Week ending September 5. — Temperature and precipita- 

 tion below, and sunshine average ; favorable week ; light 

 frosts injured vines on lowlands on the 2d and 3d, no 

 serious damage done ; tobacco mostly cut, an excellent 

 crop ; cranberries promising well ; fall feed and rowen 

 good. 



Weeh ending Sejjtemher 12. — Temperature and precipi- 

 tation below averao^e and sunshine above ; fine weather for 

 ripening crops and harvesting ; grain average yield ; apples 

 above average in northern States, below in southern ; cran- 

 berry picking begun ; corn being cut, an extra good 

 crop. 



Week ending September 19. — Temperature and sunshine 

 above ; precipitation above, except in central Vermont and 

 eastern Maine ; some damage to standing corn in Connecti- 

 cut by high winds on the 14th ; excellent weather for all 

 harvesting, which is progressing rapidly. 



Week ending September 26. — Temperature above, sun- 

 shine normal and precipitation below ; no damage by frost ; 

 all crops being harvested in prime condition except potatoes, 

 which are very light and rotting ; cranberries good crop. 



MASSACHUSETTS CROPS. 



In the circular to correspondents returnable on or before 

 September 30, the following questions were asked: — 



1 . How does the crop of Indian corn compare with an average 

 crop ? 



2. Is rowen proving to be an average crop? 



3. Has the average amount of fall seeding been done, and 

 what is its present condition ? 



4. Is the onion crop an average, and if not, what were the 

 drawbacks? 



5. Are potatoes an average crop in yield and quality? 



6. What is the prospect for root crops? 



7. How has the apple crop turned out? 



8. Has the tobacco crop proved satisfactory, and how is it 

 curing ? 



