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Corn is looking finely and only a small part will be ensiled. The hay 

 crop is good and of fine qualit}^ Clover and corn are our principal 

 forage crops. Garden crops are fine and potatoes look well. There 

 will be good crops of apples, pears, grapes and cranberries. Pasturage 

 is in good condition. Rye, oats and barley are fair crops. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Sherborn (N. B. Douglas). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn looks well and one-half or more of the crop will go into the 

 silo. There is not a full crop of hay. Oats, barley, Hungarian grass 

 and corn are the forage crops grown; oats rusted badlj^; other forage 

 crops promise well. Potatoes look well, but none dug as yet. Apples 

 half a crop; no plums; grapes a full crop. Pasturage is in good condi- 

 tion. Rye, oats and barley are average crops for forage. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Brown-tail moths and potato bugs 

 have done some damage. Indian corn is a little backward ; fully half 

 the crop goes into the silo. Quantity of hay crop 110; quality 100. 

 Peas and oats are our principal forage crops and are in good condition. 

 Private gardens look well. Apples 60 per cent of a full crop ; pears 50 

 per cent; peaches 25 per cent; plums 100 per cent; quinces 75 per 

 cent; grapes 100 per cent. Frequent rains have kept the pastures in 

 prime condition. Rye, oats and barley are full average crops. 



Stow (Geo. W. Bradley). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is backward, but is coming along rapidly at present; perhaps 

 one-fourth the crop will be ensiled. Quantity and quality of the hay 

 crop both better than for some years. Oats and Hungarian grass and 

 Japanese millet are our forage crops and all are looking well. No early 

 potatoes raised and very few market-garden crops. Apples and pears 

 about three-fourths crops; other fruits not very plenty. Pastures are 

 looking well for the season. Rye and oats are about average crops. 

 Squashes were planted quite freely this season and are looking finely 

 at present. 



Littleton (Geo. W. Sanderson). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage and we have been troubled by the brown-tail moth. Indian 

 corn is in favorable condition and about three-fourths of the crop will 

 go into the silo. There is more than an average crop of hay, of 

 good quality. Millet, and Hungarian grass are the principal forage 

 crops and are in good condition. Market-garden crops are looking 

 well ; but few potatoes have been harvested. The apple crop does not 

 look so favorable as earlier in the season; pears are good; peaches, 

 plums, grapes and cranberries do not look favorable. Pasturage is in 

 good condition. Rye, oats and barley are average crops. 



Groton (Chas. H. Berry). — Rose bugs and potato bugs are doing 

 some damage. About three-fourths of the corn crop is raised for en- 

 silage. There is a very heavy crop of hay of good quality. Oats, 

 barley and Hungarian grass are the forage crops grown and they are 



