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garden crops show a 75 per cent yield and are from 15 to 25 per 

 cent higher in price. The prospect for those not yet harvested is 

 75. Compared with one year ago, the supply of dairy cows shows 

 a decrease of 10 per cent. There has been a decrease of 10 per 

 cent in the production of both milk and cream and a decrease of 

 15 per cent in that of butter. The retail price of milk averages 

 7 cents. Pasturage is in 85 per cent condition. The fruit outlook 

 is: apples, pears, peaches and plums, 25; strawberries, 50; cun*ants, 

 40; gooseberries, raspberries and blackberries, 25; cranberries, 45. 

 There have been damaging frosts. 



Westford (J. W. Fletcher). — Gypsy moths are doing the most 

 damage. The condition of Indian corn is 85; acreage has been in- 

 creased 10 per cent. Haying has not begun; the prospect is for 

 90 per cent of a normal crop. The acreage of early potatoes is 75 

 per cent of normal. Dairy cows are in about the same supply. 

 Milk is selling wholesale at 32 cents per can and retail at 6 cents per 

 quart, the same as one year ago. Pasturage is in 90 per cent con- 

 dition. The fruit outlook is: apples, 50; pears, 75; strawberries, 

 80; raspberries, 100; blackberries, 25. 



BlUerica (E. F. Dickinson). — Cateri:>illars, brown-tail moths and 

 gypsy moths are proving most injurious. The condition of Indian 

 corn is 90; the acreage is 110. Haying has begun and there will 

 be 85 per cent of a normal crop. There is a normal acreage of 

 early potatoes and the crojD is looking well but is late. Early market- 

 garden crops show 75 per cent of a normal 3'ield; prices are normal. 

 The prospect for those not yet harvested is 80. Milk sells for 36 

 cents per can of 8V2 quarts and retails at 7 cents per quart, which 

 prices prevailed one year ago. Pastures are in 100 per cent condi- 

 tion. The fruit outlook is: apples, 55; pears, 75; peaches, 40; 

 plums, 35; strawberries, 80; currants, 75. The frost on June 10 

 did slight damage to corn, beans and tomatoes; the temperature was 

 38° F. For all outdoor vegetables this is a late season. Tree fniits, 

 however, are rather earlier than i;sual, and apples are large for 

 this date. 



Stow (Geo. W. Bradley). — The most injurious insects are the 

 tent caterpillar and the brown-tail and gypsy moths. The condition 

 of corn is 50 ; its acreage is 75. Haying has commenced, with a 

 prospect for an 80 per cent crop. Eai'ly potatoes have increased 

 25 per cent in acreage. The prospect is for a yield of 75 per cent. 

 Dairy cows have decreased 25 per cent in supjily. Milk production 

 has decreased 50 per cent; butter production, 25 per cent. Forty 

 cents per can is the price paid for milk sold at wholesale, while the 

 retail price received is 6 cents per quart, which are about the same 

 as a year ago. Pasturage is in 80 per cent condition and needs 

 rain. The fruit outlook is: apples and pears, 50: peaches, 10; 

 strawberries, 50; currants. 25; raspbemes, 50; blackberries, 75. 



