been cut, as a general rule, at the date of returns, nor would it 

 be cut before the last days of the month, unless it should 

 appear that killing frosts were imminent. 



Rowen and Fall Feed. 

 There was very little rowen in most sections, except on 

 new-seeded and fertile land. There is usually little rowen 

 secured except under these conditions, but this year the 

 amount seems to have been reduced about as low as possible. 

 The showers of the month were sufficient to keep feed in pas- 

 tures green, but there does not seem to have been any great 

 growth, and in many sections cattle have been fed at the 

 barns for nearly two months. The partial drought, coming 

 after last year's droughty autumn, has reduced the water 

 supply in the soil very much, and it seems probable that 

 there has been considerable injury to mowings, especially to 

 old mowings, that will not be apparent until next season. 



Fall Seeding. 



Very much less than the usual amount of fall seeding has 

 been done, owing to the dry weather. Where seeding was 

 done in corn it has come up well, owing to the occasional 

 showers, and under the shade of the corn has developed very 

 well indeed. Seeding under other conditions appears to have 

 germinated poorly, and not to have made a great deal of 

 progress after germination. It seems probable that the total 

 amount of seeding for this fall will be considerably under 

 the normal, which, taken with the small amount put in last 

 year, will doubtless have an appreciable effect on the hay crop 

 of 1910. 



Onions. 



Onions are generally an average crop in the Connecticut 

 valley, and approach very closely to the normal in that sec- 

 tion. They are late in maturing, but appear to be sound and 

 of good size. In eastern sections the crop is generally re- 

 ported to be a small one, owing to the small size of the bulbs 

 and the ravages of maggots. The Connecticut valley is the 

 principal onion-growing section, so that the crop as a whole 

 should approximate something near an average crop. 



