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short crop. The acreage of potatoes is rather increased ; rather 

 late, but looking well. Price and quantity of dairy products and 

 supply and price of dairy cows about the same as in former years. 

 Pasturage is very short and dry. Fruits and berries will not make 

 over half crops, generally speaking. 



Chelmsford (P. P. Perham). — Canker worms are doing some 

 damage. Corn is late, with about the usual acreage, Haying has 

 commenced, with the prospect of a light crop. Early potatoes 

 promise well, with rain ; acreage somewhat increased. Early 

 market-garden crops compare favorably with former years in yield 

 and price. Prices of dairy products somewhat higher than usual, 

 and those of cows lower. Pastures never looked better. The out- 

 look for all small fruits is good, especially strawberries and black- 

 berries. 



Carlisle (E. J. Carr). — Canker worms and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is looking well, with about 

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

 light, having suffered severely from drought. The acreage of 

 early potatoes is increased, and they are in good condition. As- 

 paragus is below the average in quantity and above in price ; peas 

 not up to the average. Full supply of dairy products and price 

 of milk 2 cents per can higher ; dairy cows scarce and high. Pas- 

 turage is in poor condition, having suffered from drought. Straw- 

 berries and blackberries are looking well. 



Woburn (W. H. Bartlett). — Sweet corn is looking rather 

 poorly. Haying is just commencing, and the crop will be good. 

 There is about the usual acreage of early potatoes, and they now 

 look well, though many fields suffered from frost. Early market- 

 garden crops are about as usual in yield and price except aspara- 

 gus, which is about half a crop. Pasturage is in fair average con- 

 dition. Currants were injured by frost, and are not over half a 

 crop ; blackberries and raspberries bloomed full ; strawberries a 

 fair crop ; few plums ; no peaches ; no cherries ; apples set poorly, 

 and are beginning to drop. Beans are coming on well, having 

 suffered less from frosts than corn and asparagus. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley). — Canker worms are doing some 

 damage. Corn is looking fairly well, though backward, because 

 of cold weather. Haying has not yet begun, and there will be 

 over a two-thirds crop. The acreage of early potatoes is about 

 average, but the crop is backward. Early market-garden crops 

 are about average in yield and price. Pasturage is in fair condi- 

 tion. Currants are looking well. 



Newton (Otis Pettee). — White grubs are doing much damage 

 to growing crops and in grass fields in some localities. Corn 



