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doing the most damage. Indian corn is backward, but is improving 

 since the rain. The dry weather greatly reduced the hay crop. 

 Millet and barley mostly are raised as forage crops. It has been 

 hard to get millet started, owing to the dry weather. The supply 

 of market-garden crops is very limited; prices are very good. Early 

 potatoes on dry land looking poorly. Apples have dropped very 

 badly. Upland pastures are very much dried up. From 50 to 75 

 per cent of the farmers in this locality make use of the silo. All 

 farm and garden crops, including tobacco, were much retarded in 

 growth by the drought and some were beyond hope. 



Amherst (E. F. Gaskill). — Onion thrips, potato and elm-leaf 

 beetles are doing considerable damage. Corn is growing rapidly; 

 it does not seem to have suffered from the drought except on light 

 soils; about one-half is grown for the silo. The hay crop is above 

 the average and of fine quality; not as large as expected, owing to 

 the drought. Japanese millet, Hungarian grass and corn are grown 

 as forage crops. Few market-garden crops grown hereabouts, but 

 prices are good and yield is also good. Prospect for apples fair; 

 pears good; peaches poor; plums, quinces and grapes good. Pas- 

 turage is in good condition, having been greatly helped by recent 

 rains. An average crop of rye, oats and barley. One new orchard 

 of about fifteen acres has been established. About 80 per cent of 

 the dairy farmers have silos against 40 per cent ten years ago. 

 Corn is practically the only crop grown for ensilage. 



Pelham, (John W. Knight). — Potato bugs and squash bugs are 

 in the front rank of the bug battalion. Corn is looking good, but 

 is rather late. About an average crop of hay of very good quality. 

 Hungarian, millet, and oats as forage crops are late, but looking 

 well. Potatoes are two weeks late. The prospect for apples and 

 pears is good. For plums and grapes fair. Pasturage is looking 

 fairly well. Rye, oats and barley about normal. Some eight or ten 

 acres of new orchard have been set. Ten years ago there were no 

 silos in town; now there are a few and corn is the main crop used. 

 The late rains have helped to start things along. 



Prescott (W. F. Wendemuth). — More damage is being done by 

 potato beetles than any other insect. Corn is looking well; prospect 

 is good for the crop; very little is used for the silo. The hay crop 

 is larger than last year, but not up to the average. Japanese millet 

 did not start well, owing to the dry weather, but is now doing 

 finely. Potatoes promise a fair crop, although none have been 

 han^ested yet. Apples promise a three-quarter crop; they are 

 dropping badly. Pasturage shortened considerably by drought. 

 Oats only are grown for forage; there will be an average crop. 

 Very few new apple trees have been set, probably one hundred and 

 fifty in the whole town. Less than 2 per cent of the farmers in this 



