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the average ; we have no other fruits to report. Pastures are 

 above the average in condition. Oats were mostly hayed for 

 fodder. We think poultry pays as well as any other product of 

 the farm. 



Heath (O. D. Canedt). — Corn is in good condition. Rowen 

 is a good crop. Potatoes are a light crop and are blighting. 

 Apples are a fair crop ; pears, peaches and grapes are good crops. 

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

 crops. There is considerable poultry raised here, and the margin 

 of profit is not very large on either poultry or the dairy. 



Colrain (A. A. Smith). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen is a better crop than usual. Potatoes are a good crop aud 

 there is no blight or rot. Tobacco is about an average crop in 

 both acreage and condition. The prospect is poor for all kinds 

 of fruit. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and barley are 

 average crops. Our farmers pay a good deal of attention to poul- 

 try, and many report better profits than from dairying. 



BacMand (C. E. Ward). — Indian corn is in excellent condi- 

 tion. Rowen is more than an average crop, if there is good 

 weather to get it in. Potatoes are below the average in yield ; 

 some blight, but no rot as yet. There is only one acre of tobacco 

 in town, aud that was badly cut by hail. The apple crop is fair 

 back on the hills, but there are not many apples in the valley. 

 Pastures are in first-rate condition. Oats and barley are only 

 raised as forage crops. But little attention is paid to poultry. 



Deerjield (Chas. Jones). — Corn is in good condition. Rowen 

 will be good where the first crop was cut early. Late potatoes 

 have been looking well, but blight is now very general. Tobacco 

 is the best crop for years, with about the usual acreage, and har- 

 vesting has now begun. There are but few apples ; pears, peaches 

 and grapes small crops. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats 

 and bai'ley are good average crops. There is not much done in 

 poultry. 



Wliately (Frank Dickinson). — Corn is growing fast, but is 

 yellow from too much wet weather. Rowen is a full crop. Pota- 

 toes are small and few in a hill ; no rot as yet. There is the usual 

 acreage of tobacco, and it is a nice, heavy crop. Pasturage is in 

 the best condition. There is not more than a third of a crop of 

 any kind of fruit. Oats were a light crop. Not much is done 

 with poultry. 



Sunderland (J. M. J. Legate). — Indian corn is above the 

 average in condition at this time. Rowen is much above an aver- 

 age crop. Potatoes will not be an average crop, as there are but 

 few in the hill ; have seen no blight or rot. There is a slight in- 



