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Fruits. 

 Apples dropped badly during the month and the crop will 

 hardly come up to earlier expectations. Pears will be a fair 

 crop ; plums light ; peaches a light crop, but still well up to 

 the average ; quinces a good crop as far as reported on ; 

 grapes generally promise well. Not enough returns were 

 received in regard to cranberries to warrant any remarks 

 upon them. All fruits suffered somewhat from drought in 

 eastern sections. 



Pasturage. 



At the time of making returns pastures were in need of 

 rain in all sections, and in eastern sections were generally 

 reported as being dry and brown. The recent rain should 

 help them in western and central sections, but it is feared 

 that they have suffered to severely in the eastern counties to 

 make more than a partial recovery possible this season. 



Small Grains. 



Rye, oats and barley matured early enough to escape the 

 greater part of the drought, and were generally good aver- 

 age crops where cut for grain. 



