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In the circular to correspondents returnable to us August 

 30th the following questions were asked : — 



1. AVhat is the condition of Indian corn? 



2. What is the prospect for rowen as compared with 

 former years ? 



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

 noticed bliujht or rot ? 



4. What is the condition of tobacco and how does the 

 crop compare with last year? 



5. What is the prospect for apples, pears, peaches, 

 grapes and cranberries ? 



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



7. How have oats and barley compared with last year's 

 crops ? 



8. Do your farmers pay much attention to the drainage 

 of their farms and what system do they find most satis- 

 factory ? 



Returns have been received from 125 correspondents, and 

 from them the following summary has been made up. 



Indian Coen. 

 While Indian corn has suffered less from the drought than 

 most other crops, it still does not promise more than a three- 

 fourths crop for the State as a whole. In the western and 

 southeastern portions there has been the greatest injury from 

 drought, and hardly a correspondent from these sections re- 

 ports the condition as average. In many localities only half 

 a crop is reported. In the central, eastern and northeastern 

 sections the condition reported is better, perhaps the majority 

 of the correspondents reporting an average crop, and some 

 few calling it good or above average. Various correspond- 

 ents throughout the State report that while stover is good, 

 the crop is not earing out well. 



RowEN. 

 Rowen taken as a whole is almost a total fiiilure. Very 

 little will be cut in any section and many fields are dry and 

 burned. A few report an average crop, but the majority 

 state that the crop is a total failure and the greater portion 

 of the remainder give the proportion as less than half a crop. 



