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Ldkeville (Elbridge Cushman). — Rose bugs and the Colorado 

 beetle are doing the most damage. Corn is in fair condition, and 

 the acreage is fully equal to former years. Haying is just com- 

 mencing, with more than an average crop. Early potatoes have 

 about the usual acreage, and promise a full average crop. Early 

 market-garden crops were good. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 The strawberry crop has been good, with good prices. There will 

 not be a large yield of apples. 



Wareham (A. Savaky). — Cut worms are doing the most dam- 

 age. Corn is rather backward, and the acreage is about the same 

 as usual. Haying has just begun, and the crop is large. Early 

 potatoes look well. Garden crops have suffered from drought. 

 Dairy products are fully equal to former years in quantity and 

 price. The dry weather has hurt pastures. Strawberries have 

 been abundant, and other berries look well. Cranberry bogs look 

 well, and there is a prospect of a large crop. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Falmouth (D. R. Wicks). — Potato beetles are doing the most 

 damage. Corn is looking well, with about an average acreage. 

 Very little haying has been done as yet. Early potatoes are look- 

 ing finely, and are fully up in acreage. Market-garden crops are 

 fully as early as usual, and are looking finely. Dairy produce is 

 on the increase in quantity, with fair prices. Pasturage is in fine 

 condition. Strawberries are a fair crop. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — Fire worms and potato beetles 

 are doing the most damage. Corn looks fairly well, with an aver- 

 age acreage. Hay looks well, and there will be a fair crop. The 

 acreage of early potatoes has increased about one-eighth, and 

 they promise a full crop. Early market-garden crops were very 

 good in both price and yield, and the prospect for late ones is 

 fair. Pasturage is in very good condition. Strawberries are a 

 good crop ; raspberries, currants and gooseberries look well. 



Barnstable (Jonx Buksley). — The canker worm and cranberry 

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

 the acreage is average. Haying has been delayed by stormy 

 weather, and the yield is not over sixty per cent of that of former 

 years. Early potatoes are slightly increased in acreage, and look 

 nicely. Dairy products are average in quantity and price. Pastur- 

 age is in fair condition. Strawberries are yielding well and cran- 

 berries are flowering thickly. 



Brewster (J. H. Clark). — Cranberry vine and fire worms have 

 done the most damage. Corn is backward, with about an average 

 acreage. The hay crop is light, and not yet cut. Acreage of early 



