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tilizers are used in fall seeding, being sown broadcast about 

 three-fourths of a ton to the acre. Onions are a satisfactory crop. 

 Potatoes are an average crop, of extra quality. Root crops are in 

 fair condition, though some fields have suffered from the drought. 

 The cranberry crop is generally better than usual. Celery and 

 tomatoes have grown finely, and been very productive the past 

 season. Among forage crops barley is growing in favor. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Sherborn (N. B. Douglas) . — The corn crop will be from twenty- 

 five to forty per cent short. Rowen and fall feed are up to the 

 usual average. The average amount of fall seeding has not been 

 done, and the condition is only medium. Very little if any fer- 

 tilizer other than stable manure is used in fall seeding. Potatoes 

 are a very small yield, of average quality. The prospect for root 

 crops is good. The apple crop is very light, and cranberries have 

 been injured by frost. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Corn will be ninety per cent of 

 an average crop. Rowen is less than half a crop, and fall feed is 

 not over three-quarters. About the usual amount of fall seeding 

 is being done. Fertilizers other than stable manure are not used 

 to any great extent in fall seeding. A few seed-down in the corn 

 fields in August. The onion crop is not average, owing to wet 

 weather at time of sowing. Potatoes are not average in quantity, 

 but are fully up in quality. Apples will be a one-fourth crop of 

 poor quality. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — The corn crop is about fifteen per- 

 cent short. Rowen and fall feed are below the average. A little 

 less than the average amount of fall seeding has been done, the 

 present condition being fair. Bone, ashes, superphosphates, lime 

 and muriate of potash are used in fall seeding, at the rate of from 

 five hundred to one thousand pounds per acre. Onions have not 

 done well. Potatoes are about a two-thirds crop, of good quality 

 but with some rot. The prospect for root crops is fair. Winter 

 apples will be a one-fourth crop and fall apples a three-fourths 

 crop. There is a good crop of grapes, but they are not ripening 

 well, and the price is low. Squashes are a short crop, not having 

 set well. 



Groton (Daniel Needham). — Corn compares fairly well with 

 an average crop. Rowen and fall feed are not up to the usual 

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

 it is now in good condition. Commercial fertilizers are used in 

 fall seeding, at the rate of from four hundred to five hundred 



