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WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Dudley (J, J. Gilles). — Indian corn promises to be an average 

 crop. Rovven is 25 per cent above an average crop. Potatoes are 

 making a fair yield, and there is very little rot as yet. Apples and 

 grapes are moderate crops ; peaches and pears very light. Pastur- 

 age is in excellent condition. Oats and barley are light in berry 

 and straw. The majority of our farmers keep only from fifty to 

 sixty fowls. 



Southbridge (Geo. L. Clemence). — Corn is broken badly and 

 will not ear well. Rowen is 20 per cent better than an average 

 crop. Potatoes are small and there are indications of rot. Apples 

 are numerous, but small and wormy. Pasturage is in good condi- 

 tion. Oats and barley average well with former years. 



North Brookfield (J. H. Lane). — Indian corn is rank in growth 

 of stalk. The dry weather in early July cut rowen off somewhat, 

 but it is a good crop. The prospect for late potatoes is good, and 

 there is but little blight or rot. Pastures are in extra good condi- 

 tion. Apples few, pears few, no peaches, grapes half a crop. 

 Oats and barley are heavy of stalk, but light in grain. Farmers 

 do but little with poultry, though most of them keep a few hens. 



Rutland (L. S. Dudley). — Corn shows a large growth of stalk 

 and promises well for grain. Early cut fields show a good crop of 

 rowen. Apples seem to be rather a short crop, compared to the 

 bloom in the spring. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and 

 barley are average crops, though but little of them was left for 

 grain. Poultry is not largely kept. 



TempUton (Ldcien Gove). — Indian corn is very good as a 

 whole, though a few pieces were injured by high winds. Rowen 

 is much above average years. Potatoes are not a full crop, and 

 blight shows on some fields. Apples three-fourths of a crop, 

 pears light, peaches very light, grapes medium. Frequent rains 

 have kept pastures in good condition. Oats and barley are full 

 average crops. Poultry keeping is not a leading industry, but the 

 income derived from it is one-fourth that derived from the dairy. 



Royalston (C. A. Stimson) . — Indian corn is a good crop. The 

 rowen crop is unusually heavy. Potatoes are about two-thirds of 

 an average crop, and blight has attacked many fields. There will 

 be about half a crop of all kinds of fruit. Pastures are above the 

 average in condition. Oats and barley are average crops. While 

 every farmer keeps hens, few make a business of poultry raising. 



Westminster (I. Dickinson). — Indian corn was never better. 

 Rowen will be a large crop. Potatoes are a good crop, and I have 

 noticed neither blight nor rot. There is a fair crop of apples, but 



