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Ashhurnham (E. D. Gibson). — Indian corn is in good condi- 

 tion. There is hardly any rowan, owing to drought. A light yield 

 of late potatoes is probable; blight has appeared, though not badly. 

 Apples are few; pears, peaches and grapes are good. Pasturage 

 is very short. Oats and barley are hardly average crops. Farmers 

 are ploughing and reseeding where drought killed spring seeding. 



Princeton (A. 0. Tyler). — Corn is looking well. There will not 

 be any rowen. There is no blight or rot, but late i^otatoes will give 

 but a SDiall yield. Apples are good, but small and dropping badly. 

 Pastures are all dried i;p. Oats and barley axe about half crops. 

 Celery and other late market-garden crops are looking fairly well. 

 Pears and plums are good crops; peaches small for the season; 

 grapes good; quinces small; cranberries fine. 



Southboro (Edward F. Collins). — Indian corn is 90 per cent 

 of a normal crop ; stover has made good growth, but does not ear 

 out well. Late potatoes will be a three-fourths crop, with no blight 

 or rot as yet; Apples are 90 per cent of a full crop, but small 

 for the season; peaches did not set. Pastures are very dry and 

 there is no feed in them. Oats and barley are 90 per cent of the 

 normal. Celery and other late market-garden crops will give light 

 yields, owing to drought. 



Shrewsbury (Feed J. Keed). — Indian corn is not very promising. 

 Rowen is very poor. Late potatoes are small, with some blight or 

 rot. There will be a very light yield of fruit. Pasturage is in 

 very poor condition. Oats and barley are very light crops. Celerj^ 

 and other late market-garden crops will give very light yields. 



Leicester (H. H. Kingsbury). — Corn is looking well and has 

 suffered the least from drought of any crop. There is not 10 per 

 cent of a normal crop of rowen, practically none. Potatoes are a 

 scant crop, few in the hill and very small. The prospect is good 

 for a noi-mal crop of apples. There is a slight improvement in 

 the condition of pasturag'e during the past month, but it is still 

 short. Oats and barley have made good growth, with a fair yield, 

 and are all being hayed. The weather has favored the growth of 

 celery, cabbage and turnips, the nights being cooler and we having 

 had two light showers. There is prospect of good yields of pears, 

 plums and grapes. 



Auburn (William Gilbert). — Indian corn is looking well, but 

 with a good many missing hills. There is very little rowen. Potatoes 

 promise an average crop, with no blight or rot. Pastures are all 

 dried up. Oats and barley are light crops. 



Milford (John J. O'Sullivan). — Indian com is in fair condi- 

 tion. The prospect is below the average for rowen. Apples and 

 pears are poor crops; quinces fair; peaches, grapes and cran- 



