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both yield and quality. Root crops, celery and other late market- 

 garden crops will all be much shortened, owing to the drought. There 

 will be few winter apples; pears are a fair crop; also peaches and 

 grapes; cranberries few. 



Fitchburg (Dr. Jabez Fisher). — Rowen and fall feed are not more 

 than two-thirds of the normal. Potatoes are a very poor yield, but of 

 fair quality. Root crops, celery and late market-garden crops are 

 pretty small miless rain comes immediately. Apples are 75 per cent of 

 a full crop and unusually fair; pears a two-thirds crop, but small and 

 inferior; grapes a full crop and unusually fine. There has been but 

 .03 of an inch of rain in more than four weeks. Apples and other 

 fruits are ripening prematurely. 



Bolton (H. F. Haynes). — Indian corn is a full average crop. Rowen 

 and fall feed have been very good, but the dry weather is hurting fall 

 feed now. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, but it is 

 too dry for it to do well. Potatoes have gained since last report and 

 are about half a crop. The prospect is poor for root crops, celery and 

 other late market-garden crops. The prospect is poor for all kinds of 

 fruit. 



Shrewsbury (Fred J. Reed). — There will be a very good crop of 

 corn. Rowen was a very fair crop, but fall feed is drying up badly. 

 The drought has been so severe that -very little fall seeding has been 

 done, and it has not started yet. Onions are a fair crop. Potatoes 

 are light in yield, but of fair quality. Root crops, celery and late 

 market-garden crops are fairly good, considering the dry weather. 

 Apples are a light crop, and other fruits are not very good yields. 



Leicester (H. H. Kingsbury). — The fodder on the corn crop is 

 abundant, but the grain has not filled out. Rowen was up to the usual 

 average, but pasturage is now scant. More than the usual amount of 

 fall seeding has been done, and is now doing well. Onions are not 

 raised. The crop of potatoes is below the normal in yield, but is of 

 good quality. Late crops which do not need rain are doing well. The 

 apple crop is about 60 per cent of an average ; pears are a normal crop ; 

 no peaches nor cranberries; grapes abundant. 



Auburn (Wm. Gilbert). — Corn is a big crop, above normal, 

 although the frost hurt it on low ground in August. The rowen crop 

 is good and fall feed is above normal. There has been the usual amount 

 of fall seeding done and it is looking finely. The onion crop is below 

 the average. Potatoes are a small crop, owing to blight and rot. 

 Celery and other root crops are below normal. Apples are a light crop 

 and grapes a heavy crop. 



Blackstone (0. F. Fuller). — All report a good crop of Indian corn. 

 Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. Farmers are just at 

 present putting in fall seeding. Very few onions are raised here. The 

 yield of potatoes is not quite as large as usual, and they are rotting 

 somewhat. The prospect for late root crops is good. There will not 



