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and have responded excellentlj to the general showers that 

 came jnst before the time for making returns. It is very 

 seldom that feed remains green and growing in our ISTew 

 England pastures throughout the season, and save in eastern 

 sections they have been fully up to the average of other years 

 in condition. 



Small Grains. 



Rye, oats and barley, where grown for grain, apparently 

 came on sufficiently early to escape the worst effects of the 

 drought, and were fair crops. Oats seem to have done well 

 where grown for hay, and barley is reported to promise well 

 xis a late forage crop. 



