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and price than usual. Dairy products about the same as last year ; 

 stock in good health. Pasturage in good condition. Apples and 

 pears good. The strawberry crop has been the poorest in ten 

 years in quality, quantity and price. 



Siva7isea (F. G. Arnold). — Canker worms and potato bugs 

 are doing some damage. Corn is looking good, and the acreage 

 is about the same as last year. Haying has not commenced here, 

 but the prospect for a crop is good. Acreage of early potatoes 

 larger than usual, but the dry weather of the last week is pinching 

 them badly. Cattle give a good flow of milk, with prices same as 

 last year ; health of all stock good. Pasturage has been good, but 

 needs rain now. Strawberries plenty and prices low ; apples did 

 not set well ; pears will be a small yield. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland). — Canker worms and the striped 

 squash beetle are doing some damage. Not much field corn 

 grown; ensilage corn rather uneven. Haying just begun; crop 

 very light on high ground. Acreage of early potatoes about as 

 last year, and they promise a full average crop. Dry weather has 

 shortened the yield of many early market-garden crops ; prices 

 have been fair. Plenty of milk, price same as usual ; stock 

 healthy. Pastures are short. Strawberries a small crop. 



Lakeville (Elbridge Cushman). — Rose bugs, potato beetles 

 and cut worms are the most prevalent insects. Indian corn is 

 looking well, and the acreage has been increased 10 per cent. Hay- 

 ing is rapidly commencing, with the prospect of a fine crop. Early 

 potatoes promise a full average crop, on an acreage increased 15 

 per cent over last year. Early market-garden crops compared 

 favorably in yield and price with former years, and the prospect 

 is good for later ones. Dairy products are above last year in 

 quantity and price, and stock is in normal condition. Pasturage 

 is in good condition as yet. Strawberries are a fair crop. 



Halifax (G. W. Hayward) . — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is looking finely, with about the usual acreage. 

 Some hay is being cut ; from one-half to two-thirds of a full 

 crop. A full acreage of early potatoes was planted ; some are un- 

 even, and without rain soon the crop must be light. Prices for 

 market-garden crops low, with better prospects ahead. Dairy 

 products about the same as last year in quantity and price ; health 

 and condition of stock good. Pastures very poor and dry, and in 

 almost all cases cows are fed at the barn. Prospect for huckle- 

 berries fair, strawberries a failure, all other berries killed by frost. 

 There will be some apples and pears. Pearly peas are all drying up. 



