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Price of dairy cows high. Pasturage quite good. Few peaches and 

 plums; apples about half a crop, owing to neglect of trees. Frosts 

 in the second week of June entirely ruined some fields; also dam- 

 aged blueberries. 



Tops field (B. P. Pike). — Brown-tail and gypsy moths are doing 

 damage. Indian corn is veiy backward, with no increase in acreage. 

 Haying has just begun, with not more than an average crop. Not 

 many early potatoes planted; crop backward. Early market-garden 

 crops are looking fairly well, with few harvested. Quantity and 

 price of dairj^ products about the same as last year. Cows are high. 

 Pasturage has been good, but is getting short. Not many ben'ies 

 gTown for market; strawberries a short cro}?. Frosts on the 8th and 

 10th killed tomatoes and beans. The sharp drought at present is 

 ripening hay too soon. 



Wenham (N. P. Perkins). — Squash bugs, black and yellow cut- 

 worms, potato bugs, tent caterpillars and caiTot lice are proving inju- 

 rious. Considerable more than usual acreage of Indian corn has 

 been planted, but the crop is backward. Haying has commenced; 

 some farmers are rather disajopointed, as yield is not as good as 

 expected. Acreage of early potatoes about as usual. No early mar- 

 ket-garden crops to sell as yet, except bunched beets and spinach; 

 prices will be fair for a while. Price of milk about the same as last 

 year. Medium cows and good supply, but good cows are hard to get. 

 Pastures are beginning to pinch for lack of rain. Strawberry pick- 

 ing has commenced, with prospect for a fair crop; other berries 

 have started well. Irrigation is not practiced to much extent. Dam- 

 age from frost has been local and wath varying severity. Many 

 crops have been planted throughout the month because of cold April 

 and May. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



3Iillis (E. F. Richardson). — Gypsy moths, tent caterpillars and 

 potato beetles are doing damage. Indian corn is good, but back- 

 ward. Haying has beg-un a little; the crop is light. Potatoes look 

 well, with a larger acreage than usual. Early market-garden crops 

 compare well with fonner years in yield and price. Quantity and 

 price of daii-y products and the supply of daiiy cows are about the 

 same as in fonner years. Pastures are in fair condition. Outlook 

 for apples is good; for pears fair; for peaches minus. Irrigation 

 not much practiced. No very damaging frosts. 



Norwood (Frank A. Fales). — Potato bugs are plentiful; eut- 

 woi-ms have done the most damage. Indian corn is looking Avell, but 

 is two weeks late; acreage is increased 25 per cent. Haying has 

 begiin, with 30 per cent increase in crop over 1911. The acreage 

 of early potatoes shows an increase of 25 per cent over average of 

 last five years. The yield and price of market-garden crops are 



