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Dairy products are equal in quantity and price. Pastures arc in 



good condition. 



Williamstown (S. A. Hickox). — Potato beetles are doing the 



most damage. Corn is small, but of good color. Haying just 



begun ; the late drought somewhat injured the crop. Early potatoes 



promise well. Market gardens are in first-class condition. Dairy 



products are fully up in quantity, but prices are lower than last 



year. Pasturage is in good condition. Fruits and berries promise 



well. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Monroe (D. H. Sherman). — The potato beetle is doing the 

 most damage. Corn is looking well ; acreage about an average. 

 Haying not commenced, but the outlook is for about a four-fifths 

 crop. Dairy products are above the average in quantity, with fair 

 prices. Pasturage is in good condition. Apples and pears blos- 

 somed full, wild strawberries are plenty and blackberries promise 

 well. 



Buckland (J. D. Avery). — Corn is looking well, though some- 

 what backward ; acreage less, because of cold and backward 

 spring. Haying is progressing slowly, with the prospect of a 

 light crop. The acreage of early potatoes is increased, and the 

 vines promise a bountiful crop. Dairy products fully up to the 

 average in quantity and price. Pasturage in tiptop condition. 

 Strawberries are yielding bountifully. 



Whately (Frank Dickinson). — Wire worms and cut worms are 

 doing the most damage. Corn is in fair condition, though a little 

 yellow in some places. Little haying done, because of wet 

 weather ; crop average. Acreage of early potatoes less than an 

 average ; prospect for a full crop. The outlook is good for all 

 kinds of market-garden crops. Dairy produce has fallen off in 

 quantity because of dry weather, but prices hold good. Pasturage 

 in average condition. Early apples look well, but there is little 

 winter fruit. Few strawberries, because of dry weather. 



Leverett (W. L. Boutwell). — The green aphis is attacking the 

 leaves of the plum, cherry and peach trees. Corn looks well, and 

 the acreage is about an average. Haying is progressing slowly, 

 and the crop will be short. Acreage of early potatoes about 

 average, and they promise well. Market-garden crops have done 

 as well as usual, and the prospect is good for later ones. Dairy 

 products are slightly in excess in quantity, with a consequent drop 

 in price. Pasturage is in good condition. 



Montague (C S. Raymond). — Cut worms on tobaceo are doing 

 the most damage. Corn looks fairly well, with acreage about as 

 usual. Haying is well along, with a light crop. Early potatoes 



