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grown, and they are in good condition. Potatoes have not been har- 

 vested as yet, but are looking well. There will be no apples to speak 

 of; few pears and plums ; some grapes. Pasturage is in fair condition. 

 Rye, oats and barley are average crops. 



Charletnont (J. M. J. Legate). — Potato bugs are the only insects 

 doing damage and they are not as plenty as usual. Corn is looking 

 finely and probably half will go into the silo. The quantity of the hay 

 crop was below the average, but the quality was never better. Corn 

 and oats are the principal crops grown for forage and are in fine con- 

 dition. Potatoes are looking well, none having been dug as yet. There 

 will be light yields of apples and pears. Pasturage is in fair condition, 

 though the drought injured it somewhat. Rye, oats and barley are 

 little raised. Onions look well so far as raised. 



Leyden (Frank R. Foster). — Grasshoppers are causing some in- 

 jury. Indian corn is in good condition and half the crop is grown for 

 the silo. There was three-fourths of an average crop of hay of the best 

 quality. Oats, barley and millet are raised for forage and are in good 

 condition. Potatoes are badly affected by dry weather and bugs; 

 none harvested as yet. There is prospect of a fair apple crop and a 

 good yield of pears. Pastures are short. Rye, oats and barley are 

 average crops. 



Deerfleld (Dwight A. Hawks). — Indian corn is in good condition 

 and about 10 per cent of the crop will be used for the silo. The hay 

 crop was short 20 per cent in yield, but was of good quality. Sweet 

 corn, millet and peas and oats are raised as forage crops and are in good, 

 condition. Potatoes are yielding but little more than half a crop. 

 Apples and pears will give short yields. Pastures are in fair condition 

 and recent showers have done much to improve them. 



Sunderland (Geo. P. Smith). — No insects are proving more trouble- 

 some than common. Indian corn is better than an average crop and 

 about one-half is grown for the silo. There was about a three-fourths 

 crop of hay of good quality and secured with little damage from rain. 

 Corn is the only forage crop grown. Potatoes are a hght crop, owing 

 to drought; other market-garden crops good with prices lower than 

 last year. Apples are about half a crop, some pears and grapes. Pas- 

 tures have been injured by drought and feed is short. Rye, oats and 

 barley are little grown except for cover crops. Onions have suffered 

 somewhat from drought and thrips and promise only a light yield. 

 Tobacco is doing well and there is promise of a good crop. 



Montague (A. M. Lyman). — Indian corn is in good condition, but 

 is a little backward. The hay crop was about normal in quantity and 

 quality. Millet and fodder corn are the principal forage crops grown. 

 Market-garden crops are in fair condition. Apples and pears promise 

 well; peaches and plums few; grapes promise a heavy yield; no 

 quinces or cranberries grown. The drought has shortened feed in 

 pastures very much. Grain crops have turned out well. Tobacco 



