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South ffadley Falls. — Apple crop very uneven; one grower 

 having a full crop, another not. More barrels harvested than 

 was expected when the picking commenced. Too much rain for 

 new seeded crops and they have turned yellow. Frosts badly 

 injured the grape crop. 



H. W. Gaylord. 



Southampton. — Corn stover was badly injured by rains, and 

 the corn has not dried well, being too green to store yet. Apples 

 are good. Prices range from one to two dollars per barrel ; no 

 staid price as yet. 



R. H. Sheldon. 



Southampton. — The frosts and extreme wet weather have 

 prevented the ripening of corn. Many fields are injured too ; 

 one-third of the crop being mouldy and soft. New seeded pieees 

 are looking very well. Tobacco curing finely. Not half of the 

 corn is husked. 



C. B. Lyman. 



Ware. — October has been a continuation of September weather ; 

 cold, wet, cloudy, unfavorable for the farmer. Corn injured 

 by the wet weather is in most cases a failure and is not worth 

 husking. Potatoes above the average in quality and not rotting 

 very badly. Apples of good quality and plenty. 



F. W. Harwood. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Boxborough. — Apple crop large and fruit fine, but very hard 

 to gather on account of bad weather. Most of the rowen cut-. 

 except what was fed green. One of the worst falls for the fanner 

 to do his work ever known here. 



A. W. Wetherbee. 



Concord. — Field corn has become poorer and poorer as time 



goes on ; none fit for seed and little fit even for feed, as it is 



light and unripe. Pains have prevented the stalks from drying 



and large areas have not been touched, there being little value 



in it for feed. 



V. G. Pratt. 



Hudson. — Indian corn was badly injured by frost, and then the 



very wet, weather was very had for hardening it, leaving it not 



over one-fourth of a crop. Pasturage never better on November 



1. Potatoes are good, with not much, it' any, rot. Grape crop 



ruined by frost. 



G. A. COTTING. 



