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Fruit prospect: apples, light; pears, light; peaches, very few; 

 grapes, fair; quinces, medium. Recent rains have started the feed 

 in pastures, and the condition is above normal. Oats and barley 

 are grown as soiling crops in this section. All late garden crops 

 are growing rank, and promise well. Not many ducks or geese are 

 gi-own in this section; most of the farmers raise chickens. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Norwood (Frank A. Fales). — Indian corn is three weeks late, 

 and many pieces are uneven, as diy weather prevented portions 

 from sprouting. Rowen will be about 50 per cent of a normal crop. 

 Prospect for late j^otatoes is fair ; no blight or rot. Fruit prospect : 

 apples, light crop; peaches, none; grapes, good; quinces, none; 

 cranberries, very few on account of frost in spring. Pasturage is 

 very fair. Oats and barley are very good crops. Celery and cabbage 

 are late, but looking- well. No ducks or geese raised in Norwood, 



Millis (E. F. Richardson). — Indian corn is in excellent condi- 

 tion. Prospect for rowen is for less than a normal crop ; it takes 

 some time to get over a scorching. Late potatoes promise a good 

 crop; no blight or rot. Fruit prospect: aj^j^les, very good; pears, 

 fair; peaches, none; gTapes, fair; quinces, poor; cranberries, poor. 

 Pastures are in fair condition. Oats and barley for forage are one- 

 half crops. Condition of celery and other late market-garden crops 

 is excellent. No ducks or geese raised. 



Canton (E. V. Kinsley). — Indian corn crop looks light. A full 

 crop of rowen is assured. Late potatoes look very well ; no blight 

 yet. Fruit prosj^ect : apples, about a one-half crop ; pears, about a 

 one-half crop; peaches, none; grapes, good; quinces, none; cran- 

 berries, a very small crop. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Oats 

 and barley are about a three-fourths crop. Condition of celery and 

 other late market-garden crops, Al. Interest in ducks and geese 

 has not increased. Potatoes and all garden truck are making an 

 extraordinary growth and promise a heavy yield. 



Avon (S. Frank Oliver). — Very little corn raised for grain; 

 most of the crop is for the silo. Rowen is looking well and promises 

 a good crop. Potatoes are up to the standard, with no signs of 

 blight or rot. Fruit prospect is about as follows: apples, fair; 

 pears, good; peaches, none; grapes, extra good. Pasturage is good, 

 and conditions are now favorable for a good supply. Oats and 

 barley raised only for green fodder, but have furnislied a good crop. 

 Late garden crops are in excellent condition and promise a fine yield. 

 Very few ducks and geese raised in this vicinity, but almost every- 

 body has a few hens and chickens. At the present time everything 

 looks good, and indicates extra good returns for the season's labor, 

 although t\ur early planted crops suffered some from the drought. 



