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better than last year, with prices about average. Apples and 

 pears promise well ; few grapes and cranberries. There is good 

 feed in all pastures. Rye, oats and barley are backward, yet will 

 be about average crops. 



PerxL (F. G. Creamer). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is a very poor crop ; nearly all of it is destined for the 

 silo. Hay is a very good crop with the quality above the average. 

 Potatoes are looking well, none harvested as yet. Apples are 

 looking well, and are about the only fruit raised for market. 

 Pastures are in very good condition. Rye, oats and barley are 

 about normal crops. 



Dalton (Wesley B. Barton). — Corn is very backward and all 

 will go into the silo unless it develops very fast. Hay is of fair 

 quality but the weather has been very unfavorable for securing it. 

 Japanese millet, peas and oats, and barley are our principal for- 

 age crops. Potatoes look well but are late. Apples and pears 

 will be ab'out half crops, but plums promise a fair crop. There is 

 a good growth of feed in pastures, but there seems to be little milk 

 in it. Rye, oats and barley are good crops but are suffering from 

 too much rain. 



Windsor (H. A. Ford). — There are but very few potato bugs 

 this year. Indian corn is very small ; about one-third of the crop 

 will go into the silo. The quality of the hay crop is good and the 

 quantity 75 per cent of the average. Oats, corn and millet are 

 our principal forage crops. Potatoes are looking finely and some 

 of them are ready to dig. There will be a great crop of apples ; 

 no other fruits raised. Pasturage is in fine condition. It is too 

 early to report on oats, rye and barley. 



Hancock (C. H. Wells). — Striped cucumber beetles are doing 

 some damage. Corn is very small and no ensilage corn is raised. 

 It has rained almost every day during July and a part of June, so 

 that our farmers are much discouraged in trying to secure the good 

 hay crop. Potatoes begin to show signs of blight. Apples will 

 be a light crop and other fruits are almost a failure. Pastures are 

 in fine condition. Oats promise well. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Roive (J. F. Brown). — Corn is very small and backward and 

 the crop must nearly all be put into the silo. The hay crop is an 

 average one in quantity and quality and but little has been cut as 

 yet. Millet and corn are our principal forage crops and more are 

 raised than usual. Potatoes are looking finely, but none have 

 been harvested as yet. The prospect for apples is good. Pastur- 



