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moisture during tlie growing season, the crop would be an 

 unusually heavy one. The growth of stover is reported 

 as luxuriant, even where there are complaints that it is not 

 earing out well. Corn planted for the silo promises an 

 unusually heavy yield. 



ROWEN. 



Frequent rains have kept rowen growing well and if it 

 were not that the first crop on manj^ fields was secured un- 

 usually late the yield of rowen would be one of the largest 

 ever secured. As it is more than an average crop will be 

 secured. Cutting has begun in some sections, particularly 

 on fields where the first crop was secured early, but is by no 

 means general as yet. 



Late Potatoes. 

 Late potatoes are somewhat backward, and but few had 

 been harvested at the time of making returns. The vines 

 were generall}^ reported as very heavy, but some fears were 

 expressed that tubers would be few in the hill and the crop 

 not as large as previously indicated. Blight had appeared 

 in the western and central sections of the State, though not 

 generally, and there were a few complaints of rot in these 

 sections. In the counties of Bristol, Plymouth and Barn- 

 stable, blight may be said to have been reported to be gen- 

 eral, with numerous reports of rot. Should these diseases 

 develop with their usual severit}^ only a light crop can be 

 looked for in these counties. 



Tobacco. 

 There is little chang-e in the acreag-e of tobacco from the 

 past few years. At time of making returns cutting was 

 beginning and by the close of the month the bulk of the crop 

 will be secured. It is reported to be a heavy crop, with a 

 broad, fine leaf, very free from insect damage, and in short 

 one of the finest crops at time of going to the barns that 

 has ever been secured. 



