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Oats and Barley. 

 Oats were a light crop, where gi'own for grain, short of 

 stalk and not especially well headed, owing to drought. For 

 hay they were more satisfactory, being sown later in many 

 cases. For green feed they gave a lighter yield than usual, 

 but were fairly satisfactory. Barley is grown mainly as a 

 late forage crop, and was backward at time of making re- 

 turns. It should improve with the heavy and frequent rains 

 and make good fall forage. 



Late Maeket-garden Crops. 

 Celery was short and backward in most sections at time 

 of making returns. With seasonable weather, now that the 

 drought has been broken, it should, however, make a sat- 

 isfactory crop. Other late market-garden crops generally 

 promised well, and unless frosts are unusually early we can 

 reasonably expect good average yields. Midsummer market- 

 garden crops have generally made light yields and brought 

 good prices. 



