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of all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is in good condition in this vi- 

 cinity. Oats and barley are better crops than are usually obtained. 



Milford (John J. O'Sdllivan). — Corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen promises to be an average crop. The prospect is good for 

 late potatoes, though blight is beginning to appear. Apples and 

 pears are good crops ; peaches poor ; grapes and cranberries fair. 

 Pasturage is in average condition for the time of year. Oats and 

 barley are about average crops, as compared with former years. 



Blackstone (O. F. Fuller). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 There will not be as large a crop of rowen as last year. Potatoes 

 are not yielding as well as usual. There is a fair crop of apples ; 

 no peaches ; few grapes ; cranberries a good crop. Pasturage is 

 getting very short in this vicinity. Oats and barley are not up to 

 the average of former years in yield. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Framingham (J. S. Williams). — The weather conditions have 

 been very satisfactory for the growth of corn and a good crop will 

 be put into the silos. The rowen crop will be above the average, 

 but good hay weather is needed to secure it. Potatoes give large 

 tubers but are few in the hill ; no blight or rot as yet. The pros- 

 pect for winter apples is good ; pears and grapes fair ; peaches a 

 failure. Pasturage has improved during the month and promises 

 good feed. Oats and barley are raised for forage, barley princi- 

 pally as a soiling crop, and have given good results. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Indian corn is fully up to the 

 average in condition. Rowen promises to give a good crop. The 

 prospect for late potatoes is good, with no blight or rot as yet. 

 Apples promise three-fourths of an average crop ; pears half a 

 crop; peaches 10 per cent of a crop ; grapes 100 per cent. Pas- 

 turage is as good as ever at this time of the year. Oats and barley 

 are not grown except for fodder. 



Stow (Geo. W. Bradley). Indian corn is in about the usual 

 condition for the time of year. Rowen looks well on fields where 

 the first crop was cut early. Late potatoes are looking well, with 

 no signs of blight or rot. Apples promise a heavy crop ; pears 

 good ; other fruits scarce. Pasturage is not in as good condition 

 as a month ago. Oats and barley are about average crops. 

 Squashes are looking finely. 



Maynard (L. H. Maynard). — Indian corn is little raised for 

 grain, being mostly put into the silo and fed green. The rowen 

 crop promises to be heavy, far above the normal. Potatoes prom- 

 ise well, the vines never looking better; no blight nor rot reported 



