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fair ; other fruits average. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye 

 and barley are average crops, but oats are light. Crops as a 

 whole look well, and the prospect is good. 



Oxford (D. M. Howe). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is doing well, and three-fourths of the crop will go into the 

 silo. The hay crop was light this year. Millet, barley and Hun- 

 garian grass are the principal forage crops grown, and are in fine 

 condition. Apples and pears few ; few peaches raised here. 

 Pastures are in fairly good condition. Oats promise well, so far 

 as I have seen. 



Milford (John J. O'Sullivan). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is a good crop, and one-fifth of it will go 

 into the silo. Hay was a good crop as regards quantity, but of 

 rather poor quality. There is little raised for forage crops except 

 fodder corn and millet. Market-garden crops are in good condi- 

 tion, but prices have been a little lower than usual. The prospect 

 is good for all kinds of fruits. Pasturage is in fair condition. 

 Rye, oats and barley are little raised. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Sherhorn (N. B. Douglas). — Cut worms are doing more dam- 

 age than I have ever noted on certain farms. Indian corn never 

 looked better or grew faster ; half the crop is used for ensilage. 

 The hay crop is about average both in quantity and quality. 

 Hungarian grass, Japanese millet, wheat, rye, oats and barley are 

 the forage crops grown, and all promise well. Market-garden crops 

 are little harvested as yet. Apples will give a light crop ; peaches, 

 grapes and cranberries full crops. Pastures are in fairly good 

 condition. Rye, oats and barley are all raised for forage and 

 made good yields. 



Sudbury (Edgar W. Goounow). — Potato bugs are the most 

 troublesome insect in this locality. Indian corn is looking well, 

 and the greater part of the crop will go into the silo. Oats and 

 corn are used to supplement the hay crop and are looking well. 

 Market-garden crops of all kinds are looking well ; prices normal. 

 Apples, pears, quinces and grapes are looking favorably, but the 

 peach crop was a failure. Pasturage is looking unusually well in 

 this locality. 



Stow (Geo. W. Bradley). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is backward, but is growing fast at present; perhaps 

 half the crop will go into the silo. The hay crop is about two- 

 thirds of an average crop in quantity, but of very good quality. 

 Hungarian grass and fodder corn are the principal forage crops 



