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Condition of market-garden crops very good ; yield of potatoes 

 very good and prices as high as usual. The apple crop will not be 

 abundant; peaches, pears and grapes light crops. Pastures are in 

 very good condition. Oats are looking very well; rye and barley 

 not much raised. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Hopkinton (W. V. Thompson). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is late but is looking well. The hay crop 

 was below the average in quantity but of good quality. Corn and 

 Hungarian grass are our principal forage crops and are in good 

 condition, with more raised than usual. Market-garden crops are 

 in good condition, not many potatoes harvested ; early cabbages 

 good. Apples light; no pears ; peaches good ; not many plums; 

 few quinces ; grapes an immense crop. Pasturage is in good con- 

 dition. Rye, oats and barley are good crops and are mostly used 

 for forage. 



Sudbury (E. W. Goodnow). — Potato bugs and striped cucum- 

 ber beetles are doing some damage. Corn is looking well but is 

 backward ; . about half the crop goes into the silo. There will be 

 an average crop of hay of good quality. An unusually large crop 

 of fodder corn is being raised to supplement the hay crop. 

 Market-garden crops of all kinds are looking and yielding well, 

 with prices normal. The prospect for apples is not very encour- 

 aging ; other fruits look fairly well. Pasturage is looking unusu- 

 ally well. 



Stow (Geo. W. Bradley). — Potato bugs and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is two or three weeks late ; 

 about half the crop will go into the silo. Quantity of the hay crop 

 about two-thirds that of last year and quality good. Hungarian 

 grass, oats, barley and Japanese millet are the principal forage 

 crops ; looking well and more sown than usual. Potatoes are 

 looking well but not many have been marketed as yet. Not so 

 many apples will be gathered as usual ; other fruits rather scarce. 

 Rye, oats and barley are largely raised for forage and but little 

 for grain. 



Totvnsend (G. A. Wilder). — Indian corn is in fair condition 

 and three-fourths of the crop is destined for the silo. The quantity 

 of the hay crop is less than usual and the quality not as good as 

 usual. Market-garden crops are above the average in condition, 

 and potatoes are about normal. Early apples are half a crop and 

 there will be very few late ones ; other fruits light ; early frosts 

 the canse. Pastures are in good condition. Rye, oats and barley 

 are about average crops. 



