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Apples will be a light crop and grapes a fair crop. Pastures are in 

 good condition. Rye, oats and barley are average crops. 



Fitchburg (Dr. Jabez Fisher) . — Very few insects are found to be 

 present. The recent hot weather has brought corn forward, and it 

 now looks promising. The hay croi^ is nearly up to the average and 

 of good quality. Apples will be 25 per cent of a full crop ; pears 30 ; 

 plums 75; grapes 70; no peaches. Pasturage is in good condition. 



Harvard (John S. Preston). — There is little damage from insects; 

 more spraying than usual this spring. Indian corn is looking well, 

 but a little short. The hay crop is large in quantity and good in 

 quality. Oats, Hungarian grass, millet and rye are raised for forage 

 and are all looking well. Market-garden crops have yielded well and 

 brought good prices. Apples are about half a crop; pears light; no 

 peaches. Pastures are looking very well indeed. Rye, oats and 

 barley are looking well; little raised for grain. 



Southborough (E. F. Collins). — Insects are not as numerous as 

 usual. Corn is two weeks late, but growing well; mostly raised for 

 the silo. The hay crop is the largest ever harvested and of excellent 

 quality. Hungarian grass and Japanese millet are raised for forage. 

 Market-garden crops are late, but are looking well. Apples did not 

 set well, but will be a fair crop. 



Shrewsbury (Fred J. Reed). — Squash and jDotato bugs are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is backward and none of the crop will go 

 into the silo. There is an average crop of hay of very good quality. 

 Millet and corn are the principal forage crops growTi, and are in very 

 good condition. Market-garden crops are very good and bring about 

 average prices. There will be few apples; no peaches; plums fair; 

 other fruits average. Pasturage is in fair condition, but needs a good 

 rain. Rye, oats and barley are about normal crops. 



Worcester (H. R. Kinney). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 The corn crop is late, and on some fields the stand is poor, but it is 

 growing well; most of it will be put into the silo. There is a good crop 

 of hay and the quahty is good, where secured without damage from 

 rain. Corn and millet are the favorite forage crops, but are late and 

 weedy. Market-garden crops are very late, but are growing rapidly; 

 prices so far have only been fair. There will be a few apples ; all other 

 fruits very light. The condition of pasturage is very good for the time 

 of year. Rye, oats and barley are about average crops. 



Leicester (H. H. Kingsbury). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is making a fine growth, though backward. There is a 

 large yield of hay in prospect, and it is of good quality. Barley, millet 

 and corn are the principal forage crops grown. Garden crops are 

 luxuriant. The fruit crop appears to be a light one. Pasturage is 

 in excellent condition. Wild and cultivated blackberries blossomed 

 full; blueberries very scarce. 



Dudley (J. J, Gilles). — Potato bugs and rose bugs are doing some 



