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toes and everything in sight. The silo corn was wliite, and our gar- 

 dens ruined. 



Sudbury (E. W. Goodnow). — The corn crop was liglit and dam- 

 aged by frost. Fall feed and the rowen crop are up to the normal. 

 The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, but owing to the 

 dry weather is not looking well. The onion crop is below the normal. 

 The potato crop is light. Root crops and late market-garden crops 

 are looking well. Apples, pears, grapes and cranberries have turned 

 out well. The frost of September 13 did considerable damage. 



Stow (Geo. W. Bradley). — Indian corn is about two-thirds of 

 an average crop and was considerably injured by frost. Rowen is 

 very nearly up to the normal. There has been but very little seeding 

 thus far. Potatoes are of fair quality, but not more than half a 

 yield. The prospect is not very encouraging for root crops, celery 

 and other late market-garden crops. Apples, pears and peaches 

 are fair crops; grapes and cranberries hurt by frost. Almost every- 

 thing was killed by the frost of the 13th and 14th. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — Indian corn is badly frozen, other- 

 wise it would have been a good crop. Rowen and fall feed are good 

 crops. Considerable fall seeding is being done about this time. 

 Potatoes are below the normal in yield, but of very good quality. 

 Root crops that the frost did not injure will be good. A very light 

 crop of apples, pears and peaches; grapes and cranberries good 

 where gathered before the frost. Nearly all kinds of farm produce 

 have been badly frosted by a light frost on the mornings of the 13th 

 and 15th, and a severe one on the 14th. 



Chelmsford (W. B. Bullock). — Indian corn is an average crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are below the average. A good deal of fall 

 seeding has been done, and it is looking very well. Potatoes are a 

 light crop of good quality. Root crops and late garden crops are 

 looking well. Apples are a light crop, but of very good quality; 

 other fruit quite plenty. There was a frost on September 13, which 

 did a great deal of damage to late corn, tomatoes and cranberries. 



Billerica (E. F. Dickinson). — A three-fourths crop of corn is 

 in sight. Rowen is variable, on the whole a half crop; fall feed 

 good. Less fall seeding than usual has been done, and that put in 

 looks well. There is a poor showing for onions this season. Pota- 

 toes are unusually small, few and poor. Root crops and late market- 

 garden crops are nearly up to the average. Ax:)ples are half a crop ; 

 pears and peaches good; cranberries light. There was heavy frost 

 on the morning of September 14, with serious damage to all tender 

 vegetables. One man estimates his loss at $2,000, and a Lexington 

 market gardener sets his at $3,000. 



Corword (Wm. H. Hunt). — Indian corn is below the normal. 

 Rowen is better than promised, but below the normal. There is 

 about the average amount of fall seeding, and it is not quite up to 



