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tion. Rye, oats and barley are full crops, both as grain and 

 forage. 



Washingtoyi (E. H. Eames). — Insects are causing little trouble. 

 Indian corn is the best for three years ; one-fourth of the crop 

 will go into the silo. Quality of the hay crop good and quantity 

 about three-fourths of a full crop. Forage crops are not raised. 

 Potatoes promise well ; no market-garden crops raised. Apples 

 promise a good crop ; other fruits not raised. Pastures were 

 never in better condition. Rye, oats and barley are in good con- 

 dition and compare well with former years. 



Peru (F. G. Creamer). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is in fair condition ; three-fourths of the crop will go 

 into the silo. Hay is a light crop. Oats are the principal forage 

 crop grown here. Nearly all garden crops look well and potatoes 

 never looked better. The prospect is good for apples, pears, 

 plums and quinces. Pastures are in fair condition. Rye, oats 

 and barley are good crops, both for grain and forage. 



Cheshire (L. J. Northup). — Insects are not doing any particu- 

 lar injury. Indian corn although late has made rapid progress in 

 the past ten days. The hay crop will not be up to the normal on 

 old meadows. Corn, millet and oats are the principal forage crops 

 grown. Market-garden crops are yielding well and prices are well 

 sustained. Apples promise a fair yield ; plums and pears not 

 plenty. Pasturage is short but is in fair condition. The grain 

 crops, more especially oats, are good. 



JVew Ashford (Elihu Ingraham) . — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is in fine condition ; one-tenth of the crop 

 will be used for ensilage. There is a fine hay crop of excellent 

 quality. Forage crops are not raised. Potatoes look finely, but 

 none have been harvested as yet. There is a fair crop of apples ; 

 other fruits not grown. Pasturage is in fair condition. 



Savoy (W. W. Burnett). — There is very little damage from 

 insects, potato bugs being the only ones present. Nearly the entire 

 corn crop will go into the silo, as it seems impossible for it to mature. 

 The hay crop is less than the average in quantity and of fair quality. 

 Corn is the principal forage crop grown. Garden crops are back- 

 ward ; potatoes look finely but are not ready to dig. Fruit of all 

 kinds is not up to the average. Pasturage is and has been better 

 than average. Rye, oats and barley are about average crops, but 



are little raised. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



lioioe {¥. W. Woffenden). — Potato bugs are causing some 

 trouble. Corn is rather poor ; about one-half the crop will be put 

 into the silo. The hay crop is above the average both as to quan- 



