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quality. Oats, barley, sweet corn and Hungarian grass are the 

 principal forage crops grown. Market-garden crops in very good 

 condition. Apples 70 per cent of a full crop, and pears half a 

 crop. Pastures are very short. Oats and barley are fine and will 

 help fill the gap left by the short hay crop. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Colrain (A. A. Smith) . — Grasshoppers and potato bugs are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn in A No. 1 condition ; fully 

 one-half will go into the silo. Hay a three- fourths crop, of full 

 average quality. Corn, barley and Hungarian grass are the prin- 

 cipal fodder crops, and are all in fine condition. The prospect for 

 all kinds of fruit is poor. Pasturage is fresh and green. Rye, 

 oats and barley are above the average. 



Buckland (J. D. Avery). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn never looked better ; probably 15 per cent will be put 

 into the silo. Hay 85 per cent of a full crop, of very good 

 quality. Oats, barley and Hungarian grass are raised to help out 

 the hay crop, and are all doing finely. The potato crop is prom- 

 ising, but more rain is needed. Apples and peaches will be light 

 crops. Some orchards will give a full yield of apples, while others 

 are almost bare of fruit. Pasturage is very good. 



Conway (J. C. Newhall). — Potato bugs and cutworms have 

 been very plenty, but grasshoppers are getting very thick now. 

 Indian corn never looked better ; only a small proportion will go 

 into the silo. Since the middle of June the hay crop has gained, 

 and on rich land there will be a fair crop. Barley and fodder 

 corn are sown for forage. Potatoes are late, but looking well. 

 Hardly any apples ; pears, peaches, quinces and grapes will be 

 average crops. Pastures have been good, but need rain. Rye, 

 oats and barley are hardly up to the average. 



Sunderland (J. M. J. Legate). — Potato bugs are the only 

 insects doing damage, and they are nearly through. Corn is look- 

 ing splendidly ; a third will go into the silo. The hay crop was 

 below the average, and most of it has been injured in harvesting. 

 Sweet corn is the principal forage crop grown, and is looking well. 

 Potatoes never looked better. A fair but not heavy crop of apples 

 and pears is promised. Pastures are now getting a little dry. 

 Rye and oats have done well. No damage from hail or wind. 



New Salem (Daniel Ballard) . — Potato bugs and grasshoppers 

 are quite numerous. Corn is looking finely ; perhaps two per 

 cent will be put into the silo. The rains have brought grass 

 forward to average growth ; quality good. Corn, oats and Hun- 

 garian grass are raised as fodder crops. Market-garden crops are 



