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half a crop, having suffered from drought. Market-garden crops 

 have suffered severely from drought. The yield of corn is not yet 

 certain, as it is not eared out, but at present the crop is below the 

 average. Barley and oats are better crops than last year. Much 

 fruit fell during the high winds. 



Neiv Draintree (C. D. Sage). — Grasshoppers are doing the 

 most damage. Pastures and mowings were badly scorched by 

 drought. Early fruit was quite plenty ; the storm of August 24 

 has shaken a large quantity of fruit from the trees. Potatoes have 

 suffered from drought, but may be half a crop. Market-garden 

 crops have suffered from drought, as has also the corn crop. Barley 

 and oats were fully average crops. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — Potato beetles and grasshoppers 

 are doing the most damage. Pastures are short and the rowen 

 crop very light, but fall feed will be good. Peaches are a good 

 crop, but pears, apples, plums and cherries are very light. Early 

 potatoes were a light crop, but late ones will be much better. 

 Market-garden crops are a full average, and the outlook is good 

 for all except cabbages. Corn promised well until August 23 

 when the high wind greatly injured it. Barley and oats were 

 heavy crops, but smut was somewhat prevalent. 



Westminster (Joseph Hager) . — Pastures were never so brown 

 at this season, and there is no rowen of any consequence. Early 

 fruit was a very poor crop, and the later is worse ; apples few and 

 very poor. Potatoes will be about half a crop. Market-garden 

 crops are a light yield. Corn will be about half a crop, and of 

 poor quality. Barley and oats w r ere not so good crops as last year. 

 The severe drought has only been broken within a week. 



North Leominster (Preston Knight). — Grasshoppers are doing 

 the most damage. Pastures are short and dry, and rowen a short 

 crop. Pears* are plenty, but apples are a short crop, of poor 

 quality. Late potatoes were a good yield on some fields, and per- 

 haps half^, crop on others. Corn will not be quite an average 

 crop. Barley and oats were considerably better crops than last 

 year. 



Holden (G. S. Graham). — Grasshoppers are doing the most 

 damage. Pastures are very dry, and rowen a very light crop. 

 Strawberries and blackberries were plenty, pears are plenty and 

 apples very few. Potatoes will be about half a crop. Market- 

 garden crops are very poor. Corn will be about half a crop. 

 Barley and oats are not half of last year's crop. 



Worcester (S. A. Burgess). — Grasshoppers, apple worms and 

 grubs are doing the most damage. Pasturage is poor, and rowen 

 is a poor crop. Pears are a good crop, apples poor and peaches 



