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crop with price at 60 cents per bushel. Apples will be a great 

 crop, pears few, no peaches, few quinces, grapes good. Pasturage 

 is in good condition. Rye, oats and barley were mostly cut green. 



Holden (G, S. Graham). — Cabbage worms, cut worms and 

 potato bugs are doing some damage. Corn is looking finely and 

 about 25 per cent of the crop will go into the silo. The hay crop 

 .is greater than last year and I think about an average. Corn, oats, 

 barley and Hungarian grass are raised to supplement the hay crop 

 and are in good condition. Apples and grapes never looked bet- 

 ter, pears not so plenty. Pastures are in as good condition as in 

 other years. Rye, oats and barley were about the average and all 

 cut for feed. Considerable hay is not yet cut. 



Worcester (S. A. Bukgess). — The army worm is doing some 

 injury to oats. Other troublesome insects are cut worms, potato 

 bugs and white grubs. Indian corn is in first-class condition. The 

 hay crop has been a fair average in quantity and quality. Oats, 

 wheat, corn, rye, barley and Hungarian grass are raised for forage 

 crops and are in good condition. Market-garden crops are a fair 

 average in yield and price. Apples will be a fair crop, pears 

 scarce, no peaches, no quinces, grapes and cranberries fair. Rye, 

 oats and barley are average crops. The potato blight is doing con- 

 siderable damage. 



Sutton (0. P. Johnson). — The army worm has just made its 

 appearance. Corn is looking first-rate but is all of a week back- 

 ward ; not more than a quarter will go into the silo. The hay 

 crop is greater than last year and about an average crop. Hun- 

 garian grass and fodder corn are the principal forage crops. 

 Potatoes are about an .average crop but not many have been har- 

 vested. All fruits are good except pears and peaches. Pastures 

 are in splendid condition. Rye, oats and barley are looking fairly 

 well. 



Blackstone (L. R. Daniels). — The potato bug is doing some 

 damage. Corn is in very good condition and only a very small 

 portion of the crop is put into the silo. The hay crop is about the 

 the same as last year with quality good. Golden millet, barley and 

 oats are the principal forage crops raised and are generally in good 

 condition. Condition of market-garden crops good, yield the 

 same, prices low ; potatoes about two-thirds the usual price. 

 Apples are a good crop. Pasturage is in very good condition for 

 this time. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Dunstable (A. J, Gilson). — Indian corn needs more rain at 

 the present time ; Blunt's Prolific is the principal variety put into 



