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fair way. The oats and barley crops were lighter than usual. There 

 is very little celery raised ; other late market-garden crops are in fair 

 condition. Interest in ducks and geese has not increased. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Royalstun (C. A. Stimson). — Indian corn looks well. Prospect 

 for rowen is under normal. Late potatoes will be a one-half crop; 

 vines blighted. Fruit prospect: apples, 75 per cent; pears, 30 per 

 cent; peaches, none; grapes, 95 per cent; quinces, 70 per cent; 

 cranbeii'ies, none. Pasturage is short. Oats and barley are normal 

 crops. No ducks or geese i-aised for market. 



Ashburnham (E. D. Gibson). — Indian corn is growing very fast, 

 and with favorable weather from now on will make a good crop. 

 On moist land a good crop of rowen will be secured. Blight is show- 

 ing on nearly all fields of late potatoes, and we do not look for a 

 large crop. Fruit prospect : apples, three-fifths of normal ; pears, 

 fair; peaches, few; cranberries, none. Pastures have improved, but 

 hardly recovered from early drought. Oats and barley are at least 

 average crops. Late market-garden crops in good condition. Inter- 

 est in ducks and geese has not increased. 



Tpmpleton (Lucien Gove). — Indian corn is nearly two weeks 

 late. Rowen will be a light crop, lighter than last year. Late pota- 

 toes will be below an average crop ; no blight or rot. Fruit prospect : 

 apples, light; pears, light; peaches, none; quinces, none; cranberries, 

 none; grapes, good. Pasturage is below normal condition. Oats 

 and barley crops are below average. Late market-garden crops in 

 only fair condition. Interest in ducks and geese has not increased. 

 Light frost on Augiist 4 and 16 injured crops in some localities. 

 Higli wind on August 23 blew off much fruit. 



Westminster (Frank 0. Derby). — Indian corn is late, but in 

 good condition. Prospect for roM'en is poor. Late potato crop is 

 looking well; no blight as yet. Fruit prospect: apples, fair; pears, 

 short; grapes, fair. Pasturage is in poor condition, on account of 

 dry weather early in the season. Oats and barley are about average 

 crops. Late market-garden crops are in fair condition. Ducks or 

 geese not raised to any extent. 



Dana (Lyman Randall). — Corn is coming on rapidly, but is 

 late. There will not be much rowen. Late potatoes are looking well, 

 with the exception of a few fields that are blighted. Fruit prospect : 

 apples, a one-half crop; pears, a one-half crop; grapes, a full crop; 

 quinces, good; cranberries, a one-third crop. Pastures are short. 

 Oats are not quite an average crop. Not much barley raised. Late 

 garden crops are doing well. Interest in ducks has increased, but 

 there are not many geese kept. 



Harvard (John S. Preston). — Indian corn is rather backward. 



