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call for milk from the dealers, who say it is very short. The 

 season has not been a very satisfactory one. 



Northborough (J. K. Mills). — The crop of Indian corn is 10 

 per cent above the normal. There will be but very little rowen. 

 Fall feed is quite good. There is very little fall seeding done as 

 yet, but the present condition is good. There will be a full normal 

 crop of onions. The crop of potatoes is not up to normal in yield 

 or quality. The prospect for root crops, celei'y and other late 

 market-garden crops is good. Fruit, yield: apples, 75 per cent; 

 grapes, 50 per cent. Fruit, quality: pears, 10 per cent. There has 

 been no damage from early frosts. 



West Brookfield (Myron A. Richardson). — The Indian corn 

 crop is up to normal, but some fields are just beginning to glaze 

 over. The rowen crop has, in nearly every instance, been a failure. 

 There is some fall feed, but it is not up to normal. The usual 

 amount of fall seeding lias not been done as yet, but what has been 

 done is looking fine. Early potatoes were a failure, but late ones 

 will be up to normal and quality is fine. The root crops in most 

 places will be a failure. Fruit, yield: apples, normal; pears, 

 hardly any; peaches, none; grapes, abundant; cranberries, none. 

 Fruit, quality: apples, fair and good; grapes, smaller than normal. 

 Considerable damage was done to corn in the lowlands on September 

 5, but none on the hill fields. There is no awakened interest in 

 modern apple orcharding. The early drought injured early potatoes 

 and early root crops, and caused many apples to fall, but the late 

 rains have helped out the late crop of potatoes and fall feed. 



North Brookfield (John H. Lane). — The corn crop is three 

 weeks late, but there is a large growth of stover. The rowen crop 

 and fall feed are not up to the usual average. More fall seeding 

 than usual has been done, and it is in good condition. There are 

 few potatoes to the hill, but large in size and extra in quality. 

 Prospect for root crops is good. Fruit, yield: apples, 20 per cent; 

 pears, 10 per cent; grapes, 50 per cent; cranberries, none. Fruit, 

 quality: apples, poor; pears, fair; grapes, fair. Damage by early 

 frosts is too small to estimate. Do not see much awakened interest 

 in modern methods of raising apples. We have much to learn 

 about spraying to make it safe and paying. Where sprayed, trees 

 show larger yields of better fruit. 



Worcester (W. R. Kinney). — A fair crop of Indian corn is 

 maturing rapidly. The rowen crop is not up to the usual average; 

 fall feed is. Fall seeding is looking nicely, and the usual amount 

 has been done. Onions are a fair crop, but late. Potatoes promise 

 a good crop in yield and quality, so far as dug. Root crops are 

 growing fast; celery is late, but growing. Squash is giving a light 

 crop. The weather has been unfavorable for the cauliflower crop 

 by forcing it along so early as to produce a very dull market. 



