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maggots and potato bugs are doing some damage. Corn is looking 

 very well and about average in acreage. Haying has not begun, 

 but the prospect for the crop is very good. Acreage of early pota- 

 toes about average and a good crop promised. Yield of early 

 market-garden crops below average so far, but it looks as if the 

 price might make up the shortage. The quantity and price of 

 dairy products is about average. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 Apples, pears and peaches are below average ; strawberries, rasp- 

 berries and cherries are looking well. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — Cut worms and cranberry vine 

 worms are doing some damage. Acreage of Indian corn less than 

 usual and crop backward. Haying has just begun and the pros- 

 pect is above the average. About the usual acreage of early pota- 

 toes, but they did not come up well and are uneven and backward. 

 Market-garden crops are backward. Quantity and price of dairy 

 products about as last year. Pasturage is in very good condition. 

 Strawberries good, apples very few ; cranberries, too early to 

 predict. 



Orleans (John Kenrick). — No insects are especially injurious. 

 Indian corn is very short and backward ; acreage small. Haying 

 has not begun, but the prospect is good for a large crop. Acreage 

 of early potatoes about as last year ; vines look well and the pros- 

 pect is good. The crop of asparagus has not been as heavy as 

 usual, but prices have been better. Market of dairy products 

 limited ; supply and price of dairy cows much as usual. Pastures 

 are in very good condition. Strawberries are a very good crop. 



Ti'uro (D. E. Paine) . — Cut worms, potato beetles and maggots 

 are doing some damage. No Indian corn planted cJf any account. 

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

 acreage of early potatoes is about as in previous years and the 

 promise for the crop is fairly good. Market-garden crops are very 

 backward and it is hard to tell at present how they will turn out. 

 Quantity and price of dairy products about as usual. Prospect 

 for blueberries good and strawberries just commencing to ripen. 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — Fire worms and white grubs are 

 proving injurious. The acreage of Indian corn is average, but the 

 growth is very small indeed. Orchard grass has been cut and the 

 crop is one-fourth better than in 1896. The acreage of early 

 potatoes is average and they are looking well. Quantity of dairy 

 products a full average and prices lower ; good dairy cows are 

 scarce. Pasturage is in from fair to good condition. Strawberries 

 are a smaller crop than last year. Cranberries are flowering well, 

 but insects are troublesome. 



