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West Stockbridge (Wm. C. Spaulding). — Indian corn is in good 

 condition. The prospect for rowen is good. The prospect for 

 late potatoes is good, and there is no blight or rot as yet. There 

 is hardly half a crop of any kind of fruit, and no cranberries. 

 Pastures are in fair condition but need rain now. Oats and barley 

 were rather light crops, especially as to straw. There is nothing 

 done in poultry as a regular industry. 



Washington (E. H. Eames). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 The prospect for rowen is good, being about the same as last year. 

 Late potatoes promise a good crop, with no blight or rot as yet. 

 Apples are a fair crop ; pears light. Pasturage is in very good 

 condition. Oats are a heavy crop. Our farmers pay but little 

 attention to poultry. 



Hancock (C. H. Wells). — Indian corn is in fine condition. 

 The season has been dry and the rowen crop will be very light. 

 Late potatoes are a fair crop, and there is not much blight or rot 

 to report. The crop of apples and pears is rather light. Pastur- 

 age is very short at present. Oats are better than for many years ; 

 not much barley raised. Two or three farmers keep from 100 to 

 150 hens, which pay a net profit of $1 each. 



Savoy (W. W. Burnett). — Corn is a little backward, but 

 shows a fair growth where it came up well. Rowen is hardly up 

 to the average, owing to the early drought. The prospect for late 

 potatoes is good, with no blight or rot noticed. This is an off 

 year for apples, and other fruits are but little grown. Pasturage 

 is in fair condition, the late rains having caused much improve- 

 ment. Oats and barley are full average crops. All keep some 

 poultry, but the income derived from it is not more than one-fourth 

 that from the dairy. Field turnips are looking finely. 



Williamstown (S. A. Hickox). — Indian corn is in very good 

 condition. Rowen promises to be about a three-fourths crop. 

 Blight has appeared on potatoes in some fields. Apples show a 

 good yield in some orchards ; pears short. Oats made a good 

 yield, though the straw is small. Very little is done with poultry 

 in this section. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Eowe (J. F. Brown). — Indian corn is backward but has made 

 a good growth. Rowen is late but promises to be an average crop. 

 Potatoes are looking finely, with no blight or rot. The prospect is 

 very poor for all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is about in average 

 condition for the time of year. Oats and barley are more than 

 average crops. Our farmers do not give poultry very much at- 

 tention. 



