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usual. Pastures are in excellent condition. There will be fair 

 yields of strawberries, currants, raspberries and blackberries. 



Danvers (Chas. H. Preston). — Brown-tail moths are doing 

 some damage. Corn is backward, with about the usual acreage. 

 Haying has begun and a good crop will be secured. There is an 

 average acreage of early potatoes and the promise for the crop is 

 good. Pearly market-garden crops have turned out fairly well in 

 yield and price, and the prospect is fair for later ones. Pasturage 

 is in good condition. Strawberries are yielding well, and plums 

 and apples promise fair crops. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Randolph (R. A. Thayer). — Potato bugs are doing a limited 

 amount of damage. Indian corn is quite small for the season, 

 with about the usual acreage. Very little hay has been cut as yet, 

 but there will be more than an average crop. About the usual 

 amount of early potatoes have been planted and they promise an 

 excellent crop. Peas and other early market-garden crops are 

 yielding well and bring fair prices. There is a good average 

 quantity of dairy products, with cows at usual prices. Pastures 

 are in excellent condition. Strawberries will be a large crop and 

 raspberries promise well. 



Walpole (E. L. Shepard). — Potato bugs and rose bugs are 

 doing some damage. Corn looks small and backward ; acreage 

 about the same as usual. Haying has begun ; the present dry 

 spell is pinching the crop, but with some good showers there would 

 be a good crop. There is about the usual acreage of early potatoes 

 and they are looking finely, and late ones are doing well. Yield of 

 early market-garden crops below average, prices rather higher ; 

 rain needed for those not harvested. Milk plenty and price same 

 as last year ; cows plenty and prices not as high as last year. 

 Pastures are looking very good. Apples, pears and peaches will 

 give rather light yields ; strawberries need rain to make a fair 

 crop ; blackberries and blueberries looking fairly. 



Norfolk (A. D. Towne). — Cut worms have done considerable 

 damage, other insects not more than usual. Corn is late and 

 backward, mostly planted for ensilage and fodder ; acreage 

 decreased. Some farmers have commenced haying, and there will 

 be a good crop on all land that was properly cared for. Acreage 

 of potatoes increased somewhat and prospect for the crop good at 

 the present time. Dairying in this locality has become a lost art. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Apples and plums full crops; 

 pears light ; grapes good ; strawberries yielding well. There was 

 some injury from frost on low lands the 13th inst. 



