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was remarkable that the effects of this freeze were so slight upon 
fruit, which, with the exception of currants, suffered but little; 
these are probably about one-third destroyed. It was an event 
worthy of note, that plants were slightly injured, if at all. Had 
the cold settled in a ivhite frost, it must have cut down and done 
essential injury to many of the productions of the field and the 
garden. 
June came in cool, and on the whole sustained that character 
through the month. There were but few warm days, while the 
nights were for the most part chilly an(J unfavorable to corn and 
kindred crops. Many of the longest days were distinguished for 
high cold winds, so that to the traveller, the overcoat was not an 
unwelcome appendage. Rains were sufficiently frequent during 
the month to meet the demands of vegetation, but the high, 
drying winds had a tendency to diminish their influence, and 
leave the surface of the earth, especially in plowed lands, in a 
hard and impenetrable condition, thus making more frequent de- 
mands for the use of the hoe and cultivator, among corn, and in 
the garden, than would otherwise be necessary. 
July came in cool. A heavy rain fell on the third, which 
cleared off at night, with a change of wind from S. E. to N. W. 
The 4th was a cool windy day; the weather continued cool until 
the 8th, when the wind changed to S. W., and the weather be- 
came warm, with foggy and frequent indications of rain, which con- 
tinued, with very little fall of water, to the 13th; the 15th was 
the warmest day of the season; thus the mercury reached 98 in 
the shade. 
So it appears that the season thus far has been cool, inter- 
spersed with but few w^arm days. The amount of wind and cloudy 
weather has been great. The number of thunder showers have 
been greater for the time than for several preceding years. 
The crops, winter grain, although the winter may be considered 
unfavorable to its success, so far as freezing and thawing are 
concerned, came out in spring in a fine, healthy condition. 
The quantity on the ground is small, but it gives a fine crop, and 
is undoubtedly worthy of more attention than it is at present re- 
ceiving. 
Spring grain uniformly looks well. Spring wheat, without 
exception, is fine, and if no accident befals it, will be better than 
for several years. But it is not yet beyond the influence of insects 
or blight, and with its fair promise it mai/ after all prove a fail- 
ure. Oats, barley, peas, are fine as a reasonable cultivator can 
wish. The season, thus far, has been highly favorable to all 
these crops. 
Grass is an article which, so far as the production of the 
