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crop has been shortened by drought. Apples are 40 per cent of a full 

 crop; pears, peaches and grapes 50; quinces 40. There is no feed in 

 the pastures. Oats and barley are three-fourths crops. Celery and 

 other late market-garden crops are not grown to any extent. 



Maynard (L. H. Maynard). — Indian corn is in very good condi- 

 tion, the recent rains having helped the crop. Rowen will be good 

 on some fields, but many will be light. Late potatoes promise a good 

 crop; no blight or rot as yet. Apples will be about half a crop ; other 

 fruits about normal, with grapes abundant. Pasturage is short, owing 

 to the scant rainfall. Oats and barley have been average crops. 

 Celery and all market-garden crops are looking well at this writing, 

 recent rains having helped them wonderfully. 



Littleton (Geo. W. Sanderson). — Corn is more than an average 

 crop, and is looking well. There will be a little more than a normal 

 crop of rowen. Potato vines show some blight, but no rot has been 

 noticed. The prospect for the fruit crop is not as good as early in- 

 dications led us to expect; apples have dropped a great deal. Pas- 

 turage is better than last year, but not of the best. Oats and barley 

 compare favorably with former years. There is a fair crop of pears 

 but very few peaches. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — Indian corn is very much below the 

 normal in condition. Very little if any rowen will be cut. Late pota- 

 toes promise a medium crop; no blight has been noticed. Apples, 

 pears, peaches and quinces are very scarce; grapes and cranberries 

 medium crops. Pasturage is very dry and short, nothing for cattle 

 to eat except brush. Oats and barley are raised only for fodder, and 

 compare favorably with former years for that purpose. There is no 

 market gardening in this locality worth mentioning. 



Westford (J. W. Fletcher) . — Corn is in good condition, the recent 

 rain being just what was needed. The prospect for late potatoes is 

 good, and there is no blight or rot as yet. There will be about 85 per 

 cent of a normal yield of fruit. Pasturage has been pretty dry. Oats 

 and barley are not raised except for fodder. 



Billerica (E. F. Dickinson). — Indian corn is in good condition on 

 moist ground. There will be two-thirds of a normal yield of rowen. 

 There will be a medium crop of late potatoes, with no blight or rot as 

 yet. Pasturage is in fair condition, except on light ground. Apples 

 half a crop; pears one-fourth; peaches one-third. All crops are from 

 a week to ten days late this season. My Crosby sweet corn has aver- 

 aged to give the first picking August 1; this year it was August 11. 

 Locally, we have not suffered as much from drought as most sections. 



Tewksbury (G. E. Crosby). — There is plenty of good sweet corn, but 

 very little Indian corn grown; what there is looks well. Rowen prom- 

 ises to be only a light crop. Potato vines begin to look rusty. There 

 will be a small crop of fruit here. Pastures are in poor condition. 

 There will be a good crop of early sown oats and barley. Celery is 



