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pears are good crops. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and 

 barley are about average crops. Our farmers pay but little atten- 

 tion to poultry. 



Hinsdale (S. M. Eatmond). — Corn is in very good condition. 

 Rowen is a very fine crop, but much of it will not be cut. The 

 prospect for late potatoes is very good ; have noticed neither blight 

 nor rot. All kinds of fruit will probably give light yields. Past- 

 ures are in very good condition. Oats and barley are good aver- 

 age crops. But little attention is paid to poultry, and the income 

 derived from it is small when compared with that derived from the 

 dairy. 



Windsor (H. A. Ford). — Indian corn is looking well. Rowen 

 is about as last year and is looking well. Potatoes are nearly all 

 ready to dig ; no rot as yet. Apples will be a poor crop. Past- 

 urage is in good condition ; flies are troubling cattle considerably. 

 Oats and barley are about average crops. Not much attention is 

 paid to poultry. 



Savoy (W. W. Burnett). — Corn is a little late, but has made 

 a fair growth. Rowen is a full average crop and has made a fast 

 growth. Potato vines look well ; a little blight has appeared, but 

 no rot as yet. The prospect is poor for all kinds of fruits. Feed 

 is abundant in the pastures, but is getting old and tough. Oats 

 and barley are about average crops. Nearly all our farmers do 

 something with poultry, and the income is perhaps twenty per 

 cent that derived from the dairy. 



Hancock (C. H. Wells). — Corn is an extra fine crop. Rowen 

 is a better crop than for many years. There is not much blight 

 or rot on potatoes, but the tubers are small as yet. Apples half 

 a crop ; pears a fair crop ; no peaches, grapes or cranberries. 

 Pastures are in good condition, but most of them have made such 

 heavy growth that feed is not very nutritious. Oats and barley 

 are about average crops. Very little poultry is kept, except by 

 two or three farmers who each have from one to two hundred hens. 



WilUamstoion (S. A. Hickox). — Indian corn is in good condi- 

 tion. Rowen is a better crop than usual. The prospect for late 

 potatoes is good ; have noticed some blight, but no rot as yet. 

 Apples half a crop, pears a three-fourths crop, no peaches, grapes 

 half a crop. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Oats and barley 

 are good crops. Not much attention is paid to poultry keeping. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Rowe (J. F. Bkown) . — Indian corn is looking better than usual. 

 Rowen is the best it has been for many years. Apples are below 



