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same as last year. Haying has not begun, and the crop will not 

 be up to the average. About the usual acreage of early potatoes 

 has been put in, and the crop looks well. Quantity of dairy prod- 

 ucts up to the average, prices high ; good cows scarce and high. 

 Pasturage is in fair condition. Apples, pears, plums, cherries, 

 strawberries, blackberries and raspberries had a full bloom, and 

 the outlook for all of them is fine. The season is eight days late. 



Gardner (A. F. Johnson). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is later than usual, with an average acreage. 

 Haying has not yet begun, and the prospect for the crop is poor. 

 The acreage of early potatoes is average, but the crop is back- 

 ward. Early market-garden crops do not vary much from former 

 years in yield and price. There is no change in the quantity and 

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

 Pasturage is in poor condition. It is too early to predict as to 

 fruits and berries^ 



Westminster (G. A. Stockwell). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is looking well, with the acreage a little 

 above the average. Haying has not begun, and the prospect is for 

 a good crop. More early potatoes have been planted than last 

 year, and the prospect is for a large crop. Early market-garden 

 crops are about normal in yield and price. Pastures are in good 

 condition. There will be a large crop of all kinds of berries and 

 small fruits this year. 



Princeton (A. O. Tylek). — Potato bugs and cut worms are 

 doing a great deal of damage. Corn is backward, with about the 

 usual acreage. Haying has not yet begun, and the crop will be 

 light if dry weather continues. There are very few early potatoes 

 raised here, but what there are look well. The quantity and price 

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

 the same as last year. Pasturage has been good, but needs rain 

 at the present time. Cherries and pears are a failure, from late 

 frosts ; peaches not very good, for the same reason ; apples and 

 plums promise to be good crops ; small fruits and berries promise 

 well. 



Harvard (J. S. Preston). — Canker worms have done consider- 

 able damage. Corn has about the usual acreage, but the cold 

 nights have retarded its growth. Haying is later than usual, and 

 the prospect is for less than an average crop. The acreage of 

 early potatoes is about the same as usual, but the late frosts cut 

 them down on low land. The quantity of dairy products increases 

 every year, and the price has been low for years ; the supply of 

 cows is about average, and the price seems high in comparison 



