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price. Apples promise a 60 per cent yield; pears 60 per cent; grapes 

 70 per cent; other fruits unpromising. Pasturage is suffering from 

 lack of moisture. 



Princeton (A. O. Tyler). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is in good condition and four-fifths of the crop will be used 

 for ensilage. The quantity of the hay crop was about a third below the 

 normal, but it was of good quality. Hungarian grass and millet are 

 the i^rincipal forage crops, but few have been put in, because of the 

 dry weather. The yield of early potatoes is very poor and market- 

 garden crops are lower in price than in former years. Apples, peaches, 

 plums and quinces will give light yields; pears and grapes abundant. 

 Pastures are all dried up. The yield of rye, oats and barley is very 

 light as compared with former years. 



Sterling (Henry S. Sawyer). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is half a crop. There was not quite a normal crop of hay 

 and the dry weather injured its quality. Oats, barley, Japanese millet 

 and corn are raised for forage. All vegetables have suffered more or 

 less from drought; no potatoes harvested, price $1.60 per bushel. 

 All fruits promise well, though apples and pears have dropped con- 

 siderably. Pastures are very dry and there is but little feed in them. 

 Rye, oats and barley are about normal crops. 



Bolton (H, F. Haynes). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Dry weather has injured the corn crop very much. The hay crop is 

 about three-fourths of a normal in yield and of good quality. Millet is 

 the principal crop raised for forage. All market-garden crops are light 

 but bring good prices. The dry weather is having a bad effect on most 

 fruits; pears promise best of any. Pasturage is short. Oats are a 

 good crop, but are all cut for fodder. 



Leicester (H. H. Kingsbury). — ■ Potato bugs and cabbage worms are 

 doing some damage. Corn is of good color and making a thrifty 

 growth; about one-fourth of the crop will be siloed. The hay crop is 

 an average one in quantity and of good quality. Oats, barley and 

 millet are largely raised for forage and all are growing rapidly. No 

 potatoes have been harvested, some fields in bloom, all promise a good 

 crop. Apples and pears will not give a large yield. Pasturage is in 

 fair condition since the recent showers. Grains have made a fine growth, 

 but are mostly used as forage. 



Auburn (Wm. Gilbert). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is looking well and about 90 per cent will be put into the 

 silo. The quantity of the hay crop is fair with about 70 per cent of a 

 full crop. Hungarian and Japanese millet and corn are the principal 

 forage crops, and are doing well. Potatoes give a high yield and bring 

 good prices. Apples are a light crop; peaches good; grapes a large 

 crop. Pastures are short and dry. Rye and oats have done well; 

 barley is sown for late feed. 



