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fruit, but with rain a good crop is expected. Pasturage is not in as good 

 condition as earlier in the season. Rye, oats and barley are not as good 

 as usual. Bees are not kept to any extent. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Warren (W. E. Patrick). — Potato bugs are about the only insect 

 doing damage. Indian corn is looking well, but is very backward; 

 possibly one-tenth the crop will be put into the silo. The hay crop is 

 about two-thirds of the normal in quantity and of excellent quality. 

 Fodder corn, millet, oats and Hungarian grass are the principal forage 

 crops grown and are in fairly good condition. Potatoes are looking 

 well, none harvested yet ; not much done in market-garden crops. The 

 prospect is poor for apples; peaches will be a full crop; grapes are 

 looking finely; not many pears. Pasturage is the poorest for the time 

 of year that I can remember. Rye is fairly good; oats a failure; 

 barley not grown. Bees are kept by a few persons, but not to any 

 great extent by any one. 



Brookfield (Frank E. Prouty). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is about ten days late; not over one-fourth will be 

 put into the silo. The hay crop is about three-fourths of last year's in 

 quantity and of good quality. Corn, millet and barley are the principal 

 forage crops grown. Market-garden crops are injured somewhat by 

 dry weather. Apples, pears and peaches are not half a crop; plums 

 and grapes good. The dry weather has injured pasturage quite badly. 

 Rye, oats and barley are about average crops. There are perhaps 100 

 colonies of bees in town. The dry weather since July 1st has hurt 

 potatoes. 



Oakham (Jesse Allen). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is backward, and perhaps one-fourth of it will go into the silo. 

 Hay is about two-thirds of a normal crop in quantity and of excellent 

 quality. Indian corn, Hungarian grass and millet are the principal 

 forage crops grown. Potatoes are looking better since the rain; yield 

 and price of market-garden crops about average. Grapes are abundant, 

 but other fruits are very poor. Pasturage is very short. Rye, oats and 

 barley are very light crops. Very few bees are kept here. 



Dana (Lyman Randall). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is looking well, but is late; one-third of the crop will go 

 into the silo. The hay crop is an average one and above average in 

 quality. Corn is the principal forage crop grown and it is looking well. 

 Market-garden crops are looking well and those harvested compare 

 favorably with other years in yield and price. Apples have dropped 

 badly and will be a small crop; other fruits promise fair yields and 

 grapes a very large yield. Pastures are rather short, owing to dry 

 weather. Oats and barley are average crops; rye little grown. There 

 are several who keep a few swarms of bees, but no large apiaries. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — Potato bugs, cabbage worms and 



