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Cheshire (L. J. Northup). — The horn fly annoys the cattle 

 night and day. Prospect for rowen fairly good. The apple crop 

 will be better than was expected. Potatoes promise to be about 

 sixty per cent of a full crop. The corn crop promises to be rather 

 more than an average one. Feed in pastures is generally short. 

 Oat crop will be about three-fourths that of last year. 



Williamstown (S. A. Hickox). — The horn fly on cattle is very 

 troublesome. Good prospect for rowen. Potatoes promise a light 

 crop. Corn promises well. Pasturage in excellent condition. The 

 oat crop will be fifteen per cent less than last year's. The month 

 of August has been very favorable to all growing crops. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Monroe (D. H. Sherman). — Grasshoppers are plenty. Pros- 

 pect for rowen crop good. Apples are a very light crop, of poor 

 quality. Potatoes a light crop ; no rot as yet, but rusty on low 

 land. Prospect for coi'n crop very good. Pasturage was pinched 

 by hot, dry weather, but has improved with late rains. Oats 

 about the same as last year. 



Buckland (J. D. Avery). — Grasshoppers doing the most dam- 

 age ; about two-thirds the usual amount grown. Potatoes rather 

 below the average in yield. Excellent^ prospect for the corn 

 crop ; considerably more than an average. Feed in pastures 

 is short. The apple crop will be about three-fourths of an aver- 

 age, and they are unusually smooth and fair. 



Northfield (Chas. Pojieroy). — Caterpillars, and the horn fly on 

 cattle, are our most troublesome insects. Apples falling off badly. 

 Potatoes promise about a three-fourths crop. Prospect for corn 

 very good, except on very dry laud. Pasturage^in average condi- 

 tion ; better than last month. Oats not as good as last year ; 

 injured by I'ust. 



Deerfield (Chas. Jones). — Rowen will be^air, but late. Pota- 

 toes are blasting some, and there will be a small crop. Corn more 

 than an average crop. Pastures are looking fresh, but feed is not 

 very abundant. Oat crop above the average. Tobacco is a large 

 growth, and the harvest has begun. Apples are falling from the 

 trees, and there will not be a full crop. 



Leverett (W. L. Bodtwell). — Rowen about an average. 

 Barely enough apples for home use. Potatoes a small crop. 

 Good prospect for the corn crop. Pasturage in better condition 

 than a month ago. Oat crop about seventy per cent of last 

 year's, and was cut mostly for fodder. 



Sunderland (W. L. Warner). — Rowen looking finely. Apple 

 crop not one-fourth as large as last year. Light crop of potatoes. 



