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Pasturage is poor, hurt by dry weather. Bees are not kept to any 

 extent. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — The black squash bug and potato bug 

 are the most troublesome insects. Indian corn has improved very 

 fast since the rain of last week. Hay has proved a better crop than 

 was expected and is about up to former years. Corn, oats, Hungarian 

 grass and barley are raised for forage and are in good condition. No 

 market-garden crops are grown and no potatoes harvested. The apple 

 crop will be very light ; also pears, peaches and quinces ; plums a fair 

 crop; cranberries have set well. The pastures are in poor condition 

 and there is very little in them that the stock can eat. Rye, oats and 

 barley are raised principally as forage crops. Only a few hives of bees 

 are kept in town. 



Chelmsford (Walter B. Bullock). — Brown-tail and gypsy moth 

 caterpillars are our worst insects. Corn is looking well since the rains; 

 one-half the crop or more is used for the silo. There will be about 

 three-fourths of a hay crop of good quality. Oats, barley, Japanese 

 millet and corn are the principal forage crops and they are looking 

 finely. Potatoes are looking well; other garden crops somewhat in- 

 jured by dry weather. There was a heavy fruit bloom and fruit has 

 set well and is growing fast. Pasturage is not in very good condition. 

 Rye, oats and barley are about average crops. Only a few bees are 

 kept here. 



Carlisle (William A. Clark). — Squash bugs, potato bugs and 

 gypsy moths are doing some damage. Indian corn looks well ; nothing 

 but the fodder is put into the silo. The quality of hay is good and the 

 crop a light one. Oats, Japanese millet, fodder corn and Hungarian 

 grass are the principal forage crops grown, and they look finely. 

 Potatoes never were better; none harvested as yet. Apples, pears, 

 peaches, plums and quinces are scarce; grapes and cranberries show 

 a full crop. Pasturage is poor, owing to dry weather. Rye, oats and 

 barley are not raised for grain; look well as forage. Bees are not 

 kept here. 



Lincoln (C. S. Wheeler). — Gypsy moth caterpillars and potato 

 bugs are doing damage. Indian corn is backward and three-fourths 

 of the crop will go into the silo. Hay was not quite average in quan- 

 tity but was of good quality and secured in good order. Corn, Hun- 

 garian grass and Japanese millet are the forage crops grown; corn 

 backward; others good though late. Apples have dropped very badly; 

 other fruits not looking as well as usual, except grapes. Pastures have 

 suffered from drought. Rye, oats and barley are fully average for 

 fodder, none grown for grain. Only a few hives of bees are kept and 

 most of them for greenhouse purposes. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 What little Indian corn is grown will go into the silo. The hay crop 

 is above average in quantity and quality. Market-garden crops are 



