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as yet. Early apples are plenty, but Baldwins will be short ; no 

 peaches; pears, grapes and cranberries in abundance. Pasturage 

 is in very good condition, above the normal. Oats and barley 

 are grown for fodder and were good crops. Hungarian grass and 

 millet are grown as forage crops and were exceptionally good. 



Westfo7-d (J. W. Fletcher). — Indian corn is in good condi- 

 tion, but is mostly used for silage. Rowen is rather better than 

 an average crop. Late potatoes promise well, with no blight or 

 rot as yet. Fall and early apples are very plentiful, but winter 

 apples are a little shy in yield. Pasturage is in very good con- 

 dition. 



Townsend (G. A. Wilder). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen will be above a normal crop. There is a good yield of 

 potatoes and they are very free from blight and rot. Apples 

 promise a good crop ; pears fair ; peaches light ; grapes fair ; 

 cranberries good. Pasturage is in very good condition. Oats and 

 barley are about normal crops. 



Pepperell (Frank W. Ames). — Corn is looking well but is 

 about two weeks late. The prospect is that rowen will be more 

 than an average crop. Late potatoes are looking finely ; have 

 noticed neither blight nor rot. Apples and pears are full crops ; 

 peaches half a crop ; grapes a full crop. Pastures have held out 

 well and are in good condition at present. Oats and barley are 

 very heavy crops and will mostly be used for fodder. 



Tewksbury (G. E. Crosby) . — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 The prospect is that rowen will be better than a normal crop. 

 Blight and rot are badly in evidence on some fields of potatoes. 

 Apples and pears are abundant, but there are no peaches. Pas- 

 turage is in good condition for the time of year. Oats and barley 

 have been good as fodder crops. 



Billerica (Geo. P. Greenwood). — Indian corn is in good con- 

 dition. There will be a heavy crop of rowen. The yield of pota- 

 toes seems to be rather light, but as yet there are no signs of 

 blight. Apples are half a crop and pears one-third of a full crop ; 

 some peaches ; grapes plenty ; cranberries a fair crop. Pasturage 

 is in good condition. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt) . — Corn is looking very well now. The 

 prospect now is for a fine crop of rowen. The potato crop is 

 good and I have not seen blight or rot so far. Apples are not a 

 full crop; pears light; grapes average. Pasturage is in good 

 condition owing to frequent showers. Oats and barley are average 

 crops. 



Wakefield (Charles Talbot). — Corn has made a very good 

 growth, but is about two weeks later than usual. Rowen is ten 



