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Washington (E. H. Eames). — Corn promises well, better than last 

 year. Rowen is about an average crop. The prospect for potatoes is 

 good, with no blight or rot as yet. Apples are half a crop, as are other 

 fruits. Oats are a good crop ; barley not grown. Pastures are in good 

 condition. Garden crops are only grown for home use, and are in good 

 condition for that purpose. 



Peru (F. G. Creamer). — Indian corn looks well. There will be 

 ver}^ little rowen, as the rain came too late. Potatoes look well, with 

 no blight or rot as yet. There will be about half a normal crop of 

 apples. Pasturage is in fair condition. Oats and barley are above 

 average crops. 



Dalton (Wesley B. Barton). — Indian corn is in fair condition. 

 Rowen will be 70 per cent of a full crop. Late potatoes promise well, 

 and there is little blight or rot at present. Pasturage is getting short. 

 Oats and barley were each about a three-fourths crop. Celery is late, 

 and the weather was too dry at time of setting for best results. Cows 

 are very scarce, and the milk yield light. 



Savoy (Willis W. Burnett). — Corn is looking well, but' is unu- 

 sually backward. There will be very little rowen, on account of 

 drought. Potatoes are looking finely, and very little drought has 

 been noticed. The prospect for fruit is not at all flattering. Pastures 

 are dry and short for August. Oats and barley were fully average 

 crops, compared with other years. Garden crops are little raised for 

 market in this locality. As a general rule, crops are looking fairly 

 well, and with a fairly long season should do well. 



New Ashford (Walter P. Smith). — Indian corn is still two weeks 

 late, owing to cold nights. There will be quite a good deal of clover 

 rov/en. No rot has been noticed on potatoes, but the leaves are turn- 

 ing brown. Pears promise an average yield; apples scarce; other 

 crops not grown. Pasturage has improved since the rains. No oats 

 have been threshed, but a good yield is promised. No market-garden 

 crops are raised here. 



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Rotve (Henry D. Wright). — Indian corn is not up to the average 

 in condition. Rowen will be less than a normal crop. The prospect 

 is good for late potatoes, with no blight or rot as yet. Apples are an 

 average crop. Pasturage is in better condition than last year. Oats 

 and barley are looking well, and promise better than average yields. 



Colrain (W. H. Davenport). — Corn is doing well, and promises a 

 good crop. Rowen is backward, owing to lack of rain. Potato vines 

 look well, but the dry weather must affect the yield; no blight or rot 

 as yet. The apple crop promises well. Pasturage is short, owing to 

 lack of rain. Oats and barley are little raised. 



Bernardston (R. H. Cushman). — The corn crop is uneven, owing to 

 drought. Dry weather will be the cause of a light rowen crop. Late 



