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The Hay Crop. 



The hay crop was generally one of the best of recent years 

 in quantity and quality, far exceeding expectations as indi- 

 cated by the reports for June. Correspondents are almost 

 unanimous in reporting the crop to be at least average, while 

 many consider it to have been above normal, or, as they 

 commonly express it, the best for years. The quality of the 

 crop was generally reported as high, and it was secured in 

 the best of condition, the hot, dry weather of the month being 

 especially favorable to haying operations. Eowen had not 

 started at all at time of making returns, except (m particu- 

 larly moist and fertile fields, and unless rain comes soon 

 in considerable quantities the prospect for the second crop is 

 very poor. 



Forage Crops. 



The usual acreage of forage crops was put in, as a rule, 

 though a few correspondents report that the ground has been 

 too dry for seeding them. Corn and millet are the crops 

 most frequently mentioned. Millet has steadily grown in 

 favor for the past half dozen years, until it appears to stand 

 on an equality with corn as a forage crop. Oats, barley, 

 Hungarian grass and oats and peas are also extensively 

 grown, coming in the order named in popularity. Other 

 crops occasionally grown for forage are rye, wheat, vetch, 

 clover and turnips. Forage crops were generally in good con- 

 dition at time of making returns, though feeling the drought 

 in some cases and likely to suffer severely from any long 

 continuance of droughty conditions. 



Market-garden Crops. 

 Market-garden crops were uneven, some having suffered 

 severely from the dry weather and others apparently coming 

 through uninjured. Prices have ruled perhaps a trifle lower 

 than for the last few years. Very few potatoes had been dug 

 and the outcome of the early crop was uncertain ; it was 

 generally expected to be considerably shortened by drought, 



