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tatoes will give a small crop, and there is no blight or rot. Full 

 crop of apples ; small crop of pears and peaches ; plenty of grapes ; 

 no cranberries. Pasturage is in better condition than a month 

 ago, but below the average. Oats and barley are about average 

 crops. Only a few farmers pay much attention to poultry, and 

 they don't half pay attention. The income is four times as great 

 for the capital invested as that from the dairy. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — Corn suffered from drought on 

 light land, but is now doing well. There will be a small crop of 

 rowen. Have seen no rot yet on late potatoes ; crop not over 

 three-fourths of the normal. A fair crop of apples and pears ; 

 some grapes and peaches. Pastures are in very poor condition. 

 Oats and barley are light crops. There is an increase in the poul- 

 try business in this vicinity, but the income derived from poultry 

 is very small compared with that from the dairy. 



Wakefield (C. P. Talbot). — Indian corn suffered greatly from 

 drought, and is not more than half the usual crop. Late potatoes 

 are looking finely, and there is no rot or blight. Apples, pears 

 and grapes are abundant ; cranberries few ; peaches none. Past- 

 ures have been in very poor condition, but the rains have helped 

 them much. Oats and barley were not over 70 per cent of full 

 crops. On farms where poultry are taken care of they pay better 

 than cows, and the income from poultry is fully as large as that 

 from the dairy. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — There is no Indian corn raised in 

 town. Rowen will be less than half a crop. Late potatoes are a 

 very poor crop. Apples good, pears fair, grapes good. Pastures 

 have been very poor, but have improved some since the late rains. 

 Our farmers do not pay much attention to poultry, and there are 

 no dairy products to speak of. 



Winchester (Marshall Symmes). — There is no Indian corn 

 raised. Rowen will not be quite an average crop. Potatoes are 

 all rather small ; no blight as yet. Apples, pears and peaches 

 will be good crops. Pasturage is just beginning to recover from 

 the long drought. Very little is done with poultry. 



Weston (H. L. Brown). — Corn is looking well. On low, moist 

 land there will be a good crop of rowen. There is a prospect of 

 about half a crop of late potatoes ; no blight as yet. All fruits 

 are good except cranberries. Pasturage is short. Only such 

 farmers as make it their principal business pay much attention to 

 poultry. 



Newton (Otis Pettee) . — Most fields of Indian corn are looking 

 well, though a few show the effects of drought. Unless we have 

 early and copious rains, the rowen crop will be light. I have 



