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good ; prices same as usual ; butter low and little made. Pastures 

 are improving. Strawberries are yielding well but prices are low. 

 "Wild berries will be plenty. 



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

 damage. Corn is backward but the acreage is about the same as 

 formerly. Very little hay cut yet and a fair crop on good meadows. 

 Not so many early potatoes planted as usual ; with favorable 

 weather crop will be fair. Peas are being harvested, with prices 

 better than last year. Dairy products full in quantity ; prices 

 lower than for many years ; health of stock good. Pasturage is 

 in very good condition. Strawberries yielded well ; apples will 

 be a good yield ; grapes look well ; berries will be plenty ; no pears 

 or peaches. 



Kingston (J. H. Cushman). — Potato bugs and striped squash 

 bugs are doing damage. Corn is small but of good color and about 

 the usual acreage. There is very little haying done and the crop 

 will be light. Early potatoes are looking well with about the usual 

 acreage planted. Garden crops are late and prices about as usual. 

 Quantity of dairy products large ; prices as usual ; health of stock 

 good. Pastures are looking well. The outlook for fruits is good. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — Squash bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is in good condition though not so much was planted 

 as last year except for fodder. Haying has not begun yet but a 

 medium crop is expected. Acreage of early potatoes less than 

 usual but crop looks well. Late potatoes did not come up well. 

 Early peas are being harvested and are a good crop. More milk 

 is produced than formerly ; health of stock good. Pasturage is in 

 good condition. Strawberries have given a large crop of good 

 fruit ; cranberries are blossoming well and a large crop is prom- 

 ised. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Falmouth (D. R. Wicks). — Potato beetles are worse than ever 

 before. Early planted corn looks well ; sweet corn tasselling out 

 strong. Haying not yet commenced but the prospect is for half a 

 crop. Acreage of early potatees about as usual and a good crop 

 promised. Early market-garden crops were about the same as 

 usual in yield and price. Dairy products about the same as usual 

 in yield and price, and stock doing well. Pasturage was never in 

 better condition. Strawberries a good crop ; apples good if they 

 do not drop ; pears not plenty ; peaches a fine crop if they stick. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — The cut worm, wire worm, fire 

 worm and potato bug are all doing damage. Corn is looking well, 

 with about the same acreage as usual. Hay will be about an aver- 



