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FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Charlemont (J. M. J. Legate). — There is little damage from 

 insects, except the potato bug. Com is rather late, but looks well; 

 one-half the crop is grown for ensilage. The hay crop is below the 

 average for quantity, but of very good quality. No more forage 

 crops than usual are being grown and they are looking very well. 

 Potatoes look finely, but have not yet been harvested. There will 

 be a very light crop of all fruits; apples have dropped very badly. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Rye, oats and barley are little 

 raised. No apple orchards have been set out to my knowledge. 



Colrain (W. H. Davenport). — Potato bugs are about as plenti- 

 ful as usual. Indian corn is doing well, being largely planted late 

 for ensilage. The hay crop was medium in quantity and of good 

 quality. Considerable rape and millet have been sown, but have 

 suffered from drought. Few market-garden crops are grown; po- 

 tatoes have not been dug, but are looking well. Apples appear a 

 little below last year, or about an average. Pasturage is rather 

 short now from dry weather. Oats are raised for forage and are 

 in fair condition. A large number of apple trees were set this 

 spring, but only a few in new plot, being mostly enlargements. 



Buckland (Eugene D. Oris wold). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is looking fairly well, though it is a little late 

 and begins to show the effects of dry weather; nearly one-half the 

 crop is grown for ensilage. Forage crops are very little raised, but 

 are looking well. Potatoes are looking well, though none have been 

 harvested. Apples are dropping badly; other fruits looking well. 

 Pasturage is in good condition, though it begins to look a little dry. 

 Rye, oats and barley are about average, but are little raised for 

 grain. There have been from 10 to 15 acres of new apple orchards 

 set out. 



Ash field (Albert Howes). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is not up to the average in condition; two-thirds of the crop 

 is grown for ensilage. The hay crop is a little below the average 

 in quantity, with practically no clover. About the usual amount of 

 forage crops is grown and they are looking well. Potatoes are very 

 uneven, though the recent rains have improved them. Pasturage is 

 short and in need of rain. Apples, pears and peaches will give 

 short crops; plums promise well. Nearly every farmer has set 

 some apple trees the past year, some of them several hundred. 



Whately (C. L. Crafts). — Potato bugs are doing a great deal 

 of damage. Indian corn has come on rapidly and is normal; prob- 

 ably two-thirds of the crop is used for ensilage. The hay crop was 

 of good quality, but hardly more than half a crop in quantity. For- 

 age crops are little raised. Dry weather ruined all market-garden 



