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pared with the price of their products. Strawberries have done 

 well, blackberries and raspberries are in full bloom, cherries and 

 currants full, plums good, apples few and pears about average. 



Agaivam (R. De Witt). — Potato bugs and striped squash bugs 

 are doing some damage. Corn looks poorly and is slow in coming ; 

 acreage a little less than usual. Haying has hardly begun, but 

 the crop looks big. The acreage of early potatoes is fully up, with 

 a good many poor looking pieces. Pasturage is looking well. 

 Clover is splendid this year and new seeding of herds'-grass is 

 excellent. 



East Longmeadow (J. L. Davis) . -^Potato bugs and onion mag- 

 gots are doing some damage. Indian corn is backward, with about 

 the usual acreage. Haying has just begun and a first-class crop is 

 assured. The acreage of early potatoes is increased 10 per cent, 

 but they are not coming up well or making good progress. The 

 price of milk is the same as last year and cows command a high 

 price. Pastures are in good condition. Strawberries and black- 

 berries promise well ; apples, peaches and plums are well set and 

 doing well. 



Wilbraham (H. M. Bliss). — Canker worms are doing some 

 damage. Corn is very backward, with about the usual acreage. 

 Haying has begun and the prospect for the crop is good. The 

 acreage of early potatoes is decreased 10 per cent, but they are 

 looking well except on low land. Butter and milk are lower than 

 usual in price ; cows bring from $35 to $50, about the same as 

 last year. Pasturage is in very good condition. Strawberries and 

 blackberries promise good crops. 



Wales (C. F. Crawford). — Potato beetles are doing some 

 damage. Corn is small and backward, with about the usual 

 acreage. Very little haying has been done yet, but the prospect is 

 good. Potatoes are doing fairly well, with about the usual 

 acreage. Most vegetables are backward. Butter is hard to sell, 

 with prices about as usual ; cows are scarce and high. The quality 

 of pasture grass is not as good as usual. Apples will be a mod- 

 erate crop, but other fruits and all wild berries promise well. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Southbridge (G. L. Clemence). — Cut worms are doing some 

 damage. Corn is very backward, 40 per cent having to be re- 

 planted ; acreage about as in previous years. No hay cut yet, but 

 the crop is the largest in many years. The acreage of early pota- 

 toes is about as usual, but seed rotted badly on wet land. Early 

 market-garden crops are about average, with a little lower prices. 



