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stock looks well. Pasturage is in good condition. Apples promise 

 to be a good crop ; pears very poor ; grapes good ; raspberries 

 badly winterkilled. Dighton's strawberry crop is nearly harvested 

 and it has been the best crop for quantity and quality for five 

 years. Prices were good for two weeks but the intense heat of 

 June 20 and 21 softened the berries and since then they have 

 hardly paid expenses. The crop was ready for market the earliest 

 for a number of years, the first shipments being made in May. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — Melons, cucumbers and squashes 

 are being destroyed by cut worms and have to be replanted. 

 Indian corn is looking well, with the acreage smaller than usual. 

 Haying commenced unusually early and there is no crop on old 

 meadows. The acreage of early potatoes is small on account of 

 low prices ; good crop promised those who planted. Yield of 

 early market-garden crops good, prices lower than formerly ; 

 prospect for later ones good. Dairy products do not change much 

 in any respect. Pasturage is in very good condition at present. 

 Strawberries abundant ; raspberries promise well ; large quan- 

 tities of wild berries. 



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Brockton (Davis Copeland). — Striped squash bugs and cut 

 worms are doing some damage. Indian corn is backward for this 

 time. Haying has not commenced much yet but the crop has been 

 much improved by the rains. The acreage of early potatoes is 

 about 75 per cent of the normal but they are generally looking 

 well. Early market-garden crops fell off one-fourth in yield with 

 average prices. Dairy products not quite up in quality ; price the 

 same ; health good. Pasturage is in fair condition, being improved 

 by rains. The outlook for apples is good but poor for pears and 

 peaches. 



West Bridgeioater (F. E. Howard), — In answering question 

 8 for May I had in mind vegetables as well as fruit and conse- 

 quently gave as my answer 2 to 1. Were I to state now what 

 proportion the production of fruits and small fruits bears to gen- 

 eral farming I should say 1 to 5. 



Marshfidd (J. H. Bourne). — Potato bugs, grubs and cutworms 

 are doing some damage. Corn is little backward but of good color 

 and gaining ; acreage not quite so large as last year. Haying is 

 just commencing but the crop is hardly an average one. Acreage 

 of early potatoes a little larger than usual and crop never more 

 promising in appearance. Asparagus made a good yield but prices 

 went down quickly and are also low for rhubarb. Yield of milk 



