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few pears, grapes and cranberries ; no apples or peaches. Past- 

 ures are very, very dry. Oats and barley are not quite average 

 crops. Our farmers pay a good deal of attention to poultry, aud 

 I should say the profit from it was double that from the dairy for 

 capital invested. 



Framingham (H. S. Whittemore). — Indian corn is fairly good 

 considering the dry weather. Rowen will be a very poor crop. 

 Late potatoes will not be over three-fourths of a full crop. Apples 

 very poor ; no peaches ; grapes a small crop. Pasturage was never 

 so poor, and stock is mostly fed at the barn. Oats and barley are 

 short crops, with light yields of grain. No particular attention is 

 paid to poultry, but it is thought to be more profitable than the 

 dairy. 



Boxborough (J. F. Hatward). — Indian corn is in good con- 

 dition. Rowen is a very light crop. Late potatoes will be a 

 smaller crop than usual ; no blight or rot as yet. There will not 

 be a large crop of any kind of fruit, and practically no peaches. 

 Feed is short in the pastures. Oats and barley are normal crops. 

 Most of our farmers keep poultry. 



Askby (A. Wetherbee). — Indian corn is a little late, but is 

 otherwise looking as well as usual. Hardly any rowen will be cut, 

 except on low lands. Late potatoes will be a good crop ; some 

 blight but no rot as yet. There are a few apples and pears ; grapes 

 80 per cent of a full crop ; no peaches. Pasturage is short and 

 quite dry. Oats and barley are not up to normal crops. The in- 

 come derived from poultry is about one-fifth of that derived from 

 the dairj T . 



Dunstable (A. J. Gieson). — Corn is doing very well consider- 

 ing the severe dry weather. Rowen is far below a normal crop. 

 Very few late potatoes have been harvested ; blight has appeared, 

 but no rot. Apples, pears and peaches are a failure ; grapes and 

 cranberries a light crop. Pastures are very dry and short of feed. 

 Oats and barley are about normal crops. Very little attention is 

 paid to poultry by our farmers. 



Billerica (J. N. Pardee). — Corn is filling out well, but is curl- 

 ing badly. On most mowing hinds there is no crop of rowen at 

 all. The prospect is for a very light crop of late potatoes ; have 

 seen neither blight nor rot. Apples scarce ; pears ordinary ; no 

 peaches. Pastures are badly dried up and springs generally dry. 

 Comparatively little attention is paid to poultry by the general 

 farmer, and the income from it is small. Everything is suffering 

 from long protracted drought. 



Carlisle (E. J. Carr). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen is far below a normal crop. Late potatoes are a fair crop, 



