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of a large crop of good quality. More potatoes have been planted 

 than usual and they look remarkably well. Prices of both dairy 

 cows and dairy products are a little lower with the supply large. 

 Pasturage is in excellent condition. Peaches look very large for 

 the time of year and will be a full crop ; apples few but looking well. 

 Douglas ( Wm. Abbott) . — Not much trouble from insects. More 

 Indian corn than usual is planted, most of which is up from one to 

 four inches. There is prospect of the largest hay crop for years. 

 Potatoes are looking well and about the usual amount are planted. 

 Early market-garden crops are rather backward and none are ready 

 for market. Price of dairy products rather lower than in former 

 years. Pasturage is in good condition. Strawberries never were 

 a better crop ; blackberries and huckleberries promise well ; apples 

 and pears light ; plums promise well. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



AsJiby (Anson Wetherbee). — Insects doing little damage at 

 present. About two-thirds the usual acreage of Indian corn and 

 it is now looking hard. Hardly any haying has been done as yet. 

 The acreage of early potatoes is hardly up to the last few years, 

 but the crop promises to be very good. The yield of early market- 

 garden crops is about as usual and the prospect for good prices is 

 fair. There is a full supply of milk and butter ; not as many 

 cows in this section as in former years. Pasturage is in ver}^ good 

 condition. The outlook for peaches and pears is good ; grapes 

 are in full bloom ; strawberries, raspberries and blackberries will 

 be good crops. 



Pepperell (G. H. Stewart). — No insects worth mentioning ex- 

 cept potato and squash bugs. Indian corn is looking poorly, with 

 about the usual acreage. Haying has begun, with prospect for a 

 heavy crop of poor quality. There is a slight increase in the 

 acreage of early potatoes, with prospect of a poor crop. Early 

 market-garden crops below last year in yield, and prices about the 

 same. Dairy cows are plenty, but high in price. Pastures are 

 good on account of the rains. The outlook is poor for fruits and 

 berries. 



Chelmsford (P. P. Perham). — Tent caterpillars and currant 

 worms are doing some damage. Corn is very backward and the 

 acreage is less than usual. Very little grass has been cut as yet, 

 but the outlook for a large crop was never better. Acreage of 

 early potatoes large, with promise of a large crop. Early market- 

 garden crops are rather late, but prices average well with former 

 years. Dairy products are very low in price ; good cows bring 



