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age of tobacco, and it is in poor condition. Apples are half a crop; no 

 other fruits except grapes. Pastures are suffering from drought. 

 Oats ai'e a good crop; no barley grown. Root crops are not grown for 

 stock feeding or the market. 



Whately (Clifford L. Crafts). — Indian corn looks yellow, and is 

 backward. There will be very little rowen. Late potatoes look well, 

 with no blight or rot. The acreage of tobacco is about the same as 

 usual, and the crop is mostly in better condition than usual. There 

 will be a very small crop of all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is in good con- 

 dition. Oats and barley are about average crops. The extremely dry 

 weather of the past month has injured many crops, but if rain would 

 come now rowen would probably grow. 



Sunderland (Geo. P. Smith). — Corn is about normal in growth and 

 time of ripening. Rowen is good on heavy soils, and is drying up on 

 light soils. Late potatoes promise better than average yield, with 

 little blight or rot. The early fields of tobacco are about an average, 

 but some late-set fields are very small; harvesting has commenced. 

 Onions are a much better crop than for two years past; a few early 

 ones are being marketed at 75 cents per bushel. There will be light 

 crops of all fruits except grapes. Pasturage is in fair condition, but 

 is rather short and needs rain. Oats and barley are not grown. Root 

 crops are grown only by a few market gardeners to supply their own 

 trade. 



Montague. — Indian com is in good condition, though some fields 

 are late. Clover is a good crop; other rowen rather short. Late 

 potatoes promise a very fair yield ; little blight and no rot. There is 

 about the usual acreage of tobacco, and some of it is in better con- 

 dition than usual. Apples are half a crop; few pears; no peaches or 

 quinces; some grapes, but quite late. Pastui'age is very short now. 

 Oats and barley are not very good crops. Root crops are very little 

 grown. 



Northfield (T. R. Callender). — Corn is in fair condition, but about 

 a week or ten days late. The rowen crop will be below the average. 

 Potato vines look well, but some early blight is noticed. There is about 

 the usual acreage of tobacco; the crop looks well, though late. There 

 will be a small crop of apples. Pastures are in need of rain. Oats are 

 a good crop, fully up to the average; no barley grown. Root crops 

 are not grown for stock feeding or market. 



Orange (A. C. White). — All that is wanted for a normal crop of 

 corn is time for it to mature. The dry weather will make the rowen 

 crop very hght. Late potatoes promise only a light yield. Apples are 

 not quite a normal crop. Pasturage is in very poor condition. Oats 

 and barley are normal crops. 



