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Rowen will be a medium crop, but much better than last year. 

 Winter apples uneven and on the whole a small crop. Potatoes 

 are a large crop, but have ripened too early to reach their full 

 growth. Corn a large growth and well set with ears. Fodder 

 crops are very thrifty, with abundant foliage. Pasturage is good 

 for this time of year. Oats heavier than last year ; straw very 

 long and lodged badly. 



Monson. (A. H. White). — A little rowen will be cut. Winter 

 apples will be a very light crop. Potatoes are a large crop, but 

 are beginning to rot some. Corn promises to be a good crop. 

 The prospect for all fodder crops is good. Pasturage is in rather 

 poor condition. Oats are a better crop than last year. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Soutlibridge (G. L. Clemence). — The rowen crop is the best 

 for four 3^ears. Apples are scarce and very poor in quality. Pota- 

 toes are a very large crop, but are rotting badly in some places. 

 Corn a large growth and well set with ears. Prospect for fodder 

 crops good. Pastures are holding out much better than usual. 

 Oats show a heavy growth of straw, mostly cut for hay. 



New Braintree (C. D. Sage). — Grasshoppers are doing some 

 damage. Very little rowen will be cut, as it has been too dry. 

 Winter apples not more than 25 per cent of a full crop. The yield 

 of potatoes will be large if they do not rot ; very little complaint 

 as yet. Corn is good, though some of it is a little late. Fodder 

 corn has done well. Pasturage is rather short and needing more 

 rain. Oats were excellent, the best for years. 



Oakham (Jesse Allen) . — The prospect for rowen is good. 

 There are very few winter apples. Potatoes are rotting some, but 

 will be a large crop. Corn is generally excellent, but was injured 

 August 21, on low lands, by frost. Fodder crops for green feed- 

 ing are good. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats are a much 

 better crop than last year. 



Petersham (S. B. Cook). — Rowen very good; the frequent 

 rains have kept it growing nicely. There will be only a very small 

 crop of winter apples. Potatoes good, more than an average yield ; 

 rot has not yet appeared. Corn very good ; a heavy growth of 

 stalks and ears set well. A large amount of fodder crops planted 

 and growth heavy. Pasturage good, better than usual at this sea- 

 son. Oats much better than last year. There is a fair supply of 

 fall apples ; pears and grapes plenty. 



Fitchhurg (Dr. Jabez Fisher). — Rowen promises to be a good 

 crop. Winter apples will be a very poor crop. Vines of the early 

 potatoes are blasting and the tubers rotting, with a prospect of the 



