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considerably. Oats are a good crop where smut or the drought have 

 not been too severe; barley is a good crop, but short. 



New Braintree (Charles D. Sage). — Corn is very backward, the 

 season having been a poor one for this crop thus far. The prospect 

 for rowen is poor unless we have abundant rains. Have not noticed 

 blight on potatoes; very few dug as yet. Apples are 40 per cent of 

 a normal crop ; pears 35 per cent ; peaches 40 per cent ; grapes 80 per 

 cent. Pastures have suffered badly from drought. Oats and barley 

 are about three-fourths crops. Late market-garden crops are not 

 grown for market in this town. Milk is very short, and farmers must 

 have better prices or many will go out of the business. 



Barre (John L. Smith). — Indian corn is a little late and uneven, 

 but is growing fast since the rain. There will be no rowen. Potato 

 vines are looking finely where they have been sprayed; unsprayed 

 fields have begun to blight. There will be a light crop of all fruits. 

 There is no feed in the pastures. Oats are about a two-thirds crop. 



Dana (Lyman Randall). — The drought has injured the corn crop, 

 making it very uneven. Rowen will not be over half a normal crop . The 

 prospect for late potatoes is good, with no blight or rot so far. The 

 apple crop will be very small and of poor quality; other fruits a fair 

 crop. Pastures are very short, owing to the severe drought, but 

 weather conditions are favorable for them now. Oats and barley are 

 average crops. There is not much celery planted; late garden crops 

 are looking fairly well, and the weather is favorable for them now. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — Indian corn is very uneven, and most 

 of it is from one to two weeks late. The prospect for rowen is very 

 poor, as the rains came too late. The present prospect for late potatoes 

 is very good; have noticed neither blight nor rot. Apples are a light 

 crop, the fruit being small and poor in quality ; pears good ; no peaches 

 or grapes. Pastures are in very poor condition. Oats are a light crop, 

 but barley is quite good. Celery is not raised; other market-garden 

 crops in only fair condition. The prolonged drought seriously injured 

 fields and pastures, and retarded the growth of all cultivated crops. 



Ashburnham (E. D. Gibson). — Indian corn is two weeks late, but 

 is growing finely since the recent rain of If inches. There will be no 

 rowen to speak of. Potato vines look well on some fields, while others 

 have been ruined by drought. Apples are half a crop; pears few; 

 peaches poor; grapes good. Feed in pastures is very short, drought 

 and grasshoppers having about ruined it for this year. Oats and 

 barley are average crops. Celery and other late market-garden crops 

 are very little raised. 



Fitchburg (Dr. Jabez Fisher). — Corn looks well, but is late. Until 

 the rain of the 17th the prospect was that there would be no rowen. No 

 blight has appeared on potatoes as yet. Apples are not over 25 per 

 cent of a normal crop; pears 25, but both of good quality; grapes 100. 

 Pasturage is very short, because of drought. 



