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quality. Rye, wheat, peas and oats, millet, barley and corn are raised 

 for forage and all have done well. Potatoes have blighted and do not 

 promise well. Early apples are plenty, but late ones are not numerous; 

 some pears and peaches ; not many plums; no quinces; grapes plenty. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Rye, oats and barley are average 

 crops. 



Ludlow (Chas. B. Bennett). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is in excellent condition ; about one-fourth of the crop is 

 grown for the silo. Hay was more than an average crop in quantity 

 and of first-class quahty. Oats, corn and millet are raised for forage 

 and all are in excellent condition. Market-garden crops all look better 

 than usual. Apples and pears promise fair crops; peaches, plums and 

 quinces light; grapes very heavy. Pastures are in very good condi- 

 tion. Rye is a very light crop and oats fair. The first part of June was 

 dry, but since then we have had frequent showers and all crops are in 

 excellent condition. 



JVilbraham (Henry M. Bliss). — Indian corn is in very good con- 

 dition and about one-fifth of the crop will go into the silo. The hay 

 crop is nearly all secured with an average yield of 85 per cent. The 

 severe drought is injuring all crops. Market-garden crops and potatoes 

 average 90 and 95 per cent of the normal respectively. The apple 

 crop will be fight ; peaches 90 per cent ; pears 75 per cent ; cranberries 

 70 per cent. Pasturage has suffered from lack of rain. Rye and oats 

 are fair crops. 



Hampden (John N. Isham). — Fall web worms have appeared and . 

 grasshoppers are eating cabbage leaves. Indian corn is holding its own 

 well, but not growing fast, on account of dry weather. The hay crop 

 is a little below last year in quantity, but of No. 1 quahty. Corn, oats 

 and peas, millet and Hungarian grass are the forage crops grown and 

 all are in good condition. Garden crops are in good condition, with 

 slightly increased prices from last year. Apples promise a fair but not 

 large crop; other fruits good, especially grapes, which are abundant. 

 Pasturage is getting short, but is holding out as well as could be ex- 

 pected. Rye was a short crop, but oats make a very good growth. 

 The drought has had a serious effect on early and medium early pota- 

 toes, shortening the crop materially. 



Monson (F. D. Rogers). — Potato bugs are the only insect doing 

 any amount of damage. Indian corn is in good condition. A good 

 crop of hay was secured, but much of it was too ripe before harvested. 

 Millet and corn are the principal crops grown for forage. Early po- 

 tatoes are not very promising. Apples dropped badly, but there are 

 enough left for a good crop ; pears and grapes a full crop ; peaches light. 

 Pasturage is in very poor condition. Oats raised for hay have done 

 well. 



Holland (Francis Wight). — The potato beetle is doing some 

 damage. Corn is doing well and about a third of the crop will go into 



