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cause, three weeks fine hay Aveather. Rye good ; oats have rusted and 

 are small. 



Chicopee (R. W. Bemis). — Potato bugs, elm tree leaf beetles and 

 canker worms are doing some damage. Indian corn is looking well ; 

 new silos are being built every year^ The hay crop is large this year 

 and good as all large crops are as to quality. Fodder corn, oats and 

 barley are the principal forage crops grown and all are looking well. 

 Market-garden crops are in good condition ; but few early potatoes 

 harvested as yet. Apples, pears, peaches, plums, quinces and grapes 

 are all short crops. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye, oats and bar- 

 ley are average crops. 



Ludlow (G. B. Bennett). — Potato bugs have been vei-y troublesome. 

 Corn is in very good condition but backward ; about one-tenth of the 

 crop will go into the silo. Oats and peas, fodder corn and barley ai*e 

 the principal forage crops grown. Potatoes will be a light crop on dry 

 land. Ai^ples one-fourth a crop, pears and peaches a failure, jilums fair, 

 grapes very good. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Rye is above 

 the average and oats about average. Haying is nearly done and a large 

 crop has been secured in first class condition. 



Longmeadow (W. F. Emerson). — Potato bugs and elm tree leaf 

 beetles are doing some damage. Corn is in good condition though per- 

 haps a little later than usual ; very little goes into the silo here. The 

 hay crop was above the average in quantity and of very good quality. 

 Potatoes somehow do not grow ; some digging now ; price $1 per Ijushel. 

 Apples and pears will be light crops. Pastures are well grown up to 

 grass. Rye is a good crop, oats small. 



Holland (Francis Wight). — Potato bugs and squash bu^s are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is rather late but is growing finely ; 

 no silos in this town. The hay crop was larger and of better quality 

 than usual. Fodder corn is the only forage crop grown and that is in 

 good condition. No early potatoes have been dug as yet. Apples will 

 be rather a light crop, pears better, no peaches to speak of, plums fair, 

 grapes good. The dry Aveather hurt i)asturage some but it is doing 

 belter now. Rye, oats and barley are about average crops. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Warren (W. E. Patrick) —Indian corn is in fine condition; too 

 small a proportion is put in the silo to make an estimate. The hay crop 

 is the largest for several years and of very fine quality. Fodder corn, 

 Hungarian grass and millet are the forage crops raised ; less quantity 

 raised than usual, but in extra condition. Yield of early potatoes will 

 be light and the price high. There is the prospect of a good apple crop 

 and of a medium crop of pears. Pasturage is in good condition as to 

 growth, but is not fresh enough to make milk. Rye is the best crop for 

 years ; oats poor. 



West Brookfield (L. H. Chamberlain). — No insects doing damage 

 except potato bugs and they are not bad. Corn is 100 in condition ; one- 

 fourth of the crop will be put into the silo. The h.ay crop is better than 

 for many years. Oats and Hungarian grass are the principal forage 

 crops. Market-garden crops are in good condition ; but few potatoes 

 harvested. Apples 100, pears 50, no peaches, plums 2.5, quinces 75, 

 grapes 85 and no cranberries. Pasturage is in first class condition. 

 Rye 100 and oats 75. 



Neio Braintrce (C. D. Sage). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is looking well, but is a little late ; perhaps 10 per cent of the crop 

 Avill be put into the silo. A large hay crop is being secured in fine con- 

 dition. Less forage crops than usual are being raised and oats and 

 barley are the principle ones. Potatoes are looking well. Apples Avill 

 be a small crop, some pears, grapes rather light, very few peaches and 



