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hardly any kernels set on ears yet. Rowen will be a normal crop. 

 Fruit prospect : apples, below average ; pears, a good crop ; peaches, 

 none; grapes, very few; quinces, average; cranberries, none. Pas- 

 turage is in very good condition. Oats and barley are short-strawed ; 

 some good pieces and some very light ones. Celery and other late 

 market-garden crops are in good condition. Interest in ducks and 

 geese has increased in recent years. 



Peru (F. G. Creamer). — Indian corn is late. Rowen will be a 

 one-half crop. Prospect for late potatoes is good; no blight as yet. 

 Ai^ple prospect, 75 per cent. The late rains have helped pastures. 

 Oats look well and will show a good yield. Interest in ducks and 

 geese has not increased in recent yesrs. 



Laneshorough (W. E. Foster). — Indian corn is very late. Pros- 

 pect for rowen is good. Late potatoes will be a short crop; some 

 blight. Fruit prospect : apples, short ; pears,- short. Pastures are 

 in rather poor condition. Oats and barley are rather better than in 

 former years. Interest in ducks and geese has not increased appre- 

 ciably in recent years. 



Cheshire (L. J. Nobthup). — -Indian corn is very backward. 

 Rowen will be short, with a normal crop. Late potatoes bid fair 

 for a good crop; some blight, but no rot as yet. Fruit prospect: 

 apples, scarce; pears, not plenty; peaches, none; grapes, few; 

 quinces, none; cranberries, none. Pastures are very short and have 

 not recovered from the dry spell. Oats are about a normal crop. 

 Celery is not up to the normal. Interest in ducks and geese has not 

 increased, but interest in most other fowls, except turkeys, has in- 

 creased. 



Williamstown (S. A. Hicks). — Indian corn is not a full stand 

 and is two weeks late. Rowen will be a normal crop. Prospect for 

 late potatoes is good; some blight. Fruit prospect: apples, 70 per 

 cent; pears, 50 per cent; peaches, none; quinces, none; cranberries, 

 none; grapes, SO per cent. Condition of pasturage is 80 per cent. 

 Oats and barley are just being thraslied; the straw is short. Late 

 market-garden crops are in normal condition. Interest in ducks and 

 geese has not increased in recent years. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Rowe (Henry D. Wright). — Indian corn is baclovard. Prospect 

 for rowen is very poor. Late potato prospect is for a light crop; 

 no blight or rot. Fruit prospect: apples, good; pears, few. Pas- 

 turage is short. Oats and barley were fully average crops. Interest 

 in ducks and geese has not increased. If frosts hold off until late, 

 we shall get a fair crop of corn. 



Leyden (Frank R. Foster). — Indian corn is late and rather 

 poor, and there will not be many ears unless frost holds off a month 



