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crops ; condition good, more raised than usual. Potatoes will 

 make fully an average yield. The prospect is poor for all kinds 

 of fruit. The rains have helped the pastures much. Rye, oats 

 and barley are about average crops. 



Shelburne (Geo. E. Taylor). — Corn is growing very fast and 

 has greatly improved in the past two weeks ; one-fourth of the 

 crop will go into the silo. Hay was from half a crop up to an 

 average crop and the quality was very fine. Fodder corn, millet 

 and Hungarian grass are the forage crops grown. Potatoes are 

 looking well, with prices higher than usual. The fruit crop will be 

 very light. Pastures are very short, but the weather has been 

 favorable to growth of late. 



Conway (J. C. Newhall). — Potato. bugs have been more 

 plenty than usual owing to the hot, dry weather. Corn has made 

 rapid growth and is looking finely ; not over one-sixth of the crop 

 will go into the silo. The hay crop is about three-fourths that of 

 last year, but the quality is much better. Fodder corn and per- 

 haps some oats and barley are raised as forage crops. Potatoes 

 are about an average crop. There was never as little fruit on the 

 trees at this time of year. Owing to the dry summer, pasturage 

 has been pretty short. Rye, oats and barley are hardly up to the 

 average. 



Whately (Frank Dickinson). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is late and uneven ; only a very small per 

 cent of the crop is raised for silage. The hay crop was rather 

 under the average, but the quality was fine. Corn is grown to 

 some extent as a green fodder crop. Potatoes are looking well, but 

 few are dug as yet. The apple crop will be very small ; no pears, 

 peaches or plums ; a few quinces and plenty of grapes. Pastures 

 have been short, but are now in good condition. Rye is a fair crop 

 with oats uneven and late. 



Sunderland (J. M. J. Legate). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is fully up to the average and half of it will go into 

 the silo. Hay was from two-thirds to three-fourths of an average 

 crop and of very good quality. Fodder corn is the only forage crop 

 raised and no more of that than usual. Potatoes are few in the 

 hill, but large. There will be a very short crop of all kinds of fruit, 

 apples making the best showing. The late rains have freshened 

 pastures up and they are looking well. Rye is good but little raised . 

 Tobacco is very uneven and rather late, with a good many calico 

 plants in almost every crop. Onions promise to be a heavy crop. 



Wendell (N. D. Plumb). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is somewhat backward, but gives promise for a full crop ; one- 

 fourth of it will go into the silo. Hay was about a two-thirds crop, 



