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but pears and grapes will be abundant. Pasturage lias been 

 badly injured by dry weather. Rye was a good crop. 



Dana (E. A. Albee). — Potato beetles and grasshoppers are 

 doing the most damage. Corn is in average condition, but rather 

 late ; none will be ensilaged. The hay crop was larger than last 

 year, and mostly secured in good condition. Early potatoes are 

 in good condition, and sell for $1.25 per bushel; late ones will 

 In' a good crop if they do not blast. Market-garden crops are 

 average in quantity and price. There are no apples, few pears 

 and peaches, and rose bugs destroyed the grapes. Pasturage is 

 in good condition. The rye crop was a full average. 



Leominster (W. 15. Hosmer). — Insects are doing but little 

 damage. Corn is in good condition ; very little is put into the 

 silo. The hay crop was a good average in quantity and of good 

 quality. Potatoes are in good condition, but very few have been 

 harvested. Market-garden crops are fully up in yield and price. 

 Apples will be a poor and pears not an average crop, but grapes 

 promise a good crop. Pastures are mostly looking well. Rye 

 was an average crop. 



Fitchburg (Dr. Jabez Fisher) . — The pear tree psylla is doingthe 

 most damage. Corn is of fine color, and is growing rapidly. The 

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

 Apples will be a very light crop, especially Raldwins. Pears will 

 be a moderate crop, and grapes the same. All fruits seem 

 unusually fair and free from worms and blemish, and thus far 

 there has been little fungus. Pastures were considerably injured 

 by past dry weather, but are improved by recent rains. 



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Groton (Daniel Needham). — The maggot which attacks the 

 roots of squash vines is doing much damage. Corn is in fair con- 

 dition, but has suffered from dry weather and cool nights. The 

 hay crop was in excess of the last few years in quantity and qual- 

 ity. Potatoes are in fair condition, and sell for $1.25 per bushel. 

 Market-garden crops have been better than usual in yield and 

 price. Apples will be a poor crop, with other fruits up to the 

 average, and berries a good crop. Pastures with southerly slope 

 have suffered from drought ; others are in good condition. The 

 rainfall for July was only one and one-fourth inches. Rye was an 

 average crop. 



Chelmsford (P. P. Perham). — Potato beetles and cutworms 

 are doing the most damage. Corn is looking finely ; one-half the 

 crop will go into the silo. The hay crop was of extra quality and 

 good average quantity. Early potatoes promise well, but late ones 



