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few and small as yet. There will be very little fruit excepting 

 grapes, which are good. Frequent showers keep pasturage grow- 

 ing, and it is in very good condition. Oats and barley are not 

 grown except for fodder, and are fair crops. This is a good poul- 

 try section, and profits compare favorably with those from dairy 

 products. 



Groveland (Abel Stickney). — Indian corn is looking finely, 

 but is late, and will need an open fall to ripen well. Rowen is 

 more than an average crop. The prospect for late potatoes is 

 good, with no blight or rot as yet. Apples very poor; pears 

 good; peaches not great; grapes average. Pasturage is not 

 very good, but better than an average year. Oats and barley 

 are all cut green. Poultry raising is not increasing very fast, 

 but the profit from it is 25 per cent greater than from the average 

 dairy herd. 



Andover (M. H. Gould) . — Indian corn is looking well. Rowen 

 is a third more than a normal crop. The prospect for late potatoes 

 is very poor. Fall apples fair, no winter apples ; heavy crop of 

 pears ; no peaches or grapes ; cranberries good. Pasturage is in 

 good condition. Oats and barley are good average crops. The 

 interest in poultry is increasing, but the income of the majority of 

 our farmers is mainly from the dairy. 



Topsfield (B. P. Pike). — Indian corn is looking well, and will 

 be a full crop. There will be some rowen, but not a full crop. 

 There is no blight on potatoes, and they are growing well. No 

 apples, peaches or cranberries, but some pears. Pastures are in 

 fair condition. Oats and barley are not raised for grain. The 

 interest in poultry is not increasing, and the income derived from 

 it is only about 8 per cent of that from the dairy. 



Wenham (N. P. Perkins). — Corn is not much raised, but 

 what there is, is in fair condition. On early cut, well-manured 

 fields there will be a fair crop of rowen ; not much on late cut 

 fields, but more than last year. Potatoes are a poor crop and 

 there is some complaint of rot, though not much as yet. No 

 apples ; pears average ; but few peach trees ; not enough cran- 

 berries to be of any account. Pastures are in fair condition, but 

 milch cows are fed largely at the barn. I do not think the poultry 

 business is increasing any, and the income is not more than one- 

 fifth that from the dairy. Squashes are almost a complete failure, 

 the vines having died. Onions are doing well. Carrots are small 

 and poor, and cabbages are already showing some signs of blight. 



Danvers (C. H. Preston). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen will be a very good crop. Late potatoes are not promis- 

 ing, but there is no blight as yet. No apples ; pears a full crop ; 



