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retails at 8 cents per quart, which is a raise of 1 cent over a year 

 ago. Condition of pastures. 80. The fruit outlook is: apples, 45; 

 pears, 45; plums, 5; strawberries, 25; currants, 90; gooseberries, 

 80; raspberries, 90; blackberries, 90. On June 8 and 9 the tem- 

 perature dropped to 32° and 33°. Tomatoes, potatoes, beans, cu- 

 cumbers and squashes were damaged from 25 to 75 per cent. The 

 month has not been very satisfactory. During the early part it was 

 cold, and at present it is hot and dry with a good deal of wind. 



Becket (W. H. Snow). — The potato beetle and caterpillars are 

 doing the most damage. Indian corn, condition, 100; acreage, 105. 

 Haying has not begun as yet; prospect is 75. The acreage of early 

 potatoes is 95. Early market-garden crops are about 90 per cent 

 in yield, and are very late. The supply of dairy cows has decreased 

 10 per cent during the last year. The supply of milk and cream 

 IS about the same as usual. The average retail price of milk is 7 

 cents per quart, which is an increase of 1 cent over a year ago. 

 The fruit outlook is: apples, 90; pears, 90; strawberries, 100; cur- 

 rants, 100. Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, squashes and cucumbers, as 

 well as most other crops, were damaged by fi-osts. "We had a very 

 dry May. 



Franklin County. 



Eowe (Henry D. Wright). — Indian corn, condition, 50. The 

 acreage is 75 per cent of normal. Haying has not begun; the pros- 

 pect is 60 per cent. I think the frost has injured the hay crop. 

 The acreage of early potatoes is about normal. The supply of dairy 

 cows has decreased 25 per cent over one year ago; there has been 

 a corresponding decrease in milk production. The condition of 

 pasturage is 100, Apples promise a 50 per cent crop, while the 

 strawberry crop was practically ruined by frosts. 



Colrain (W. H. Davenport). — The tent caterpillar has been very 

 bad, but damage is about past ; canker worm has done some damage. 

 Indian corn, condition, 90; acreage, 110. Haying has not begun; 

 the crop will not be over 75. The acreage of early potatoes is 75 

 per cent of normal; the prospect is not over 50. Early market- 

 garden crops, about 50 per cent of normal in yield; the prospect for- 

 those not harvested is poor. The supply of daiiy cows is about 

 the same as one year ago. Milk retails for 6 cents per quart. Con- 

 dition of pastures, 75. The fruit outlook is: apples, 60; pears, few; 

 peaches, few; plums, few; strawberries, 50; currants, gooseberries, 

 raspberries and blackberries, few. .There was a frost on June 7, 

 but not a very heavy one. The weather nearly all of the month has 

 been cold, dry and backward. 



Leyden (Frank R. Foster). — The acreage of Indian corn is 

 about normal. Haying has just begun; the crop promises about 

 55 per cent of normal. The acreage of early potatoes is 100 and 



