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prevail there will be a large " slaughter" of all but the best cows, 

 and were it not for valuable "waste products" iu the manure 

 cellar most of our herds would have gone to the block last spring. 

 Wilmington (C. W. Savaix). —Indian corn promises to be^a 

 good crop. Rowen will be an average crop. Observed potato 

 blight at different times about the middle of August ; also con- 

 siderable rot. Dairy stock is about in average condition. Should 

 say dairying has been as profitable this year as usual. Plenty of 

 fall apples but little demand for them. Winter apples almost a 

 total failure. Pears iu abundance and all other crops doing well. 



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North Andover (Peter Holt, Jr.— Indian corn will be an 

 average crop. Rowen will be very light on account of dry 

 weather. The outlook for late potatoes is good. Have seen no 

 blight or rot. On account of short feed and high prices of grain 

 the condition of dairy stock is hardly up to the average and milk 

 is short. Dairying has not been as profitable this year as usual. 



Haverhill (Ebenezer Webster).— Indian corn does not prom 

 ise quite an average on account of early cold and later drought. 

 Rowen will not be an average crop with us. Outlook for late 

 potatoes is fair if rot does not interfere. First noticed rot about 

 the 12th of the present month. Some pieces are not affected. 

 Dairy cows are not giving as much milk as usual, owing to drought. 

 Excepting for the high price of grain dairying has been as profit- 

 able this year as usual. 



Grovelcmd (Abel Stickney) . — Outlook for Indian corn is good, 

 and with a favorable September it will be more than an average 

 crop. Late potatoes promise a good crop. Have neither seen 

 nor beard of rot. Dairy stock looks well generally although past- 

 ures are dry and short. The rowen crop will be very small. At 

 the usual time for cutting have not seen so little for years. A wet 

 September may produce some. 



Topsfieia (B. P. Pike). — Indian corn promises to be a full 

 average crop. Rowen will not be an average crop. Late potatoes 

 promise a large crop. Have not seen blight or rot. Dairy stock 

 is looking and doing well. Light rains have kept the pastures 

 green. Dairying has been fully as profitable this year as usual. 

 Fall fruit and vegetables plenty. If the frost holds off there will 

 be a large crop of cranberries. 



Marhlehead (W. S. Phillips, Jr.). —No corn except sweet and 

 ensilage grown here. Rowen will not be an average crop. Out- 

 look for late potatoes very fair. First noticed blight July 17. 

 Early potatoes seem to rot badly but late varieties do not seem to 



