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potatoes is good, but the acreage is small; have noticed neither blight 

 nor rot. The acreage of tobacco is slightly decreased, and the dry 

 weather has injured early fields. Apples, peaches and quinces light; 

 pears fair; grape vines loaded with fruit. Pastures are pretty dry, 

 with little feed. Oats and barley are little raised. Celery and other 

 late market-garden crops are not grown. The recent rain is causing 

 the early apples to fall before ripening. 



Gill (F. F. Stoughton) . — Indian corn is generally very good, but 

 some fields are late. Rowen has been poor, but is improving since 

 the rain. There will be a very light crop of apples ; grapes good. The 

 drought injured pasture feed, but it is looking better now. Oats are a 

 good crop. No celery raised; garden crops good. There will be good 

 crops of berries. 



Deerfield (D wight A. Hawkes). — Corn promises to be a full aver- 

 age yield. The prospect for rowen is very poor, and there will probably 

 be less than half a crop. There is very little blight on late potatoes, 

 and the prospect for the crop is good. There is a normal acreage of 

 tobacco, and the yield will be 85 per cent of a full crop. Apples are 

 a poor crop ; grapes fair. Pasturage is very short. There is no barley 

 grown here ; oats not up to the normal. Celery and other late market- 

 garden crops are very little grown. 



Whately (C. L. Crafts) . — Corn is mostly good, but some fields were 

 badly affected by dry weather. The drought following the cutting of 

 the first crop of hay has spoiled the chances for rowen. Late potatoes 

 will be a good crop; have noticed neither blight nor rot. Tobacco 

 harvesting is well under way, and by September 1 the bulk of the crop 

 will be secured. The acreage is a little less than usual, but the crop 

 is the best in years, the recent heavy rain being just what was needed 

 to finish it out. There will be plenty of pears, but other fruits are 

 light. Pasturage has been very dry, but is now improving. Oats are 

 generally cut green for fodder. Celery and other late market-garden 

 crops are in fair condition, but are little grown. 



Sunderland (Geo. P. Smith). — Indian corn is in good condition, 

 but needs a warm September to mature the grain. Rowen has im- 

 proved since the rain, and there will be a fair amount. Late potatoes 

 show some blight, but promise a fair crop. The acreage of tobacco is 

 from 5 to 10 per cent less than last year; an average growth, with 

 some fine crops. There will be few apples or pears ; grapes more plenty. 

 Pastures are in normal condition, and feed is growing well. Celery is 

 late, but is doing well; cabbage in good condition. Onions are matur- 

 ing rapidly, and will be more than an average crop of No. 1 quality; 

 very little blight or thrip this year. 



Montague (A. M. Lyman). — Indian corn is in very fair condition 

 since the rain, and promises a good crop. Clover shows a good second 

 crop; other rowen not half a crop. Late potatoes are in good condi- 

 tion, with neither blight nor rot. The acreage of tobacco is decreased, 



