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Acreage of early potatoes less than last year, but they are now looking 

 well. Quantity of dairy products the same as usual, prices much 

 lower; cows scarce and prices rule lower. Pastures are in good con- 

 dition. Fruits and berries are not raised for market. 



Leyden (Frank R. Foster). — Cut worms have done considerable 

 damage. Crows have been more troublesome than for some years 

 previous. Indian corn is looking well and the acreage is larger than 

 usual. Haying has not begun to any extent and there will not be an 

 average yield. Not as many early potatoes as usual were planted 

 and some fields are uneven. Dairy products in good supply, but low 

 in price; dairy cows plenty and from $10 to 120 lower in price than last 

 year. Apples and pears are fair crops; raspberries average; straw- 

 berries short. 



Conway (L. T. Hopkins). — Cut worms and potato bugs are un- 

 usually plenty. Corn is small owing to dry weather, with a full aver- 

 age acreage. A few have commenced haying and the crop will be 

 light. Potatoes look well, but are not raised for market. With milk 

 bringing two cents a quart farmers are not very enthusiastic over dairy- 

 ing. Pastures are much in need of rain. Apples will give half a crop, 

 with favorable weather. 



Gill (F. F. Stoughton). — There is not much trouble from insects 

 as yet. Corn is late and does not grow very rapidly, with about the 

 usual acreage. Haying has hardly begun and the prospect for the 

 crop is not good. The supply of dairy products is not as large as a 

 year ago and price for butter fat is much less than last year. Pas- 

 turage is in good condition. 



Whately (C. L. Crafts). — Wire worms and cut worms are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is looking well and the acreage is about the 

 same as usual. Haying has not yet begun and the crop will be very 

 light, one-third of a normal crop. Not many early potatoes are 

 raised here and those grown have suffered from dry weather. Yield 

 of earl}' market-garden crops not as heavy as usual, prices perhaps a 

 little better. The prices received for milk do not pay for the work of 

 caring for the cows, and cows are much lower in price than formerly. 

 Pasturage is in fair condition. Raspberries, both red and black, look 

 well; strawberries are a light crop. 



Sunderland (Geo. P. Smith). — Cut worms have done considerable 

 damage in tobacco. Corn looks well, with about the usual acreage. 

 Early potatoes are little grown, but are about normal in acreage and 

 condition. Early market-garden crops are late but bring good prices. 

 Production of dairy products about the same as usual, prices lower; 

 good cows bring high prices. Pastures are in fair condition, but need 

 rain. Fruits and berries are only grown in a small way. Onions are 

 not up to the normal on the whole. Tobacco plants have been scarce 

 and transplanting is not yet completed. 



Montague (A. JM. Lyman). — Squash bugs, cut worms and rose bugs 



