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Westminster (Alden J. Foskett). — Indian corn is rather backward, 

 but growing well now. Sweet corn is in good condition, and will give a 

 fair yield. The prospect for the rowen crop is very good. There is 

 some rot on late potatoes. There will be a good yield of fall apples, 

 but the prospect for winter varieties is poor; some pears. Pasturage 

 is in first-class condition. Oats and barley are in very good con- 

 dition. 



Harvard (John S. Preston). — Indian corn is a little backward, 

 but is growing fast. Sweet corn is raised (luite freely for market, and 

 is yielding well, with prices good. There is a prospect for a very large 

 crop of rowen. Late potatoes promise well, but are running to vine 

 more than usual. Fall apples are a good crop, winter apples light; 

 pears good, peaches light. Pasturage is much better than usual at 

 this time. Oats and barley arc very good, but those earl)^ sown are a 

 little lighter than usual. 



Princeton (A. O. Tiler). — ^ Indian corn is in excellent condition. 

 Sweet corn is raised to some extent, and is of good quality. There will 

 be a fine crop of rowen. Late potatoes show a good yield, but are 

 rotting somewhat. There will be light crops of all fruits. Oats and 

 barley are about normal crops. Fruits on high lands, where they were 

 not affected by late frosts, are yielding well. 



Sterling (H. S. Sawyer). — There is the prospect of a good crop of 

 Indian corn. Sweet corn is raised to some extent, and is yielding 

 fairly well. The prospect is good for more than a normal crop of 

 rowen. Late potatoes are looking well, and bhght has not been 

 noticed to any great extent. The prospect is good for apples, pears 

 and grapes. On account of copious rains, pastures are looking well. 

 There is very little barley; oats have turned out well; acreage normal. 



Northborough (John K. Mills). — Indian corn is growing rapidly, 

 and gives promise of a good crop. Sweet corn is grown quite exten- 

 sively, and the crop is a good one. There is the prospect of a good 

 crop of rowen where the first crop was cut in good season. Potatoes 

 are yielding well, though there is some blight and rot. There will be 

 an average crop of apples, pears, peaches and grapes. Owing to the 

 he^vy rains, pastures are in excellent condition. The yield of oats 

 and barley has been fully up to the average. 



Worcester (Silas A. Burgess). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Sweet corn is raised for market, and is in good condition and yielding 

 well. There will be more than an average crop of rowen. Late po- 

 tatoes are in fair condition, but blight has appeared. Apples 70 per 

 cent; pears GO per cent; peaches and grajjes 100 per cent. Pasturage 

 is in good condition. Oats and bailoy have made average yields. 



Leicester (H. H. Kingsiiury). — Corn is growing rapidly, and is of 

 good color, although somewhat backward. Sweet corn is raised only 

 for home use. Weather conditions have favored the growth of a large 

 crop of rowen. Potatoes have turned black, and arc dead, i)robably 



