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condition is good. Garden crops promise well ; few potatoes dug 

 as yet. Apples are a full crop ; pears medium ; no peaches ; 

 grapes promise well. Pasturage is very short. Rye, oats and 

 barley are not raised except for forage and made good yields for 

 that purpose. 



Framingham (J. S. Williams). — Onion and cabbage maggots 

 have been very destructive and potato bugs are plenty. Indian 

 corn is looking finely, although here and there a piece was planted 

 over, but is growing fast ; four-fifths of the crop will go into the 

 silo. Haying is about over in this vicinity, the crop being unu- 

 sually heavy and of excellent quality. Corn, oats, Hungarian 

 grass and Japanese millet are the principal forage crops grown ; 

 all are looking well and oats are very heavy. Market-garden 

 crops are very promising and low prices will probably prevail ; 

 potatoes are looking well. The summer and fall apple crops will 

 be better than that of the winter varieties ; pears and grapes fair ; 

 other fruits light. Pastures have been good, but are now feeling 

 the effects of dry weather. Rye winterkilled somewhat, but gen- 

 erally gave good results ; oats have been a very good crop. 



Sudbury (E. "NY. Goodnow). — The potato bug is the most 

 troublesome insect in this locality. Indian corn is looking well 

 and about half the crop will be put into the silo. The hay crop is 

 large and of excellent quality. Oats and corn are being raised as 

 forage crops. Market-garden crops of all kinds are looking well, 

 with prices about normal. Fruit of all kinds except peaches is 

 looking well. Pasturage is not in good condition. 



Littleton (Geo. W. Sanderson). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is in good condition ; about half the crop will 

 probably go into the silo. Quantity of the hay crop one-third 

 more than last year, and quality good. Corn is raised for the 

 silo and Hungarian grass and millet to supplement the hay crop, 

 and all are looking well. Market-garden crops are in good condi- 

 tion and prices compare favorably with those of former years. 

 The prospect is good for apples ; other fruits appear to be light 

 crops. Pastures have been good until recently, but the dry 

 weather has lessened the feed. Very little rye, oats and barley 

 are raised for grain. 



Oroton (Geo. S. Knapp). — Plant lice on young apple shoots 

 and borers are our most troublesome insects. Corn is in good 

 condition ; about half the crop goes into the silo. Hungarian 

 grass and millet are the principal forage crops. Market-garden 

 crops, including potatoes, are in good condition. Early apples 

 are a good crop, fall and winter varieties fair ; pears fair ; peaches 

 short. Pastures are dry at present and feed is getting poor. 



