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fourths of the crop will go into the silo. The hay crop is very 

 good and has been well secured. Millet is the principal forage 

 crop and is in good condition, with a great deal more raised than 

 in former years. Market-garden crops already harvested show 

 poorer yields and higher prices than usual ; prospect for those to 

 come good ; potatoes late, not bottomed at all. Some apples and 

 quinces ; pears good ; no peaches ; plums good ; grapes abundant. 

 Pasturage is in excellent condition. Rye and oats are in very 

 good condition. 



Carlisle (E. J. Carr) . — Potato bugs and squash bugs are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is backward but is growing fast ; none 

 put into the silo. The hay crop was the largest for many years and 

 of the best quality. Corn and millet are the principal forage crops 

 raised, and are looking well with the usual acreage. Potatoes 

 looking well, none harvested ; peas a poor crop and prices high. 

 Small crops of apples, pears and peaches ; plums, quinces, grapes 

 and cranberries plenty. Pasturage is in the best of condition. 

 Rye has done well, but oats and barley are very poor. 



Wohurn (W. H. Bartlett). — Potato bugs, cut worms and cur- 

 rant worms are doing some damage. Sweet corn is raised for 

 market and the stalks cut for fodder, very little Indian corn raised. 

 Quantity of the hay crop above the average, quality very good. 

 Rye, corn and millet are the forage crops raised ; condition good 

 and acreage as usual. The condition of market-garden crops is 

 very good indeed ; too early to predict as to potatoes. Apples 

 poor, also pears and peaches ; plums and quinces fair ; grapes 

 good. Pasturage is very good indeed. Rye, oats and barley are 

 about average crops. 



Winchester (Marshall Symmes) . — Potato bugs and cut worms 

 are doing damage, while the gypsy moth is appearing in places and 

 eating clean as it goes. There was a very heavy crop of hay of 

 good quality. Forage crops, as such, are not much raised, as 

 sweet corn stalks, pea vines, etc., are abundant. Market-garden 

 crops are growing well ; potatoes not ripe yet. Light crop of 

 apples ; good crop of pears and plums ; peaches promised a good 

 crop, but have recently turned gummy and spotted and dropped 

 badly. Pasturage is in first-rate condition. Rye very heavy and 

 good. 



Newton (Otis Pettee). — Potato bugs are most troublesome, 

 and cut worios are doing a little damage. Indian corn is looking 

 finely, with the promise of a good crop ; about the usual acreage 

 for the silo. Hay was a good crop, and is nearly all housed ; 

 quality not quite up to the standard. Corn and oats are the prin- 

 cipal forage crops grown, and are raised mainly for summer feed- 



