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North BrooTcJield (John H. Lane). — Corn has made a strong 

 growth, but it is feared that the grain will be short. There will 

 be a good crop of rowen. There is little blight and no rot on 

 potatoes and the prospect for the crop is good. Apples and pears 

 will give less than half crops ; grapes and cranberries full crops. 

 Pasturage is in extra good condition. Oats and barley are mostly 

 cut for fodder and have done very well. 



Barre (John L. Smith). — Indian corn is in very good condi- 

 tion. The rowen crop will be above the normal and would have 

 been even heavier if the first crop had not been cut late. The 

 prospect is good for late potatoes with no signs of blight or rot. 

 Apples are a good crop of good sized and smooth fruit. Pastur- 

 age is in extra good condition. Oats are a heavy crop ; no barley 

 raised. 



Petersham (D. F. Bigelow). — Corn never looked better. The 

 rowen crop is good on early cut fields. Potatoes promise a good 

 crop with no blight as yet. Apples are a two-thirds crop ; pears 

 and grapes full crops. Pastures are in good condition for the 

 time of year. Oats and barley are good crops. 



Dana (Lyman Randall). — Corn is looking well and is well 

 eared. The rowen crop is good where the first crop was cut in 

 season. The prospect for late potatoes is good ; have noticed 

 neither blight nor rot. Apples will be a fair crop with the excep- 

 tion of Baldwins ; pears and grapes large crops. Pastures are in 

 better condition than is usual at this time. Oats and barley are 

 fully up to the average of former years. Where corn had to be 

 replanted it still needs two or three weeks of good weather to ma- 

 ture it. 



Royalston (C. A. Stimson). — Indian corn is late but looks to 

 be a full crop. Rowen promises to be a fine crop. The prospect 

 for potatoes is good save that blight has appeared. There will be 

 good yields of all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is in fine condition. 

 Oats and barley are full average crops. 



Gardner (A. F. Johnson). — Corn is late but is growing nicely 

 and indicates a good crop. There will be an average crop of 

 rowen. Late potatoes are looking well with no blight. There 

 will be 60 per cent of a full crop of apples ; pears promise well. 

 Pasturage is short and in need of rain. There was a slight frost 

 here on the morning of August 19. 



Ashburnham (E. D. Gibson). — Indian corn is very backward 

 and needs a great deal of warm, sunshiny weather. Rowen will 

 be about an average crop. It is too early to judge the yield of 

 potatoes ; vines have made a great growth, but many think the 

 yield of tubers will not be in proportion; blight begins to show, 



