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potatoes are not worth digging. Winter apples are scarce, but fall 

 apples are plenty. Pasturage is in very good condition since the 

 rains. Root crops are not grown in this section. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — Corn is in fine condition, and with 

 good weather there will be a heavy crop. Rowen will be about an 

 average crop. The prospect is for a light crop of potatoes, blight 

 appearing on all fields. Apples promise a light crop, also pears and 

 peaches; grapes are a medium crop; no quinces; cranberries a fair 

 crop. Pasturage has improved since the rains, so that it is in very 

 good condition. Oats and barley are principally raised for forage, 

 and are good yields. Root crops are grown both for market and stock 

 feeding, but only to a small extent. 



BiUerica (Geo. P. Greenavood). — Indian corn is in fair condition. 

 The prospect for the rowen crop is good. The yield of potatoes will 

 be light, but there is little blight or rot. Fruit of all kinds is below 

 the average. Pasturage is in good condition. Root crops are very 

 little grown. 



Tewksbury (G. E. Crosby). — There will be a fair crop of rowen. 

 Potatoes have blighted badly on some fields. Ap})les, i)ears and 

 peaches will give very light yields. Feed in pastures is much improved 

 since the rains. Roots are grown for market quite extensively on some 

 farms, but not to any great extent for stock feeding. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — Indian corn is looking well. Rowoa 

 will do better than it promised, but will not be a full crop. Potatoes 

 will not be a full crop, there being some blight. Apples are about 

 half a crop; pears a little better; other fruits about average. Pas- 

 tures suffered severely from the early drought. Oats and barley are 

 rather below the average. Mangels are grown some for stock feeding, 

 hut not much; also turnips, but they are not yet matured; all root 

 crops arc looking fairly well. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — Indian corn is very little raised in this 

 town. Rowen will be a light crop. Late potatoes promise a fair 

 croj), and no blight or rot has appeared. Apples and peaches fair 

 crops; pears and grapes good crops. Pastures have improved since 

 the rains. Root crops are not grown to any extent. 



West07i (Henry L. Brown). — Rowen is making good a growth 

 now, and will be a fair crop, though late. There will be but a small 

 crop of late potatoes. Apples, pears and peaches will give fair yields. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and barley are grown for forage 

 only, and are fair crops. Mangels and tmmips are grown to some ex- 

 tent. Fall apples have been small and have dropped badly. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill). — Corn is looking finely, and there 

 is prospect of a good crop; more planted than usual. Rowen is a good 

 normal crop, having grown rapidly since the rains. Potatoes will be 



