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but not badly. There are few winter apples ; pears a fair crop ; 

 peaches and grapes good ; cranberries few. Pasturage is in fair 

 condition. Oats and barley are in good condition. Japanese 

 millet has proved a grand crop this year, although some did not 

 put in any because it was such a failure last year. 



Lancaster (S. C. Damon). — Indian corn is a good crop but 

 late. The prospect for the rowen crop is good. Late potatoes 

 promise well with no blight as yet. There will be a large crop of 

 apples, pears and grapes. Pastures are in good condition. Oats 

 and barley are good crops. 



Bolton (H. F. Hatnes). — Corn is a good crop but there is little 

 of it, as it came up so poorly that it was replanted to fodder crops. 

 Rowen will be a full crop. Potatoes are very backward, but show 

 no rot as yet. Apples are a good crop ; pears scarce ; no peaches ; 

 grapes good. Pastures are in good condition. Oats and barley 

 are full crops. All crops run to vine and potatoes cover the 

 ground, but I think the crop will be light. The hay crop was 

 very heavy, 25 per cent above the average. 



Northborough (John K. Mills). — Corn is coming along nicely. 

 There will be a good crop of rowen. The prospect for late pota- 

 toes is good, but there is some blight. There will be good yields 

 of apples, pears and grapes. Pasturage is very good for this time 

 of year. Oats and barley have been average crops. 



Worcester (Silas A. Burgess). — Indian corn is in good con- 

 dition. The prospect for rowen is good, as compared with a nor- 

 mal crop. There will be a fair crop of potatoes and neither blight 

 nor rot have appeared. Winter apples are not so large a crop as 

 was expected ; other fruits fair. Pasturage is in fair condition. 

 Oats and barley are good crops. 



SJireiosbury (Fred J. Reed). — There is prospect of a large 

 yield of corn. Rowen is a very good crop. Late potatoes are 

 looking well, with no rot as yet. Fall apples are a good crop, 

 but winter apples are light ; pears and peaches not very plentiful ; 

 grapes and cranberries not raised. Pasturage is in very good con- 

 dition. Oats and barley look very well. 



Southborough (E. F, Collins). — Indian corn is very good, 

 though somewhat late. Rowen will be 50 per cent more than an 

 average crop. There is a good crop of potatoes, with the vines 

 nearly all dried down and no rot. There will be half a crop of 

 apples ; pears good ; few peaches. Pasturage is in excellent con- 

 dition for the time of year. 



Sutl07i (C. P. King). — Indian corn is backward but is looking 

 well. The prospect is that rowen will be a light crop. Some blight 

 and rot has been noticed on potatoes. There will be a light crop 



