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age crop owing to dry weather. Potatoes far below average in 

 yield but of good quality. Prospect for root crops rather poor ; 

 turnips late, owing to being so very dry. Apples on high land 

 good, on low land none, as frost at time of bloom killed them. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



North Brookjield (John H. Lane) . — Indian corn is three-fourths 

 of a full crop. Roweu and fall feed are about half the usual 

 average. Were unable to plow for fall seeding until the rain of 

 the 19th as our ground was as hard as possible and is but little 

 better now. Some fields of potatoes fine and some not worth dig- 

 ging. Swedish turnips good ; flat turnips nowhere. Cranberries 

 a failure ; apples half a crop. 



Dana (E. A. Albee). — Corn about an average crop. Rowen 

 about one-fourth of a crop, fall feed very short. A very small 

 amount of fall seeding has been done as it was so dry that it was 

 bad plowing and the seed would not come up. Potatoes about 

 half a crop and of good quality. The prospect for root crops is 

 good. Cranberries and apples short crops. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — Corn is of good quality but the 

 ears are rather small and not so well filled out as usual. Rowen 

 and fall feed are the poorest for many years, rain came too late. 

 It has been so dry until within the last two weeks that it was useless 

 to seed. Potatoes not average in yield, quality good, crop very 

 uneven some fields being good and others poor. Root crops not 

 up to the average, drought . affected the size. A surplus of fall 

 apples ; winter apples not more than half a crop. 



Winchendon (W. H. Sawyer). — Indian corn is 75 per cent of 

 an average crop. Roweu and fall feed all dried up and gone to 

 the grasshoppers. The average amount of fall seeding has been 

 done and is starting well since the rains. Potatoes a light crop 

 of good quality. Prospect for root crops poor. Apples and cran- 

 berries average crops. Quite a number have tried crimson clover 

 but have had poor luck with it so far. 



Fitchburg (Dr. Jabez Fisher). — No rowen, fall feed fair. Po- 

 tatoes about half a crop of fine quality, in moist lands nearly a 

 full yield. My apples are nearly a full crop of fine quality with 

 rather less color than usual, generally the crop is variable and not 

 large. 



Berlin (P. B. Southwick). — Indian corn about half a crop. 

 Very little rowen cut ; fall feed is looking better than formerly. 

 Very little seeding has been done and that done needs rain to save 

 it from failure. Onions 50 per cent of an average crop. Potatoes 

 a three-fourths crop of extra quality. The prospect for root crops 



