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Oxford (D. M. Howe). — There is a medium crop of Indian 

 corn. Rowen and fall feed are up to the normal. The usual 

 amount of fall seeding has been done, and is in good condition. 

 Onions are an average crop. Potatoes are about half a crop, and 

 are rotting. Celery looks finely. Apples and pears poor ; peaches 

 plenty ; grapes fair ; cranberries not very plenty. Farm crops on 

 the whole look, well, and cattle are in good condition. 



Milford (John J. O'Sullivan). — Indian corn is as good as 

 usual. Rowen and fall feed are up to the normal. Less than the 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done, owing to wet weather. 

 There ax'e very few onions raised hereabouts. Root crops, celery 

 and other late market-garden crops promise fairly well. Apples 

 poor; pears and peaches good ; grapes fair ; cranberries good. 



IIoj)edale (Delano Patrick). — Indian corn is above an aver- 

 age crop. The rowen crop was light, and fall feed is good. Not 

 much fall seeding has been done. But few onions are raised in 

 this vicinity. There is an average yield of potatoes, and consider- 

 able complaint of rot. There is a full average crop of root crops, 

 celery and other late market-garden crops. Apples were never so 

 few and poor ; pears, peaches and grapes have yielded well. 



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Sherborn (N. B. Douglas). — Indian corn is much above the 

 average. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average, but 

 owing to the frequent rains little rowen has been secured. Not 

 much fall seeding has been done. Potatoes are rotting badly, 

 many fields being nearly a total loss. Root crops, celery and 

 other late market-garden crops promise fairly well. There is not 

 more than 10 per cent of a normal crop of apples ; pears and 

 peaches below the average ; grapes rotting and not ripening. 



iSudbtiry (Edgar W. Goodnow). — The Indian corn crop is 

 unusually large. The rowen crop and fall feed are up to the nor- 

 mal. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is 

 looking well. The onion crop is about normal. Potatoes are 

 below the normal in yield and quality. Root crops, celery and 

 other late market-garden crops are looking well. The apple crop 

 is light ; pears, grapes and cranberries have turned out well. 



Stow (Geo. W. Bradley). — Corn is about two-thirds of a nor- 

 mal crop. On early-cut fields rowen is good, but it will not aver- 

 age up to the normal cr(^p. Quite a good deal of fall seeding has 

 been done, and it is looking well. Potatoes are not doing as well 

 as usual, and considerable rot is reported. Root crops, celery 

 and other late market-garden crops are not much raised. Late 



