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good crops. Celeiy is good where irrigated ; other late market-garden 

 crops are looking fairly well. 



Newbury (George W. Adams) . — Indian corn is in very good con- 

 dition. There will be a fair average crop of rowen. Late potatoes 

 are a light crop, with no blight or rot. Apples are a fair crop; pears, 

 50 per cent of a full crop; peaches, 60 per cent; grapes a fair crop. 

 Pasturage is good for the time of year, but is always short in August. 

 Oats and barle^^ are a little backward and the straw is short, but are 

 fair crops. Celery and other late market-garden crops are coming on 

 well. 



Groveland (A. S. Longfellow). — Indian corn is looking very well. 

 There is quite a good crop of rowen, but less than usual. The prospect 

 is good for late potatoes, with no blight or rot as yet. There will be 

 half a crop of apples, lots of pears and some peaches. Pasturage in 

 this section is always poor after July 1. Oats and barley are full crops. 

 Garden crops are looking well, because of frequent rains. 



Andover (]Milo H. Gould). — Corn is looking well, but is backward. 

 Rowen is only half a normal crop, on account of dry weather. Late 

 potatoes are looking well, with no blight or rot. Apples are a fine 

 crop; pears good; peaches light; cranberries looking well, except 

 where hurt by late frost. Pastures are rather dry. Oats and barley 

 are average crops. Celery and other late market-garden crops are 

 looking well. 



ro2Js/ieM (B. P. Pike). — Indian corn promises an average crop. 

 Rowen is a very light crop. There is no blight on potatoes, and they 

 are looking well. There will be light yields of all fruits. Pasturage is in 

 poor condition. Oats and barley are less than average crops. Celery 

 and other late market-garden crops are fairly good. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Cohasset (Ellery C. Bates). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen is a good crop. Late potatoes promise well, with no blight or 

 rot as yet. The prospect is good for fruit of all kinds. Pasturage is 

 in poor condition. Celery and other late market-garden crops promise 

 well. English sparrows have helped the farmers this year by eating 

 large numbers of cut worms. 



Stoughton (Charles F. Curtis) . — About half a crop of corn is 

 now indicated. The rowen crop is a complete failure. The prospect 

 for late potatoes is only fair, and blight is quite prevalent. Apples 

 promise half a crop; pears, a three-fourths crop; peaches, one-third; 

 grapes, three-fourths; cjuinces, one-third; cranberries one-half. Pas- 

 tures are very poor, owing to lack of rain. Oats are fully an average 

 crop. !Most late market-garden crops are badly in need of rain. Five 

 of the leading dairymen did not raise any corn for the silo, owing to 

 the high cost of labor for harvesting last vear. 



