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are a good crop and barley is above the average. Only about half 

 our farmers give poultry the care it should have for good results. 



Waslmigton (E. H. Eames). — Indian corn is not as good as 

 usual but is better than last year. The prospect is good for the 

 rowen crop. Late potatoes are a good crop, though blight and 

 rot have done some damage. Apples and pears are good crops. 

 Pasturage was never in better condition than at present. Oats 

 are a heavy crop. Not much attention is paid to poultry for other 

 than home uses. 



Dalton (Wesley B. Barton). — Corn is about half a crop. 

 Rowen will not be more than a third of a normal crop. Potatoes 

 made a good yield, but are rotting badly. There will be half a 

 crop of apples and pears. Pastures are in good condition. Oats 

 and barley are full crops. Perhaps 10 per cent of our farmers 

 give poultry the attention it should have for good results. The 

 early drought held everything back so as to delay work, and when 

 the rush came help was scarce. 



Windsor (H. A. Ford). — There is little prospect of Indian 

 corn maturing any grain. Rowen never looked better. Potatoes 

 have nearly all blighted, and are rotting. Apples look quite well. 

 Pasturage was never in better condition at this time of year. 

 Oats and barley never gave better crops. Three-fourths of our 

 farmers give poultry the attention it should have for good results. 



Williarnstown (S. A. Hickox). — Indian corn promises to give 

 but little over half a crop. Rowen will be nearly a normal crop. 

 Blight and rot have appeared on potatoes. Apples are a good 

 crop ; other fruits light. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats 

 and barley have compared well with former years. About a tenth 

 of our farmers give poultry the attention it should have for good 

 results. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Hawley (C. C. Fuller). — Indian corn is light and backward. 

 Hay was cut late, so rowen is below a normal crop. Late potatoes 

 were looking well, but blight has struck them this week. Fruit is 

 scarce. Pastures are above the normal in condition. Oats and 

 barley are average crop. About half our farmers give poultry the 

 attention it should receive for good results. 



Leyden (U. T. Darling) . — Corn is very small for the time of 

 year, and but a small portion of it will mature. An average crop 

 of rowen will be secured. Potatoes are looking well, although 

 blight has struck some fields. There will be a small crop of apples 

 and pears ; no peaches or grapes. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 Oats and barley are better than average crops. A very small per- 



