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usual. Some hay has been secured, and the crop is very light. 

 The acreage of early potatoes is about as usual, and they are look- 

 ing well, though rain must come soon. There is the usual quantity 

 of dairy products, and prices are higher than usual. Pasturage is 

 dried up. We have had very little rain for ten weeks, and the 

 outlook is poor. 



Norwood (F. A. Fales). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is backward, with the acreage about half that of last 

 year. Haying has begun, but the crop is not over 25 per cent of 

 that of last year. The acreage of early potatoes is about the same 

 as usual, but the crop will be small. Peas are generally yielding 

 well, prices lower than last year. Quantity and price of dairy 

 products about the same as usual. Pastures are drying up. There 

 is a very small crop of strawberries, currants and raspberries. 



Canton (E. V. Kinsley). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is looking well, but is somewhat backward ; acreage about 

 as usual. Haying has begun, with generally about one-third of a 

 crop. The acreage of potatoes is about one-fourth more than 

 usual, and the prospect for the crop is excellent. Yield and 

 quality of early market-garden crops poor, prices very high; 

 prospect poor for later ones. Price of dairy products a little 

 below average ; dairy cows in full supply, and price average. All 

 upland pastures are burned up. Strawberries very poor ; rasp- 

 berries, blackberries, and currants good with rain. 



Sharon (E. E. Naramore). — Insects are doing little damage. 

 There is very little Indian corn planted, and it is on the decrease 

 every year. Haying has begun, and there will be about one-third 

 the usual crop. More early potatoes were planted than usual, but 

 unless rain comes soon the crop will be very light. Yield of early 

 market-garden crops not up to the average, prices about as usual ; 

 plenty of rain will insure good late crops. The supply, demand 

 and price of dairy products are about normal. Pasturage has 

 suffered" severely from drought. All berries are a short crop, 

 strawberries a total failure. 



Stoughton (C. F. Curtis). — Rose bugs and potato bugs are 

 doing some damage. Early planted corn is doing finely, but late 

 planted did not come well ; acreage larger than usual. Haying 

 has begun two weeks earlier than usual ; crop only one-half to 

 two-thirds of last year's. Acreage of early potatoes about as 

 usual ; crop backward, but holding its own remarkably. Only 

 milk for local market produced, and prices as usual. Pastures 

 are all burned up, and many feed at the barn. Where strawber- 

 ries were irrigated there was a full crop, elsewhere a failure, and 

 many lost their young beds. 



