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Indian corn is in good condition and the acreage is the same as usual. 

 Haying has begun and the crop is below the normal. The acreage 

 of early potatoes is about as usual and they promise a fair crop. The 

 milk supply is about normal, with prices the same as last year; good 

 cows are scarce and high. 



Acushnet (M. S. Dougl-\s). — Cut worms and elm leaf beetles are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is looking very well and more corn 

 is being planted every year. Haying has begun, with less than a 

 normal crop. The acreage of early potatoes is smaller than usual and 

 those put in early look well. Market-garden crops are not up to the 

 normal, owing to drought. Dairy products are above the normal in 

 quantity and bring good prices. Pasturage is rather short now on 

 account of dry weather. Strawberries are a good crop, but prices are 

 low; raspberries are looking well; peaches fair. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



JVoni^eZ^ (Henry A. Turner). — Elm leaf beetles and cut worms 

 have done more damage than usual. Corn is late and small, with the 

 acreage about the same as last year. Very Uttle haying has been done 

 as yet, and the crop promises to be light. Potatoes are not looking as 

 well as usual, but they are growing well now. On account of dry 

 w^eather early market-garden crops did not germinate well. Dairy 

 products and dairy cows are about normal in supply and price. Pas- 

 tures have suffered from drought, but are looking better now. The 

 prospect for apples is good, also pears; strawberries are hardly up to 

 the normal. 



Hanover (Harrison L. House). — Cut worms and striped squash 

 bugs are doing damage. Indian corn is looking well, with about the 

 usual acreage. Haying has not begun and a very light crop is prom- 

 ised. The acreage of early potatoes is short and the crop very back- 

 ward. Early market-garden crops are about as usual, with very little 

 raised in this line. Dairy products and dairy cows are normal in 

 supply and price. Pasturage is in fairly good condition. Strawberries 

 are a fair crop. 



Brockton (Davis Copel.\nd). — Rose bugs, cut worms and squash 

 bugs are doing damage. Indian corn is looking well where it germi- 

 nated well. The prospect is better for hay and it bids fair to be a good 

 crop on low land. The acreage of early potatoes is about normal, and 

 they promise well where not injured by hail. Early market-garden 

 crops are alDOut average in price and quantity. Quantitj^ and price of 

 dairy products about as usual; cows are higher in price. Pastures are 

 in fairly good condition. The outlook for fruits and berries is very 

 poor, owing to damage from hail on June 20th, the storm covering the 

 ground with hail two or three inches deep. 



Plympton (Wixthrop Fillebrown). — Cut worms are more numer- 

 ous than usual, and potato bugs not as numerous. Indian corn is 

 looking very well and the acreage is much increased. Haying has not 



