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Williamstown (S. A. Hickox). — Hay crop is reported light but 

 of good quality. Early potatoes yield well ; price about TT) cents 

 per bushel. Indications good for late potatoes. Apples are drop- 

 ping from the trees. Pasturage short. Rye is thin, but filled out 

 well. Heavy shower the 29th. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Rows (J. F. Brown). — Quantity of hay a little less than last 

 year; quality better. Corn is looking well. Small yield of early 

 potatoes, and the indications for late potatoes are poor. Apples 

 will be about an average. Pastures are drying up. Weather the 

 past two weeks very hot and dry. 



Charlemont (H. S. Giles). — Hay crop has been secured in very 

 good condition, but the quantity is not as large as last year. Yield 

 of early potatoes very good ; price 85 cents per bushel. Indica- 

 tions unfavorable for late potatoes. Rye an excellent crop. 

 Apples a fair crop. Pasturage quite good. Corn, potatoes and 

 tobacco on dry ground are suffering for the want of rain. 



Buckland (J. D. Avery). — Grasshoppers are doing consider- 

 able damage. Hay crop about as last year. Late potatoes are 

 looking finely. Apples have fallen off badly, and the crop will be 

 light. Feed is quite short in many pastures. Rye crop about as 

 last year. The drought is beginning to be severely felt. 



Ashfield (A. G. Howes). — Potato bugs are still around, and 

 grasshoppers are reported in some parts of the town. Hay crop 

 not quite up to an average in quantity, but of good average qual- 

 ity. Early potatoes yield well ; price $1 per bushel. Indications 

 for late potatoes not good. Will probably be a fair crop of apples. 

 Pastures are looking fairly well. Rye crop about as last year. 

 Muoh needed rain came the 28th. 



Wliately (Frank Dickinson). — Hay crop rather below the 

 avei'age in quantity ; quality good. Yield of early potatoes rather 

 light, and very few to sell. Late potatoes are looking well, but 

 will hardl}' be an average crop. Apples will be about two-thirds 

 of a crop. Pastures are dry. Quantity of rye less than last year ; 

 quality very good. 



Deerjield (Charles Jones). — Haying all done, with a good 

 average crop. Corn looks well, and has made rapid growth the 

 past month. Oats are nearly ready to harvest, and are a good 

 crop. Rye a good crop and well secured. Tobacco looks well, 

 but is a little late. Fair yield of early potatoes ; price 75 cents to 

 $1 per bushel. Indications good for late potatoes. Prospect not 

 very good for apple crop. Pastures dry. 



