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no plums. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye good; oats and barley 

 100 per cent. 



New Ashford (Elihu Ingraham). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is in good condition; none raised for silo. The 

 hay crop is above the average in quantity and quality. No forage crops 

 are raised here. Potatoes are looking finely. Apples will be a poor 

 crop; other fruits little grown. Pastures are in good condition. Rye, 

 oats and barley are good crops. 



Williamstown (S. A. Hickox). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn shows a good stand. There is a normal crop of hay, 

 both in quantity and quaUty. Oats and peas and corn are our principal 

 forage crops. Market-garden crops are bringing good prices. The 

 prospect for the fruit crop is poor in this locality. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Rye, oats and barley are good crops. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Charlemont (J. M. J. Legate). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is looking nicely and from two-thirds to three-fourths of the crop 

 will be ensiled. The hay crop is above the average for quantity and the 

 quality is all that could be asked. Corn and millet are the principal 

 forage crops grown and are in fine condition. Potatoes are in fine condi- 

 tion, but none have been dug yet. There is going to be a very light 

 fruit crop, owing to late frosts. Pastures are holding out finely and 

 were never in better condition. Rye, oats and barley are little raised. 



Shelburne (Geo. E. Taylor). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is backward and not in average condition ; about one-eighth of the 

 crop goes into the silo. Quantity and quality of the hay crop above the 

 average. Corn, oats and millet are the principal forage crops grown ; 

 corn is small, but oats are good. Potatoes look well ; none dug as yet. 

 Apples will be a short crop; pears plenty. Pasturage was never in 

 better condition. There is some hay to make yet. 



Leyden (U. T. Darling). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is doing well; about one-third the crop will be ensiled. 

 Quantity and quahty of the hay crop is very good. Rye, millet, oats 

 and barley are the principal forage crops grown. Market-garden crops 

 are in good condition, with prices comparing well with former years. 

 Apples will be three-fourths of an average crop ; pears, plums, quinces 

 and grapes full crops. Feed in pastures is good. Rye, oats and barley 

 are fully normal crops. 



Gill (F. F. Stoughton). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is rather late, but is growing fast and is of good color ; only a small 

 part of the crop is grown for the silo. Hay is a Mttle above the average 

 in quantity and quality. Corn and oats are the principal forage crops 

 grown. Apples will give a good yield, except Baldwins. Pasturage is 

 in extra good condition. 



