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\tton (C. P. King). — Indian corn is growing iinely, and 

 promises a large crop. The rowen crop is about normal. Late 

 itoes are doing well. Apples and pears are a heavy crop ; 

 peaches are rotting badly. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats 

 arc a heavy crop ; barley normal. Nearly all farmers keep large 

 flocks of poultry, but dairy products greatly exceed poultry prod- 

 ucts in value. 



Black stone (O. F. Fuller). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen will be less than an average crop. I have heard no com- 

 plaints as to blight or rot on potatoes. Apples good ; few peaches, 

 pears and grapes. Pastures are very short. Farmers pay a great 

 deal of attention to poultry here, and there are a number of very 

 large poultry keepers in town. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Hopkinton (W. V. Thompson). — Corn is in good condition. 

 There is practically no rowen. Potatoes, early and late, are a 

 failure, with scab and blight. Pears and apples fair crops ; 

 peaches few ; grapes a full crop. Pastures are dry. Oats and 

 barley are average crops. Considerable attention is paid to poul- 

 try, and the income from it is nearly equal to that from the dairy. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Indian corn is a normal crop. 

 Rowen is about a three-fourths crop, and recent rains have helped 

 it. The prospect for late potatoes is good, though there is quite 

 a little blight. Apples, 100 ; pears, 75 ; peaches, 60 ; and grapes, 

 75. Pasturage is improving, but is still quite short. Oats and 

 barley are about average crops. Out of fifty farmers hereabouts 

 some five make a specialty of poultry, and this represents very 

 nearly the proportion of income from dairy and poultry. 



Ashby (A. Wetherbee). — Corn is injured somewhat by 

 drought. Rowen will not amount to much. Late potatoes will 

 be a fair crop ; some blight and rot. Apples, pears and grapes 

 are good crops, and there will be a few peaches. Pasturage is very 

 short. Oats and barley are a little below the average. There is 

 some poultry kept, but it is not increasing. 



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

 tion. Late rains have improved the prospect for the rowen crop, 

 and a good crop is now looked for. Not many late potatoes are 

 raised. There will be more apples than we can dispose of ; 

 peaches plenty. Pasturage is in very good condition. Oats and 

 barley are about average crops. Not much attention is paid to 

 poultry. 



Carlisle (E. J. Carr) . — Corn is below the average in condi- 

 tion, and very late. Rowen will be a very small crop. Late po- 



