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MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



HopTcinton (W. V. Thompson). — Potato bugs and squash bugs 

 are doing some damage. Corn is good, but a little late ; the 

 usual amount will go into the silo. Hay is a larger crop than for 

 some years. Hungarian grass is the principal forage crop raised. 

 Not many market-garden crops are raised here. No apples ; peai's, 

 peaches and plums full crops. Rye, oats and barley are good crops. 



Sudbury (E. W. Goodnow). — Potato bugs and asparagus 

 beetles are doing some damage. One of the best and largest hay 

 crops on record is being harvested. Fodder corn is the principal 

 forage crop and is looking well. Market-garden crops are about 

 normal in yield and price. Apples scarce, pears plenty, peaches 

 and plums scarce, grapes and cranberries looking well. Pastures 

 never looked better at this time of year. Rye, oats and barley are 

 about normal crops. 



Maynard (L. H. Maynard). — Corn is extra good and probably 

 three-fourths of the crop goes into the silo. Hay is an extra good 

 crop, though some old lands are light. Corn and peas and oats 

 are the principal forage crops and are in good condition. All 

 market-garden crops look well ; potatoes extra, not many harvested 

 yet. Apples are short, all other fruits abundant. Pasturage is in 

 good condition. Rye, oats and barley are better than average 

 crops. 



Boxborough (J. F. Hayward). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is in good condition. Hay is a third better 

 than an average crop in quantity and of good quality. Millet and 

 fodder corn are the principal forage crops. Apples and quinces 

 will give small crops, but other fruits are looking well. Pastui-age 

 was never in better condition. Rye, oats and barley are rather 

 more than average crops. 



Westford (Arthur Wright) . — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Hay is a large crop of good quality. Corn is the prin- 

 cipal forage crop raised. Potatoes are looking well, but few are 

 harvested yet. No winter apples, fall apples an average crop ; 

 blackberries and raspberries good. Peaches are looking especially 

 well, and Westford has some very fine orchards. Pasturage was 

 never better at this time of year. Rye, oats and barley are good 

 average crops. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — Potato bugs and striped and black 

 squash bugs are doing some damage. Corn is later than usual, 

 but is now growing very rapidly ; only a small amount raised for 

 silo. Hay a large crop of ordinary quality. Corn, rye, Hungarian 

 grass and oats are the principal forage crops. Some early planted 



