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splendid growth. Sweet corn is not raised for canning. Tliere 

 will be a very short crop of rowen. Late potatoes promise to be 

 better than early ones. Apples will give about a one-fourth 

 yield ; pears 15 per cent; grapes half a crop. Pastuies are short 

 and dry. Oats and barley were extra crops. 



Oakham (Jesse Allen). — Indian corn is in fine condition. 

 Sweet corn is not raised for canning. There will be about half a 

 crop of rowen. Late potatoes are looking w'ell ; no blight or rot 

 as yet. Very few apples, pears or peaches ; grapes abundant. 

 Pastures are in fairly good condition. Oats and barley w^ere full 

 average crops. 



Barre (John L. Smith). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Sweet corn is not raised for canning. There wnll be about an 

 average crop of rowen. There is no blight as yet on potatoes, and 

 the crop is extra heavy. There will be a good crop of apples for 

 the off year. Pasturage is in extra good condition for the time 

 of year. Oats have not made as heavy a growth as usual ; barley 

 not raised. 



Hubhardston (Chas. C. Colby). — Indian corn promises the 

 largest crop since 1902. The rowen crop will be much above the 

 average. Potatoes are looking well, and there are no complaints 

 of rot. There will be a fair crop of apples for an off year. Pas- 

 turage is holding out well, and stock is in good condition. Oats 

 and barley are little raised for grain, but those sown for forage 

 have made heavy growth. 



Royalston (C. A. Stimson). — Indian corn is in fine condition. 

 Sweet corn is not raised for canning. A fair crop of rowen will 

 be secured. Potato vines look well, with no blight or rot as yet. 

 Grapes are a fair crop ; other fruits one-fourth crops. Pastures 

 are in fair condition. Oats and barley were normal crops. 



Ashburnham (E. D. Gibson). — Indian corn is backward and 

 uneven, and the nights are too cool for its best development. 

 Rowen is about an average crop. Early potatoes are a light yield 

 of fine quality, and the later ones are growing fast and free from 

 blight. Apples light ; pears fair; a few peaches; grapes good; 

 cranberries fair. Pasturage is in good condition. This has been 

 a good year for oats ; little barley grown. 



Gardner (A. F. Johnson). — Indian corn is growing finely, and 

 will make a good crop. Sweet corn is not grow^i for canning. 

 Rowen will be a two-thirds yield. There w^ill be a light yield of 

 late potatoes. There will be but a small crop of apples, of very 

 poor quality. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and barley 

 have been good average crops. 



Princeton (A. O. Tyler). — Indian corn is very late, and with 



