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Observations. —1. Light dew. Smoky. 3. Light shower at 4 a. m. 4. Light shower early a. m. 5. Heavy 
dew. Smoky and fair in forenoon. Rain 6 to 10 p. m. 6. The rot is affecting the potato crop considerably in the 
central and western parts of the State. Many crops are almost entirely destroyed. It has not affected them much 
in this vicinity. 7. Heavy dew. Smoky. 8. Heavy dew. Cool night. Leaves of trees begin to turn slightly yellow. 
9. Very smoky. Warm. 10. Light dew. Smoky. 11. Light dew. Smoky. Rain 6 p. m. to 12 at night. Rain 12at 
night to 9 a. m. 13. Light dew. Total eclipse of moon last night. Air cool. 14. Heavy dew. Rain p. m. with 
thunder. 15. Rain early a. m. 16. Cool air. Smoky. Light dew. 17. Very foggy morning. Light frost on banks 
of river, not enough to injure vegetation. Rain 5 p. m. to 12 at night. 18. Rain 12 at night to 4 a. m. and at 6. p. 
m. 19. Smoky. 20. Rain during the day and night with thunder. 21. Smoky. 22. Light dew. Smoky. Rain 2 
p. m. and during night. 23. Damp air. Smoky. 24. Rain a. m. Last night rain in Albany. A light snow storm on 
the Helderbergh. 25. Rain p. m. Smoky. 26. Smoky. Stiff N. breeze. Cool. 27. Light frost. Foggy. Pleasant 
autumn days. 28. Very smoky. 29. Light shower a. m. 30. Rain early a. m. Smoky. Warm day. 
Winds .—North 8 days. East 4, South 64, West 94, Northeast 1, Southeast 0, Southwest 2, Northwest 1|. 
Weather .—Warmest day, 4th'. Coldest 27th. Highest range 88°. Lowest 34°. Rain on 15 days. Light frosts on the 
mornings of the 17th and 27th. Clear 3|. More or less cloudy the remainder of the time. 
[Agricultural Rep. Vol. TT. — App.] 5 
