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are in extra good condition. Oats and barley are a little less 

 than average crops. Considerable attention is paid to poultry 

 keeping. 



Shreivsburi/ (T. F. Marston). — Corn is looking well, but is in 

 need of sunshine. Rowen is a better crop than usual. Potatoes 

 are a good crop, although there is some scab and rot. Very few 

 apples and peaches, pears a fair crop, grapes looking well. 

 Pastures ai^e in good condition. Oats and barley are not as 

 heavy crops as usual. Considerable attention is paid to poultry 

 raising, and the income derived from this source is probably one- 

 sixth that derived from the dairy. Vegetables are looking well, 

 but are greatly in need of fair weather. 



Sutton (O. P. Johnson). — Indian corn is good, but a little late. 

 Eowen is more than an average crop, but not as good as last year. 

 Potatoes are a very fair crop ; no blight or rot as yet. Fruit of 

 all kinds is below the usual average. Pasturage is in excellent 

 condition. Oats and barley are just about average crops. Many 

 pay considerable attention to poultry raising, and in several cases 

 the income from this source exceeds that from the dairy. 



Northhridge (H. A. Cook). — Unless there is an early frost 

 there will be a fine crop of corn. Rowen is better than usual. 

 Blight has appeared on potatoes, but it is too early to report as to 

 the final yield. Apples a medium crop, pears light, no peaches, 

 grapes abundant. Pastures never had better or more plentiful 

 feed. Oats were badly damaged by rain. Very little attention is 

 paid to poultry. 



Blackstone (0. F. Fuller). — Indian corn is a little backward. 

 Rowen is making a good growth, and will be a larger crop than 

 has been harvested in a number of years. Neither blight nor rot 

 has appeared on potatoes. There will be a fair crop of apples, few 

 pears, and no peaches of any account. Pasturage looks good, 

 although it is a little short. There has been some complaint that 

 oats made a poor gro"wth. There are a number in this town who 

 derive much profit from poultry and who depend on it for their 

 income. 



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Sherborn (N. B. Douglas). — Indian corn looks fairly well. 

 With good weather to secure it, the rowen crop will be a record 

 breaker. Blight is very general on potatoes, and rot of course 

 follows. Apples are an average crop ; other fruits light. Pastur- 

 age was never better. Oats and barley are full average crops. 

 The income derived from poultry raising is probably about 10 per 

 cent of that from the dairy. Very little meadow hay has been 



