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beetles are doing some damage. The prospect for rowen is very 

 good. There are very few winter apples ; some fall apples. 

 Potatoes are a good crop, but are rotting badly. Corn promises 

 to be a very good crop. All fodder crops are doing well. Past- 

 urage is rather better than the average at this time of year. Oats 

 only grown for fodder and have done well. The frequent showers 

 have kept all crops growing. 



Chelmsford (P, P. Perham). — Horn flies are annoying cattle 

 somewhat. Rowen is below an average crop. There will be very 

 few winter apples. Potatoes are a large yield, but are rotting 

 badly. Corn promises a full crop. Fodder crops are all good ; 

 fodder corn, oats and barley are the principal crops grown. Past- 

 urage is in good condition. Oat crop much better than last year. 

 Billerica (J. N. Pardee). — Rowen promises to be a good crop. 

 No winter apples to speak of. Yield of potatoes heavy and qual- 

 ity excellent ; few complaints of rot. Corn will be an immense 

 crop. All fodder crops are luxuriant. Pasturage is in very good 

 condition. Oats much ahead of last year's crop. Since June the 

 season has been very favorable for the growth of all crops, but 

 farmers depending upon marketing truck are suffering severely 

 from the state of the markets, prices being unusually low, and 

 many of them, with an abundance of produce, cannot pay their 

 bills. 



Wilmington (E. N. Eames). — There will be a heavy crop of 

 rowen. Winter apples are very few. Potatoes promise to be a 

 large crop. The prospect for the corn crop is good. Fodder 

 crops for green feeding are looking well. Pasturage is at present 

 in fair condition. 



Wohurn (W. H. Bartlett). — Cabbage worms and squash 

 borers are doing some damage. Rowen is a very good crop, far 

 better than usual. There are very few winter apples indeed in 

 this vicinity and they are dropping somewhat. Potatoes will be a 

 good crop ; some rot. Sweet corn is yielding well. All kinds of 

 forage crops are looking well. Pasturage is in first-rate condition. 

 All farm and garden crops are looking well, but prices do not leave 

 much margin for pi'ofit. Tomatoes do not ripen well, owing to cool 

 nights and heavy rains. 



Newton (Otis Pettee) . — Rowen promises to be a very good 

 crop. There will be very few winter apples. The prospect for 

 the corn crop is good. Fodder crops are all looking very fair. 

 Pasturage is generally in good condition. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 

 Haverhill (Eben Webster). — Rowen promises to be a fair 

 crop. Winter apples will be a very light crop. Potatoes are a 



