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are doing damage. Indian corn looks well and the acreage was much 

 increased. Haying has begun and the prospect is that the crop will 

 not be an average one. The acreage of early potatoes is somewhat 

 decreased, but they are looking extra well. Early market-garden 

 crops are a little late, but look very well, and bring good prices. Dairy 

 products are above average in quantity and dairy cows are rather 

 scarce and a httle higher than usual in price. Pastures are in fair 

 condition, O'vv'ing to recent rains. Strawberries are a poor crop; 

 cherries fair; plums started well, but the curculio is injuring them. 

 Clover did not germinate well and winterkilled badly, so that we have 

 little in our fields this year. 



Wendell (N. D. Plumb). — Cut worms and potato bugs are doing 

 some damage. Corn is somewhat backward, but a greatly increased 

 acreage has been planted. The hay crop will be slightly below the 

 normal. Early potatoes are little grown, but are ten days later than 

 usual. Dairy products are lower than usual, but milch cows are very 

 high. Pasturage is better than formerly, but rain is needed. Blue- 

 berries will be a short crop; strawberries and cherries below normal, 

 should say about tluree-fourths crops. 



New Salem (Daniel Ballakd). — Cut worms, tent caterpillars and 

 elm leaf beetles are doing damage. Indian corn is rather backward, 

 but looking well, with the usual acreage. Very little hay has been 

 cut as yet and a light yield is expected. Early potatoes are looking 

 well, but are not much raised for market. Not much has been done 

 in early market-garden crops. Dairy products are about normal in 

 quantity and price. Pastures are in fair condition, but more rain is 

 needed to keep them up. There will be a fair yield of strawberries. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Ware (J. H. Fletcher). — Cut worms have been very numerous. 

 Corn is looking well, with a greater acreage than last year. Haying 

 has not begun up to this time and the crop does not promise very well 

 There is about the usual acreage of early potatoes, but they need rain 

 very much. The season has been so drj'' and cut worms have worked 

 so much that early garden crops have suffered. Prices for cows are 

 high. We need rain to bring the pastures up to the normal. The 

 outlook for fruits and berries is very good. 



Belcheriown (Aliion L. Pratt). — Cut worms are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is in good condition, with a normal acreage. Haying 

 has not yet begun. The acreage of early potatoes is normal, with only 

 a light crop promised. The price of early market-garden crops is the 

 same as in other years, but they have suffered from drought. Milk 

 is lower than usual in price and cows are high. Pasturage is short. 

 Strawberries are a fair crop. 



Amherst (Wm. P. Brooks). — Cut worms have been injurious to an 

 unprecedented extent, and we are also troubled by onion maggots and 



