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Cheshire (L. J. Northup). — Grasshoppers are doing some 

 damage. Do not think there will be a ton of rowen cut in town. 

 Winter apples will probably be 60 per cent below a full crop. 

 Potatoes will be much above the average unless they rot. Corn is 

 looking well, but most fields need two weeks of good weather to 

 fully mature them. Fodder corn looks well and helps out the 

 pastures amazingly. Pastures are almost as brown as the road. 

 Oats 15 per cent ahead of last year's crop. It is very dry, many 

 springs being dry that never failed before, but crops on the whole 

 look much better than would be expected. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Monroe (D. H. Sherman). — Grasshoppers are doing some 

 damage. Rowen will be light, as it has been too dry. Winter 

 apples will be less than half a crop, though rather better than early 

 ones. Potatoes a fair crop ; no rot, quality good, prices low. 

 Corn looks well, but is late. Pasturage is dry and short. Oats 

 are all hayed in this section. 



• Bernardston (R. H. Cushman). — Grasshoppers are very plenty. 

 Rowen will be an average crop, some mowings above the usual 

 quantity. Very few winter apples ; all apples falling badly ; 

 ripening fast. Potatoes a fine crop of large tubers. Corn seldom, 

 if ever, any better than this year ; acreage large. More rain is 

 needed for fodder crops and pastures. Pastures are short from 

 early drought and grasshoppers. Oats a full average crop. 



Deerfield (Chas. Jones). — Rowen will be a fair crop where the 

 first crop was taken off early, where taken off late will be very 

 light. Winter apples not one-fourth of a crop. Potatoes healthy 

 and above the average. Corn is above the average. Fodder 

 crops are good and pastures are looking fairly well. Rye and oats 

 are very good crops. Tobacco is three-fourths in the sheds and is 

 a very fine crop. 



Sunderland (J. M. J. Legate). — The prospect for rowen is 

 poor. Winter apples will be below an average crop. About an 

 average crop of potatoes ; tubers large, but few in a hill. Corn 

 will be a heavy crop, the best in years. Sweet corn mostly raised 

 for green feeding and is looking well. Pasturage is getting short. 

 Oats are looking well. Onions will be a full crop and perhaps 

 above the average. Tobacco is looking finely and is a heavy, fine 

 growth, with no damage as yet from wind, hail, green worms or 

 frost. 



Leverett (W. L. Boutwell). — Rowen will be a very slim crop. 

 Winter apples are about average. Potatoes promise a large crop 

 of very fine tubers. Corn promises to be an extra crop. Fodder 



