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potatoes, are in good condition and tliose already harvested have 

 brought good prices. All fruits promise well, except peaches. 

 The recent dry weather has affected pasturage considerably. Rye, 

 oats and barley are not quite up to the normal. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Dudley (J. J. Gilles). — Squash bugs are doing some damage. 

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

 into the silo. There was an average hay crop in quantity and 

 quality. Corn and millet are the principal forage crops grown. 

 Market-garden crops are in average condition and prices have 

 ruled high. There will be a full fruit crop. Pasturage is rather 

 slim just at present. Rye, oats and barley are fair crops. 



North BrooTxfield (John H. Lane). — There are few insects of 

 any kind at present. Corn is looking finely ; three-fourths of the 

 crop is used for ensilage. Hay was a three-fourths crop of good 

 quality. Very few potatoes have been dug as yet. Apples 25 

 per cent of a full crop ; pears 10 per cent ; plums 20 per cent ; 

 grapes 100 per cent. Pastures are in good coudition. Rye, oats 

 and barley are late and little grain has been harvested. 



Oakham (Jesse Allen) . — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn looks very well ; perhaps one-fourth of the crop will 

 go into the silo. Hay is more than an average crop of excellent 

 quality. Corn and Japanese millet are the principal forage crops 

 grown. Potatoes look well. Apples, pears and grapes will be 

 abundant. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Rye, oats and 

 barley are full average crops. 



PhilUpston (A. D. Clifford). — Cabbage root maggots and 

 potato bugs are doing some damage. Indian corn is backward but 

 is looking well ; probably half the crop will be used for ensilage. 

 The hay crop is a good average one both in quantity and quality. 

 Corn for the silo, oats and Canada peas, also Hungarian grass for 

 hay, are the principal forage crops grown, and are in good condi- 

 tion. Market-garden crops are in good condition, with fair prices 

 so far ; early potatoes show a fine growth of tops but a small yield 

 of tubers. Apples promise a good crop ; other fruits not much 

 grown. Pasturage has been good, but is now in need of rain. 

 Oats and barley are good crops, raised mostly for fodder. 



Hubbardston (Chas. C. Colby). — Tent caterpillars, squash 

 bugs and potato bugs are the insects doing the most damage. 

 Corn is unusually backward but is making good growth ; nearly all 

 of it will be put into the silo. Hay is about an average crop with 

 the quality above the average. We notice quite a large acreage of 



