HEMP. 
Mercer, Ky— Hemp raised to a considerable extent; our best land will yield 1,000 
pounds per acre. It is our best crop when prices will justify it, say from $5 to $3 per 
112 pounds. It cannot be raised for less money. Only our best land will grow it. 
For the last year prices have been so low, and the expense of handling so great, that 
there has been no profit in it. 
