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as follows: fire-cured, down 8 percent; burley, down 2 per cent; and sun-cured down 10 percent. The 1966 fruit crops, cut back by severely cold weather May 10-11, were further reduced during July. The apple crop is estimated at 5,600,000 bushels, down 400,000bushels from July 1. Peach production is down 40,000 bushels from last month to a total of 640,000 bushels. On the bright side, production of small grains increased 6 percent during the past month. Record yields are indicated for wheat, oats and barley. This report includes only the outlook on crops. Livestock have been greatly affected by the drought. Shortages of pastures and feeds have caused a number of dairymen and cattlemen to reduce their herds.

A cemetery at Woburn, Mass., contains the graves of the ancestors of four ofl our Presidents—'Pierce, Garfield, Cleveland and Harrison.

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