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pated and is nearly an average crop. Millet, barley, rye and oats 

 are the principal forage crops ; condition good and about the usual 

 acreage raised. All vegetables are backward and scarce and bring 

 high prices ; potatoes are better than other vegetables. Apples 

 60 per cent of a full crop ; pease 30 per cent ; no peaches ; plums 

 a full crop ; quinces 75 per cent; grapes 75 per cent. Pasturage 

 is in better condition than is usual at this season. Rye, oats and 

 barley are average crops. 



Stow (Geo. W. Bradley). — Potato bugs, cut worms and white 

 grubs are doing some damage. Indian corn is in very poor con- 

 dition for the time of year. Hay is about a three-fourths crop of 

 good quality. Oats, Hungarian grass and Japanese millet are the 

 principal forage crops grown and all need warmer weather. There 

 arc no market-garden crops to speak of ; late potatoes look fairly 

 well. Tlie prospect is not very good for fruit of any kind. Pas- 

 turage is in very good condition at present. Oats are better than 

 last year ; no rye or barley raised. A few squashes and cucum- 

 bers for pickling were planted, but they are not up to the average 

 in condition, 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — Potato bugs and currant worms 

 are doing some damage. Indian corn is very backward ; only a 

 small percentage of the crop is put into the silo. The hay crop is 

 about normal in quantity and of good quality. Corn, oats and 

 Hungarian grass are the principal forage crops grown ; condi- 

 tion good, except for corn. No market-garden crops raised and 

 no potatoes harvested. The prospect for all kinds of fruit is very 

 light. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye, oats and barley 

 compare well with former years and are mostly raised for for- 

 age. 



Westford (J. W. Fletcher) , — Corn is below the average in 

 condition ; about half the crop is raised for ensilage. Hay is 

 more than an average crop. About the same acreage of forage 

 crops is being raised as usual, and they are in good condition. 

 Potatoes are a short crop, being small and few in the hill. Pas- 

 tures are in good condition. Rye, oats and barley are good as 

 forage crops, but poor for grain. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — There is less trouble from the 

 asparagus beetle than usual. Indian corn is still very backward. 

 The hay crop is much better than usual. Fodder corn, oats and 

 millet are the principal forage crops grown ; corn is doing poorly 

 and oats and millet fairly well. Potatoes are looking well ; as- 

 paragus did well and strawberries poorly. There will be a small 

 crop of apples and pears ; no peaches ; few plums and quinces ; 

 grapes as usual. Pasturage was badly dried up by the early 



