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Haying is under way, with not over half a crop. Potatoes are 

 looking fairly well, but rain must come immediately to save them. 

 Early market-garden crops made poor j'ields, prices average; 

 prospect for later ones poor. Quantity and price of dairy prod- 

 ucts about as usual ; supply of cows fair, and prices falling. 

 Pastures are very short and dry. The outlook for fruits and 

 berries is poor. 



Halifax (G. W. Hayward). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is backward, acreage fully up to the 

 average. Haying has begun, with the prospect of not more than 

 half a crop. The acreage of early potatoes is fully up to the 

 average, with the prospect dubious. Yield of early market- 

 garden crops very light, prices much as common; prospect for 

 later ones poor. Quantity of dairy products diminished, prices 

 full average ; price of cows fully as high as common. Pasturage 

 is very poor. Strawberries are nearly a failure. 



Lakeville (Elbridge Cushman). — Rose bugs and tent cater- 

 pillars are doing some damage. Indian corn is looking well, and 

 the usual acreage is somewhat increased. Haying is well under 

 way, with about half a crop. There is a large increase in the 

 acreage of early potatoes, and they are looking quite well. At 

 this writing there has been hardly any garden truck marketed, 

 and, unless there is rain soon, there will not be. Milk is getting 

 scarce, and cows maintain their former prices. Pasturage is 

 nearly a total failure, and most farmers are feeding in the barn. 

 Unless abundant rain comes soon, all fruits and berries will be 

 nearly a failure. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (D. D. Nte). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Scarcely any Indian corn was planted this year. Haying has 

 commenced, with the crop very light. With rain early potatoes 

 promise to be a fair crop. Early market-garden crops made fair 

 yields, and the prospect is good for later ones. The price of 

 dairy cows is up to the top notch. Pasturage looks well, but rain 

 is needed. Strawberries are plenty and selling well, but there 

 would have been many more bushels of berries but for dry weather. 



Falmouth (D. R. Wicks). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is looking fairly, considering the drought. Very little hay 

 has been cut; on good, strong, fertilized land there is a two-thirds 

 crop, but old meadows are hardly worth cutting. There is about 

 the usual acreage of early potatoes, but the vines do not look 

 well, and the drought has probably cut the crop short. Prices for 

 early market-garden crops are higher than usual. Pastures are 



