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fall feed is very short, though the late rains have started it well. 

 The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and is looking 

 extra well. Fertilizers other than stable manure are not used in 

 fall seeding. Potatoes are an average yield, as a general thing. 

 The prospect for root crops is good. Apples are a very short crop, 

 on account of the number blown from the trees. 



Wentjield (C. F. Fowler). — Corn is about a three-fourths crop. 

 About the average amount of fall seeding has been done, but 

 some is late, on account of dry weather. Grass fertilizers are 

 used to a limited extent in fall seeding. Potatoes are short in 

 yield, but of good quality. Apples are half a crop or less. 



Holyoke (John C. Thorpe) . — Corn is about sixty per cent of 

 an average crop. Rowen is a failure, but fall feed has improved 

 since the late rains. The average amount of fall seeding has been 

 done, and is looking well. Onions are about an average crop. 

 Potatoes are about half a crop, of good quality. Root crops are 

 looking well. Apples are about one-fifth of a crop. 



Chicopee (R. W. Bemis). — Corn is an average crop, and the 

 acreage is larger than common. Rowen and fall feed are not up 

 to the average. The average amount of fall seeding has not been 

 done, and it is too dry to look very well. The onion crop is hardly 

 average, on account of dry weather. Potatoes are hardly an aver- 

 age crop. Root crops promise very well. There is quite a good 

 crop of apples. 



Brimfield (S. W. Brown). — Corn is not over one-half a crop. 

 Rowen is not more than one-third a crop. The average amount of 

 fall seeding has been done, but does not look well, as it is too dry. 

 Fertilizers other than stable manure are not used in fall seeding. 

 Potatoes are not over two-thirds of a crop. Root crops are look- 

 ing poorly. Apples are not over one-fourth of a crop. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Southbridge (G. L. Clemence). — Corn is about twenty-five per 

 cent below an average crop. There is little either of rowen or fall 

 feed. The average amount of fall seeding has not been done, but 

 that sown is lookiug well. Onions are about an average crop. 

 Potatoes are an average crop in yield and quality. The apple 

 crop is small, and nearly ruined by heavy gales. 



North Brookfield (John H. Lane). — Corn is about sixty per 

 cent of an average crop. Rowen and fall feed are each about a 

 one-fourth crop. Potatoes are about a two-thirds crop, with the 

 late-planted the best. Swedish turnips are first class. Apples 

 were badly blown off, and cranberries are nearly a failure. Corn 

 and potatoes have stood the drought better than most crops. 



