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good yield, but are rotting. The prospect is favorable for a good 

 crop of corn. Fodder crops are all looking well. Pasturage is in 

 fair condition. 



Groveland (Abel Stickney). — Rowen will not be as good as 

 was expected. Prospect for winter apples very poor in most lo- 

 calities. Potatoes promise a good yield. If frost does not come 

 too early the corn crop will be good. Fodder crops are all looking 

 well now. Pasturage is in better condition than usual at this 

 season of the year. Oats are mainly cut for feed. 



West Nexvbury (J. C. Tarleton). — Horn flies are the most 

 troublesome insects. Rowen is a very good crop in this locality. 

 Winter apples will be quite a poor crop. Some fields of potatoes 

 are rotting badly, while others are very good crops. The corn 

 crop is the greatest for years. The prospect is very good for all 

 fodder crops. Pasturage was never better at this time of year. 

 Oats are a heavy crop ; few are threshed, being mostly cut for 

 fodder. 



Ipsivich (O. C. Smith). — Rowen is very good, the best for a 

 number of years. Winter apples will not be more than 30 per 

 cent of an average crop. Potatoes have grown well and are of 

 large size, but many complain of blight or rot. Corn an excellent 

 crop, never better. All fodder crops will be good. Pasturage in 

 very good condition, as there has been sufficient rain to keep the 

 grass growing. Oats fully 10 per cent better than last year. 

 Pears a full crop of very good quality ; grapes promise abundantly. 



Marblehead (War. S. Phillips, Jr.). — Rowen promises to be a 

 very fair crop. Winter apples will be a small crop. At present 

 the prospect for potatoes is not very good. Corn is about an 

 average crop. Fodder crops for green feeding are looking well. 

 Pasturage is a little above the average in condition for this time of 

 year. Potatoes have blighted badly, and in some cases farmers 

 have stopped digging. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Rowen will be an average crop. 

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

 than an average crop, unless attacked by rot. Corn is the best 

 crop for several years. Fodder crops are excellent. There is not 

 now much feed in pastures. Oats are a heavier crop than last 

 year. Since the rains of the last of June all growing crops have 

 done finely. 



Medway (M. Morse). — White grubs are doing some damage. 

 Rowen promises to be very poor indeed. Winter apples are not 

 more than one-fifth of a full crop. Some fields of potatoes are light, 

 but the average crop is large ; there was some blight, but we 



