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the silo. The hay crop is from 25 to 33 per cent short in quantity 

 but the quality is very good. Oats and peas, Hungarian grass and 

 fodder corn are the principal forage crops raised. Potatoes look 

 well but none are harvested as yet. Apples will be more than an 

 average crop but all other fruits are short. Pasturage is in poor 

 condition. 



Spencer (H. H. Kingsbury). — The army worm has appeared on 

 several farms in town. Corn is very thrifty and of good color and 

 size ; half a dozen silos will be filled. Hay is an average crop of 

 excellent quality. Fodder corn and Hungarian grass are the prin- 

 cipal fodder crops raised and they are growing finely. Market- 

 garden crops promise favorably ; peas have been high ; potatoes 

 fair in yield with price low. Apples will be a large crop ; pears, 

 peaches and quinces a failure, grapes plenty. Pasturage is in 

 very good condition. Oats and barley are heavy and well filled 

 out ; oats were mostly cut for fodder while in milk. Frequent 

 showers have delayed haying so that there is still one-third of the 

 crop to be cut. 



Barre (J. L. Smith). — The army worm has reached most of 

 the oat fields and is eating them fast. It has eaten nothing else as 

 yet. Indian corn is a little late but is growing fast. The hay 

 crop was a good average as to quantity and of good quality. 

 Corn, oatSj millet and Hungarian grass are raised to supplement 

 the hay crop and are in good condition. There will be a good 

 crop of apples of excellent quality. Pasturage is in good con- 

 dition. Oats and barley are about as usual as to yield. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is more backward than usual but is growing rapidly 

 now ; about 20 per cent of the crop will go into the silo. The hay 

 crop has been the lightest for some years but the quality is good. 

 Oats, barley, Hungarian grass, millet and corn are raised as forage 

 crops and are in good condition. Market-garden crops are not 

 quite up to the average. Potatoes are a fair average in yield and 

 price. Apples are a good crop, pears light, no peaches and grapes 

 poor. Pastures are now in average condition. Winter rye was a 

 fair crop and oats and barley are very good. In Gardner, Hub- 

 bardston and "Westminster the army worm is very destructive on 

 several farms. 



Bolton (H. F. Haynes). — Insects are not very troublesome 

 though one farm has a small company of the army worm. Indian 

 corn looks well ; there are eight silos in town. The hay crop is 

 about 80 per cent of an average, much better than was expected. 

 Golden millet and corn fodder are used to supplement the hay 

 crop. Oats are all cut for green fodder. Early potatoes are a light 



