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Hubbardsfon (C. C. Colby). — Our common insects are not as 

 plenty as usual this year. Indian corn is very backward and the 

 present outlook is for a small yield ; 80 per cent, of the crop will 

 be put into the silo. The hay crop is of good quality and will be 

 an average in quantity. A large amount of Japanese millet has 

 been put in for forage, also peas and oats, golden millet, Hungarian 

 grass, etc. Potatoes and other vegetables have made excellent 

 growth and give promise of large crops. Apples, pears and grapes 

 promise very well. The rains have kept pasturage in good con- 

 dition. 



Royalston (C. A. Stimson). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn will be almost a total failure. The hay crop 

 -will be about as usual as to quantity but of poor quality. Barley, 

 oats and millet are our principal forage crops and are in good con- 

 dition ; more raised than usual because of the failure of the corn 

 crop. Potatoes are a fair crop; very few yet harvested and 

 prices high. Apples good ; no pears ; few plums ; grapes good. 

 Pastures are in good condition. Rye, oats and barley promise 

 average crops. 



Winchendon (Arthur Stockwell). — Potato bugs and tent 

 caterpillars are doing some damage. Indian corn is very backward 

 and will not be half a crop. The hay crop is not quite as good as 

 last year. Hungarian grass has been sown by some of our farmers 

 as a forage crop. Market-garden crops are looking finely. There 

 will not be as large a fruit crop as in former years. Pasturage is 

 in fine condition at present. Rye, oats and barley are about up to 

 the standard. 



Westminster (A. J. Foskett). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is looking well but is backward. The hay 

 crop is very good having increased wonderfully in the past month. 

 Forage crops are not much raised. Early potatoes are yielding 

 finely and selling well ; all market-garden crops are doing well. 

 There will be a fair crop of apples and peaches, but not many 

 pears. Pasturage was never better. Rye, oats and barley prom- 

 ise fair crops. 



Fitchburg (Jabez Fisher). — The hay crop is nearly up to the 

 average in quantity and is of good quality. Apples will be a fair 

 crop of good quality ; pears a small crop, also plums ; peaches 

 extra good ; grapes fair. The first of the month was cold and 

 dry ; now it is cold and wet and most vegetation is late. 



Bolton (H. F. Havnes). — ^Potato bugs are doing a little dam- 

 age. Corn is a failure on all low lands. The hay crop is 100 as 

 to quantity and quality. Millet is much grown here as a forage 



