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quinces, none. Pasturage is in fine condition. Recent showers have 

 made everything green. No oats or barley raised. Celery is grow- 

 ing exceptionally well. Interest in production of ducks and geese 

 has not increased. Milk and eggs are in great demand, but the local 

 supply is very much less than in former years. 



Stow (Geo. W. Bradley). — Indian corn needs Avarm weather to 

 get it out of reach of frost. Rowen is coming along fine since the rain. 

 Late potatoes are looking well ; have heard one report of rot. Fruit 

 prospect : apples, fair ; pears, poor ; peaches, none ; grapes, good ; 

 quinces, fair; cranberi'ies, fair. Pastures have improved very much 

 in the last month. There are not more than one-half crops of oats 

 and barley. Very few ducks or geese raised in town. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Indian corn is very uneven. Pros- 

 pect is for a 75 per cent crop of rowen. Late potato prospect is 

 good; some blight, but not general. Fruit prospect: apples, 60 per 

 cent; pears, 50 per cent; peaches, 10 per cent; grapes, 90 per cent; 

 quinces, 75 per cent. Condition of pasturage is about 80 per cent. 

 Oats and barley were a 75 per cent crop. Have not noticed much 

 inci'ease in the production for market of ducks and geese. 



Newton (G. L. Marcy). — Indian corn is in good condition. Pros- 

 pect for rowen is fair. Not many late potatoes raised. Fruit pros- 

 pect: apples, good; pears, poor; grapes, good; cranberries, few 

 grown. Pastures are in good condition. Oats and barley started 

 early in spring showed good yields. Condition of celery and other 

 late market-garden crops is good. Ducks and geese are kept by a 

 few people. 



Hopkinton (W. B. Thompson). — The condition of Indian corn 

 is good. Rowen Avill be late, if any; fields were so burnt that it 

 takes a long time for the rowen to start. Late potatoes look well; 

 no blight or rust. Fnait prospect: apples, poor; pears, few; peaches, 

 none; quinces, none; grapes, good; cranberries, good. Pastures are 

 very poor. A one-half ci^op of oats; barley rather poor. Late 

 cabbage is looking well. No ducks or geese raised. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill). — Corn has made a very rapid 

 growth of late and is looking well. Rowen croj? will be good ; rather 

 more than a normal crop. Potatoes are looking fairly well; very 

 little blight ; no rot. Fruit prospect : pears, light ; peaches, light ; 

 grapes, good; cranberries, fair. Pastures have improved greatly 

 since the rains, and are in good condition. Oats and barley are 

 raised for fodder only, and the crop is about the same as in former 

 yeai's. Interest in ducks and geese has shown no increase; people 

 here are more interested in hens and chickens. All crops have made 



