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Worcester (S. A. Burgess). — Potato bugs, cutworms, cabbage 

 worms and white grubs are doing some damage. Corn in good 

 condition ; none will be put into the silo. Hay an average crop 

 of rather poor quality. Sweet corn, oats, barley, rye, wheat, cab- 

 bage and turnips are raised to supplement the hay crop, and all 

 look well. Market-garden crops a fair average in yield and price. 

 Very few apples ; pears and peaches good ; grapes abundant. 

 Pasturage quite good. Rye, oats and barley about average. 



SoutJiborough (E. F. Collins) . — Horn flies are somewhat 

 troublesome. Corn was never better ; one-sixth will be put into 

 the silo. Hay 90 per cent of a full crop, of good quality. Fodder 

 corn, Hungarian grass, barley and turnips are the principal forage 

 crops, and are all in good condition. Potatoes and other crops 

 promise well ; price for potatoes lower than usual. Pears and 

 peaches a good crop ; apples few. Pasturage looking better than 

 usual. Rye, oats and barley are all cut for hay. 



Sutton (O. P. Johnson). — Potato bugs and horn flies are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn never looked better. Hay is about 

 an average crop, but varies greatly on different fields. Fodder 

 corn is the principal crop used to supplement the hay crop, and 

 is looking well. Market-garden crops good, prices low. Potatoes 

 are looking well. Apples few ; pears and peaches good ; quinces, 

 grapes and cranberries average. Pastui'es are in splendid condi- 

 tion. Rye, oats and barley about average. 



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Sherborn (N. B. Douglas). — Potato bugs, horn flies and hoi'se 

 flies are very troublesome. Corn looks extremely well ; 10 per 

 cent will cover all that will go into the silo. Hay two-thirds of 

 an average crop ; quality never better. Barley, oats, Hungarian 

 grass and corn are raised to supplement the hay crop, and all 

 promise full crops. Potatoes not yet dug. Very light crop of 

 apples and grapes ; peaches a full crop ; pears a half crop. Past- 

 ures are above the average at this season. Oats a large crop. 



Littleton (G. W. Sanderson) . — Corn in excellent condition ; 

 about one-fourth will be put into the silo. Late rains have helped 

 the hay crop so that it will compare favorably with former years. 

 Hungarian grass, millet, barley and sweet corn have been sown in 

 large quantities and are looking well. Potatoes are looking well 

 and prices good. Few apples ; fair crop of pears ; peaches good ; 

 quinces, grapes and cranberries small crops. Pasturage in good 

 condition. Rye, oats and barley about average. 



Lotvell (C. L. Marshall). — The potato beetle and onion mag- 

 got are doing some damage. Corn in very good condition ; nearly 



