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before. Market-garden crops are good and are selling better than last 

 year. Pastures are in very good condition. Strawberries are later 

 than usual and the crop is light. 



Newton (G. L. Marcy). — Gypsy moth caterpillars and elm-leaf 

 beetles are doing damage. Indian corn is not much grown, but sweet 

 corn is looking well. Haying has not begun and there is prospect of a 

 good crop. There is about the usual acreage of early potatoes, but 

 they are not much grown. The prospect for market-garden crops is 

 good. Dairy products tend to bring higher prices than formerly, but 

 the quantity produced is smaller. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 The outlook for fruits and berries is good. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill). — Canker worms, brown-tail 

 moth caterpillars and striped squash bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is looking well at the present time ; acreage double that of pre- 

 vious years. Haying has not begun and the prospect is for a light crop. 

 There is the usual acreage of early potatoes and they are looking well, 

 but now need rain. Dairy products are about average and cows bring 

 good prices. Pastures are in fairly good condition, but the high ground 

 needs rain. The prospect for apples and pears is light, also plums; 

 peaches good. 



North Andover (Peter Holt). — Brown-tail and gypsy moth cater- 

 pillars and tent caterpillars are doing some damage. Indian corn is 

 very small for this time of year, with about the usual acreage. Haying 

 has not begun, and the grass is lighter and later than usual. There is 

 about the usual acreage of early potatoes, but they are very backward. 

 Lettuce is the only market-garden crop marketed as yet and that is 

 lower in price than usual. On account of the milk laws dairymen have 

 gone out of business, what milk is raised brings the same price as usual. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. There will be few Baldwin apples, 

 early apples bloomed well; blackberries and raspberries badly winter- 

 killed; strawberries a full crop, but a little late. 



Andover (Milo H. Gould). — Tent caterpillars and brown-tail 

 moths are doing some damage. Indian corn is backward; acreage 

 greater than usual. Haying has begun and it looks like a good crop. 

 There is a normal acreage of early potatoes and they look well. Market- 

 garden crops are backward but prices are good. There is plenty of 

 milk, prices higher than formerly; supply of good cows limited and 

 price high. Pastures are in good condition. There are very few 

 apples; strawberries plenty. 



Rowley (D. H. O'Brien). — Gypsy moth, hrown-tail moth, cater- 

 pillars, canker worms, cut worms, onion maggots and flea beetles are 

 doing damage. Indian corn is backward, but the acreage is increased. 

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

 the usual acreage of early potatoes and a good crop is promised. Owing 



