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with no blight and but little rot. Apples are very scarce ; pears 

 few ; no peaches ; grapes and cranberries plenty. Pastures are 

 in poor condition. Oats and barley are less than average crops. 

 Only a few farmers pay much attention to poultry, though there is 

 four times the profit from it in proportion to the money invested 

 that there is from the dairy. 



Bedford (Henry Wood). — The dry weather has affected corn, 

 but there will be a fair crop. Rowen will probably be about half 

 a crop. I have noticed some blight on late potatoes, but they are 

 generally good. Few apples ; no peaches ; few pears ; grapes 

 good ; cranberries fair. Pastures were never so dry at this season 

 of the year. Oats and barley are very good crops, but are mostly 

 cut green for fodder. The income derived from poultry is about 

 one-fourth that derived from the dairy. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — Indian corn is looking well. 

 There will be a small crop of rowen. Late potatoes are looking 

 well ; have noticed no rot. Apples very light ; pears moderate ; 

 no peaches ; grapes fair. Pastures are very dry. Oats and bar- 

 ley are rather below the average. Very little attention is given to 

 poulti'y. 



Woburn (W. H. Bartlett). — Sweet corn is the only kind 

 grown and is in good condition. There will be very, very little 

 rowen on account of drought. Apples will be very scarce as 

 a rule ; few pears ; no peaches ; few grapes. Pasturage is all 

 dried up. Oats are used for fodder and made a short growth. 

 Not as much attention is paid to poultry as there should be, as it 

 pays better for money invested than other kinds of stock. Toma- 

 toes do not ripen, and show considerable black rot. Cabbages are 

 suffering from drought and are lighter than usual. Early potatoes 

 blighted about the first of August, but later ones are looking very 

 well. Squash bugs have done great injury to the crop and with 

 dry weather have shortened it more than half. Winter beets are 

 small and need rain, as do also carrots. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — Indian corn is little raised, mostly 

 for the silo. Rowen will be a very light crop. The prospect for 

 late potatoes is good. Apples poor ; pears fair; grapes and cran- 

 berries good. Pasturage is in very poor condition. Our farmers 

 do not pay much attention to poultry, except for home use. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen promises to be about half a crop. The prospect is fair for 

 late potatoes, and there is little blight or rot. Apples one-third 



