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year's yield of potatoes. Coru good, ten days earlier than last 

 year. Pasturage in fair condition. Oat crop equal to last year's. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Warren (W. E. Patrick). — Horn fly on cattle very trouble- 

 some. Rowen considerably above the average. Potatoes an 

 average crop. Corn is looking finely and earing nicely. Pastures 

 have improved very much. Oat crop better than last year. 



Neio Braintree (C. D. Sage) . — Little rowen will be cut. Apples 

 about half a crop. Potatoes a three-fourths crop ; generally 

 blighted. Corn a fair crop. Pasturage in good condition. Oat 

 crop seventy-five per cent of last year's ; more trouble from rust, 

 and grain not as heavy. Cows have done well, and milk and 

 butter have brought fair prices. The recent severe storm injured 

 corn and blew off fruit in exposed localities. 



Hardwick (Wm. A. Warxer). — The horn fly is very trouble- 

 some. Apple crop very light. Potatoes a poor crop. Prospect 

 for corn good. Pasturage rather short, but looking better than a 

 month ago. Oat crop not as good as last year, owing to rust. 



Barre (J. L. Smith). — Very little rowen will be cut, but fall 

 feed will be quite good. Pastures are looking better than a month 

 ago. Apple crop will be light, but quality much better than was 

 expected. Potato crop light. Corn very good. Oats were nearly 

 all cut for fodder, and were a very good crop. 



Petersham (S. B. Cook). — Rowen will be fair. Apples fair 

 and large, and the crop will be larger than was expected last 

 month. Potatoes a light crop, small and few in the hill ; late ones 

 blasting. Corn a very good crop. Pasturage in fair condition. 

 Oat crop five to ten per cent better than last year. 



Winchendon (W. H. Sawyer). — Prospect for rowen poor. 

 Apples are not falling off as badly as last month. Prospect for 

 potatoes fair. Prospect for corn good. Pasturage poor. Oat 

 crop about the same as last year's crop. 



Westminster (Joseph Hager) . — Rowen promises fairly. The 

 prospect for the apple crop grows better every day ; the present 

 storm has blown many off, but that is a benefit rather than other- 

 wise. Potatoes a small crop. Excellent prospect for the corn 

 crop. Pasturage has been dry and short, but is now looking well. 



Harvard (Preston Knight) . — Prospect for rowen very good. 

 Apple crop very good. Potatoes about three-fourths of a crop. 

 Corn crop is very good, but a trifle late. Pasturage in good con 

 dition. Oat crop very good. 



Bolton (H. E. Babcock). — Tent caterpillars and tomato worms 

 doing most damage. Rowen not up to the average. Apples a fair 



