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ing has been done ; seed sown four weeks ago is just coming up. 

 Onions are small in size but numerous. Potatoes arc not an aver- 

 age crop, owing to dry weather. The prospect for root crops, 

 celery and other late market-garden crops is good considering the 

 season. Sixty per cent of the apples were blown off and are still 

 on the ground under the trees. Pears fair ; peaches plenty ; grapes 

 very good ; cranberries a small crop. 



Bolton (H. E. Babcock). — Corn is a good crop, fully up to the 

 normal. There is very little rowen and fall feed is short. About 

 the average amount of fall seeding has been done, but it is late 

 owing to drought. Onions are a normal crop. Potatoes are a 

 light yield but of good quality. The prospect for root crops, 

 celery and other late market-garden crops is good. Apples were 

 a good crop ; nearly or quite two-thirds blew off in the gale ; but 

 few have done anything with them, though some have been sold 

 for cider. Other fruits are all above the normal. 



Shreivsbury (T. F. Marston). — Indian corn is about a three- 

 fourths crop. Rowen and fall feed are very light crops. The 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done, but it is not looking 

 very well. Onions are not up in size. Potatoes are not a normal 

 crop and some fields are not worth digging. Root crops are not 

 up to the average and considerable celery has been burnt by 

 drought. Apples are a very heavy crop ; about one-half were 

 blown off, which are being carried to cider mills. Pears were a 

 heavy crop, but suffered considerable loss from wind; peaches, 

 plums and grapes were a fair crop. 



Westborough (B. W. Hero). — Corn is not more than two-thirds 

 of an average crop. But little rowen has been cut and there is 

 little fall feed. On account of the dry weather but little fall seed- 

 ing has been done. Onions are a good yield, of excellent quality. 

 There is about a two-thirds crop of potatoes, of medium quality. 

 Root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops will be far 

 below the average. Apples are of extra quality ; one-half of the 

 crop blown from the trees by the gale of the 12th ; farmers feed- 

 ing windfalls to cattle. Other fruits were about average. 



Douglas (J. M. Rawson). — Indian corn is up to the average. 

 Rowen and fall feed are not up to the usual average. More fall 

 seeding than usual has been done, but it is not very promising as 

 the weather has been too dry. Onions are about an average crop. 

 Potatoes are not an average crop, but few fields giving satisfactory 

 yields. If we have plenty of rain root crops, celery and other late 

 tnmket-garden crops will be good. Apples are not being picked 

 as yet ; the ground is pretty well covered with windfalls from the 

 gale and they are decaying where they fell. Pears fair ; peaches 

 few ; plums scarce ; grapes plenty ; not many cranberries. 



