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Haying has been started and there is iDromise for 80 per cent of a 

 normal crop. A 10 j^er cent greater acreage of early potatoes has 

 been j^lanted, and the crop promises to be as usual. In yield, 

 market-garden crops are 100; in price, 105. The prospect for those 

 not yet harvested is 100. The number of dairy cows is 5 per cent 

 less than a year ago, with a corresponding decrease in dairy prod- 

 ucts. The average net wholesale price i^aid for milk is 30 cents 

 per can; the average retail price per quart is 6 cents. These prices 

 show a 5 per cent increase over those of one year ago. Pasturage 

 is in 90 per cent condition. The fruit outlook is: apples and pears, 

 110; peaches and strawberries, 50; currants, 75; blackberries, 50. 



Amherst (William P. Brooks). — Onion maggots and cutworms 

 are proving most injurious. Corn is backward; its condition is 

 90; the acreage is normal. Haying has begun and the crop will 

 show a 100 per cent yield. A normal acreage of early potatoes has 

 been i^lanted, and the prospect is for a '90 per cent crop. Yields 

 and prices of early market-garden eroj)s are about normal, and the 

 prospect for those not yet harvested is the same. There is no 

 marked difference in the supply of dairy cows between now and 

 a year ago, and the same may be said of dairy products. Milk re- 

 tails for 8 cents per quart, which is the same price received a year 

 ago. Condition of pastures is 100. The fruit outlook is: ajDples 

 and pears, 75; peaches, 100; .plums, 50; strawberries, 75; currants, 

 raspberries and blackberries, 100. 



Greenwich (Walter H. Glazier). — The most injurious insects 

 are cutworms. The condition of corn is 95; the acreage has been 

 increased 10 per cent above normal. No haying has been done as 

 yet; there is a prospect of a 95 per cent crop. The supply of 

 dairy cows is about the same; the price of milk per can is 32 cents; 

 per quart at retail, 6 cents. These prices are about the same as 

 those one year ago. In the early part of June a hard frost cut 

 crops badly. Planting has been late, but everything is looking quite 

 well. There will be no fruit in this town to speak of, as the May 

 frosts destroyed the bloom. 



Hampden County. 

 Blandford (Enos W. Boise). — The most injurious insect has been 

 the tent caterpillar, with potato beetles most troublesome at present. 

 The corn crop is in 90 per cent condition, and a normal amount 

 has been planted. Very little haying has been begun; the prospect 

 is for 85 per cent of a normal crop. A normal acreage of early 

 potatoes has been put in. Early market-garden crops show a yield 

 of 80, but are selling for normal prices; those not yet harvested 

 will be 90 per cent crops. The number of dairy cows has been de- 

 ci'eased 20 per cent over a year ago. Milk and cream i^roduction 



