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Hardwick (Wm. A. Warner). — Corn is very nearly an average 

 crop. Rowen is not one-tenth of a crop. The average amount of 

 fall seeding has been done, and is looking well ; little fall seeding 

 in this locality. Potatoes are not an average in yield, but are of 

 good quality. Root crops are below an average. Apples are not 

 one-half a crop. 



Winchendon (W. H. Sawyer). — Rowen and fall feed are both 

 below the average. The average amount of fall seeding has been 

 done, but was delayed until late, because of the drought. Scarcely 

 any fertilizers other than stable manure are used for fall seeding. 

 Potatoes are about three-fourths of a crop, of good quality. Root 

 crops promise fairly well. There are no apples at all. 



Fitchburg (Dr. Jabez Fisher). — Rowen is a very small crop, 

 but fall feed is good. Very little fertilizer other than stable 

 manure is used for fall seeding. Potatoes are a fair crop, of very 

 fine quality. Apples generally are virtually no crop, though my 

 own will be a one-fourth crop of extra quality. 



Bolton (H. F. Haynes). — Corn is about a three-fourths crop, 

 though there are good crops on low land. Rowen and fall feed are 

 neither of them nearly an average. The average amount of fall 

 seeding has been done, but it is uneven. Ashes, raw bone and 

 sulphate of potash are used in fall seeding. Potatoes are not half 

 a crop, but the quality is good. Root crops are late, but are doing 

 well now. There are no apples. 



Worcester (H. R. Kinney) . — Early pieces of corn are very good, 

 but the later are very poor, because of drought and winds. Rowen 

 is poor, but fall feed is good now. There has been but little seed- 

 ing done, and that not very early, on account of the drought. 

 Onions are not an average crop, because of wet weather early in 

 the season and dry weather later. Potatoes are much below the 

 average in yield, but of good quality. Root crops are doing well 

 now, but grasshoppers ruined most of the turnips. There are no 

 apples to speak of. 



Oxford (D. M. Howe). — Corn was so badly blown down that 

 it falls below the average. Rowen and fall feed are not up to the 

 average. The average amount of fall seeding has been done, and 

 it is looking well. No fertilizers other than stable manure are 

 used in fall seeding. Potatoes are far above an average crop, and 

 free from rot. The prospect for root crops is good. Apples are 

 nearly all blown off, and cranberries will be scarce here. 



Blackstone (L. R. Daniels). — Corn is about ninety per cent of 

 an average crop. Rowen is sixty per cent of an average crop, and 

 fall feed about eighty per cent. The average amount of fall seed- 

 ing has been done, and it is in good condition. Commercial fer- 



