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September 1, the damage from insects during August 

 was reported to have been almost a minimum. Pasturage 

 was below average condition, especially in the western por- 

 tions of the State, owing to the long-continued drought. 

 Rowen also suffered severely, the rains coming too late to 

 help it materially. Early fruits, with the exception of apples, 

 were a fair crop and late ones promised well until the severe 

 storms of the latter part of August. Apples were a very 

 short crop at best and at the close of the month appeared to 

 be nearly a total failure. Potatoes suffered severely from 

 drought and hardly promised an average crop. The yield of 

 market garden crops was only fair, but later ones promised to 

 be better. Corn was much damaged by the high winds and 

 an average crop was scarcely expected. Barley and oats were 

 full average crops, oats doing particularly well. Tobacco 

 suffered severely from drought both in yield and quality, 

 and it was thought that the crop would fall short of that 

 of 1892 in all respects. In general the month was not a 

 favorable one. 



Indian corn was severely injured by the gales of August, 

 and the returns of September 1 did not show over a three- 

 fourths crop on the average. Rowen suffered severely from 

 drought and was far from being an average crop, generally 

 ranging from light to very light. Fall feed was much im- 

 proved but was hardly in average condition. Fully the av- 

 erage amount of fall seeding had been done and was in good 

 condition. Stable manure seemed to be the main reliauce 

 in fall seeding. Onions were hardly an average crop, hav- 

 ing suffered from drought and the attacks of maggots. Po- 

 tatoes, except in Barnstable County, were below an average 

 yield, but the quality was generally reported good and only 

 five complaints of rot were received. Root crops generally 

 promised well, most correspondents speaking of the pros- 

 pect as good or excellent. The apple crop was very light 

 in all sections, and in many localities proved a total failure. 

 The drop of the early season and the severe gales of August 

 Mere the principal causes of failure. Cranberries were a full 

 average crop, and possibly a little above average, the corre- 

 spondent for Barnstable referring to the crop as the largest 

 ever harvested. 



