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Publications. 

 Copies of the July Crop Eeport are still available. This 

 number contained a list of the agricultural fairs in the 

 State this year, which come under the jurisdiction of this 

 Board, with their dates. The special bulletin in the July 

 issue is an article on " Silos and silage," by Mr. H. O. 

 Daniels of Middletown, Conn., and calls especial attention 

 to the value of summer silage as the best supplementary feed 

 when pastures get short in the summer months. 



Summary of Crop Conditions. 

 In the circular to correspondents, returnable August 24, 

 the following questions were asked : — 



1. What is the condition of Indian corn ? 



2. What is the prospect for rowen, as compared with a 

 normal crop ? 



3. What is the prospect for late potatoes, and have you 

 noticed blight or rot? 



4. How do the acreage and condition of tobacco compare 

 with former years? 



5. What is the prospect for apples, pears, peaches, gi'apes, 

 quinces and cranberries ? 



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



T. How have oats and barley compared with former years ? 



8. What is the condition of celery and other late market- 

 garden crops ? 



9. Has the interest in the production for market of ducks 

 and geese increased in recent years ? 



Returns were received from 134 correspondents, and from 

 them the following summary was compiled : — 



Indian Corn. 

 This crop, owing to the unfavorable weather conditions, 

 did not come up very well, and then was held in check by 

 the long drought of June and July. Eecent rains and 

 warmer weather, however, have been very beneficial, with 

 the result that, although uneven and from ten days to two 



