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pears, 90; strawberries, 100; currants, 90; blackberries, 100. No 

 frost damage during June. 



Xorth Brookfield (JOHX H. Lane). — Tent caterpillar, Colorado 

 potato beetle and striped squash bug are doing the most damage. 

 Indian corn, condition, 90; acreage, about normal. Hay crop pros- 

 l^eet is 60, and haying has commenced. The acreage of early 

 potatoes is 100 and the prospect for the crop, 75. Prospect for 

 market-garden crops is . 75, although they are somewhat late ; in 

 price, 120; prospect for those not yet harv^ested, 75. The number 

 of dairy cows is about 90 per cent as compared with one year ago. 

 The production of milk has decreased about 5 per cent during the 

 last year; price per can, 34 cents wholesale; 7 cents per quart at 

 retail. Condition of pasturage, 60. The fruit crop prospect is: 

 apples, 10; pears, 10; plums, 10. The May frosts proved very 

 injurious to fruits, and the caterpillars destroyed much of what the 

 frosts left. 



Southbridge (E. T. Torrey). — Tent caterpillar and cutworm lead 

 the insect destroyers. Condition of Indian corn is 100, and the 

 acreage is about normal. Very little haying has been done as yet; 

 hay crop prospect, 120. Prices for market-garden crops are about 

 normal ; prospect for those not harvested, 110. The supply of dairy 

 cows is about equal to that of one year ago; the production of milk 

 is about 125 per cent as compared to that of a year ago; average 

 wholesale net price, 40 cents per can; retail price, 7 and 8 cents per 

 quart, this being nearly 1 cent higher than last year. Condition of 

 pastures, 150. Fruit crop prospect: apples, 80; strawberries, 100; 

 blackberries, 110. 



Leicester (H. H. Kingsbury). — Most damage is being done by 

 potato beetles and squash bugs; the tent caterpillar has been very 

 destructive, but now is in the inactive stage. Condition of Indian 

 corn, 90; acreage, about normal. No haying has been done as yet; 

 crop prosjDect, 85. Acreage of early potatoes 140 per cent com- 

 pared with norrnal; the prospect for the crop is indefinite at the 

 present time. Average net wholesale price of milk is 40 cents per 

 can; average retail price, 8 cents per quart. Dairy products are 

 about the same as one year ago; the number of cows is also about 

 the same. Apples and pears promise a 90 per cent crop. No frost 

 injury has been noticed during the past month. 



Sufion (H. L. Ray). — The tent caterpillar has been doing the 

 most damage. Indian corn, condition, 75; compared with normal 

 the acreage is 65. Very little haying has been done; prospect for 

 the crop, 90. Very few early potatoes grown in this section. Pros- 

 pect for market-garden crops, 75. Dairy cows and their products 

 are about the same as one year ago; milk prices, wholesale, 34 cents 

 per can; retail, 6 cents per quart. These prices are about the same 



