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WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Brookfleld (Frank E. Prouty). — Indian corn is in extra good con- 

 dition. The rowen croj) promises to be good. There is some bUght on 

 potatoes, but there will be about an average crop. Apples are about 

 two-thirds of a crop. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and bar- 

 ley are about average crops. Root crops are not grown to any extent. 

 Pears are a good yield; peaches little raised; grapes good; c^uinces 

 few. 



West Brookfield (Myron A. Richardson). -^ Corn is looking finely, 

 and is well eared, except now and then a field where the growth of 

 stalk is more than normal. There will be some rowen, but less than a 

 normal crop. Potatoes seem small and few in a hill; some fields have 

 been struck by blight. There is an abundance of fall and early apples, 

 but winter ones are dropping off. Most pastures are looking finely. 

 Both oats and barley are up to the normal. Roots for stock feeding 

 are not raised to any great extent, but are doing finely. 



New Braintree (C. D. Sage). — Both field and ensilage corn promise 

 a fine crop. Rowen is rather late, but there may be half a crop. Only 

 a fair crop of potatoes is reported; have seen very little blight or rot. 

 Apples 25 per cent of a normal crop; pears 60 per cent; peaches 25 

 per cent; grapes 75 per cent. Pasturage is in fair condition, the heavy 

 rains having revived it somewhat. Oats were a good crop; little bar- 

 ley grown. There has been much complaint of cows falling off in milk, 

 and with the high price of grain there will have to be a sharp advance 

 in the price of milk, or little will be produced. 



Petersham (B. W. Spooner). — Since the drought was broken, corn 

 has made rapid progress. The rowen crop is not a good one, but the 

 late rains have helped it. There is no rot on potatoes, but most fields 

 are dried up; a two-thirds crop is promised. Apples fell off badly; 

 pears good; peaches and grapes good. Pasturage is much improved 

 by the recent wet weather. Oats are a good crop, where raised. Very 

 few roots are raised here. Cows are increasing in milk since the rains. 



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

 Rowen promises half a crop. There will be half a crop of late potatoes, 

 all being blighted. Apples are half a crop; pears three-fourths; 

 peaches 10 per cent; grapes 90 per cent; cjuinces 10 per cent. Oats 

 and barley are three-fourths crops. Root crops are not grown for 

 feeding, and but little for market. 



Ashburnharn (E. D. Gibson). — Indian corn is about a normal crop. 

 There will be a fair crop of rowen if we continue to have abundant 

 rains. Potatoes will not be a full crop, blight showing on nearly all 

 fields. There will be a light crop of winter apjjles ; pears fair ; peaches 

 good. Pasturage is better than two weeks ago. Oats and barley are 

 not quite average yields. Root crops are not grown in this section. 



Hubbardston (Chas. C. Colby). — Indian corn has made an excellent 



