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former years. Apples a light crop ; pears, peaches, plums and 

 quinces not up to the average ; grapes looliing well. Pastures are 

 looking finely. Rye, oats and barley are good average crops. 



Buckland (C. E. Ward). — No serious damage from insects. 

 Corn is coming forward fast now, but is tender and heavy storms 

 are breaking it down somewhat ; less than one-fourth of the crop 

 will go into the silo. Quantity of hay large, but quality a little 

 off ; quite a little not cut because of bad weather. Fodder corn, 

 Hungarian grass and barley are the principal forage crops, but less 

 than usual will be raised. The prospect for the fruit crop is not 

 good. Pastures are in excellent condition. Rye, oats and barley 

 are little raised for grain. 



Leyden (U. T. Darling). — No insects doing damage. Corn 

 is small for the time of year; only three silos in town. The 

 quantity of hay is good, but there is much grass to be cut and the 

 quality will not be very good. Corn and barley are the principal 

 forage crops. Potatoes do not promise well and many fields are 

 badly blighted ; price better than formerly. The prospect is very 

 good for all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye, 

 oats and barley compare favorably with other years. 



Bernardston (R. H. Cushman). — Potato bugs are unusually 

 plenty and cut worms have damaged tobacco badly. Corn is back- 

 ward, but growing rapidly; I think more than half the crop will 

 be put into the silo. Hay is a large crop of nice quality. Oats 

 are grown for hay and several acres of barley are grown for green 

 fall feed. Prices for market-garden crops low ; potatoes sell well 

 and the crop is looking well. Apples promise a fair crop and other 

 fruits a full average. Pasturage is iu extra condition. Rye, oats 

 and barley have done well. Farm work has been retarded by wet 

 weather, but haying is nearly done. 



Deerfield (Chas. Jones). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn has made a fair growth, but is late ; only a 

 small proportion will go into the silo. Hay is a little more than 

 an average crop of fair quality. Potatoes are not quite up to the 

 average and market-garden crops are not quite as good as usual. 

 Apples, pears and peaches promise a light crop, but grapes are 

 looking well. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye, oats and 

 barley are good average crops. There has been too much rain for 

 tobacco, but it is doing well now. 



Montague (C. S. Raymond). — Squash bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is still under size, but is growing fast and prom- 

 ises an abundant crop ; about half the crop will go into the silo. 

 The hay crop is larger than usual and of about average quality. 

 Oats and peas are raised for early feed and corn for later. 



