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well. Rowen is about 50 per cent of a normal crop, as it has been 

 very dry here. Late potatoes are looking well, with no blight or 

 rot as yet. There will be a small crop of apples, pears, peaches, 

 grapes and cranberries. Pastures are drying up rapidly. Oats 

 are about a three-fourths crop and barley an average crop. 



Walpole (Edward L. Shepard). — Indian corn is late, but if 

 frosts hold off there will be a fair crop. Rowen will be less than 

 a normal crop. The prospect is that the yield of potatoes will be 

 below the average, as there is some blight and rot. Apples, pears 

 and grapes are fair crops ; no peaches ; cranberries a light crop. 

 Pastures are in fair condition considering the dry weather. Oats 

 and barley are a little above the average of former years. 



Millis (E. F. Richardson). — Corn is a little backward and suf- 

 fering from drought. There will be a very fair crop of rowen. 

 Late potatoes promise a good crop, with no blight or rot as yet. 

 Apples are a good crop ; pears and grapes fair ; peaches and cran- 

 berries poor. Feed in pastures is becoming rather short. Oats 

 and barley are good crops this year. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Indian corn is late but promises a 

 good normal crop. Rowen will be fully a normal crop. Potatoes 

 promise a good crop, with neither blight nor rot as yet. Apples 

 are a good crop ; pears few ; peaches none ; grapes few ; cranber- 

 ries light. Pasturage is in very good condition, better than usual. 

 Oats and barley are average crops, as compared with former years. 



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Easton (H. M. Thompson). — Indian corn is in very good con- 

 dition. Rowen is looking unusually well. Blight has struck and 

 damaged potatoes to some extent. Apples, pears and peaches are 

 not large crops ; grapes and cranberries promise well. Pasturage 

 is in fair condition. Oats and barley compare favorably with other 

 years. Squab raising appears to be on the increase. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. Winter). — Indian corn is somewhat late 

 and uneven but promises a fair crop. The rowen crop will be 

 above the average, from present indications. The prospect for 

 potatoes is excellent and no blight has been reported thus far. 

 Apples are a poor crop, winter varieties having been damaged by 

 high winds ; pears and grapes medium ; no peaches ; cranberries 

 a small crop. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Oats and 

 barley are little grown, but are excellent crops. 



Norton (Wm. A. Lane). — Corn is in very good condition. The 

 prospect is that rowen will be about an average crop. Blight is 

 general on potatoes, but I have noticed no rot. There will be 



