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NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Randolph (Rufus A. Thayer). — Indian corn is very promising. 

 Rowen is about half an average crop. Late potatoes look well, with 

 no rot or blight as yet. Apples are half a crop ; pears good ; no peaches ; 

 grapes good. Pasturage is in excellent condition for the time of year. 

 Oats and barley are good crops, but are grown for forage. Some tur- 

 nips are raised for market, and are a good crop. Fall feed on mowings 

 will be very good, with rowen only on moist, rich soil. 



Canton (Edwin V. Kinsley). — Corn was never a better crop, both 

 for grain and stover. There will be more than an average crop of 

 rowen. Potatoes are a very light crop; no rot as yet, but some blight. 

 Apples are a light crop; pears about average; cranberries fair; other 

 fruits light. Pastures are in fair average condition. Oats and barley 

 are good crops. Some winter turnips are grown for market, and some 

 mangels for feeding, but not to a large extent. White pines are very 

 generally seeding this year. 



Norwood (F. A. Fales). — Corn is looking first rate. We shall have 

 50 per cent more rowen than usual. Potatoes are not looking well, the 

 dry weather retarding their growth, while with the rains blight appeared 

 on some fields. Apples and pears were badly injured by the scale, and 

 the crop will be light; cranberries will be a light crop. Pastures are 

 dry, and in poor condition. There is a fair crop of oats and barley. 

 Root crops are not grown to any extent, flat turnips being grown the 

 most frequently. 



Walpole (Edward L. Shepard). — Corn fodder looks fairly well, 

 but there are not as many ears as in a normal year. There will be about 

 half a crop of rowen, on account of the drought. Late potatoes are 

 looking well; some blight, but no rot as yet. Apples are half a crop; 

 pears, peaches and grapes are good crops. Pasturage is better than a 

 month ago, but is still rather short. Oats and barley are about nor- 

 mal crops. Comparatively few roots are raised. 



Norfolk (A. D. Towne). — Indian corn promises a crop 25 per cent 

 heavier than usual. Rowen will be more than an average crop. There 

 will be a fair crop of late potatoes, with some blight. Apples, pears 

 and grapes are good crops ; other fruits light. Pasturage is hardly up 

 to the average in condition. Oats and barley are not quite as heavy 

 crops as commonly. Root croi)s are not grown to any extent. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Indian corn is looking finely. There 

 will be a three-fourths crop of rowen. Late potatoes are not a full 

 crop. There will be more than an average crop of apples; pears fair; 

 peaches few; grapes good. Pasturage is 25 per cent below the normal 

 in condition. Oats and barley are 90 per cent of the normal. Root 

 crops are not grown in this section. 



