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fields will give a fair crop, old mowings light crop. The quantity 

 and price of dairy products and the supply and price of dairy cows 

 are about average. Pastures are in fair condition. Apples are 

 the only fruit raised, and they blossomed very full. Wild berries 

 never blossomed fuller. 



Bernardston (R. H. Cushman). — Colorado potato beetles are 

 very numerous. Corn is backward, but looking well, with a large 

 acreage. Haying has begun, and the crop will be light. Potatoes 

 are doing well. Prices for dairy products are somewhat better 

 than last season, and dairy cows sell well. Pastures are in good 

 condition. Apples will be a light crop, but berries promise large 

 crops. 



Shelburne (G. E. Taylor). — Potato bugs are beginning to 

 appear. Indian corn is a little backward, with a fair stand ; acre- 

 age slightly increased. Haying has not yet begun, and the crop 

 will be below the average. The acreage of early potatoes is about 

 the same as usual, and they promise well. Dairy products bring 

 higher prices than in former years, and the price of cows is high. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Currants, strawberries and black- 

 berries promise abundant crops. Grass in meadows and pastures 

 is greatly in need of rain. 



Conway (J. C. Newhall). — Squash and cucumber bugs are the 

 only insects doing damage. Corn is looking fairly well, but is late ; 

 the acreage is increased this year, many farmers trying to raise 

 what they feed and more growing it for the silo. Haying has not 

 yet begun, and the prospect is for a very light crop. Early pota- 

 toes show about the usual acreage ; the crop promises well, but is 

 generally late. The quantity and price of dairy products are about 

 average ; dairy cows in good supply, and not quite as high as last 

 year. Owing to the cold and drought, spring pasturage is rather 

 short. The late frost damaged all fruits and berries. 



Wlwtely (Frank Dickinson). — Cut worms are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is rather backward, but is coming on well 

 now ; acreage about average. Haying has begun, and the crop 

 will be very light on old ground. The acreage of early potatoes 

 is rather less than usual, but they are looking finely. Early 

 market-garden crops are light, with prices average ; later ones 

 need rain. Quantity of dairy products not large, but quality of 

 the best ; dairy cows plenty and prices below the the average. 

 Pastures are dry, but are lightly stocked. The outlook for fruits 

 and berries is good. 



Sunderland (J. M. J. Legate). — Cabbage and onion maggots 

 are plenty, while cut worms are doing damage to tobacco and 

 wire worms to corn. Corn is backward ; acreage the same as 



