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fields and meadows can safely be said to be in better condi- 

 tion, after cutting the rowen crop, than for several years, 

 and the promise for next year is now good. The heavy rains 

 have put fall feed in excellent condition, many correspondents 

 stating that it never looked better at this time of year. 



Fall Seeding. 

 The ground was not in the best condition for fall seeding: 

 during August and the heavy rains of the past month have 

 delayed it in some localities, but, nevertheless, nearly, if not 

 quite, the usual amount has been done. Wherever it is in a 

 good catch is reported and the condition is generally spoken 

 of as excellent. Newly seeded lands should start next spring 

 in unusually good condition. 



Onions. 

 Onions are, on the whole, considerably below an average 

 crop, many correspondents speaking of them as one-half or 

 two-thirds of an average. The sections of commercial pro- 

 duction show, if anything, the most marked decrease. The 

 quality of the crop is good as a rule. Prices do not seem 

 to be fully established as yet, but appear to be rather better 

 than last year. 



Potatoes. 



Potatoes cannot be said to be an average crop in either 

 yield or quality, though quality is more nearly up than quan- 

 tity. Drought was the principal cause tending to reduce the 

 yield, very few fields recovering from the drought of the fore 

 part of the season. Rot is reported in many localities and 

 tends to reduce both yield and quality. There is also much 

 complaint of the small size of the tubers, scab and the work 

 of wire worms and white grubs. 



Root Crops, Celery, Etc. 

 Root crops generally promise well and a full yield may be 

 expected. Some correspondents speak of turnips as being 

 particularly good. From Middlesex County comes the re- 

 port that celery is in excellent condition, and this is borne 

 out by reports from other sections not so important as cen- 

 tres of production. In Worcester, however, it has blighted 



