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Wales (C. F. Crawford). — Tent caterpillars and potato bugs 

 are doing some damage. Corn is looking well with about the usual 

 acreage. No hay is cut as yet, but the crop will be good. Pota- 

 toes are looking thrifty, but are late; acreage about as usual. 

 Dairy products are plenty with prices about as common ; dairy 

 cows are a little lower than formerly. Pastures are in better con- 

 dition than usual. Peaches, pears, grapes and berries are very 

 plenty ; apples will make a full crop. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Dudley (J. J. Gilles). — Potato bugs and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is very backward, and except- 

 ing that grown for fodder the acreage is small compared with pre- 

 vious years. Haying is just beginning, with the prospect good 

 for an extra abundant crop ; long seeded fields about average. 

 Acreage of early potatoes small and very uneven, so it is hard to 

 predict results. Early peas are in fine condition, other market- 

 garden crops very backward. The quantity and price of dairy 

 products and the supply and price of dairy cows are about normal. 

 Pasturage is in fine condition. Strawberries are somewhat below 

 the average, blackberries the same, and raspberries decidedly below. 



Warren (W. E. Patrick). — Indian corn is very backward with 

 about the usual acreage. A few farmers have begun haying ; crop 

 about average. The acreage of early potatoes is about the same 

 as usual, but the crop is backward though otherwise looking well. 

 Early market-garden crops are nearly two weeks late ; prospect 

 good for later ones. Dairy products do not vary much in quantity 

 or price ; shortage in good dairy cows with price for same high. 

 Pasturage is in excellent condition. 



North Brookjield (J. H. Lane). — Potato bugs and squash bugs 

 are plenty. Corn is late but is growing very fast, and the late 

 planted is vigorous. Haying has barely begun with the prospect 

 of a good crop, although some fields show the effects of the winter. 

 The acreage of early potatoes is about the same as usual, but they 

 are very late. The yield of market-garden crops may be all right 

 but they are too late to be called early. The present conditions 

 should increase the supply of milk. Pasturage is in fine condition. 

 The prospect for fruits and berries is good except for apples, which 

 will be a light crop. 



Gardner (A. F. Johnson). — Indian corn looks well, but is 

 rather late ; acreage average. Haying has not begun but there 

 will be a good average crop. There is no change in the acreage of 

 early potatoes, and they are looking well. Market-garden crops 



