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one-half the crop is grown for ensilage. Hay is not over two-thirds 

 of a nonnal crop and the quality is good. More forage crops than 

 usual were planted, but owing to the drought they have not come up 

 well. All market-garden crops are poor, both in yield and quality; 

 prices are high. The prospect for all fruits is poor; they did not 

 set well and the dry weather has caused them to drop badly. Pas- 

 turage is very short. Rye has done fairly well; oats and barley 

 are small yields. There have been no new apple orchards set out. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — Potato bugs, cabbage worms, elm 

 leaf beetles and squash bugs are doing damage. Corn is very back- 

 ward and will need an unusually favorable season to mature; three- 

 fourths of the crop is gTOwn for ensilage. Hay was not over a 

 three-fourths crop and the quality suffered from overripening. More 

 than the usual amount of forage crops was put in, but they have 

 suffered from drought. Potatoes are a very poor crop; market- 

 garden crops are poor and prices high. Apples promise a very 

 light crop; pears below average; plums light ; grapes fair. Pas- 

 tures are in very poor condition. Rye, oats and barley are all 

 below the average as grain forage crops. No new apple orchards 

 have been set out. 



Eoyalston (C. A. Stimson). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is small; two-thirds of the- crop is grown for the 

 silo. Hay was a two-thirds crop of fine quahty. No more forage 

 crops than usual are being grown. Market-garden crops are back- 

 ward from lack of rain; no potatoes harvested. There will be an 

 average crop of fruit. Pasturage is dried up. Drought has cut 

 rye, oats and barley short as grain and forage crops. No new apple 

 orchards have been set out. 



Fitchburg (Dr. Jabez Fisher). — There is little damage from 

 insects. The hay crop was 60 per cent of the normal in quantity 

 and of fair quality. Forage crops are failures for want of rain. 

 Apples 30 per cent of a full crop; pears 40; plums 50; grapes 85; 

 quality 100, little or no fungous trouble. Pasturage is almost en- 

 tirely dried up. Not much orchard planting is done except in a 

 small way. 



Harvard (John S. Preston). — Cut worms have done a great 

 deal of damage to tomatoes, cucumbers and summer squash. All 

 crops are very backward owing to dry weather. Corn has begun 

 curling and potatoes have suffered severely from drought. All 

 berries and small fruits are scarce and high. The first planting 

 13ease yielded half a crop and the next nothing. Hay was a fair 

 crop. Cows are scarce and high and the price of milk has been low 

 all summer; manj' are feeding at the barn. One field has been pre- 

 pared for setting apple trees, but they have not been put in as yet. 



Sterling (Henry S. Sawyer). — Potato bugs are doing damage. 



