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silage. The hay crop is below the average and the quality is good 

 when it is cut in its prime. Oats and miUet are in poor condition, 

 owing to the drought; some pieces not having been sown on this 

 account. Potatoes look good considering the weather. Apple 

 promise is not very good; pears are fair; quinces fair, and grapes 

 about as usual. Pasturage is short, owing to the dry weather. Forty 

 per cent of the farmers use the silo, which is considei'ably more than 

 ten years ago. We had a good rain the 21st, and it has been cold 

 with high winds since then. 



Gill (Frank F. Stoughton). — The potato bug is most in evi- 

 dence. Corn is late; very little grown for the silo. Hay crop is 

 better than last year in quantity and quality. Corn, rye and millet 

 are grown as forage crops. ApjDles promise a fair crop and grapes 

 promise well. Pasturage is good since the rains. Grain and forage 

 crops look well. Only a few farmers use the silo, less than ten 

 years ago. 



Northfield (T. R. Callexder). — The elm-leaf beetle is doing a 

 good deal of damage here. Corn is late, but of good color; fully 

 one-third is grown for the silo. The hay crop is about an average 

 and of good quality. Oats, peas and oats, and Hungarian are 

 grown as forage crops and are in good condition. Potatoes look 

 well. Fruit crop a little light. Pastures in fair condition for the 

 season. Rye, oats and barley are fully up to the average. About 

 five acres of new orchard have been set. Nearly all who have dairies 

 of any size make use of the silo, using corn only. Ten years ago 

 there were not more than six silos in town. 



Montagite (A. M. Lyman). — Potato bug, pea louse, elm-leaf 

 beetle and rose bugs are doing considerable damage. Condition of 

 Indian corn is about 80 per cent of normal and the crop is very 

 uneven; 50 per cent is gi-own for the silo. Hay crop is about 75 

 per cent in quantity and 100 per cent in quality. Millet is raised 

 as a forage crop and vetch is being experimented with. Early 

 market-garden crops turning out fairly well. Prospect for apples 

 and pears about 50 per cent; peaches, plums and quinces minus; 

 grapes 75 per cent and cranberries 50 per cent. Pastures are badly 

 dried up. Rye, oats and barley looking fairly well, especially rye. 

 About fourteen acres have recently been devoted to apple orchard. 

 About all of the farmers in this vicinity make use of the silo, using 

 corn only. Twenty-five per cent more now have silos than ten years 

 ago. 



Sunderland (Geo. P. Smith). — Indian corn is making rapid 

 growth and about one-half of the crop is used for the silo. The hay 

 crop is about 75 per cent, of number one quality. No forage crops 

 grown here. Potatoes will be a light crop; other crops fine, with 

 prices good. Fruit crop will be light. Pasturage in fine condition. 



