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garden crops have made good yields and brought good prices. Dairy 

 cows are well up to last j^ear in price and good cows are scarce; dairy 

 products in good supply and the milk nearly all goes to summer resi- 

 dents. Pasturage looks well, the recent rains having kept it in good 

 condition. Strawberries are plenty and cheap; other fruits scarce. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — Cut worms and potato bugs are 

 doing damage. Indian corn is looking well and is above the average 

 in acreage. Haying has not begun, and there will be an average 

 crop. There is an increase in the acreage of early potatoes and the 

 crop promises well. MSrket-garden crops are below average in condi- 

 tion. Dairy products are above the average in quantity and price. 

 Pastures are in good condition. Apples, pears, peaches and quinces 

 are very light, almost a failure; strawberries half a crop. 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — Tent caterpillars are very plenty. 

 Corn is very backward, some having just been planted; acreage in- 

 creased 15 per cent. Haying has begun, and the crop will be a little 

 heavier than usual. There is an average acreage of early potatoes, 

 and they are looking well. Early market-garden crops are verj^ back- 

 ward, but have brought good prices. There is a slight increase in the 

 price of both dairy products and dairy cows. Pasturage is in fairh' 

 good condition. Strawberries are a small crop. It is too early to 

 predict as to the cranberry crop. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — Cut worms, tent caterpillars, brown- 

 tail moths and cranberry insects are doing damage. Corn looks fairly 

 well, and the acreage is increased 50 per cent. Haying is under way, 

 and the prospect for the crop is good. There is about the usual acreage 

 of early potatoes. Market-garden crops are about normal, with prices 

 higher than usual. Dairy products are below the normal in quantity; 

 dairy cows are scarce, and one-third higher in price than formerly. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. The strawberry crop is below the 

 normal; no other fruits or berries grown for the market except cran- 

 berries, which are looking fairly well, but were somewhat damaged by 

 frost. 



Brewster (Thos. D. Sears). — Potato bugs, cranberry \'ine worms 

 and squash bugs are doing damage. Indian corn is looking well; 

 acreage about the same as last year. Haying has begun, and there is a 

 prospect of a heavy crop. The acreage of early potatoes is smaller 

 than in previous years, and the crop promises to be good. Dairy 

 products are about the same as last year; price of cows higher than 

 for a few years past. Pasturage is looking finely, owing to the wet 

 season. There is a fine crop of strawberries, and the prospect for other 

 berries is good. 



Eastham (Almond L. Nickerson) . — Cut worms have been the 

 worst of any recent season, but are about gone now. Indian corn is a 

 trifle late on account of cold weather and constant rains; acreage 

 larger than for many years. Haying has not begun; prospect for a 



