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Pasturage. 

 The lre(|ueiit rains have kept feed in pastures green and 

 growing in almost all sections and seldom have they been 

 reported in such good condition at this season of the year. 



Fruits. 

 Apples will hardly give a crop up to the average of the 

 "apple year," as it is in most sections, but the qualit}^ of 

 the fruit, as indicated by present reports, promises to be 

 excellent. Pears are giving only a light crop, less perhaps 

 than has been previously indicated. Plums have generally 

 }lelded well, particularly the Japanese varieties. Peaches 

 are almost a failure, taking the State as a whole, few sections 

 reporting even fair yields. Grapes promise a fair to good 

 crop if frost does not come earlier than usual. Cranberries 

 suffered from late spring frosts, hail, and insect damage and 

 l)romise but a light crop in the sections of principal produc- 

 tion. 



Oats and Barley. 

 Oats are a very good crop, but there are some reports of 

 damage from rains at time of harvesting. Barley is little 

 raised except as a forage crop, to feed green or for the silo. 

 Oats are used for hay to a considerable extent. In these 

 latter capacities both crops have done unusually well. 



