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crop ; pears and peaches light ; grapes rotting badly. Pastures 

 are holding out well. Oats were better than usual, but were 

 mostly cut for hay. 



Holland (Francis Wight). — Indian corn is very backward, 

 and will have to develop rapidly to ripen before frost comes. 

 Rowen is more than an average crop. Late potatoes are a fairly 

 good crop, with little blight and no rot. Fruit of all kinds, except 

 perhaps pears, will give good yields. Pasturage is in A No. 1 con- 

 dition. Oats and ])arley are fully up to average crops. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Dudley (J. J. Gilles). — Indian corn is making a slow growth 

 in most cases, but is otherwise in fair condition. The prospect for 

 the rowen crop is very good. There will be a fair crop of late 

 potatoes, although blight has occurred in a few cases. There will 

 be a full crop of apples, pears, peaches, grapes and cranberries. 

 Pasturage is in excellent condition. Oats and barley compare 

 favorably with former years. 



West Brookfield (L. H. Chamberlain). — Indian corn is very 

 backward, but a little fine weather and late frosts will make a fair 

 crop. The prospect is good for late potatoes, with no blight or 

 rot as yet. Rowen will be a fair crop. Apples, pears, peaches 

 and grapes are good crops ; no cranberries. Oats and barley are 

 full normal crops. 



Oakham (Jesse Allen) . — Early planted corn is in good con- 

 dition ; late planted is very small and backward. There is the 

 prospect of an excellent crop of rowen. Late potatoes promise to 

 be a good crop, with no blight or rot as yet. Apples and grapes 

 are abundant ; very few pears, peaches and cranberries. Pasturage 

 is in excellent condition. Oats and barley are better than average 

 crops. 



Barre (J. L. Smith). — A few fields of corn are very fair, but 

 most are uneven and backward. Rowen will be a very good crop 

 on fields that were cut early, but many were cut late. Late pota- 

 toes will be an extra good crop, if rot does not strike them. There 

 will be an average crop of apples of extra good quality. Pastures 

 are in extra good condition. Oats and barley are extra fine crops. 



Dana (E. A. Albee). — Indian corn is small and late. There 

 will not be much rowen, on account of the hay crop being cut late. 

 The prospect for late potatoes is good, but there is some blight. 

 Apples half a crop ; also pears and grapes ; no peaches or cran- 

 berries. Pasturage is in very good condition. Oats and barley 

 are full crops, but were mostly cut for fodder. 



