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average crop of cranberries. Pastures have suffered much from 

 want of rain. Very little draining done here. 



Woburn (W. H. Bartlett). — None but sweet corn raised here 

 and that is drying up. There will be no rowen except on a few 

 meadows. Potatoes an average crop, no rot or blight. Pears a 

 full crop, no peaches, grapes plenty, apples half a crop. Pastur- 

 age is all dried up. Oats and barley little raised except for 

 fodder. Not much attention paid to drainage though most farms 

 have drains of ditches in low places. Everything wilting and dry- 

 ing up ; apple tree leaves yellow and falling ; roots cannot grow ; 

 squashes lie almost flat ; onions a failure ; corn turning yellow. 



Newton (Otis Pettee). — Corn promises a fair crop if not 

 injured by frosts. About an average crop of rowen will be cut. 

 Late potatoes a good crop, no blight or rot. There is a good 

 yield of apples and pears. Pastures are suffering from want of 

 rain and cows are fed in barnyards to some extent. While driv- 

 ing across the State three or four weeks ago I noticed that the 

 farms in the central section were suffering more from drought than 

 in the eastern part or among the Berkshire hills. 



Framingham (H. S. Whittemore). — Indian corn is in good 

 condition. Rowen is not half a crop. Late potatoes look well 

 but early ones are very light ; some show blight and some are 

 rotting. Apples a three-fourths crop, pears half a crop, grapes 

 very light and very few cranberries. Oats rusted badly and are 

 not over a three-fourths crop. Very little attention is paid to 

 drainage except some open drains. 



Sherborn (N. B. Douglas). — Corn is a poor stand but other- 

 wise a fair crop. Rowen is a light crop except on low moist land. 

 Potatoes will be an average crop, no rust or blight. Apples a full 

 crop on fifty per cent of the trees ; pears average ; no peaches ; 

 small yield of grapes and cranberries. Pasturage is dry and short. 

 Oats and barley are about the same as last year. Not so much 

 attention paid to drainage as there should be, mostly open ditches. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster). — Indian corn has suffered a good 

 deal from drought. Rowen will be about two-thirds of an average 

 crop. There is no rot in potatoes, but the crop is light on account 

 of the drought. There will be less of all kinds of fruit than usual. 

 Pastures are dried up. Drainage is not extensively practised and 

 open drains or blind stone drains are mostly used. 



West Newbury (.J. C. Tarletox). — Indian corn is in very good 

 condition. Rowen is not as good as in former years as the dry 

 weather has affected it. Potatoes are not a very good crop on 



