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condition. Rye, oats and barley are about average crops. I know of 

 no new apple oveliards. 



Leicester (H. H. Kingsbury). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. The weather of July has been extremely favorable for corn; 

 about one-fourth of the crop goes for ensilage. The hay crop was 

 one-fourth above the average in quantity and of excellent quality. 

 Hot weather has favored squashes, cucumbers, tomatoes and beans. 

 The prospect now is good for a fair crop of apples, pears and grapes. 

 Pasturage is quite short, owing to dry weather. Sowed grains have 

 done well, making heavy growths. No commercial apple orchards 

 have been set in this town for many years. 



Charlton (Loren E. Stevens). — The potato bug is doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is doing well, with fully two-thirds of the crop 

 to be used for ensilage. The hay crop was larger in quantity than 

 usual and of excellent quality. Millet is grown for forage, but is not 

 doing well. No potatoes have been harvested. There seems to be 

 but little fruit of any kind. Pasturage is good, considering the dry 

 weather. Rye, oats and barley are not as good crops as usual. There 

 have been no large orchards set. Springs in pastures are mostly dry 

 and many farmers are drawing water. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Hojphinion (W. V. Thompson). — Potato bugs, elm-leaf beetles and 

 brown-tail moths are doing damage. Indian corn is in good condition, 

 but needs rain ; about one-half the crop is grown for ensilage. There 

 was a splendid hay crop and of good quality, where cut early. The 

 weather has been too dry to put in forage crops, except corn. Market- 

 garden crops are not much raised. Apples need rain and are dropping ; 

 few pears; no peaches or plums; grapes good. Pasturage is drying 

 up. Rye is little raised, but was a good crop; oats a good crop for 

 forage. It is many years since an apple orchard was set out in this town. 



Sudbury (Edgar W. Goodnow). — Gypsy and brown-tail moths are 

 proving troublesome. Indian corn is doing well but is backward; 

 about half the crop is grown for ensilage. The hay crop is nonnal in 

 quantity and quality. Oats and millet are being raised for forage and 

 are in good condition. Market-garden crops are beginning to feel the 

 effects of dry weather. The prospect for apples and pears is favorable ; 

 few peaches, plums or cranberries are raised. Pastures are looking 

 well. Rye, oats and barley are little raised. 



Maynard (L. H. Maynard). — Potato bugs and elm-leaf beetles are 

 doing serious damage. Indian corn looks well on low lands, on high 

 land it is all dried up and has stopped growing. The hay crop is of 

 good cjuality and about average in quantity. Oats are a good crop; 

 Hungarian grass is grown to some extent for forage, but is suffering 

 from drought. ^larket-garden crops are in need of rain; no potatoes 



