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Douglas (G. M. Wallis). — Cora promises to be a good crop ; 

 ten per cent better than au average. Rowen will not be an aver- 

 age ci'op. Outlook for late potatoes good. Noticed blight 

 August 12 ; if any, probably about five per cent of rot. Dairy 

 stock is in good condition and looks well. Dairying has been 

 about as profitable as usual in this vicinity. 



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Sherborn (N. B. Douglas). — Outlook for Indian corn is good. 

 Another ten days of warm weather will mature it. Rowen will 

 not be an average crop. Late potatoes are rotting badly. Dairy 

 stock is not up to average years in condition, as grain has been too 

 high. Think dairying has been as profitable this year as usual. 

 The advance in price of dairy products about offsets the price of 

 grain. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt), — Indian corn looks well but it is a 

 little late. Rowen will be below au average crop. Late potatoes 

 are rotting considerably. Noticed rot August 19 but potatoes may 

 have commenced rotting before that date. Pastures are rather 

 short and on account of the high price of grain farmers are not 

 feeding as much as usual. Dairying not as profitable as usual 

 this year. The price for nearly all truck products for August has 

 been low. Blackberries on some days have sold as low as six cents 

 per quart. Potatoes at $1..50 per barrel. Bartlett pears at $1.00 

 per bushel. The great abundance of peaches has hurt the sale of 

 all kinds of fruit. 



Littleton (Geo. W. Sanderson). — Indian corn promises more 

 than an average. Rowen will be au average crop. Outlook for 

 late potatoes is good. Noticed a very slight blight about two 

 weeks ago. Dairy stock is in very good condition. Dair3'ing has 

 been as profitable this year as usual. The dairy interests in this 

 vicinity are principally devoted to the sale of milk. 



BiUerica (J. N. Pardee). — Crop of Indian corn above the 

 average but rather late. Rowen less than half an average crop. 

 Do not hear of potatoes rotting badly. Dairy stock is generally 

 in good condition. Do not think dairying has been as profitable 

 this year as usual. The high price of grain, the low price of milk 

 (twenty-two cents per can) and short pasturage, have conspired 

 against our making an average quantity of milk. One farmer who 

 ordinarily makes fifteen cans, dried and sent off to pasture every 

 cow but one, and others have done so to some extent. Other 

 farmers are keeping their cows up simply in hope that the present 

 shortage of milk and reduction in the size of herds will force 

 prices up after the first of October. Should present conditions 



