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The prospect for apples and pears is not good, for other fruits 

 normal. Pastures are in very good condition. Rye, oats and 

 barley are not up to the average. 



Holland (Francis AVight). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is doing well, but will be used for grain as we have 

 not many silos in this locality. The hay crop will be a full aver- 

 age with other years in quantity and quality. Corn is the prin- 

 cipal forage crop raised and rather more than usual will be grown. 

 Potatoes are late and none have been harvested as yet. Apples 

 will be light ; pears and plums promise fair crops. Pastures are 

 in good condition. Rye, oats and barley will be good average 

 crops for grain, and are not much used for forage here. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Oxford (D. M. Howe) . — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn looks nicely now and nine-tenths of the crop will go 

 into the silo. Hay was a much larger crop than last year. Hun- 

 garian grass and barley are the principal forage crops grown and 

 their acreage is about as usual. No potatoes harvested as yet 

 but they look well. Apples a light crop, other fruits about as 

 usual. Pasturage is in good condition. Some fields of oats are 

 very small and backward, othei's look finely. 



North BrooTcfield (J. H. Cane). — 'Potato bugs, squash bugs 

 and squash vine borers are doing some damage. Corn is in fine 

 condition ; 20 per cent of the crop will go into the silo. Hay was 

 20 per cent above an average crop in quantity and of good quality. 

 Corn, millet and Hungarian grass are the principal forage crops 

 grown. Apples dropped very badly and there will be, but few ; pears 

 one-fourth of a crop ; plums dropped badly and will not be more 

 than 20 per cent of a full crop ; grapes in fine condition. Pastur- 

 age is in excellent condition for the time of year. Oats were badly 

 injured by the hot, dry weather. 



Rutland (L. S. Dudley). — Potato bugs and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Corn is in good condition and about all the 

 crop goes into the silo. Hay was a full average crop both in 

 quantity and quality. Corn and Japanese millet are the principal 

 forage crops grown and more has been put in than usual. Po- 

 tatoes are looking well, but none have been dug as yet. Apples 

 poor ; pears good ; other fruits not much raised. Pastures are in 

 good condition. Rye, oats and barley were mostly cut green. 



Oakham (Jesse Allen). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is in fine condition and perhaps one-fourth of 

 the crop will go into the silo. Hay was about an average crop in 



