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Leominster. — Very unfavorable prospect for winter apples, as 

 the crop is inferior in quantity and quality. Acreage of meadow 

 land reseeded in the fall is increasing in this locality. Not any 

 silos in town now. Potato vines were struck with blast early in 

 the month and the tubers are rotting badly. Very early ones, that 

 had ripened before the blast came, are almost free from rot. Pears 

 are lacking in flavor, and in many places the leaves are dropping 

 from the trees, leaving the fruit immature. Corn looks well ; some 

 fields have been cut. Rowen is good ; one field of eighteen acres 

 cut over one ton to the acre by actual weight. 



Rainfall for August, 3.68 inches. Average for month for six 

 years, 4.68 inches. 



W. B. Hosmer. 



Oakham. — There is a short crop of poor apples. There is 

 scarcely any ensilage corn grown in this town. The prospects 

 for the farmer are not as bright as they were the first part of the 

 season. Potatoes are rotten, oats rusted badly, and now comes a 

 blight on the corn and many pieces are nearly worthless. The 

 only things we have to console us are a barn full of hay and good 

 feed in the pastures. We have had no frosts up to date. 



W. M. Robinson. 



Petersham. — Crop of winter apples light ; quality, fair. Acre- 

 age of meadow land reseeded in the fall not increasing in this 

 locality. The crop of late potatoes promises to be nearly a fail- 

 ure, on account of rot. The late fine weather is favorable for 

 securing the splendid crop of rowen, which will compensate in a 

 measure for the damaged condition of the first crop. There are 

 no silos in this town. 



S. B. Cook. 



Sjjencer. — Poor prospect for a crop of winter apples. Acreage 

 of meadow land reseeded in the fall is not increasing in this local- 

 ity. Amount of corn grown for ensilage purposes is not increas- 

 ing in this vicinity. The bulk of the potatoes, both early and late 

 planted, were lost by rot, and the crop is a failure. The weather 

 has been detrimental to corn, fruits and foliage, but rowen and 

 weeds have flourished. 



H. H. Kingsbury. 



Sutton. — Winter apples are very few and poor. Acreage of 

 meadow land reseeded in the fall is increasing in this locality. 

 Very little corn is grown in this town for ensilage purposes. 



