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Mr. Earle, at the same time, issued a circular to individuals and county 

 societies, asking them to report, hj the tenth of October following, the state of 

 the crops, whether above or below an average, and the causes that have bene- 

 ficially or prejudicially affected the crops. 



These efforts assumed a more definite form in the plan adopted by the editor 

 of the America?i Agriculturist, Orange Judd. In 18G2 he issued a circular to 

 his subscribers and others, containing five sets of inquiries, one for each of the 

 jnonths from May to September, and all alike. The following is a copy of 

 the circular issued by him ; the explanations which were a part of it we omit . 



