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prospect for a full crop of later sorts. Dairy products are in full 

 supply, at fair prices ; good dairy cows bring good prices. Pas- 

 tures are looking unusually well at this time. Small fruits will 

 give short crops ; strawberries a good crop, but late and some- 

 what injured by rains ; wild berries promise full yields. 



Totvnsend (G. A. Wilder) . — Tent caterpillars are not as 

 plentiful as usual. Indian corn is normal both in promise and 

 acreage. Haying has not begun, and the prospect is for a very 

 light crop. The acreage of forage crops will not be increased. 

 The acreage of early potatoes is about the same as usual, and they 

 are looking well. Early market-garden crops are average in yield 

 and price. Pasturage is in poor condition. Apples, peaches and 

 small fruits promise full yields ; strawberries late, but good size 

 and quality. 



Westford (J. W. Thatcher). — Indian corn is a good crop, 

 with about the usual acreage. Haying has not begun, but there is 

 prospect of a good crop since the rains. The acreage of forage 

 crops will be somewhat increased. The acreage of early potatoes 

 is rather above the average, and the prospect for the crop good. 

 Dairy products are about the same as usual in quantity and price. 

 Pastures are in good condition at present. The outlook for such 

 fruits and berries as are grown for market is good. 



Carlisle (E. J. Carr). — Cut worms and potato bugs are doing 

 some damage. Corn came up well, and is now growing fast ; 

 acreage about the same as usual. No haying has been done yet, 

 and there will be less than an average crop. There will be more 

 forage crops planted than usual. The acreage of earl}^ potatoes is 

 larger than last year, and they are looking well. Asparagus yielded 

 well and brought good prices ; other market-garden crops looking 

 well. Dairy products bring higher prices than usual ; price of 

 dairy cows the same as last year. Pasturage has been poor all the 

 spring, but is now very good since the rains. The frost injured 

 strawberries ; all other fruits look well. The brown-tail moth 

 caterpillars are strongly in evidence. 



Billerica (Geo. P. Greenwood). — Rose bugs, potato bugs, 

 striped squash bugs, cut worms and wire worms ai'e in evidence. 

 Indian corn is not raised in this vicinity. Ha3'ing has not begun, 

 but the crop will be good. Potatoes look well. The acreage of 

 forage crops will not be increased. The 3neld of early mai^ket- 

 garden crops has been light, but the prices good. Dairy products 

 and dairy cows are both about normal in quantity and price. Pas- 

 turage is looking well since the rains. 



Lincoln (C. S. Wheeler). ■ — Brown-tail and gj'psy moth cater- 

 pillars are doing damage, also potato bugs. Corn is backward ; 



