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grown ; potatoes looking well. There will be very few apples and 

 pears, a few peaches and plums and a fair crop of grapes. Pastur- 

 age is in fair condition, but needs more rain. Very little rye or 

 barley i8 grown ; oats are looking well, and are nearly all cut for 

 hay. 



Dana (Lyman Randall), — Potato bugs and cut worms have 

 done more damage than usual. Corn is coming forward rapidly, 

 and promises to be a good crop ; probably about one-fourth will 

 go into the silo. There will not be over three-fourths of an aver- 

 age crop of hay in quantity, but the quality is better than usual. 

 Corn, oats and millet are the principal forage crops, and tbey are 

 looking well. Market-garden crops are doing well, and those 

 harvested have juelded well and brought average prices. Fruit 

 has dropped badly, but is still fairly good ; grapes promise a heavy 

 crop. Pastures are in fair condition, but need rain. Rye is not 

 as good as usual, while oats are better. 



Phillipston (A. D. Clifford). — Potato bugs are the only in- 

 sect doing much damage here. Indian corn is in fair condition, 

 and at least half the crop will be put into the silo. Hay is nearly 

 an average crop. Oats and peas, barley, Hungarian grass and 

 millet are the forage crops mostly grown, and are looking well. 

 Market-garden crops are doing well, but prices have been low ; 

 no potatoes dug as yet. Apples are a light crop ; not many 

 other fruits raised. Pasturage is fair since the rains. Oats and 

 barley are good average crops, but mostly used for forage ; not 

 much rye raised. 



Templeton (Lucian Gove) . — Potato bugs are the most common 

 insect, but the brown-tail moth is doing some damage. Corn is 

 a little backward, but is growing rapidly ; three-fourths of the 

 crop will be used for ensilage. The hay crop is smaller than for 

 the past three years, but of good quality. Oats, barley, Hungarian 

 grass and millet are the principal forage crops grown, and are 

 generally in good condition. Market-garden crops rather late, but 

 doing well ; yield of those harvested light, and no material change 

 in prices. Apples and pears will be light; plums below average; 

 peaches, grapes and cranberries not raised to any extent. Pastures 

 are quite good for the season, the recent rains having helped them 

 much. Winter rye is poor ; oats and barley quite good. 



Westrninster (A. J. Foskett). — No insects are doing damage. 

 Corn is in first-class condition ; there are but few silos in town. 

 The hay crop is fully up to the normal in quantity and quality. 

 Oats, barley and millet are the principal forage crops grown, and 

 all are doing well. Market-garden crops are making a favorable 



