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dition. Sweet corn is not raised for market. There will be a good crop 

 of rowen where the first crop was cut earlj'. Late potatoes promise 

 well, with no rot as yet. Apples will perhaps be half a crop; pears 

 good; no peaches; grapes fair. Pasturage was never better at this 

 time of year. Oats and barley are full average crops, but were mostly 

 cut for hay. 



Oakham (Jesse Allen). — Indian corn is in fine condition. Sweet 

 corn is not raised for market. There is an average crop of rowen. 

 Many fields have blighted, and there is some complaint of rot. There 

 is a very light crop of fruit of all kinds. Pasturage is getting very 

 dry. Oats and barley compare well with former years. 



Dana (Lyman Randall). — Indian corn is in fine condition, and 

 promises a hea\'y yield, both in grain and stover. Sweet corn raised 

 for the local market is a heavy yield, and of fine quahty. Where the 

 first crop was cut early, the rowen crop is very heavy. Late potatoes 

 do not promise a very hea\'y yield, owing to blight. Apples will not 

 be over one-fourth of an average crop, and are of poor quality; some 

 pears and peaches; grapes and cranberries good. Pastures are in ex- 

 cellent condition, owing to frequent showers. Oats and barley raised 

 mostly for fodder, and the yield is about average. 



Royalston (C. A. Stimson). — Indian corn is in excellent condition. 

 Sweet corn is little raised for market, but is in fine condition. There 

 will be a full crop of rowen. BUght and rot have set in on potatoes, 

 and rot looks likely to be very prevalent. No peaches; fair crops of 

 all other fruits. Pasturage is in fair condition. Oats and barley are 

 full crops. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — Indian corn has made a fine growth, 

 but is a few days late, and needs more sunshine. Sweet corn is raised 

 for market, and, though late, is promising. Rowen will be very good 

 on fields cut previous to July 15; late-cut fields not promising. Late 

 potatoes do not promise well, both blight and rot showing extensively. 

 Apples a very light crop; pears medium; peaches not raised; grapes 

 good; cranberries not raised. Pasturage is very good for the time of 

 year. Oats are rather below normal; barley quite good. Beans are 

 rusting badly. 



Gardner (A. F. Johnson). — There will be a full crop of Indian corn, 

 of good qualit3^ There will be a heavy crop of rowen. Late potatoes 

 are looking well, with no blight. There will be a full crop of apples 

 and pears. Pastures are in need of rain. 



Ashburnham (E. D. Gibson). — Indian corn is still backward, and, 

 though growing fast, needs rain. Sweet corn is not raised for market. 

 There will not be an average crop of rowen. Thei'e will not be a heavy 

 yield of late potatoes, blight having appeared. Apples light; pears 

 good ; no peaches ; grapes few ; cranberries few. Pastures have seldom 

 been as good, but now need rain. Oats and barley are below average 

 crops. 



