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berries medium. Pastures are in extra good condition. Oats and 

 barley were all cut for forage and were very good. Only a few 

 farmers pay proper attention to poultry, but the profits are 75 per 

 cent greater proportionally than those derived from the dairy. 



Tewksbury (G. E. Crosby). — Corn is in good condition, but is 

 not as far advanced as is usual at this season. Rowen is a good 

 crop, even better than last year. The prospect for potatoes is good. 

 Apples are rather light for a bearing year, pears light, no peaches, 

 grapes fair. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Oats and barley 

 are full average crops. Not much attention is paid to poultry ; I 

 consider $50 to $60 worth of hens as good under ordinary condi- 

 tions as a cow of the same value. 



Bedford (Henry AVood) . — On dry laud the prospect is good 

 for corn, but on low land it has been too wet. The prospect is 

 very good for rowen on land where the grass was cut early. Pota- 

 toes are a very good crop, and no blight has appeared. Apples 

 are quite plenty and fair ; other fruits not plenty. Pasturage is 

 in good condition, owing to an abundance of rain. Fewer oats 

 and barley were sown than usual, and the crops are not as good. 

 Our farmers do not pay much attention to poultry, and the pro- 

 portion to dairy products is small. Asparagus looks finely and no 

 rust has appeared. 



Wobiirn (W. H. Babtlett). — Sweet corn is the variety mostly 

 raised, and is a good crop. The rowen crop was never better. 

 There is some blight and a little rot on potatoes. Winter apples 

 are scarce and there are few pears and no peaches. Pastures are 

 in excellent condition. Oats have done well and Hungarian grass 

 is doing nicely. Farmers generally keep a small flock of hens for 

 their own use. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — Indian corn is above an average 

 crop. Powen is an unusually heavy crop. The prospect is good 

 for potatoes, and there is very little blight or rot. Apples are a 

 poor crop, pears average and grapes poor. Pasturage is in extra 

 good condition. Oats and barley are light crops. Some of our 

 farmers think that poultry is twice as profitable as the dairy. 



Lincoln (Samuel Hartwell). — I have never known as good a 

 crop of rowen as the present one. On high laud the crop of 

 potatoes is excellent, on low ground fair to medium. Apples are 

 plenty, but not as fair as some years ; pears and peaches scarce ; 

 grapes plenty. There is plenty of feed in the pastures, in fact, 

 too much. Some farmers keep considerable poultry. 



Newton (Otis Pettee) . — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen is a heavy crop. Potatoes are a fairly good crop, with 

 neither blight nor rot. There is about an average crop of apples. 



