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fair. Potatoes will be a fair crop, better than was expected. 

 Market-garden crops are poor, but the prospect for later ones is 

 better. Corn is improving, and promises to be a good crop. Oats 

 were a good crop, and barley poor. 



Sutton (O. P. Johnson) . — No insects are doing any particular 

 damage. Pastures are very dry, and rowen poor. Fruit is a good 

 crop, with the exception of apples. Late potatoes are a good 

 average crop. Market-garden crops are hardly an average in 

 yield. Corn promises to be a good crop. Barley and oats are 

 not up to last year's crops. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



FramingJiam (H. S. Whittemore) . — Potato beetles are doing 

 the most damage, but not as much as usual. Pasturage is very 

 poor, and rowen is but a small crop. Early fruit crops fair, apples 

 a light crop of poor quality, pears good. Potatoes not over half a 

 crop. Yield of market-garden crops fair, and prospect good. 

 Rains have improved corn, and it promises well. Oats and barley 

 are cut for fodder, and have been good crops. 



Westford (Arthur Wright). — Little damage from insects. 

 Pasturage and rowen are very good. Strawberries and raspber- 

 ries were good crops, but blackberries are a short crop. Early 

 potatoes were a good crop, and late ones are looking well. Market- 

 garden crops have made a good yield, and promise well for the 

 future. Corn is looking finely, with the prospect of more than an 

 average crop. 



Lowell (C. L. Marshall). — White grubs are eating potatoes 

 badly. Pastures are good, but the rowen crop will be short. 

 Early fruits have been good, but the late ones dropped badly, and 

 will be short. Potatoes look better than a month ago, and will be 

 a fair yield. Market-garden crops have made a good yield. Corn 

 will be an average crop. Oats and barley were much injured by 

 drought. 



Wobtim (W. H. Bartlett). — Potato beetles and black squash 

 bugs are doing the most damage. Pasturage is in fair condition, 

 and the prospect for rowen is good. Small fruits have done poorly, 

 and half the winter fruit has been blown from the trees. Early 

 potatoes yielded poorly, but late ones are looking well. Corn will 

 be a good crop if weather is favorable. Root crops are doing well. 



Arlington (W. W. Rawson). — No damage from insects. Past- 

 urage and rowen are in good condition. Fruit crops are small. 

 Potatoes are a good crop. Market-garden crops have been small, 

 but the prospect is good for fall crops. The celery and cabbage 

 crops are good, as are also squashes and roots of all kinds. 



