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but little rowen. Early fruits made a fairly good yield, but later 

 ones have been damaged by the high winds. Late potatoes suf- 

 fered from drought, and there is some rot. Turnips are looking 

 finely. Most pieces of corn are looking well. Oats are rather 

 better than last year. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Rowe (J. F. Brown). — Pastures are in good condition, but 

 rowen is poor. Early fruits were a small crop, and the prospect 

 is the same for later ones. Potatoes will be a small crop, of good 

 quality. Market-garden crops are about an average in yield and 

 condition. Corn looked well until August 24, when the heavy 

 winds injured it badly ; about two-thirds of a crop now promised. 

 Barley and oats are about an average crop. 



Ashfield (Chas. Howes). — Grasshoppers are quite thick in 

 pastures and meadows. Feed is short, and there will be a short 

 crop of rowen. Apples are not an average crop ; late winds blew 

 off much fruit. Potatoes have improved, and will be about an 

 average crop. Market-garden crops are good. Corn is badly 

 blown down, but except where injured by wire worms in the spring 

 is a good growth. Barley and oats are very good crops. Some 

 are harvesting tobacco, and another week of good weather will 

 give a good crop. 



Deerfield (Chas. Jones). — No damage is being done by insects. 

 Pasttirage is dry and short, and rowen will be a light crop. Early 

 fruit crops were fair, and late ones promise fairly. Potatoes are 

 of good quality, and generally a fair crop. Market-garden crops 

 are good except on very dry laud. Corn promises to be a good 

 crop. Rye and oats have been an average crop. Tobacco is a 

 heavy crop, and of good quality. Onions are above the average. 

 Apples are a very short crop, and are falling badly. Grapes look 

 well, but are rather late. 



Sunderland (J. M. J. Legate). — Very little damage from 

 insects this season. Pasturage is short, and there will be very 

 little rowen cut. Early fruit crops were good, but later ones, 

 especially apples, are dropping off badly. Potatoes are more than 

 an average yield, and of very good quality. Corn promises to be 

 more than an average crop. Onions will be more than an average 

 crop. Tobacco is late, and has been badly pinched by drought, 

 though the late showers have improved it somewhat ; good pieces 

 are the exception, and the crop will probably lack in quality. 



Orange (Ansel Harrington). — Grasshoppers are doing most 

 damage, and potato beetles are eating tomatoes somewhat. 

 Pasturage is short, and rowen not over two-thirds of an average 



