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currant worms, while the curcuho is very serious on apples. Indian 

 corn is much thinned on many fields by cut worms, but the weather 

 is too cool for best growth; acreage about as usual. The acreage of 

 early potatoes is somewhat decreased, but they promise well. Early 

 asparagus made a small yield and brought about half the price of last 

 year; other market-garden crops about normal. Quantity of dairy 

 products a little above the last few years, price of butter lower; cows 

 scarce and high. Pastures are in good condition except on excep- 

 tionally light soils. Apples promise a fair crop; peaches a large crop; 

 pears normal; strawberries a very poor crop; currants below normal; 

 grapes promise well; quinces good; blackberries and raspberries 

 promise well. Labor has been very insufficient in supply and manj"- 

 acres of onions have been plowed up as it was impossible to weed them 

 the first time. Recent Polish immigrants have been getting $1.75 and 

 S2 per day. 



South Hadley (W. F. Person). — Corn is late, with acreage same as 

 in previous years. No haying has been done as yet, and there will 

 be but a small crop. The acreage of early potatoes is about the same as 

 usual and the crop is not looking very well. Dairy products are about 

 the same as last year, with milch cows very high. Pastures are looking 

 fairly well considering the amount of rain this spring. Strawberries 

 are a light crop. All crops will be late this~year, owing to lack of rain. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman). — The cut worms are very voracious, 

 other insects not very troublesome at present. The acreage of Indian 

 corn is increased, but it is very backward. Haying has not begun and 

 the crop is light and two weeks late. The acreage of early potatoes 

 is about normal, but the crop is not verj'- promising. Not much is 

 done here in early market-garden crops. Dairy products are fully up 

 to the average in quantity and price; dairy cows are scarce and high. 

 Pastures are in fair condition. Blackberries promise well. 



Westhampton (Levi Burt). — Potato bugs and cut worms are doing 

 damage. Early planted corn is looking finely, but the average is 

 backward; acreage about the same as in former years. Haying has 

 not begun, but the crop will be a normal one. Early potatoes and 

 early market-garden crops are not raised for market. Dairy prod- 

 ucts are an average supply, but butter fat brings 7 cents less per pound 

 at the creamery than last j'ear. The heav^' rains of the first of June 

 have helped pastures. Fruits and berries are not raised for market. 



Williamsburg (F. C. Richards). — Tent caterpillars are very 

 plentiful this spring. Indian corn is in poor condition and rather 

 late, owing to dry weather; acreage somewhat larger than last year. 

 Haying has not begun and there will be about a two-thirds crop. 

 Early planted potatoes are in ]3lossom and promise well for a full 

 crop; acreage about one-third larger than last year. Price of dairy 

 products slightly lower than last year; cows scarce and prices firm. 

 Pastures were slow in starting, but are in fair condition at present. 



