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are about as usual in yield, price and condition. Quantity and 

 price of dairy products and supply and price of dairy cows has not 

 changed materially. Pastures are in fairly good condition. Wild 

 berries, blueberries and raspberries are very scarce ; blackberries 

 blossoming well. 



Ashburnham (E. D. Gibson). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage and apple tree borers are very numerous ; tent caterpillars 

 are fewer than for 25 years. Indian corn is very backward, but 

 there is a good stand ; acreage for the silo the same as usual, but 

 there will be less for husking owing to the wet spring. Haying 

 will not begin for two weeks ; the crop will hardly be an average 

 one ; old fields very light. Early potatoes are average in acreage 

 but are very backward, many fields just coming up. The quantity 

 and price of dairy products is as good as in any recent year ; good 

 milch cows bring from $40 to $55, and there are only enough to 

 supply the demand. Pastures are in good condition but need rain. 

 Pears promise a great crop ; early apples a good crop, Baldwins a 

 failure. 



Westminster (G. A. Stockwell). — Tent caterpillars are doing 

 some damage. Potatoes and corn are hardly out of the ground, 

 and market-garden crops are not far enough advanced as yet to 

 report upon. Haying has not begun but there will be a good 

 crop. The quantity and price of dairy products is about as usual, 

 also the supply and price of dairy cows. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. There will be a large supply of all kinds of berries and 

 small fruits. 



Princeton (A. O. Tyler). — Cut worms, potato bugs and cur- 

 rant worms are doing some damage. Indian corn is looking fair 

 but is backward. Haying is just beginning, with a fair crop. 

 Early potatoes and market-garden crops are not raised here. 

 Quantity and price of dairy products and supply and price of dairy 

 cows are about as usual. Pasturage is in extra good condition. 

 Pears, plums and cherries are very good crops, as are berries of 

 all kinds also. 



Holden (G. S. Graham). — Potato bugs are very numerous. 

 Indian corn is very small and backward, with about the usual 

 acreage. Little haying has been done as yet, but the prospect for 

 the crop is good. The acreage of early potatoes is about as usual, 

 but it is too early to judge as to condition. Quantity and price of 

 dairy products are a little higher than usual, and dairy cows are 

 fully as high as in former years. Pastures are in good condition. 

 Strawberries are quite abundant. 



Southborough (E. F. Collins). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage ; other insects are not as numerous as in some years. En- 



