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tity and quality, Oats, millet and sweet corn are tbe forage 

 crops grown and are in fair condition. Market-garden crops, in- 

 cluding potatoes, are in good condition, but little harvested as yet. 

 Apples promise a good crop ; small fruits about average, though 

 not grown to any extent. Some pastures are getting short owing 

 to dry weather. Rye, oats and barley are about average crops, 

 but are little grown. 



Colrain (A. A. Smith). — Potato bugs and cabbage worms are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is in fine condition and half the 

 crop will be used for ensilage. The hay crop is about normal in 

 quantity and quality. Hungarian grass and the millets are the 

 principal forage crops grown. Market-garden crops, including 

 potatoes, are in good condition, and those already harvested have 

 yielded well. The prospect is good for all kinds of fruits. Pas- 

 turage is in good condition. Rye, oats and barley are fully up to 

 the normal. 



Gill (F. F. Stoughton). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is of very good color ; not more than one-fourth of the crop 

 goes into the silo. Hay was a good average crop in quantity and 

 quality. Corn is raised for ensilage and barley, oats and corn for 

 soiling purposes. Potatoes promise well. There will be a large 

 crop of apples. Pastures are in very good condition. Rye, oats 

 and barley compare well with former years. 



Deerfield (H. A. Wells). — Potato bugs are the only insect 

 doing damage and they but little. Indian corn is above the aver- 

 age ; not over 350 tons of ensilage are put into the silo in this 

 vicinity. Hay was a good average crop in both quantity and 

 quality. Corn, oats and peas are the principal forage crops and 

 are looking well. Potatoes promise an exceptionally good crop, 

 but few dug, 50 cents a barrel cheaper than in former years. But 

 little fruit is raised here, but there will be plenty for family use. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Rye and oats are heavily headed, 

 but oats are lodging badly. Tobacco has made rapid growth. 

 Many fields of onions not well stocked. 



Whalely (Frank, Dickinson). — There are few insects of any 

 kind. Corn is a week late ; one-third of the crop goes into the 

 silo. The quality of the hay crop is good and it is above average 

 in quantity. Corn is the principal forage crop raised to sup{)le- 

 ment tbe hay crop. Potatoes promise a heavy crop ; other market- 

 garden crops normal. There will be less than an average crop of 

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

 barley are very little grown. 



Sunderland (J. M. J. Legate). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is a little late but the hot weather is bringing it 



