The  grains  were  only  passable  until  the  present;  a  good  harvest  of
grains  is  expected,  seeing  that  the  rains  falling  during  the  flowering  sea-
son have  had  a  fortunate  influence  on  their  development.  The  harvest
of  rye  will  be  in  part  satisfactory,  in  part  passable.  The  small  grains
and  the  flax  are  fine.  The  continual  rains  falling  after  the  commence-
ment of  July  obstructed  the  harvesting.  The  forage  crops  are  moder-
ate; the  hail  has  occasioned  losses  estimated  at  90,00Q  rubles.  There
are  no  injurious  insects  in  the  cereals.  Bye  sells  for  13  rubles  per  chet-
vert,  oats  for  5  rubles  50  kopecks  per  chetvert,  and  hay  for  35  kopecks
per  pood.
KOSTOMA.
From  the  news  received  on  the  20th  July  (August  1)  the  hav  harvest
is  finished.  The  rains  falling  from  the  7th-19th  July  until  the  16th-28th
July  have  stopped  the  work  of  the  fields,  but  without  injury  to  the  for-
age crops,  which  are  harvested  everywhere  in  sufficient  quantities  and

Vote  by  the  Coxsuiz-Gexeral. — Ruble «=  $0.56 ;  chetvert  =  C  bushels ;  rieeiatine  =»
.tit  of  an  aero ;  pood = 30  pounds.
LOCAL    GRAIN    CONDITIONS.  505

of  good  quality.  The  small  grains  are  revived  after  the  rains  and  good
harvests  may  be  expected.  The  rye  ripens.  It  is  moderate.  The  hail
has  caused  losses  estimated  at  40,000  rubles.  The  price  of  rye  meal  is
from  90  kopecks  to  1  ruble  and  25  kopecks  per  pood.
YAROSLAV.
The  winter  grains  are  moderate,  the  small  grains  satisfactory,  and  the
forage  crops  fine.  The  AnisopUa  austriaca  have  appeared  in  smalbquan-
tities  in  two  communes  of  the  district  of  Kibinsk.  The  hail  has  destroyed
rye  valued  at  the  sum  of  12,00Q  rubles.  The  fine  weather  favors  the
grain  and  hay  harvests.
TIVER.
