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REMARKS. 



" August has been a very favorable month from an agricultural 

 point of view. It opened with plenty of heat, sunshine and mois- 

 ture, and with all crops pushing ahead fast, except the potato vines 

 which were considerably blighted in the south by the excessive 

 moisture and humidity. Unusually hot and sultry weather continued 

 over the second week of the month so that cabbages and cranberries 

 were considerably damaged, though corn, tobacco, and similar crops 

 made very rapid growth." — N. E. Weallicr Bureau. 



This hot wave, from the 3rd to the 13th instant was the most 

 trying that we have had, since July 1892, and was much more 

 protracted than the latter. The long lists of deaths, resulting from 

 the heat, in our large cities, published daily in the newspapers, dur- 

 ing the latter part of this hot spell, bore witness to its intensity. 



The last half of the month has been considerably cooler and drier, 

 with plenty of sunshine. Corn has continued to grow well and the 

 tobacco crop, now well under cover, is a fine one, notably so, owing 

 to the very favorable season and absence of violent storms. Pasture 

 lands are in excellent condition and a good crop of rowen has been 

 cut from many of the earlier fields. 



LEONARD METCALF, Meteorologist. 

 JAMES L. BARTLETT, Observer. 



