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dition. Early market-garden crops have made good yields and brought 

 average prices; prospect good for later ones. The quantity of dairy 

 products is smaller than usual and the price higher; cows are scarce 

 and high. Pasturage is in very good condition. Strawberries are our 

 chief fruit and made a fair yield, but were injured by excess of rain. 

 Peaches and apples promise small crops ; pears fair ; plums small crop ; 

 grapes average. 



Swansea (F. G. Arnold). — Elm leaf beetles and canker worms are 

 doing considerable damage. Indian corn is looking well, and the 

 acreage is greater than usual. Very little hay has been cut as yet, 

 and the prospect is that there will be a fair crop. Acreage of early 

 potatoes about as usual and vines are looking well; some complaint 

 of poor germination. Cabbages look well, very few sold as yet; prices 

 low for early market-garden crops. Milk is plenty at present; cows 

 scarce and prices ten dollars per head higher than usual. Pastures 

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



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — Cut worms and small black flies are 

 doing damage. Corn is of good color, but has not grown as fast as it 

 should. Haying has not begun, but the crop will be above normal. The 

 acreage of early potatoes is about normal, and they promise a good crop ; 

 early planted fields are in blossom. Asparagus was about half a crop; 

 prices for early market-garden crops fully equal to former years. ]Milk 

 brings good prices; dairy cows are higher than formerly and not in 

 good supply. Pastures are in good condition. The strawberry crop 

 is almost a failui-e, owing to wet weather and frost. Raspberries are 

 looking finely and promise a good crop. Apples and pears are drop- 

 ping badly. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Norwell (Henry A. Turner). — Currant worms, squash bugs and 

 potato bugs are doing damage. Corn is small; acreage about as last 

 year. Very few have commenced haying; prospect for a good crop. 

 There is about the usual acreage of early potatoes and they promise 

 well. Early market-garden crops are about the same as last year in 

 yield and price. Pastures are in very good condition. Strawberries 

 were injured by frost; the prospect for small fruits is poor. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland) . — Black and striped squash bugs 

 potato bugs and rose bugs are doing damage. Indian corn is picking 

 up since the warm weather began; acreage about as usual. Haying 

 has not begun, and a good crop is in prospect. The acreage of early 

 potatoes is slightly decreased and some fields are looking nicely. Yield 

 of early market-garden crops good, prices low; wet weather injured 

 some crops. Quantity and price of dairy products up to the average; 

 cows are high in price and not plenty. Pasturage is in very good 

 condition. Strawberries are our only fruit grown extensively; they 

 suffered from frost and wet weather and the crop is light. 



Hanover (Harrison L. House). — Very few insects are causing 



