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Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Indian corn is fioin two to three 

 weeks late, but is of good color. Rowen will be a full crop. Late 

 potatoes never looked better, with no blight and few potato bugs. 

 Apples 80 per cent of a full crop ; pears 50 per cent ; peaches 75 

 per cent ; grapes 1 00 per cent. Pasturage is as good as it ever is at 

 this time of the year, but feed is not as fresh as in the spring. 

 Baldwin apples are not plenty. Oats and barley are full normal 

 crops. 



Maynard (L. H. Maynard). — Indian corn is late, and below 

 the average in quality, with an unusual amount of smut. Early 

 cut fields will yield an average crop of rowen ; but, owing to wet 

 weather, many fields were cut too late to have much rowen unless 

 the fall is very late. Potatoes are looking exceptionally well. 

 Early apples are in full suppl}', late varieties about 60 per cent of 

 a full crop and many are poor in quality ; pears short ; peaches 

 small and late ; grapes plenty. Pasturage is unusually good, 

 owing to frequent rains. Oats and barley are average crops. 



Littleton (Geo. W. Sanderson). — Corn has made a very good 

 growth, but will require considerable sunshine and late frosts for 

 its maturity. Rowen is more than an average crop. Late pota- 

 toes are looking well ; some indications of blight, but very little 

 rot. An average crop of apples, and looking well ; fair crop of 

 peaches and grapes ; small crop of native cranberries. Continued 

 wet weather has kept pastures in good condition. There is a good 

 crop of oats and a small crop of barley. An increased acreage of 

 corn for the silo is grown over former years, most of which is 

 looking well. 



Groton (Jas. P. Fitch). — Indian corn is in good condition 

 where sufficiently fertilized. The prospect for rowen is better than 

 usual. No blight or rot has appeared on potatoes. Baldwin 

 apples scarce ; no pears ; peaches and grapes plenty. Pasturage 

 is in excellent condition. Oats are a better crop than usual. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — Indian corn is in good condition, 

 but some fear it will not ear well. Rowen will be above a normal 

 crop. Late potatoes promise well, although blight has been noticed 

 in some places. Apples promise a medium crop ; pears and peaches 

 scarce ; grapes and cranberries very light. Ou account of the 

 abundance of rain, pasturage is in good condition. Oats compare 

 well with former years ; no barley raised. 



Billerica (Geo. P. Greenwood). — Indian corn is maturing 

 very slowly and earing unevenly. Late potatoes are looking well, 

 but some fields are rotting. Karly a[)i)les plenty, Baldwins half a 

 crop and of uneven quality. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats 



