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Becket (Wm. H. Snow). — Potato bugs are doing the most dam- 

 age of any insect. Corn is very late and will be fit only for ensilage. 

 About a three-quarters hay crop is the rule, but the quality is 

 excellent. Oats and millet fail to come up, owing to the dry 

 weather. All market-garden crops are very late, owing to frost and 

 drought. Prospect is good for all fruits, except cranberries. Pas- 

 turage holds out remarkably well. Grain and forage crops which 

 were sowed early look fine. Late sown crops did not come up very 

 well. One new apple orchard of one hundred trees has been set. 

 A small proportion of the farmers use the silo, but ten new ones are 

 to be used this year. Unless we get a very late fall many of the 

 crops will fail to mature. 



Cheshire (L. J. Northup). — Potato beetles are proving very 

 troublesome. Indian corn is very backward and about three-fourths 

 of the crop is grown for the silo. The hay crop is 75 per cent of a 

 normal; quality on upland good. Millet, peas and oats and fodder 

 corn are grown as forage crops; condition very good. Market- 

 garden crops look well. Potatoes not yet harvested, as dry weather 

 has kept them back. Fruit of all kinds seems very scarce. Dry 

 weather was too much for the pastures. The grain crop has not 

 matured sufficiently to be estimated. No new apple orchards have 

 been set. Very few farmers have silos and but little corn is raised 

 except silo corn. 



Richmond (Timothy D. Salmon). — Potato bugs seem to be the 

 most troublesome pest. Indian corn is below the average; about 25 

 per cent is grown for ensilage. The hay crop is above the average 

 and of good quality. Sowed corn and millet are raised as forage 

 crops and are in fair condition. Market-garden crops in general 

 show about an average yield with slightly higher prices. Fruit 

 prospects: apples fair; pears fair; peaches none; plums good; 

 quinces good; grapes good; cranberries none. Pastures are in good 

 condition. Grain and forage crops are up to the average. Five 

 acres of new orchard have been set. A number of farmers are 

 making use of the silo. Ten years ago there was but one in town. 



Windsor (Harry A. Ford). — Potato bugs are doing much dam- 

 age. Corn is very late and small; three-quarters of the crop is for 

 the silo. The hay crop is about 90 per cent of usual crop and qual- 

 ity good. Oats, corn and barley, grown as forage crops, are very 

 late. The prospect for apples not up to normal. Very little other 

 fruit. Pastures are very dry. It has been very dry for all crops. 

 About one-half the farmers use the silo, making use of com exclu- 

 sively. 



Lnnesborough (W. E. Foster). — The potato beetle is much in 

 evidence. Corn is late and about one-half grown for the silo. The 

 hay crop is about normal. Millet and corn are very late. Market- 



