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grapes half a crop. Pastures look well, owing to cold, wet weather. 

 Oats were extra good, also barley, but were cut for fodder. Nearly 

 every farmer keeps a few hens, but we have no specialists in this 

 line. 



Littleton (Geo. "W. Sanderson). — Indian corn is backward, 

 but has gained rapidly for the last twelve days, which also applies 

 to corn for the silo. Rowen is more than an average crop. Pota- 

 toes are a good crop, and no blight has been noticed. There is a 

 fair crop of early apples and a light crop of winter apples ; few 

 pears, grapes and cranberries. Pasturage is in excellent condi- 

 tion. There is a fair crop of oats and barley. Not one in a 

 hundred of our farmers gives poultry the care it should have for 

 good results. 



Groton (Jas. P. Fitch). — If frosts hold off, corn may have a 

 chance to ripen. Late haying will make the rowen crop light. 

 No blight or rot on potatoes as yet. There will be some Baldwin 

 apples ; no peaches, grapes or cranberries. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Oats and barley are fair crops. Perhaps 1 per cent 

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



Townseyul (G. A. Wilder). — Indian corn is in poor condition. 

 Rowen will be more than an average crop. Potatoes are a poor 

 crop, and are showing signs of rot. The prospect is very poor 

 for all kinds of fruit. Pastures are in good condition. Oats and . 

 barley are about normal crops. One-fourth of our farmers give 

 poultry the attention it should have for good results. 



Chelmsford (P. P. Perham). — Corn is late, and in danger of 

 frost. The prospect is good for a good average crop of rowen. 

 Potatoes promise a light crop, and some blight is in sight. Apples 

 are in abundance in this vicinity ; peach crop a failure ; pears 

 and grapes good average crops. Pastures look finely. Oats and 

 barley promise well. The proportion of farmers who give proper 

 care to poultry is very small, less than one-half. 



Carlisle (E. J. Carr). — Corn is in very poor condition, and 

 will not ear out to amount to anything. Rowen will be more than 

 a normal crop. Late potatoes are a good crop ; some blight, but 

 no rot. Apples and pears few ; no peaches or cranberries ; some 

 grapes. Pasturage is in more than average condition. About 

 one-tenth of our farmers give poultry the care it should have for 

 good results. 



Teivksbury (G. PI Crosby). — Indian corn is not in very good 

 condition, but I am not prepared to say it is a failure, as yet. 

 Rowen promises to be better than an average crop. The prospect 

 for late potatoes is good, and there is very little indication of 

 blight. Apples as a whole are not over one-fourth of a crop ; 



