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Stoiv (Geo. W. Bradley). — Brown-tail moths, cut worm and 

 potato bugs are doing damage. Indian corn is very backward ; acreaga 

 about as last year. A few started haying this week, and a fair crop is 

 in view. The acreage of early potatoes compares well with other 

 years and they are looking quite well. The average of yields and 

 prices is better than usual in the dairy business, except that dairy 

 cows are scarce. The recent rains have brought the pastures into 

 good condition. Strawberries and blackberries promise good crops. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — Cut worms and both the black and 

 striped squash bugs are proving injurious. Indian corn is generally 

 very backward, with acreage larger than usual. A few farmers have 

 commenced haying, and the crop is about the same as usual. Not 

 many more early potatoes are raised than are needed for home use; 

 they are very uneven. Market-garden crops are about the same in 

 yield and price as in former years. Dairy products are in good demand, 

 with the prices a shade higher than usual ; cows are scarce. Pasturage 

 is in good condition. Berries promise a full crop. 



Chelmsford (W. B. Bullock). — Brown tail and gypsy moths are 

 doing damage. Corn is small for the time of year; acreage about as 

 usual. Haying has not begun, but the prospect for the crop is good. 

 The acreage of potatoes is about as usual and they are looking well. 

 Late frosts injured early market-garden crops on low land, and prices 

 are high. Dairy products are higher with the quantity about as usual; 

 cows are high. Pasturage is good owing to the late rains. Berries are 

 looking well, and the warm weather is ripening strawberries very fast. 



Teicksbury (G. E. Crosby). — Cut worms, tent caterpillars and 

 cabbage flies are doing damage. Indian corn is fairly good, with the 

 acreage slightly increased. A little grass has been cut, and the prospect 

 for the hay crop is good. Early potatoes not injured by frost are 

 looking finely. Some early market-garden crops are off in yield and 

 prices are no better, if as good, as those of former years. Milk is bring- 

 ing the winter price, but this is not a dairy section. Pastures are in 

 good condition. Strawberries are a fair crop, but the cold, wet weather 

 has rather injured the quality. Apples will not be a large crop. Gypsy 

 and brown-tail moths have got in their work in some cases in spite of 

 spraying ; the woods are full of them. 



Lincoln (C. S. Wheeler). — Gypsy moths, brown-tail moths and 

 cut worms are doing damage. Indian corn looks fairly well, and there 

 is a slight increase in acreage. Haying is not yet fairly under way; 

 old fields are poor, but new seeded fields promise fairly well. The 

 acreage of early potatoes is about average, and they are in good con- 

 dition. Yery little market-garden stuff has been marketed as yet. 

 Milk is in good supply, and the price will be the same as in winter; 

 good cows are scarce and high. Pasturage is in rather better than 

 average condition. Strawberries and blackberries are good crops. 



Lexington (Howard M. Munroe). — Cut worms and brown-tail 



