5. HoAv do the acreage and condition of tobacco compare 

 with former years ? 



(3. What is the prospect for apples, pears, peaches, grapes 

 and cranberries? 



7. What is the condition of pasturage in your vicinity? 



8. How have oats and barley compared with former 

 years ? 



Returns were received from 16G correspondents, from 

 which the following summary has been made : — 



IxDiAN Corn. 

 Indian corn made rapid advances in condition with the 

 favorable weather of a greater part of the month, and at its 

 close was very nearly up to the normal, though probably 

 still a little backward in setting and maturino- the ears. 

 There are some complaints that it is not earing out well, 

 though there is a good growth of stalk, but these form the 

 exception rather than the rule. Ensilage corn has made 

 good progress, and should yield unusually well. 



Sweet Corn. 

 Only two correspondents — those for Bernardston and 

 Northfield, Franklin County — report that sweet corn is 

 raised for canning. It forms quite an extensive crop for 

 the market and home use, and is also a favorite late forage 

 crop. Some growers combine these uses with excellent 

 results. The condition of the crop is everywhere reported 

 as excellent. 



ROWEN. 



Owing to lack of rain after the cutting of the first crop, 

 rowen will not be up to the normal in most sections. Only 

 new-seeded fields and rich, moist lands show favorable 

 yields, and on old mowings there will generally be practi- 

 ally no rowen. Reports from Cape Cod show a marked 

 exception in that section, where the rowen crop will be 

 much better than usual. Cutting has not yet begun, so far 

 as reported. 



Late Potatoes. 



The returns indicate that late potatoes will be consider- 

 ably below a normal crop, not having set well in man}^ in- 



