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the crop will go into the silo. The hay crop is above average in quan- 

 tity and is Al in quality. Oats and peas, corn, barley, Hungarian 

 grass and millet are grown for forage. All kinds of market-garden 

 crops are looking well ; no new potatoes dug as yet. Apples and pears 

 are about 60 per cent of a full crop; no peaches, plums and quinces; 

 grapes promise well. Pasturage is short at the present time as the 

 weather is hot and dry. Rye and oats are good crops. 



Chicopee (E. L. Shaw). — Insects do not seem to be doing much 

 damage as yet. Corn is growing fast now, especially where it was 

 planted on light, warm land ; more than half the crop will go into the 

 silo. The hay crop is larger than usual and the quality is good except 

 where injured by rain in curing. Rye, wheat, peas and oats, Japanese 

 millet and corn are the principal forage crops; all are doing well though 

 later than usual. Potatoes look well, but none have been harvested 

 as yet. Apples are a good crop; pears fair; no peaches; plums few; 

 no quinces; grapes fair. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye, oats 

 and barley are rather heavier than usual. 



Wilbraham (H. M. Bliss). — Indian corn is in fair condition, and 

 5 per cent of the crop will be put into the silo. The hay crop is 

 within 20 per cent of the normal in cjuantity and is of excellent quality. 

 Oats are the principal forage crop raised. Market-garden crops have 

 yielded well and brought higher prices than usual. Apples 70 per 

 cent; pears 65; no peaches; plums 75; quinces 70; grapes 60; cran- 

 berries 50. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye and oats are in good 

 condition; no barley raised. 



Holland (Francis Wight). — Potato bugs and striped squash bugs 

 are doing some damage. Corn is doing well but is still a little back- 

 ward ; about one-third the crop will go into the silo. The hay crop is 

 a full average in quantity and quality. Corn is the principal forage 

 crop grown. There will be a light crop of fruit. Pastures are in good 

 condition. Rye, oats and barley are about the same as in other years. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Warren (W. E. Patrick). — Potato bugs and rose bugs are doing 

 some damage, but there is less trouble than usual from insects. Indian 

 corn is very backward, but is making good growth; only a small pro- 

 portion goes into the silo. The quality of the hay crop is excellent and 

 the quantity fully up to the average. Japanese millet and corn are 

 the principal forage crops and are in fairly good condition. Potatoes 

 are looking well, but none have been dug. Dry weather has shortened 

 feed in pastures. Oats are not a large crop; not much rye or barley 

 raised. 



New Braintree (Charles D. Sage). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is growing well, but is very late; perhaps half the crop 

 will be ensilaged. Quantity of the hay crop 25 per cent above the 



