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late potatoes, as they have blighted badly. There will be one-third of 

 a normal crop of apples; few peaches and quinces; plenty of grapes. 

 Pasturage is in very good condition. Oats and barley are average 

 crops. Root crops are not much grown. 



Blackstone (O. F. Fuller). — Indian corn is in good condition. A 

 good crop of rowen is promised in this section. Late potatoes have 

 blighted somewhat. There will be a fair croj) of fruit and about half 

 a crop of apples. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and barley 

 are normal crops. Root crops are somewhat grown for stock feed- 

 ing. Cranberry worms have ruined the cranberry crop. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Sherborn (N. B. Douglas). — Corn is looking very well, though 

 somewhat stunted by drought on light soil. Rowen is light now, but 

 with more rain an average crop will be secured later. Late potatoes 

 have not set well, and blight is quite prevalent. Apples are a fair 

 crop ; peaches a light crop ; pears a full crop ; also grapes. Pasturage 

 is in fair condition. 



Framingham (J. S. Williams). — Indian corn is looking finely; I 

 doubt if the crop was ever better. Rowen promises well on moist 

 land, but as a whole will be far below the normal. The potato crop 

 appears to be light, being of good quality, but with few in the hill. 

 Fruit makes a rather poor showing; peaches and pears are poor in 

 quality; winter ai)ples will be a light crop here. Our pastures have 

 revived wonderfully, and feed is fairly good, notwithstanding the 

 drought. Oats and barley are raised only for forage, and each made a 

 good growth. Roots are not grown as extensively as they should be; 

 mangels are raised for feeding cows, and are in much favor. 



Maynard (L. H. Maynard). — Indian corn is in good condition, 

 and will be a normal crop. Rowen is in good condition, and early cut 

 fields will yield well. Potato vines look remarkably well, but the 

 yield will be short on most fields, many vines not having set a tuber. 

 Apples will be about 60 per cent of a full crop, and for late fruit the 

 quality will be poor; other fruits in abundance. Recent rains have 

 imj^roved the pastures, but in most of them the feed is short. Oats 

 and barley have been good crops for forage. Root crops are grown 

 almost wholly for market. 



Littleton (Geo. W. Sanderson). — Corn is in good condition. Rowen 

 will give more than a normal crop. I notice no blight or rot on late 

 potatoes, and there is the prospect of a fair crop. Apples and pears 

 are good crops, above the average; other fruits are very little grown. 

 The recent rains have improved pastures. Oats and barley compare 

 favorably with a normal crop. Root crops are grown to a very lim- 

 ited extent. 



Westford (J. W. Fletcher). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 There will be a fair crop of rowen, but it will be very late. Late 



