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tra crop. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye, oats and barley 

 are extra good but the weather is rather wet for harvesting. 



LiicUoiv (C. B. Bennett) . — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is yellow and very backward ; about one-tenth will go into 

 the silo. The hay crop is extra large but of poor quality there be- 

 ing a great many weeds in it. Oats, barley, peas and corn are the 

 principal forage crops and are good but backward. Potatoes show 

 some blight. Apples light ; pears fair ; peaches, plums and 

 quinces very light ; grapes extra good. Pasturage never looked 

 better. Rye, oats and barley are better than usual. We have had 

 too much water and too little sunshine. 



Wilbraliam (F. E. Clark). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is just booming having more than doubled its growth 

 in the past two weeks ; about one-fifth of the crop will go into the 

 silo. Hay is more than an average crop with the quality perhaps 

 a little off. Corn, oats, peas, barley and soja beans are raised for 

 forage crops and all promise well. Potatoes are generally looking 

 well but there is some rot. Apples half a crop, pears three- fourths, 

 and peaches and plums a full crop. Pasturage is waning now 

 and dairy cows are shrinking badly,. Rye, oats and barley have 

 not been so heavy for several years. 



Hampden (John N. Isham) . — Squash bugs are doing much dam- 

 age. Corn is backward and of poor color on moist land, but on 

 dry land it is growing well. The hay crop is unusually heavy 

 and of good quality. Rye, oats and corn are our principal forage 

 crops and are in good condition except that oats are lodging. 

 Market-garden crops above average in condition ; potatoes yield- 

 ing well ; prices good. Apples hardly half a crop ; other fruits 

 good average crops. Pastures are in excellent condition. Rye 

 light, oats and barley heavy. 



Holland (Francis Wight) . — Potato bugs and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is in exceedingly good condi- 

 tion ; no silos in town. The hay crop is good both in quantity and 

 quality. Corn fodder and oats are the principal forage crops and 

 are in good condition. Potatoes are a good crop ; none harvested 

 yet. All fruits will be poor. Pastures are in good condition. 

 Rye, oats and barley are full average crops. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Warren (Wm. E. Patrick). — Potato bugs and wire worms are 

 doing some damage. Corn is very backward, but has made splendid 

 growth the past two weeks ; only two silos in town. Hay is ten 

 per cent above the average both in quantity and quality. Oats, 



