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and the price is rather above the average. Pasturage is now in 

 good condition. Strawberries a good crop ; cherries and pears 

 promise good crops ; apples about one-half a crop ; wild berries will 

 be plenty. 



Topsfield (B. P. Pike). — Rose bugs and potato beetles are 

 doing the usual amount of damage. Corn is looking well, but is 

 late ; acreage about the same. Haying has just beguu, with an 

 average crop. The acreage of early potatoes is about the same as 

 usual, and they are looking very well Market-garden crops not 

 yet harvested ; promise an average crop. Dairy products are about 

 the same as in former years. Pasturage is in fair condition. 

 Apples will be a small crop. 



North Andover (Peter Holt, Jr.). — Rose bugs and potato 

 beetles are doing the most damage. Corn is very small, and the 

 acreage is less than usual. Haying is progressing slowly, owing 

 to poor weather. Garden crops are not looking very w r ell. Feed 

 has been good and milk plenty. Pasturage is in very good con- 

 dition. Strawberries are yielding well, and blackberries and rasp- 

 berries promise well. 



Danvers (C. H. Preston). — Potato beetles are doing the most 

 damage. Corn is not as forward as usual, but looks well. Not 

 much hay is cut yet, but the crop promises well. Early potatoes 

 look well, but are backward. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 Strawberries are a good crop. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



MRUs (E. F. Richardson) . — The spittle insect and potato 

 beetle are most injurious. Indian corn is looking poorly. Haying 

 has commenced, with the crop below average. Acreage of early 

 potatoes about average, and looking well. Early market-garden 

 crops have not yielded as well as usual, but prices have been fair. 

 More milk than usual has been produced at the same price. 

 Pasturage is in fair condition. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Rose bugs and potato beetles are 

 doing the most damage. Indian corn has more than an average 

 acreage, and is looking well. Not much grass is cut, but the crop 

 is ten per cent over last year's. Early potatoes have a greater 

 acreage than usual, and are looking finely, but are late. Market- 

 garden crops are about an average. Dairy products have advanced 

 in quantity, at the same price. Pasturage is in exceptionally good 

 condition. Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and peaches are 

 looking well, but apples are a light crop. 



Medfidd (Geo. R. Chase) . — Rose bugs are doing the most 

 damage. Corn is looking well, with a full acreage. Haying is 



