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Pastures very short. Rye crop very good. All vegetation has 

 suffered terribly the past three weeks. Many fields of potatoes 

 are dead, and also much corn on thin soil. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Hay crop about as last year. 

 Prospect good for late potatoes. Prospect of about three-fourths 

 of an apple crop. Pastures are dried up and cattle have to be fed 

 almost entirely in the barn. About eighty per cent of last year's 

 rye crop. 



Concord (W. H. Hunt). — The hay crop is nearly all secured in 

 good condition. Corn and potatoes on light land are suffering 

 from dry weather. Late potatoes will do well if we have rain soon. 

 Prospect of a light crop of apples. Pastures suffering from dry 

 weather. Rye crop a good one. 



Groton (Daniel Needham). — .July has been remarkably good 

 as a harvest month. Most of the hay has been secured without 

 injury. Early potatoes have yielded fairly well ; price $1.25 per 

 bushel. Indications for late potatoes good if we have immediate 

 rains. Prospect of an average crop of apples. Pastures have 

 been severely injured by dry weather. Rainfall for July two and 

 one-half inches, and with the clear weather and abnormally high 

 temperature five inches would not have been an excess. 



Loiuell (C. L. Marshall). — Hay crop larger than last year, 

 with quality fully as good. Early potatoes yielded poorly ; price 

 ranged from 75 cents to 81-25 per bushel. Indications for late 

 potatoes poor on account of so much dry weather. Prospect fair 

 for apple crop. Pasturage very poor. Rye and oats have been 

 very good, with larger yield than last year. 



Wilmington (C. W. Swain). — The hay crop has been secured 

 in excellent condition, and the crop is larger than last year. Light 

 yield of early potatoes ; price $1 per bushel. Late potatoes have 

 suffered from drought. Prospect for apples not as good as earlier 

 in the season. Pastures are in fair condition. 



Winchester (Marshall Stmmes). — Both quantity aud quality 

 of hay much better than last year. Yield of early potatoes 

 extremely light. Very poor prospect for late potatoes. There 

 will be but few apples. Pastures entirely dried up. Since about 

 the middle of July extraordinary heat and drought have prevailed 

 and everything is parched. Very few cauliflower or cabbage plants 

 have been set. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 

 Danvers (C. H. Preston). — Hay crop lighter than last year 

 but of good quality. There is general complaint of a small crop 

 of early potatoes, and the dry weather will probably hurt late ones. 

 The apple crop will be small. Feed in pastures is poor. 



