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only a few early ones having escaped the Wight. Apples, pears and 

 cranberries will give average crops. Pasturage is in very fair condi- 

 tion. Oats are a good crop; no barley raised. Only a few farmers 

 raise root crops, from 50 to 100 bushels each for their own use. 



Witidsor (Harry A. Ford). — Indian corn is in good condit on. 

 There will not be much rowen, the weather having been too dry when 

 the first crop was cut. There is some blight on late potatoes, but no 

 rot. There will be some apples secured. Pastures are in good condi- 

 tion. Oats and barley are fully up to the normal. Root crops are 

 but little grown. 



Savoy (W. W. Burnett). — Indian corn is in fine condition, the hot 

 weather having brought it forward, in spite of a late start. There will! 

 be a very poor crop of rowen this year. The prospect for late potatoes 

 is not flattering, and there is some bhght, but no rot as yet. There will 

 be a very light crop of all fruits in this region. Pastures are short and 

 dry, but the late rains brightened them up a little. Oats are an es- 

 pecially heavy crop, and are mostly cut green for feed. 



Williamstown (S. A. Hickox). — There is a good stand of corn, but 

 it is about ten days late. Rowen will be about half a normal yield. 

 Early potatoes were about a three-fourths yield, and late ones will not 

 be above half, blight and rot having appeared. Apples promise about 

 80 per cent of an average crop; pears and grapes 30 per cent; no 

 peaches. Pastures are short, but have improved with the late rains. 

 Oats and barley are about three-fourths crops. Very few roots are 

 grown here. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Rowe (N. E. Adams). — Indian corn is in good condition. There 

 will be a good yield of rowen. The dry weather when potatoes were 

 setting injured many fields, and there is considerable blight. There 

 will be a light yield of all cultivated fruits, but there is a big crop of all 

 wild berries. Pastures are in good condition, but the flies are so thick 

 that cows do not give much milk. Oats and barley are good crops. 

 Root crops are not grown in this locality. 



Bernardston (Ralph H. Cushman). — Corn is coming forward 

 nicely, some having been already cut, and conditions are favorable for 

 the balance of the crop. There will be a fight yield of potatoes, with 

 much blight. Apples promise a light crop, but there will be full yields, 

 of pears and grapes. Pasturage is much improved by the rains, and is 

 in very good condition. Oats are a very good crop, with more than 

 the usual acreage. Not many roots are grown, and they are used ex- 

 clusively for stock feeding. 



Ashfield (Albert Howes). — Indian corn is looking well. There 

 will not be quite a normal crop of rowen, and the crop is rather late. 

 Potatoes promise only a fight crop ; some blight, but no rot reported. 

 There will be 80 per cent of a full crop of apples; other fruits hardly 

 up to the average. Pastures are looking well for the time of year. 



