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make small yields. Apples, peaches and grapes set well ; no cranberries, 

 pears, quinces or plums. Pasturage is all burnt up by the dry weather. 

 Rye, oats and barley are much below the average. 



Bedford (Henry Wood). — Canker worms and tent caterpillars are 

 doing very little damage. Corn is drying up very fast ; a considerable 

 proportion of the crop goes into the silo. Hay was not over half a crop 

 on most farms. Corn and millet are the principal forage crops grown. 

 No potatoes have been dug as yet. There will be about half a crop of 

 apples and pears, with some peaches and a fair crop of grapes. Rye 

 has done fairly well, oats not as well. 



Lincoln (Samuel Hartwell) . — The hay crop was small and poor 

 on dry land but good on moist land. Oats and corn are the principal 

 forage crops; condition poor and no more than usual raised. Market- 

 garden crops have suffered from drought and potatoes will be a light crop. 

 Apples are plentiful in number but are small ; pears, peaches and plums 

 in fair quantity; grapes plenty. Pastures are in poor condition, being 

 all dried up. Winter rye is raised considerably for early feeding and is 

 in good condition. All growing crops have suffered from drought and 

 in many cases are past redemption. 



Woburn (W. H. Bartlett). — Potato and squash bugs are doing 

 some damage. Sweet corn for market is raised in this vicinity. The 

 ha} r crop was about a three-fourths crop in quantity ; quality very good 

 and put in the barn in fine condition. Corn and Hungarian grass are 

 the principal forage crops and about the usual amount have been put in. 

 Market-garden crops have yielded poorly, with prices about as in other 

 years. Potatoes look well ; none dug as yet. Apples will not be over 

 half a crop, being wormy and dropping badly ; peaches and pears light ; 

 plums, quinces and grapes average Feed is very short in pastures. 

 Rye and oats are generally average crops, though oats headed out low. 

 There will be no rowen, and celery and cabbage cannot be set out until 

 we have rain. Tomatoes are very late, the vines having made a very 

 slow growth. 



Winchester (Marshall Symmes). — The hay crop was heavier than 

 last year and of good quality. Fodder corn is the principal forage crop 

 grown and it is very badly dried up. Market-garden crops have suffered 

 badly from drought and potatoes are not over half a crop. Apples and 

 pears are very good on low lands ; peaches are withering and falling off. 

 Rye is a good crop and was harvested in fine condition. Early corn is 

 so badly in need of rain that the ears do not grow at all except where 

 irrigated. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 

 Oroveland (Abel Stockney). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is a little late but is generally fairly good ; one-half the crop 

 will go into the silo. The quality of the hay crop was No. 1 but the 

 quantity was rather off. Oats, barley, corn, Hungarian grass and peas 

 are the forage crops raised ; acreage more than usual, but it has been 

 very dry for the late sown. Those market-garden crops harvested have 

 yielded fairly well, but it has been too dry for those not yet harvested. 

 Apples, pears, peaches, plums and grapes promise well. Pastures are 



