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Upton (B. A. Jourdan). — Potato bugs are doing the most 

 damage. Some fields of corn look fine but many on light lands 

 are ruined by drought. Hay is a three-fourths crop of good 

 quality. Barley is raised to supplement the hay crop. Market 

 garden crops, including potatoes, were much affected by the 

 drought. Apples are very good on high land. Pastures are very 

 dry. Rye, oats and barley were average crops. 



Douglas (T. M. Potter) . — The potato bug is the most trouble- 

 some insect. Corn is good considering the dry weather ; a very 

 small part will be put in the silo. Hay was not more than a 

 three-fourths crop. Hungarian grass is being raised to supple- 

 ment the hay crop. Potatoes are very small. The prospect for 

 all kinds of fruit is fair. Pastures are short and dry. Rye a 

 good crop and up to other years ; oats fair. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Groton (Daniel Needham). — The potato bug and squash mag- 

 got are the most troublesome. Corn is injured by drought. The 

 hay crop was fully as large as usual and of good quality. Corn 

 fodder is largely raised to supplement the hay crop. Market gar- 

 den crops are in poor condition. Potatoes on high land are a total 

 failure. The prospect for apples is now good though many more 

 than usual have fallen. Pastures are getting very dry. Rye, 

 oats and barley about average crops. No such dry season, com- 

 mencing so early and continuing so late, is on my record. 



Billerica (J. N. Pardee) . — Sweet corn is doing finely ; no silos 

 here. Hay crop average in quantity and of very good quality. 

 Large amounts of Hungarian have been sown but drought has 

 prevented growth ; barley is now being sown. Market garden 

 crops are very light yields ; prices about average. Apples good. 

 Pears about half a crop. Peaches a failure ; grapes good. Past- 

 ures are dried up. Early sown oats good. Rye ripened prema- 

 turely and is shrunken. 



Wilmington (C.W. Swain). — Corn is in good condition; prob- 

 ably none will be put into the silo. Hay was about an average 

 crop ; harvested in good condition. No forage crops raised to any 

 extent. No market garden crops harvested yet ; quality excellent. 

 Apples good ; pears poor crop. Cranberries hardly fair. Past- 

 urage is in poor condition. Rye, oats and barley are not much 

 raised but are good crops. 



Concord ( Wm. H. Hunt) . — Corn on light soil has suffered 

 from drought ; elsewhere is looking finely. Hay was a full 

 average crop of fine quality. Corn-fodder, barley, millet and 

 turnips are the principal forage crops. Potatoes have suffered 



