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26, gave the crop ample opportunity to ripen. The result 

 was a crop considerably above the normal in value of stover, 

 and very nearly normal in value of grain. The warm, 

 pleasant weather was very favorable for curing the stover, 

 so that it is seldom that so much excellent roughage for 

 stock has been secured from this crop as this year. Ensilage 

 corn also made a fine growth, and was secured in good con- 

 dition in all sections. 



Root Crops. 

 Root crops are generally reported to be good average 

 crops, a few correspondents only reporting them as below, 

 and have generally brought good prices where raised for 

 market. Potatoes rotted badly, and the crop was almost a 

 total failure for the State as a whole. Celery is a good crop, ■ 

 as are other late market-garden crops. 



Farm Stock. 



Feed in pastures has been uniformly good throughout the 

 season, and as a result farm stock is going to the barns in 

 good flesh. The flow of milk is also reported to be unusually 

 well maintained for this season. Fall feed in mowings will 

 probably not be as good as usual, owing to the late cut- 

 ting of much of the rowen crop ; and, indeed, farmers would 

 do w^ell as a rule not to pasture their mowings, but to allow 

 the grass to retain all its late growth as a protection for 

 winter. 



Fall Seeding. 



Less fall seeding than usual has been done, owing to the 

 continued wet w^eather of the latter part of August and the 

 first half of Se[)tember, but that put in early is reported as 

 being in remarkably fine condition. That done after the 

 rains has made a good catch, but is not remarkably forAvard, 

 ■owing to lack of rain subsequent to sowing. 



Prices. 



Prices of crops raised for market range considerably higher, 



as a whole, than for the past few years, probably in large 



measure because of shortages in some of the principal crops, 



as apples, potatoes, cranberries and onions. Of 147 corre- 



