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Week ending July 11. — Temperature and precipitation 

 below and sunshine above average. Slight damage by frost 

 in north on 4th and 5th ; rye harvest begun, crop excellent ; 

 tobacco and cranberries doing well ; corn backward but good 

 color ; wild fruits abundant. 



Weeh ending July 18. — Temperature and sunshine above 

 and precipitation below average except in southern Connec- 

 ticut valley and north-western Vermont ; slight frost in north 

 on 17th, but little damage ; haying being pushed and average 

 crop ; apples dropping badly ; peaches below average. 



Weeh ending July 25. — Temperature and sunshine exces- 

 sive ; precipitation deficient; rain badly needed, especially 

 in south ; potatoes probably most injured ; the bulk of hay 

 crop secured in most excellent condition; rye good and 

 mostly harvested. 



Massachusetts Crops. 



Report No. 97 (July, 1892) of the Statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture gives the following 

 for acreage and condition of crops July 1, 1892 : acreage of 

 corn compared with last year, 101 ; average condition of 

 corn, 94 ; average condition of wheat, 99 ; average condition 

 of rye, 93 ; average condition of oats, 97 ; average condition 

 of barley, 93 ; acreage of potatoes compared with last year, 

 99 ; average condition of potatoes, 99 ; acreage of beans 

 compared with last year, 94 ; average condition, 97 ; acreage 

 of tobacco compared with last year, 119 ; average condition 

 of tobacco, 95 ; average condition of clover, 98 ; average 

 condition of timothy, 98 ; average condition of pasture, 99 ; 

 average condition of apples, 92 ; average condition of peaches, 

 90 ; average condition of grapes, 96. 



The Hay Crop. 



This important crop has been very generally secured, and 

 while probably only an average in quantity, the quality, as a 

 rule, is excellent. It has been a very good season for secur- 

 ing the crop, and but little has been injured by rain, and 

 that at the beoinnino;. On account of the drouo;ht it is 

 feared that the second crop will be small, though with favor- 

 able weather it may be an average. 



