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MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Concord. — This season so far has been noted fur excessive 

 moisture, making much of our low lands too wet for use. Crops 

 generally are looking well, though backward. Concord probably 

 sends the greater part of the asparagus sold in Boston from here. 



F. G. Pratt. 



Dunstable. — Most of our crops are looking well. Potato bugs 

 arc very plenty. 



Dexter Butterfield. 



Groton. — Everything at the present time looks better than the 

 average year. The promise of harvest is great. 



Daniel Neepham. 



Hudson. — Apples look well, no canker worms and few other 

 insects. Two thousand barrels more than last year will be shipped 

 from Hudson Pailroad station, if nothing happens. A larger 

 acreage of ensilage corn planted, and it now looks better than last 

 year. 



G. A. COTTING. 



Sudbury. — The season is backward and wet. Hay crop equal 

 to average. Potatoes looking well, so are cabbages. Corn late. 

 Corn, potatoes and hay are the principal crops grown. 



H. N. Smith. 



Wilmington. — I should say that all crops are looking at this 

 date fully up to the average of last year. Oats and barley are 

 raised for fodder only. 



('has. W. Swain. 



NANTUCKET COUNTY. 



Nantucket. — Very wet and cold. Every kind of vegetation 

 two weeks behind. Corn and potatoes promise well. Turnips 

 not planted yet. 



CHAS. W. ( rARDNER. 



