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pects are good. Quantity of dairy products large and prices low ; 

 cows plenty and higher price. Pasturage is in good condition. 



Ashhurnham (Albert Needham). — Texas flies are troubling 

 cattle and cut worms are doing some damage. Corn is backward 

 and the acreage fully as large as usual. Some are cutting clover, 

 but other grass will not be fit to cut until about July 1 ; crop 

 larger than common. Acreage of early potatoes about the same 

 as usual, but it is too early to tell what the crop is likely to be. 

 Dairy products are in excess of the demand and prices are low ; 

 extra fine cows are from $35 to $45. Pasturage is in first-class 

 condition. 



Bolton (H. E. Babcock). — Potato beetles and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Corn is very backward on account of cold 

 and wet weather and the acreage is hardly up to the average. A 

 few have begun haying and the prospect is good for an excellent 

 crop. Early potatoes are about an average acreage and are look- 

 ing well. Quantity of dairy products good and prices low ; sup- 

 ply of cows rather short and prices high. Pasturage was never 

 better. Blackberries and strawberries are the principal berries 

 and promise good crops. 



Clinton (P. B. Southwick). — Canker worms, rose bugs and 

 potato beetles are doing some damage. The acreage of Indian 

 corn is below average on account of wet weather and it is very 

 small and yellow. Not much haying done as yet, but the crop will 

 be more than average. Not as many early potatoes planted as 

 usual and in many places they have come up very unevenly. Early 

 market-garden crops will be late and on wet lands look badly. 

 Dairy products are a fair average in quantity and price. Pastur- 

 age is much above the average. Strawberries are a fair crop, 

 blackberries and currants are setting well. 



Worcester (H. R. Kinney). — There seem to be about enough 

 insects to eat up most garden crops just now. Indian corn is very 

 late and yellow, owing to the wet and cold weather ; more planted 

 for ensilage than usual. Little grass has been cut, but it is very 

 heavy. There is about the usual acreage of early potatoes and 

 they are looking well. The yield of market-garden crops is fair, 

 but they have sold slowly at low prices. There has been a liberal 

 supply of dairy products and the market has been dull, especially 

 for milk. Pastures are in the best condition. Strawberries only 

 promise a fair crop ; raspberries and blackberries blossomed full ; 

 pears, plums and peaches promise good crops ; quinces look well. 



Southborough (E. F. Collins). — Potato bugs and cut worms 

 are doing some damage. Corn although small is improving ; acre- 

 age about as last year. Haying has just begun, with the prospect 



