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from drought on light soil. Apples will be fair ; pears medium. 

 Peaches very few ; grapes fair. Pastures have suffered very much 

 from drought. 



Weston (H. L. Brown). — Hay was less than au average crop 

 but of good quality and harvested in first-class order. Barley is 

 the principal forage crop, being put in for late fall feed. All 

 market garden crops have suffered from drought ; potatoes more 

 than any other ; some vines are dried up and no potatoes are in 

 the hill. Apples are looking well. Pears good ; no peaches ; 

 some grapes. Cranberries just blossoming. Pastures are very 

 short and dry. 



Sherborn (N. B. Douglas). — The horn fly and the common 

 horse fly are very troublesome. Corn was a poor stand and much 

 of it injured by drought. Hay was a four-fifths crop of extra 

 quality. Oats, barley, Hungarian and corn are raised for forage ; 

 oats light; early pieces of Hungarian good. The potato crop will 

 be light. Apples will be 70 per cent of a full crop ; pears 60 per 

 cent ; peaches 5 per cent ; grapes 80 per cent ; cranberries 40 

 per cent. Pastures are very short from drought. 



Hopkinton (W. V. Thompson). — Corn damaged by hailstorm 

 of July 25 but elsewhere generally good ; three-fourths will go 

 into the silo. Hay about average in quantity and quality. Hun- 

 garian and corn are being raised to supplement the hay crop. 

 Market garden crops not quite average. Early apples, full crop ; 

 winter light ; pears light ; grapes fair. No pasturage to speak of. 

 A very heavy hailstorm on the 25th ruined crops on a strip one- 

 half mile long by fifty rods wide. Hailstones from one-half inch 

 to one inch in diameter fell and lay in piles for an hour after the 

 storm. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster) . — Corn has suffered from drought 

 but the rains will help it ; no silos. Hay a little less than average 

 but of good quality. • Corn with some barley and oats are raised 

 for forage ; condition fair. Market garden crops low ; potatoes 

 about half a crop on dry land ; prices low. Prospect good for 

 apples, light for pears and grapes. Pasturage is dry. Rye, oats 

 and barley about average. 



Groveland (Abel Stickney). — Potato bugs, squash borer and 

 grubs are doing the most damage. Corn is late but pushing fast ; 

 about one-tenth will go into the silo. The hay crop compares 

 favorably with former years in quantity and quality. Corn, barley, 

 Hungarian, and oats and pease are raised to supplement the hay 

 crop. Market garden crops look well, those marketed were below 



