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It is hard to tell what the prospect is for fruit as everything was very 

 late in blooming, but there will probably be about average crops. 



Hinsdale (Thos. F. Barker) . — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is very backward and did not come up well, acreage about as usual. 

 There is about the usual acreage of early potatoes. Market-garden 

 crops appear to be about normal. Dairy products and daily cows are 

 about average in supply and price. Pasturage is in good condition 

 there having been plenty of rain. Fruits and berries of all kinds bloomed 

 well. Crops all seem late, but are in fair condition. 



Dalton (Wesley B. Barton). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 There is a full acreage of Indian corn and it is looking well. Haying is 

 not begun, but the prospect for the crop is good. There is a full acreage 

 of potatoes and they are looking well. Market-garden crops are back- 

 ward at present. There is a full average quantity of dairy products, 

 with prices higher than usual. Pasturage is in good condition. Apples 

 set well and strawberries look good. The season has been cloudy and 

 rather cool, but without a great amount of rainfall. 



Windsor (Harry A. Ford). — Some potato bugs have appeared. 

 Corn planting was late and the crop is not all up yet ; acreage increased. 

 The prospect for the hay crop is good, but it is late and none has been 

 cut as yet. Potatoes are backward, but promise well. Market-garden 

 crops are not raised here. The quantity and price of dairy products 

 and the supply and price of dairy cows are all greater than ever. Pas- 

 turage was never in better condition. Strawberries are two weeks late. 



Savoy (Willis W. Burnett). — There has been very little damage 

 from insects. Indian corn looks fairly well, but is very backward; 

 acreage less than usual. Haying has not begun and grass is looking 

 well though backward. There is a larger aci^age of early potatoes than 

 usual and they are looking fairly well. Little is done here in market- 

 gardening. Quantity and price of dairy products and supply and price 

 of dairy cows are fully up to former years. Pastures are in fully average 

 condition. Little is done here with fruits and berries. 



Williamstown (S. A. Hickox). — No insects are doing any damage 

 to speak of. Corn shows a good stand, but is ten days late. Haying 

 has not begun and grass is late, with a good crop promised. The 

 acreage of early potatoes is normal and they promise well. Early 

 market-garden ' products are below average in yield. Dairy products 

 are firm in price, quantity normal; dairy cows range in price from $30 

 to $60. Pastures are in good condition. Apples, cherries and berries 

 promise well. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Charlemont (J. M. J. Legate). — Potato bugs are doing some damage 

 and cut worms are working badly on some fields of corn. Indian corn 

 is backward, owing to rain and cold weather; acreage perhaps slightly 

 increased. Haying has not begun and the prospect is for a light crop on 

 old seeded land, the drought last year burning it out. There are more 



