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Supply of dairy cows rather less than usual and prices higher. Pas- 

 tures have improved since the rains and are looking fairly well. The 

 outlook for all fruits and berries is below the average. Cranberries are 

 perhaps the principal crop in this section. The vines were somewhat 

 winterkilled on many bogs and frost in May damaged the fruit buds 

 to quite an extent. The prospect is for not more than 50 to 70 per 

 cent of a full crop. 



Brewster (Thomas D. Sears). — Cranberry vine worms and potato 

 bugs are proving injurious. Indian corn is looking well and the acreage 

 is above that of the past few years. Haying has begun, but the crop 

 will be small on account of the dry weather during May. The acreage 

 of potatoes is much the same as last year and the crop promises well. 

 The prospect for market-garden crops is good. The quantity and price 

 of dairy products are much as last year, but the price of dairy cows is 

 higher. Pasturage is looking well since the recent rains. Strawberries 

 are badly bUghted and the crop is short; apples and pears are looking 

 well, also the cranberry bogs. 



Eastham (A. L. Nickerson). — Cut worms are our worst pest at 

 present. Corn is very late, owing to late planting and the acreage is 

 smaller than usual. Haying has not commenced and the crop is short. 

 Not as many early potatoes have been planted as usual, but they are 

 looking very well. The only market-garden crop raised here is asparagus 

 and we have had a fair season on that. Dairy products and dairy 

 cows are about the same as usual in quantity and price. Pasturage is 

 below the normal in condition. The strawberry crop was more than 

 half spoiled by the rain of last week. 



Wellfleet (E. S. Jacobs). — Cut worms are doing damage. Indian 

 corn is about normal in condition and acreage. Haying promises a 

 very good crop. Not as many early potatoes have been raised in this 

 town as formerly. Early market-garden crops are rather backward, 

 cold and dry weather having checked growth. Dairy products and 

 dairy cows are the same as in former years in supply and price. We 

 have a good yield of strawberries and the outlook for huckleberries 

 and blueberries is favorable; raspberries and blackberries not grown to 

 any extent. 



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West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Cut worms, tent caterpillars, 

 potato bugs and white grubs are doing some damage. Corn is very 

 backward, with an average acreage. Some have begun to cut hay, 

 but the prospect for the crop is poor. The acreage of early potatoes is 

 average, but the promise for the crop is poor. The yield of early 

 market-garden crops is much below the average and prices should be 

 high. The prices of dairj^ products are average; but cows are scarce 

 and liigh. Pastures are in poor condition. If we have rain soon berries 

 will be plenty. Vegetation is backward, owing to a late spring fol- 

 lowed by dry weather. 



