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Montague (A. M. Lyman). — Potato bugs, elin-leaf beetles and black 

 squash bugs are doing damage. Indian corn is good but late; a few 

 fields are cut green for the silo, but most are husked and then shredded 

 for the silo. Fodder corn and Japanese millet are the principal forage 

 crops and are in very good condition. Market-garden crops are in 

 very fair condition, those harvested being better than usual in yield 

 and price; off year on squashes. Apples and grapes will give half 

 crops; there are few plums; pears one-fourth average crop; peaches 

 a good yield. Pasturage is in better condition than usual, though 

 getting rather short now. Rye has proved a great crop; oats fair. 

 A dozen farmers have 100 colonies of bees in all. Tobacco looks well 

 and that set early is being topped. The onion crop is not proving as 

 satisfactory, there being much damage from maggots. 



Northjield (T. R. Callender). — Plant lice on plum and cherry trees 

 are unusually abundant. Indian corn is in good condition, though still 

 backward; about one-third the crop is grown for ensilage. The hay 

 crop was generally light, but of good quality. Millet, oats and vetch 

 are grown for forage and are all looking well. Potatoes look unusually 

 well and prices are average. There will be an average crop of apples. 

 Pasturage is in good condition for the time of year. All grains are 

 looking well. Bees are not kept to any extent. 



New Salem (Daniel Ballard). — Potato bugs and elm-leaf beetles 

 are quite plenty. The stand of corn is good, but is rather backward; 

 perhaps one-third will be put into the silo. As a whole the hay crop 

 was hardly up to the average. Fodder corn, oats and Hungarian grass 

 are the principal forage crops grown and are looking well. Not much 

 is done here in the market-garden line. There is a fair outlook for 

 apples and pears; grapes are quite promising. Pastures have suffered 

 from dry weather, but are improving since the rains. Rye, oats and 

 barley are fully average crops. Bees are not much kept, but we have 

 one, and perhaps more, successful beekeepers. Wild deer are doing 

 considerable damage. 



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Greenwich (Walter H. Glazier). — Potato bugs are most trouble- 

 some. Indian corn is a little backward, but is looking well ; but little 

 is raised for ensilage. Hay was nearly a full crop and of fine quality. 

 A small amount of millet is grown, but is mostly cured for hay. Market- 

 garden crops are not grown to any account. But little fruit is grown 

 for market; apples appear to be dropping. Dry weather has much 

 affected pastures. Oats have rusted; only grown for hay. Bees are 

 not kept here. Rain is much needed. 



Pelham (John L. Brewer). — Grasshoppers are quite numerous. 

 Indian corn is rather backward, but looking quite well; only one silo 

 in town. Quality of hay crop fine, but quantity only 50 per cent of 

 the normal. Some fodder corn has been planted for forage and is 



