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Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — Indian corn is below the average. 

 Rowen and fall feed have suffered from dry weather. There is about 

 the usual amount of fall seeding put in, but it has not germinated as 

 well as usual. Few onions are raised and they are below the average 

 in jdeld. The potato crop is about half of a normal crop in yield, but 

 is of good quality. Root crops, celery and other late market-garden 

 crops show the effects of the extreme drought. Early apples are 

 abundant, winter apples about half a crop; pears are a fair crop; 

 other fruits medium, 



Lincoln (C. S. Wheeler). — What Indian corn is raised here looks 

 well and is fully an average crop. Rowen is not over half a crop and 

 fall feed is hght. About the usual amount of fall seeding has been 

 done, and is 20 per cent off in condition. Not many onions have been 

 raised here. Potatoes are average in yield, but of excellent quality. 

 The prospect is fair for root crops, celery and other late market-garden 

 crops. Apples are half a crop; pears average; peaches half a crop; 

 grapes below average; very few cranberries. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — Corn is not much raised. Rowen and 

 fall feed are not up to the usual average. The usual amount of fall 

 seeding has been done and is looking well. Potatoes are a poor crop, 

 both in yield and quality. The prospect is good for root crops, celery 

 and other late market-garden crops, if we have rain. Pears are a good 

 crop and apples are a fine crop. 



Winchester (S. S. Symmes). — Indian corn is not raised here. Rowen 

 and fall feed are not up to the usual average. The usual amount of 

 fall seeding was done, but it has dried up in spots. Onions are very 

 small in size and there is about half a crop. Potatoes are also of very 

 small size and not over half a normal crop. The prosj^ect is very poor 

 for all late crops. Apples are ripening early; pears nearly all picked; 

 peaches all gone; all other fruits of small size. Cauliflower and late 

 cabbage are at a standstill and celery in many places is very small. 

 All crops have been covered with dust for weeks, and the growth has 

 been very slow. 



Weston (Henry L. Brown). — There is a small crop of rowen and 

 feed is getting short. Early seeding came up well and is looking fairly 

 well, but the weather has been too dry for seeding in September. 

 Onions are not raised in this locality. Potatoes are of good quality 

 and about one-fourth a crop. Root crops, celery and other late market- 

 garden crops are much in need of rain. Apples are small; pears are 

 a fair crop, but are dropping badly; peaches and grapes not grown to 

 any extent; cranberries not grown at all. Cabbages and turnips are 

 almost at a standstill. 



Newton (G. L. Marcy). — Rowen and fall feed are not up to the 

 usual average, except on low land. The drought has been too severe 

 to allow of fall seeding. Onions are not grown to any extent. The 



