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yet. Prospect for rowen 0. K. Late potatoes offer a very poor 

 prospect; lots of blight. Fruit prospect: apples, fair; pears, fair; 

 peaches, none; gTapes, good; quinces, fair; cranberries, none raised. 

 Condition of pasturage is good. Oats and barley were average 

 crops, as compared with former years. No celery or late market- 

 garden crops raised to any extent. Interest in ducks and geese 

 has not increased. 



Buck-land (Eugene D. Griswold). — Indian corn is in good con- 

 dition, but a little late. There will be a very small crop of rowen. 

 Late potatoes are looking well; a little blight is seen. Acreage of 

 tobacco is the same as in former years; condition is better than usual. 

 Fruit prospect : apples, good ; pears, good ; peaches, very few raised ; 

 cranberries, none raised. Pasturage is poor. But very little oats 

 and barley sown ; condition is good. No celery or other late market- 

 garden crops raised. There is a very slight increase in the interest 

 in the production for market of ducks and geese; but few are raised. 



Conivai/ (L. T. Hopkins). — Indian corn needs warm weather 

 and a favorable fall to mature; a few pieces will not mature the 

 grain. The rowen crop will be small and light. Potatoes will be a 

 light yield; have seen no blight or rot. Acreage of tobacco is about 

 as usual, but most pieces are uneven. Fruit prospect : apples, 75 

 per cent; pears, very few; peaches, none; grapes, 75 per cent; 

 quinces, a few; cranberries, none. Not much feed in pastures. Not 

 much oats and barley raised for grain ; more barley tlian usual is 

 being sown for fall feed. Interest in ducks and geese has decreased. 



Gill (Frank F. Stoughton). — Indian corn is very late. Rowen 

 prospect is good. Some blighf on potatoes. Apple prospect, fair. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Interest in ducks and geese has not 

 increased. 



Montague (A. M. Lyman). — The recent rains and warm weather 

 are booming the Indian corn crop. Rowen will be hardly a one-half 

 cro]). Late potato prospect is fair; vines are still green and in good 

 shape. Tobacco acreage shows a 10 per cent increase, with the early- 

 set in better condition than usual. Fruit prospect : apples, usual 

 crop; pears, only a few; peaches, none; grapes, good; quinces, none; 

 cranberries, few. Pasturage got short, but is improving now. The 

 oats and barley were hardly up to normal. Late market-garden 

 crops are in good condition. Interest in ducks and geese has les- 

 sened. There has been a miraculous change for the good in the 

 appearance of crops witliin the past two weeks. 



Sunderland ( Geo. P. Smith ) . — Corn is a little late, but is now 

 growing fast and gives promise of a normal crop. The prospect for 

 rowen at the present time is poor, but it may come on later and yield 

 a better crop than was anticipated. Late potatoes promise fairly 

 well, Avith considerable blight. The acreage of tobacco has been 

 slightly increased this year, and the crop is good in growth and 



