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WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Dudley (J. J. Gilles). — Indian corn is about an average crop. 

 The prospect for rowen is not very good. There will be a full 

 crop of late potatoes, with no blight or rot. Grapes and cran- 

 berries promise well. Pasturage is in poor condition. Oats and 

 barley are light crops, both in straw and grain. A large majority 

 of our farmers keep from 50 to 100 hens. 



Oxford (D. M. Howe). — Indian corn is looking well. Rowen 

 will be far below an average crop, owing to dry weather. The 

 prospect for late potatoes is good, and neither blight nor rot has 

 appeared. Apples very few ; pears good ; no peaches ; grapes 

 plenty ; cranberries a fair crop. Pasturage is very short. Oats 

 and barley are average crops. It is very dry here at present. 



West Brookfield (L. H. Chamberlain). — Corn is looking 

 finely. Rowen promises to be about a three-fourths crop. The 

 prospect is good for a large crop of late potatoes, no blight or rot 

 as yet. Few apples ; pears plenty ; no peaches or cranberries. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Oats are all cut for fodder. But 

 little attention is paid to poultry by our farmers. 



North Brookfield (J. H. Lane). — Indian corn promises to be 

 about an average crop. Rowen will be a short crop, as the 

 weather has been too dry at times. Apples 10 per cent of a full 

 crop ; no pears or peaches ; grapes good ; cranberries 25 per cent. 

 Pasturage is in good condition, as there have been showers enough 

 to keep it along. Oats and barley have been a little over three- 

 fourths crops. The income derived from poultry products is 

 about 5 per cent of that from the dairy. 



Speyxcer (H. H. Kingsbury). — The condition of corn now in- 

 dicates that it will yield a large crop of stover and an average 

 amount of grain. The prospect for rowen is less favorable than a 

 month ago, as the hot dry weather has checked its growth some- 

 what. No rot on late potatoes as yet, but the vines are all dead. 

 Grapes and cranberries plenty ; scant supply of apples ; few 

 pears. Pasturage is getting short and in need of rain. Nearly 

 all the oats and barley raised are cut for hay. Only those who 

 make it a business keep poultry to any extent. 



Oakham (Jesse Allen). — Indian corn is in fair condition. 

 There will be almost no rowen. The prospect is good for late 

 potatoes, and as yet we have neither blight nor rot. Apples, 

 pears and peaches are very scarce ; grapes abundant ; no cran- 

 berries. Pastures are in good condition. Oats and barley are 

 fair crops. Much attention is paid to poultry, and the income 

 derived from it is perhaps one-sixth that from the dairy. 



