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pears, peaches, plums and quinces very light. Pastures have 

 done unusually well owing to the wet season. Very little rye 

 sown ; oats look finely and probably from one-third to one-half 

 the crop will be cut green for hay. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Brookfield (F. E. Proutt). — Indian corn is about a week or 

 ten days late ; about one-third of the crop goes into the silo. 

 Hay is a good crop in both quantity and quality. Corn, barley 

 and millet are our principal forage crops. Market-garden crops 

 are yielding well and potatoes look well. Apples look well ; 

 pears a fair crop ; peaches small and not much raised ; only a few 

 plums and quinces raised but they look well ; cranberries killed 

 by high water. Rye, oats and barley are rather more raised for 

 grain and forage than formerly. 



North Brookfield (J. H. Lane). — Potato bugs and squash bugs 

 are doing some damage. Corn is coming forward very slowly and 

 crows did much damage early in the season ; 20 per cent of the 

 crop will be used for ensilage. The hay crop is above the average 

 in both quantity and quality. Corn, Hungarian grass and a few 

 peas are our principal forage crops. Potatoes did finely up to 

 within a few days. Apples 33 per cent, pears 10 per cent and 

 grapes 90 per cent of full crops. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 Oats are in good condition. 



Spencer {^. H. Kingsbury). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is two weeks late ; about one-third of the 

 crop will be put into the silo. The quantity of ha}' is short of the 

 average, but the quality thus far is excellent. Millet, oats and 

 corn are our principal forage crops. Potatoes are looking thrifty 

 and promise a good crop. Apples will be plentiful, except Bald- 

 wins, but not as many as two years ago ; grapes a full average 

 crop ; other fruits scarce. Pasturage was getting short, but the 

 late rains have improved it. The season has been very favorable 

 for oats and barley. 



Rutland (L. S. Dudley). — Potato bugs and wire worms are 

 doing some damage. Corn looks small and most of the crop will 

 go into the silo. Hay will be about a two-thirds crop as regards 

 quantity and of good quality. Corn and Japanese millet are our 

 principal forage crops. Market-garden crops are backward and 

 potatoes look well. The prospect is good for most kinds of fruit. 

 Pasturage has been a little short. Rye, oats and barley promise 

 to be about average crops. 



