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same on the late varieties. More rain is wanted for fodder crops. 

 Pasturage is in fair condition. 



Berlin (P. B. Southwick). — Potato beetles are doing some 

 damage. Prospect for the rowen crop not as good as a few weeks 

 ago ; more rain needed. No winter apples in this vicinity. Pota- 

 toes are rotting badly and the prospect is not at all good. Corn 

 promises to be a very fair ci'op. Fodder crops are now looking 

 well. Pasturage is not in very good condition. Oats a full aver- 

 age crop. 



Holden (G. S. Graham). — Rowen very good where fields are 

 in good condition. The prospect for winter apples is very poor 

 indeed. Potatoes are a very good crop, with some rot. Corn is 

 very fine and with two weeks more of good weather will be all 

 right. Fodder crops are generally good. Pasturage is in very good 

 condition for this time of year. Oats a good crop. 



Worcester (S. A. Burgess). — Rowen looks well. The prospect 

 is that winter apples will be a very light crop. Potatoes are a very 

 good yield, but are rotting somewhat. Corn is a good crop and is 

 earing out heavily. All kinds of fodder crops look well. Pasturage 

 looks green and nice and feed is good. Quality of oats not as good 

 as last year, but quantity better. 



Oxford (D. M. Howe). — Rowen promises to be a fair crop. 

 Winter apples are not plenty in this section. Potatoes are a good 

 crop, but some fields have rotted badly. The prospect for corn is 

 good, though the nights are rather cold for it. Pasturage is in 

 good condition. Oats are heavy everywhere. 



Blaclcstone (L. R. Daniels). — Potato beetles and the borers 

 are doing some damage. Rowen promises to be a good crop, bet- 

 ter than last year. There are very few Baldwin apples ; other 

 varieties make a better showing. Potatoes are a plentiful crop, 

 but about 20 per cent have rotted. The prospect for the corn crop 

 is of the very best. Fodder crops in very good condition, oats 

 much better than last year. Pasturage is in fair condition, but is 

 eaten to the turf. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Framingham (H. S. Whittemore) . — Rowen about half of an 

 average crop. Winter apples very few indeed and poor in quality. 

 Potatoes a good yield, but rotting badly ; some fields not worth 

 digging. The outlook for a large yield of corn is promising at the 

 present time. Fodder crops are looking well ; corn and barley 

 heavy crops. Pasturage poor and feed short ; stock has to be 

 fed at the barns. Oats about as last season ; mostly cut for hay. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — Asparagus beetles and potato 



