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Indian Corn. 

 Corn came forward very rapidly with the warm weather 

 and light showers of August, and at the time of making 

 returns, barring the possibility of an unusually early frost, 

 promised to make a full normal crop. Some correspondents 

 reported that it was behind the average stage of development 

 for the time of year, but that it was coming forward very rap- 

 idly at time of writing. It apparently suffered from drought 

 but very little, except in a comparatively few instances, is 

 well eared and shows a good growth of stover. 



ROWEN. 



The rowen crop will be very light in all sections, there 

 being practically none in many eastern districts, where the 

 drought has been more severe than in western and central 

 sections. This is due to the severe drought following the 

 cutting of the first crop, much of which was allowed to stand 

 until a late period, still further reducing the probabilities 

 for the second crop, and to a general failure of clover to 

 germinate in the fall of 1910. Clover forms such a heavy 

 proportion of the second crop in any year that this failure of 

 itself is sufficient to greatly reduce the rowen crop. Some 

 slight improvement may be expected following the rains of 

 the last week of the month, but they come so late that they 

 are not likely to have any very appreciable effect. 



Potatoes. 

 Potatoes are reported as showing a luxuriant growth of 

 vines, but there are many complaints that they did not set 

 well and that they are few in the hill and small. This is due 

 to drought at the time of setting and for the weeks immedi- 

 ately following, and there is not much to be expected in the 

 way of improvement even with the recent rains. Blight is re- 

 ported in a considerable number of instances and there are a 

 few reports of rot. Blight is usually followed by rot, espe- 

 cially where rain comes soon after the blight, and we may 

 expect a further reduction of the crop from these causes. 



