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average and quality excellent. Corn and Japanese millet^ are the 

 forage crops grown. Potatoes are looking well. The fruit crop will 

 be light, although the bloom was very full. Pasturage is very good 

 for the time of year. Rye, oats and barley look well; very little 

 harvested. 



North Brookfield (John H. Lane). — Potato bugs and cucumber 

 beetles have done damage. Indian corn is in very poor condition; 

 half the crop goes into the silo. There is the usual quantity of hay, but 

 it has been damaged by poor weather. Millet and Hungarian grass 

 are the forage crops grown. Some fields of potatoes are very uneven. 

 Apples 45 per cent of a crop ; pears 20 ; no peaches or quinces ; plums 

 10. Pasturage is poor, owing to cold and dry weather. 



Dana (Lyman Randall). — Potato bugs and rose bugs are doing 

 damage. Corn is looking finely, but is late; one-half the crop is grown 

 for ensilage. The hay crop is larger than for several years and of 

 extra quality. Corn and oats are raised for forage and are growing 

 rapidly. Market-garden crops are good, with prices fully as high as 

 usual. The prospect is not very encouraging for fruit of any kind. 

 Pasturage is very good. Oats are in good condition; rye and barley 

 little raised. 



Barre (John L. Smith). — Potato bugs and rose bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is late and uneven; 90 per cent of the crop will be put 

 into the silo. There is more than an average crop of hay of good qual- 

 ity. Corn and millet are the principal forage crops grown. Potatoes 

 are looking extra well. There will be a fair yield of fruit of the various 

 kinds. Pastures are in very good condition. Oats are about an 

 average crop; rye and barley not raised. 



Hubbardston (Chas. C. Colby). — Indian corn is very backward; 

 possibly 80 per cent of the crop will be used for ensilage. The hay 

 crop is much above the average both in quantity and quality. There 

 is about the usual amount of forage crops grown, — oats, millet, Hun- 

 garian grass, rye and barley, — and they are making good growth. 

 Potatoes are looking well. There is the prospect of a good crop of 

 apples. Pastures are in fine condition and stock is doing well. 



Gardner (W. E. Knight). — Insects are doing very little damage. 

 Corn is a little late and very uneven ; the entire crop is grown for the 

 silo. The quantity of the hay crop is above the average and the 

 quality first class. Oats, millet and barley are raised for forage. 

 Potatoes look well. There will be a fair crop of apples. Pasturage is 

 good, but cows are falling off in milk badly. Rye, oats and barley are 

 normal crops, and are grown only for forage. 



Ashhurnham (E. D. Gibson). — Rose bugs are doing some damage, 

 Indian corn is backward, but is growing finely. The hay crop is above 

 the average in quantity and quality. Millet, Hungarian grass, oats 

 and barley are raised for forage and are all looking finely. Potatoes 

 are two weeks late ; garden crops not yet in the market to any extent. 



