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in tobacco fields, and both black and striped squash bugs are plenty. 

 Corn is uneven, much having to be planted over, and is all the way 

 from just coming up to a foot high; acreage increased. Only a few 

 fields of hay have been cut, but the prospect is good. There is about 

 the usual acreage of potatoes, and they are looking well, especially 

 early ones. Early market-garden crops promise extra yields. Prices 

 of dairy products are well up, and extra cows are good property* 

 Pasturage is above the average in condition. Strawberries are a little 

 late, but a fine crop ; other berries promise well. 



Northfield (Thomas R. Callender) . — Cut worms are more trouble- 

 some than usual. Corn is small and backward; acreage certainly 

 one-third above the average. Grass is the best crop in many years 

 and some clover has been cut. The crop of early potatoes is looking 

 well, with about an average acreage. The prospect is good for all 

 market-garden crops. Dairy products and dairy cows are both high 

 and scarce. Pasturage is in better condition than usual. Strawberries 

 were somewhat injured by late frost; other small fruits heavily set. 



Wendell (N. D. Plumb). — Indian corn is somewhat backward, 

 but the acreage is the largest for a decade. The hay crop will be 

 normal, and haying will begin about July 1. Early potatoes were 

 badly cut by the frost, and will be about half a crop. Dairy products 

 are ten per cent higher than formerly, and dairy cows are about 

 normal in supply and price. Pasturage is in good condition. Blue- 

 berries are principal berry crop with us, but were injured by frost on 

 low lands. 



New Salem (Daniel Ballard). — Cut worms have been quite 

 numerous and troublesome. Indian corn is coming forward with the 

 advent of warm weather, with somewhat increased acreage. The 

 hay crop will be good, and some are beginning to cut. There is the 

 usual acreage of potatoes, and they look promising. Not much is 

 done with early market-garden crops. Dairy products and dairy 

 cows are fully up to the average in supply and price. Pasturage is in 

 good condition. There is a fair crop of strawberries, and some are 

 grown for market. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Enfield (D. O. Chickering). — Cut worms and potato bugs are 

 doing damage. Indian corn is somewhat backward, but is growing 

 rapidly now; more than usual planted. Haying has just begun; new 

 seeding good, old fields light. There is about the usual acreage of 

 early potatoes, but late frosts and cold weather have kept them back. 

 Dairy products and dairy cows are somewhat above the average in 

 quantity and price. Pasturage is in fine condition. The outlook is 

 good for apples, except where late frost injured the bloom. 



Pelham (.John L. Brewer). — Small black beetles are doing damage 

 to crops. Indian corn is looking poorly, and crows have been de- 



