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The feed is thick and rank, and there is every probability 

 that pastures will carry through without failure, even if there 

 should be a deficiency in the future rainfall. 



Fruit and Berries. 



Strawberries are yielding the heaviest crop for years, and 

 the quality of the fruit is excellent, but the prices at the 

 time of writing are most discouraging. In many cases 

 strawberries have been sold for less than the cost of picking 

 and marketing them. Raspberries, blackberries and cur- 

 rants all promise well. Plums and cherries promise good 

 average crops, but pears are hardly up. Apples are much 

 below the average, as they did not generally set well and 

 have also dropped badly. What few returns there are in 

 regard to peaches do not indicate an average crop. Wild 

 berries promise to fruit heavily. 



