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done by frost. The potato crop is normal in both yield and quality. 

 Late market-garden crop prospect: beets, 100; cabbage, 50; carrots, 

 celery and parsnips, 100 ; squash, 25 ; turnips, 100. Fruit yield : fall 

 apples and pears, 75; peaches, grapes and cranberries, 100. Eowen 

 and pasture lands have been most benefited by recent rains. On the 

 15th and 16th the mercury went to 28° F., damaging most, corn, 

 potatoes, squash, tomatoes, melons, cucumbers, grapes, cranberries 

 and, in fact, everything that could freeze. Loss by frost is imjiossi- 

 ble to estimate ; some crops were a total loss. 



Lexington (Howard M. Muneoe). — Corn as a grain crop yielded 

 85; as a fodder and ensilage crop, 75. Rowen crop is 40 per cent 

 of normal. Condition of fall feed, 75. Per cent of fall seeding: 

 clover, 100; grass, 100; rye, 110. Farmers are showing more inter- 

 est in alfalfa growing; there are 15 acres of alfalfa in town, 10 of 

 which were sown this year. Onion yield, 75. Potato yield, 85; 

 quality, 110. Late market-garden crop prospect : beets, 75 ; cabbage, 

 85; carrots, 75; cauliflower, 60; celery, 100; parsnips, 85; squash, 

 60; turniiDS, 75. Fruit yield: fall apples, 65; pears. 120; peaches, 

 110; grapes, 85. Most benefit from recent rains was derived by 

 celery, spinach, cauliflower, cabbage, beets, turnips and fall seeding. 

 Frosts occuiTed on the 9th and 10th and until the 16th, with the 

 thermometer as low as 28° F. Crops on hills were as badly affected 

 as those on lowlands. Ensilage corn, late sweet corn, late beets, 

 tomatoes, pejDpers and peaches were worst affected. The frost dam- 

 aged some crops 25 per cent, while others were nearly a total loss. 

 Per cent value of crops damaged of value of all crops, 50. 



Winchester (S. S. Symmes). — No corn raised for fodder or en- 

 silage. Eowen crop is 80 per cent of normal. Condition of fall 

 feed, 80. Per cent of fall seeding : clover, 50 ; grass, 50. There are 

 approximately 6 acres of alfalfa in town. Onions are one-half a 

 normal crop. Potato yield, 50; quality, 80. Late market-garden 

 crop prospect: beets, 50; cabbage, 90; carrots, 50; cauliflower, 90; 

 celery, 90; parsnips, 50; squash, 50; turnips, 50. Fruit yield: fall 

 apples, 50; pears, peaches and grapes, 75. Most benefit by recent 

 rains has been done to cabbage and celery. Frosts injured squashes, 

 cucumbers and tomatoes on the 14th. 15th and 16th. Damage to the 

 extent of 25 per cent in some localities, and 10 per cent in other 

 localities, was done. 



Newton (G. L. Marcy). — Corn as a grain crop yielded 80; as a 

 fodder and ensilage crop, 75. Eowen crop is 50 per cent of normal. 

 Condition of fall feed, 80. Potato yield, 50. Tomatoes have been 

 only about a one-half crop, including those damaged by frost and 

 recent rain. Fniit yield: fall apples, 50; pears, 100; peaches, 100 

 (few gTOwnl : gi'apes, 40. Grass has derived most benefit from rains. 

 Frosts occurred on the 14th and 15th, affecting corn and garden 

 truck. Crops were damaged 30 to 40 per cent. 



