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fyswieh. — Frost has injured the corn and ensilage thirty per 

 cent. Heavy rains and cloudy weather during the last fortnight 

 have about ruined the crop of rowen, but have kept the pastures in 

 line growing condition. 



O. C. Smith. 



Marblehead. — The gale of the 26th proved disastrous to the 

 apple crop ; ninety per cent, of the fall fruit was stripped from the 

 trees. The winter varieties seemed to hold on better. Continued 

 bad weather also shows its effects on other crops. 



W. S. Phillips. 



West Newbury. — Corn has suffered from the cold' weather and 

 is certainly two weeks late. Squash vines are still in bloom, and 

 squashes are green and late. The wet weather from the 16th to 

 the 24th has been detrimental to the ripening of crops. The 

 severe storm of the 26th did much damage to the fruit crop. 

 Peaches are the best for five years. 



I. N. Lane. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



BucMand. — Early frosts injured corn fully twenty-five per cent 

 and ensilage as much. Potatoes are smooth, free from rot, yield 

 well and are of excellent quality. Apples are more than an aver- 

 age. Owing to frequent rains pastures are unusually good. 



F. Forbes. 



East Charlemont. — This season has been quite unfavorable for 

 producing a good corn crop. The early frosts did considerable 

 damage to corn in some localities. We have had cool, wet weather 

 since. The thermometer was down to 30 the morning of the 30th. 



H. S. Giles. 



North Orange. — The great frost of September 6 damaged the 

 corn very seriously, and some fields were nearly ruined. Potatoes 

 show a good yield and are of excellent quality. Apples are a 

 small crop ; are of small size, but very fair. Vegetables are gener- 

 ally good where not injured by frost. 



Ansel Harrington. 



South Ash field. — Cold and wet. Heavy frosts early in Sep- 

 tember. Better crops than would seem possible under such 



unfavorable circumstances. 



(II MM r.v Boice. 



