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yield and price. Apples, pears, peaches and grapes promise full crops; 

 plums will be a small crop; cranberries were injured by frost. Pas- 

 turage is in very good condition. Rye and oats are fair crops, but the 

 drought has cut them short. 



Petersham (B. W. Spooner). — There is not much complaint of in- 

 sects. Corn has made a good growth ; there are only two silos in town. 

 The hay crop was a fourth off in quantity, but of better quality than 

 usual. ^Millet and corn are grown as forage crops. Potatoes are almost 

 a failure ; other garden crops very good. The apple crop will be very 

 short; pears good; no peaches; plums and quinces few; grapes light. 

 Pastures are very short and dry and streams are failing. Oats and rye 

 are little raised. 



PhiUipston (A. D. Clifford). — Corn is looking well and three- 

 fourths of the crop will be put into the silo. The hay crop is very light 

 compared with other years. Peas and oats are raised for forage and 

 hay, also barley and Hungarian grass to some extent; peas and oats 

 have not done very well. Market-garden crops have done well so far, 

 with prices average; no potatoes dug as yet. There will be less than 

 one-fourth of a normal apple crop; other fruits little raised. Pastures 

 are badly dried up. Barley is looking fairly well; oats not as good as 

 last year; not much rye raised. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — Potato bugs, cabbage worms and 

 squash bugs are present, but are not doing serious damage. Indian 

 corn is quite good, better than last season; four-fifths of the crop is 

 grown for ensilage. Oats, barley, Hungarian grass and millet are 

 raised for forage ; oats and barley rather light ; Hungarian grass and 

 barley promise well. Market-garden crops have made good yields, 

 with average prices ; peas light and price high. Apples are a light crop ; 

 pears fair ; plums light ; grapes good ; apples and plums are dropping 

 badly. Pasturage is quite poor owing to the severe drought during 

 June and early July. Rye good; oats and barley light owing to 

 drought. 



Ashburnham (E. D. Gibson). — Potato biigs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is rather backward, but is coming along rapidly, and with plenty 

 of rain will make a good crop. There is a three-fourths crop of -hay of 

 the finest quality. Millet and corn, with a little barley, are grown as 

 forage crops, and are only in fair condition. Garden crops have suffered 

 from want of rain. Apples and pears promise fair yields; no peaches, 

 plums or quinces; grapes and cranberries fair. Pastures are very 

 dry and short, but rain in abundance will bring good feed. Rye, oats 

 and barley are average crops. No potatoes are ready for harvest; 

 early ones must be a light yield and conditions must be exceptionally 

 favorable to give a good crop of late ones. 



Fitchburg (Dr. Jabez Fisher). — No insects are doing any damage 

 of note. The hay crop was somewhat shorter than usual, but of good 

 quality. IMarket-garden crops are below the average in both yield and 



