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average crop. The yield of potatoes will uot be up to the normal. 

 There will be uo apples to speak of ; pears, peaches, grapes and 

 cranberries fair crops. Pasturage is dry and short. Oats and 

 barley are little raised for grain, but have done well as forage crops. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Hophinton (W. V. Thompson). — Indian corn is in good con- 

 dition and looking well. Sweet corn is not raised for canning. 

 There is uot ranch growth of rowen as yet, and it will need a long 

 season to amount to much. Potato vines look well ; no blight or 

 rot as yet. Apples poor ; pears, peaches and grapes plenty. 

 What little pasturage there is about here is in poor condition. 

 Oats and barley are not raised. 



Framingham (J. S. Williams). — Indian corn has made rapid 

 growth, and the crop is fully up to the average. No sweet corn 

 is raised for canning, but considerable for the market. On new 

 fields the rowen crop will be fair. As a rule potatoes are yielding 

 poorly, rather below a normal crop. For an off year there is a 

 fair crop of apples ; grapes scarce ; some pear orchards good. 

 Frequent showers have kept the pastures in good condition. Oats 

 and barley are sown almost wholly for forage, and satisfactory 

 crops have been secured. 



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

 Sweet corn is not raised for canning, but that raised for market is 

 in good condition. There will be a normal crop of rowen. The 

 prospect for late potatoes is good ; no blight nor rot as yet. 

 Apples 40 per cent ; pears 60 per cent ; peaches 90 per cent ; 

 grapes 80 per cent. Pasturage is good for the time of year. 

 Oats and barley are full average crops. 



Maynard (L. H. Mayxard). — Indian corn never looked better 

 at this time of year. Sweet corn is in fine condition, but not 

 raised for canning. The prospect is good for a fair crop of 

 rowen. Potatoes promise well ; no blight or rot as yet. Apples 

 will be short and pears plenty. Pastures are short, but recent 

 rains have helped out considerably. Oats are grown for fodder, 

 and have yielded well. 



Littleton (Ctko. W. Sandkrson). — There is a small acreage of 

 field corn, and a large proportion of it is for the silo, but all is 

 looking well. Sweet corn is not raised for canning. Late rains 

 have improved rowen greatly, and a normal crop is now promised. 

 The prospect for late potatoes is good ; have not noticed blight or 

 rot. Apples will be a light crop ; pears fair; peaches light, also 

 grapes and crdnl)erries. Pasturage is much improved by the late 

 rains. Oats and barley compare favorably with former years. 



