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price. Dairy products Lave not changed. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Strawberries about a three-fourths crop. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — Potato beetles and squash bugs 

 are doing the most damage. Corn is looking well, without much 

 difference in acreage. Haying is progressing slowly, with the 

 prospect of a very good crop. Early potatoes are looking well, 

 with a slightly decreased acreage. Early market-garden crops are 

 about an average in yield and price. There is no marked change 

 in dairy products. Pasturage is in quite good condition. Straw- 

 berries are not more than a light average crop, but currants are 



quite good. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland). — Rose bugs, potato beetles and 

 squash bugs are doing the most damage. Corn is backward, with 

 an average acreage. Very little hay has been cut, but the prospect 

 is good for a good crop. Early potatoes are about an average in 

 acreage, and promise a full average crop. Market-garden crops 

 are not quite so good as last year, and prices are somewhat below. 

 Dairy products are about as usual. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 Strawberries were injured by drought. 



West Bridgeviater (F. E. Howard). — The potato beetle is 

 doing the most damage. Corn is looking well, but the acreage is 

 less than usual. Haying is progressing slowly, with a good pros- 

 pect for a large crop. The acreage of early potatoes compares 

 favorably with previous years, and they promise a full average 

 crop. Early market-garden crops were a good average, and the 

 prospect for later ones is good. Prices for dairy products are low 

 at present. Strawberries, currants and gooseberries are good, and 

 cherries poor. 



Marshfield (G. J. Peterson). — Hessian flies, rose bugs and 

 potato beetles are doing the most damage. Corn is backward, with 

 a full average acreage. Haying is just beginning ; light crop on 

 uplands. Early potatoes promise a better crop than last season. 

 Dairy products have a fair yield. Pasturage is in very good con- 

 dition. Apples are not promising, and the rose bug has worked 

 among peaches to a considerable extent. Strawberries are a fair 

 crop, but have not ripened well. 



Halifax (G. W. Hayward). — Potato beetles are doing the 

 most damage. Corn looks well on high land, but elsewhere wire 

 worms and the cold spring have hurt it. Haying has been delayed 

 by bad weather ; crop about an average. Early potatoes looking 

 well, but acreage not as large as usual. Dairy products about an 

 average in quantity, but the price better than for many years. 

 Pasturage in poor condition. Strawberries have done well. 



