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are blighting badly and turning black, but there is no rot as yet. 

 Very few apples and peaches ; pears, grapes and cranberries very 

 fine. Pastures are in very good condition. Farmers do not do 

 much with poultry. 



North Andover (Peter Holt, Jr). — Indian corn is small and 

 late. There is a larger crop of rowen than we have seen for years. 

 Potatoes are badly blighted and are rotting. No apples, a full 

 crop of pears, a few peaches, an abundant crop of grapes, cran- 

 berries a full crop though a little late. Pasturage is in good con- 

 dition. Oats and barley are better crops than last year. Farmers 

 pay little attention to poultry, except those who make a specialty 

 of it. 



Ipswich (0. C. Smith). — Indian corn is a fair crop, perhaps 

 10 per cent below average. There is the most rowen we have ever 

 had. Many potatoes are small and some are rotting, though the 

 vines are green. No winter apples, pears in abundance, other fruits 

 average. Pasturage was never better at this season. Oats and 

 barley are much larger and heavier than last year ; mostly raised 

 for fodder. The majority do not pay much attention to poultry, 

 though some get much of their income from it. Many meadows 

 are not cut yet on account of the excessive rains. 



Hamilton (Alvin Smith). — Corn looks very slim. Rowen is 

 very good. Potatoes are very good and there is not much rot. 

 There are no apples, but pears are a good crop. Pastures are 

 looking well. Oats and barley are light crops. Not much atten- 

 tion is paid to poultry. We have had a very bad season for 

 securing hay. 



Wenham (N. P. Perkins). — Indian corn is backward and there 

 was not as much as usual planted. More acres of rowen will be 

 cut than usual, but I do not think the crop is very heavy. Pota- 

 toes vary, some fields being good and others poor, and they are 

 rotting quite badly. No apples, pears and peaches a fair crop, a 

 few cranberries in some localities. Pasturage has been very good 

 all summer, but is failing now and cows are falling off in yield of 

 milk. Oats and barley are mostly cut for fodder. Not much 

 attention is paid to poultry, but the income derived from it is one- 

 fourth that from the dairy. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Stovghton (C. F. Curtis). — Corn is in extra good condition, but 

 a little warmer weather is needed. On early cut land rowen is 

 extra good and the yield will be large. Pears and grapes are a 

 large yield. Oats and barley are not grown for grain. Pasturage 



