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than usual, but they are in need of rain. Early market-garden 

 crops made a good yield, with good prices ; prospect poor for later 

 ones. Quantity and price of dairy products about as usual. Past- 

 ures are in poor condition. Apples and peaches good ; strawber- 

 ries almost ruined by drought ; raspberries badly winter-killed. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is looking well, but is quite small ; acreage about 

 as usual. Haying has begun, with about half a crop. The acreage 

 of early potatoes is about as usual, but the promise for the crop is 

 poor. Early market-garden crops did not approach the average 

 in yield, and late ones do not promise well. Quantity of dairy 

 products much below average, prices same as usual ; dairy cows 

 about as usual. Pasturage is in very poor condition. Strawberries 

 very short ; apples not set very well ; plums fair ; grapes promise 

 well ; currants fair. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Hingliam (Aaron Low). — Potato bugs and cut worms are 

 doing some damage. Corn is small and backward, owing to the 

 severe drought. The hay crop will be very short. There is about 

 the usual acreage of early potatoes, and the vines are looking very 

 well. All garden crops are suffering badly 'from the extreme 

 drought. Quantity and price of dairy products about as usual. 

 Pastures are in very poor condition. Strawberries are badly 

 injured by dry weather ; other berries small supply ; apples have 

 dropped badly. 



Marshfield (J. H. Bourne). — Potato bugs, rose bugs and a few 

 canker worms are doing some damage. The acreage of Indian 

 corn is a little less than usual, and the crop is not looking well. 

 Haying has begun, with not half of last year's crop. There is the 

 usual acreage of early potatoes; crop later than last year, and 

 prospect not encouraging. Milk is fully up in quantity ; cows 

 plenty, prices ruling high. Pastures are drying up. Apples about 

 as last year ; peaches few ; strawberries 10 per cent of a crop. 



Hanson (F. S. Thomas). — Cut worms and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Corn looks fairly well, with about the usual 

 acreage. Haying has nearly finished, and the crop is not over 

 one-fourth of a normal one. Drought has ruined many market- 

 garden crops, prices about as usual. The acreage of early 

 potatoes is about as usual, and the prospect fairly good. Upland 

 pastures are all dried up, lowland fairly good. Trees did not 

 blossom much, and drought spoiled much of the small fruit. 



Duoibury (A. M. Godlding). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is looking well, but there is a decreased acreage. 



