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but many fields were planted so late that they are still very small. 

 Early market-garden crops are very good in both yield and price. 

 Quantity and price of dairy products both very good ; prices of 

 dairy cows above the average. Pasturage is in very good condi- 

 tion. Strawberries are doing well, but some have suffered from 

 cold weather, prices generally good ; raspberries look well. A 

 severe hail storm the 22d did much damage to vegetation. 



Mattapoisett (E. C. Stetson). — Insects are very scarce, only a 

 few potato bugs and currant worms. Corn is looking quite well 

 but is late ; acreage about as usual. Haying has not begun, but 

 the prospect for the crop is extra good. The acreage of early 

 potatoes is slightly increased and the promise for the crop is good. 

 Early market-garden crops are about as usual in yield and price. 

 There is not much difference from former years in the quantity 

 and price of dairy products, but dairy cows are cheaper. Pastur- 

 age is in good condition. Strawberries and currants are giving 

 extra good yields. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Falmouth (D. R. Wicks). — Insects as a whole are not doing 

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

 Very little hay has been cut as yet and is now just in bloom, with 

 a great growth. The acreage of early potatoes is perhaps slightly 

 increased and the early planted now look finely. Early market- 

 garden crops are about the same in yield and price as formerly. 

 Pastures are in fine condition, with plenty of feed. Strawberries 

 are a fine crop ; blackberries very promising ; raspberries winter- 

 killed somewhat, but otherwise good ; some varieties of currants 

 loaded, while others show but half a crop ; English gooseberries a 

 fair crop ; apples plenty ; Japanese plums good ; peaches promise 

 a two-thirds crop ; pears the same or better. 



Sandioich (R. F. Armstrong). — Cut worms and potato bugs 

 are doing some damage. There is an average acreage of Indian 

 corn, but it is backward in growth. Haying has not begun as yet, 

 but grass lands are looking well. There is a larger acreage of 

 potatoes than usual, with vines looking well. Market-garden crops 

 compare very favorably with former years and the prospect is good 

 for later ones. Dairy products remain the same as usual in price, 

 but cows are high. Pasturage is in good condition, in fact better 

 than for ten years. Strawberries, raspberries and currants promise 

 average crops, while apples, pears and plums seem to be average ; 

 peaches are in doubt, owing to leaf curl affecting the trees. 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — Tent caterpillars and cut worms 

 are doing some damage. Indian corn is very small and backward. 



