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Early Potatoes. 



The acreage of early potatoes is about as in previous years, 

 and the crop generally promises well, though somewhat 

 backward. There is some complaint of seed rotting in the 

 ground, but this can hardly be called general. Those planted 

 on light land have done best thus far, those on wet land hav- 

 ing suflfered from the excess of moisture. 



Market-garden Crops. 



Early market-garden crops, like most other crops, are late 

 and growing slowly, but where harvested the yield was usu- 

 ally spoken of as satisfactory. Prices rule about as usual, 

 with perhaps a slight upward tendency for some crops. 

 Later crops, where reported on, are generally said to prom- 

 ise well. 



Dairy Products. 



There appears to be a slight increase in the sum total ot 

 dairy products, probably due to the excellent feed in pastures. 

 This increase is felt first in the supply of milk, there being 

 a surplus in many sections. Prices continue the slight but 

 steady decrease noted for the last few years. Where milk 

 finds sale the price still holds up, but the surplus of milk 

 must be turned to the manufacture of butter, thus making 

 the sale of this commodity still more difficult. In striking 

 contradiction to the prices of dairy products the price -of 

 dairy cows still continues good ; a consolidation of the returns 

 showing, if anything, a slight general increase, while the 

 supply is, on the whole, none too great for the demand. 



Pasturage. 



Pasturage has benefited from the same conditions that 

 helped grass generally and was never better at this time of 

 year. Pastures which have suffered severely from drought 

 in previous years have found the heavy rains particularly 

 welcome, and in many cases have almost recovered from what 

 appeared to be permanent injury. 



