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potatoes, and they look the best of any crop. The yield of early 

 market-garden crops is below the average ; prices better than last 

 season. Quantity of dairy products below average ; cows not 

 plenty, and prices good. Pastures are dry. Strawberries are 

 a short crop ; currants look well ; small fruits generally poor. 



Bolton (H. E. Babcock). — Canker worms are doing some dam- 

 age. What corn has come up looks well, but, owing to the dry 

 weather, not much has germinated ; acreage an average. Haying 

 has commenced, but there will not be half a crop. The acreage 

 of early potatoes is fully up to the average, and the promise for 

 the crop is good. Early market-garden crops are an average with 

 other years in yield and price. The quantity and price of dairy 

 products are about average ; cows high in price. Pastures are 

 in very poor condition. Small fruits and berries are not much 

 grown. 



Mttlbury (C. H. Stockwell). — Potato bugs, cut worms and 

 cabbage maggots are doing some damage. Corn is looking fairly 

 well ; acreage about the same as in previous years. Some grass 

 is being cut, with the prospect of a very light crop. There is an 

 average acreage of early potatoes, and the promise of a good crop. 

 Early market-garden crops are light, and good prices are realized. 

 Milk will be scarce and dairy cows high. Pastures are all dried 

 up, but will start anew. Strawberries will be a short crop, but 

 later fruits and berries promise better. 



Sutton (O. P. Johnson). — No insects are proving injurious. 

 Indian corn looks well, with about the usual acreage. Haying has 

 begun, with a poor crop on old ground and the promise of a good 

 one on new ground since the rains. The acreage of early potatoes 

 is increased. Early market-garden crops are about average in 

 yield and price. The quantity and price of dairy products are 

 about the same as usual, with prices for dairy cows higher. 

 Pasturage has been very dry until recently. Fruit is below the 

 average. Strawberries about half a crop. 



Hopedale (Delano Patrick). — Currant worms and canker 

 worms are doing some damage. Indian corn looks fairly well 

 where it came up well ; acreage about as usual. Haying has 

 begun, with not much more than half an average crop. The acre- 

 age of early pogitoes is about as usual, but the crop is not very 

 promising. Early market-garden crops were below the average 

 in yield, and the prospect is unfavorable for later ones. Cows 

 are shrinking in milk. Pasturage is in poor condition. The out- 

 look for fruit and berries is not encouraging. 



