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Woburn ( W. H. Bartlett) . — Cut worms, potato bugs and 

 squash bugs are doing some damage. Sweet corn is the only kind 

 of corn raised and is looking well. Hay was perhaps a two-thirds 

 crop, of good quality. Hungarian grass and barley are the princi- 

 pal forage crops, with a slightly increased acreage. Market-garden 

 crops have been light, but prices have been good. Winter apples 

 are very scarce ; few pears ; no peaches ; very few plums and 

 quinces ; grapes fair. Pastures are very dry. Rye headed out 

 rather light. 



Winchester (Marshal Symmes). — We are very free from trouble- 

 some insects just now. Hay was about half a crop and was se- 

 cured in good order. Market-garden crops are now drying up. 

 Potatoes are ready to dig. Everything is suffering for rain and is 

 being pinched by the hot winds that have prevailed most of the 

 season. Pasturage is entirely dried up. Rye is a fairly good crop. 



Newton (Otis Pettee) . — On moist lands corn is looking very 

 well with the promise of a fair crop. The hay crop is very light 

 and of poor quality owing to drought. There is a considerable 

 acreage of corn planted for the silo and for forage and it is doing 

 well. The prospect is good for late potatoes, but early ones are 

 few in the hill. There are but few apples, but pears are more 

 plenty. Pastures are very dry indeed. 



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Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill). — Potato bugs are doing con- 

 siderable damage. Corn is good except on high ground, where it 

 has suffered from drought ; none is put into silos. Hay was about 

 a two-thirds crop and the quality was never better. Rather more 

 barley and fodder corn are being raised for forage than usual and 

 they are in fair condition. Potatoes are not yielding as well as 

 some years, but prices are good. Apples will be a very light crop ; 

 pears light ; peaches none ; plums light ; grapes good. Pastures are 

 in poor condition and have been all the season. Rye, oats and 

 barley are little raised for grain, but are fair average crops. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster) . — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is in good condition and about three-fourths of 

 the crop will be put into the silo. Hay was about a three-fourths 

 crop, of fair quality. Oats, rye, barley, corn and Hungarian grass 

 are the principal forage crops grown and are in fair condition. 

 Most market-garden crops give good yields, with prices about as 

 usual. Apples and pears will give small crops ; grapes plenty. 



