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fodder corn are all grown for forage crops and have done well so far. 

 Some market-garden crops show the effects of drought. Apples fair; 

 pears good; peaches few; plums and quinces none; grapes good. 

 Pasturage is suffering from drought. Rye and oats are a little better 

 than average crops. Not many new apple trees have been set and the 

 old ones are dying with San Jose scale. 



Hampden (John N. Isham). — Cabbage lice and stock flies are re- 

 ported as troublesome. Indian corn is growing finely and about one- 

 fourth the crop is raised for ensilage. The hay crop is fully a third 

 better than last year. Oats and corn are our principal forage crops 

 and both are in good condition. Market-garden crops need rain; 

 prices compare well with other years. The prospect is good for most 

 fruits. Pasturage has been good, but is now getting short. Several 

 new apple orchards have been set, of from 200 to 400 trees each. 

 Potatoes are more seriously affected by drought than our other crops, 

 especially early ones. Haying is nearly completed. 



Palmer (O. P. Allen). — The elm-leaf beetle is doing some damage. 

 Corn is in fair condition, but is in need of rain. Hay was a fair average 

 crop in quantity and cjuality. Corn and millet are the principal forage 

 crops grown. Market-garden crops are in good condition, but later 

 than usual; yields normal. There is prospect of an average crop of 

 fruit. Pasturage is suffering from drought. Rye, oats and barley 

 compare well with former years. No new apple orchards have been 

 set out to my knowledge. 



Brimfield (F. N. Lawrence). — Indian corn is late, but is coming 

 fast this hot weather, but now needs rain; about one-third is grown 

 for the silo. The hay crop is about average in quantity and quality. 

 Millet is raised by some as a forage crop. Potatoes look well; no 

 market-garden crops grown. Apples promise about one-third an 

 average croi3; pears one-half; peaches, plums, etc., light crops. Feed 

 in pastures is badly dried up. Rye and oats have been good crops. 

 No apple trees to amount to anything have been set out recently. 



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Warren (W. E. Patrick). — Very few insects doing damage, except 

 potato bugs. Indian corn is very backward, possibly one-fourth of 

 it will go into the silo. The hay crop is equal to the normal, both in 

 quantity and quality. Millet and fodder corn are the principal forage 

 crops grown, and are in poor condition. The weather is too dry for 

 market-garden crops; no potatoes harvested yet. There will be light 

 crops of apples, pears and peaches and very few grapes. Pasturage is 

 in poor condition. Rye is a normal crop; there are some excellent 

 fields of oats, but as a whole the crop is small. 



West Brookfield (Myron A. Richardson). — Potato bugs, currant 

 worms and striped squash bugs are doing damage. Indian corn is 



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