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corn is looking very well. Haying has begun ; there will be a medimn 

 croiD. Early potatoes are looking excellent, with about the usual 

 acreage. Mai'ket -garden crops suffered badly from frosts on the 10th 

 and 14th; prices are good. Dairy products are about the same as 

 last year in supiDly and price. Cows are 10 to 15 per cent higher 

 in price. Pasturage is in good condition, but will soon be short if 

 the present drought continues. Large fruits will show a good crop; 

 small fi-uits and cranberries suffered badly from frost. No in'iga- 

 tion is practiced except open ditches on cranbeiTy bogs. 



Lakeville (Nathaniel G. Staples). — Rose bugs and potato bee- 

 tles are doing the most damage. Indian com is not looking as well as 

 usual at this time of year; acreage has increased one-fourth over 

 previous j-ears. Haying has beg-un and the prospect for the crop 

 is good, although the dry weather is beginning to hurt it some. Acre- 

 age of early potatoes is about as usual ; the crop is looking well. 

 Not much change in price or quantity of dairy products. Dairy 

 cows ai'e scarce. Pastures are in fair condition. Strawben-ies are 

 j'ielding well; there will not be much fruit this season. There have 

 been some frosts; one on June 3 did considerable damage. 



Fochester (Geo. H. Raxdall). — Cutwonns and potato bug-s are 

 proving injurious. Indian corn is small; slow in germinating; acre- 

 age is about as usual. Haying has begun, but the crop is not as 

 good as expected. Acreage of early potatoes is equal to the average; 

 crop is looking fine, but needs rain. Market-garden crops planted 

 early are much better than those planted late; prices are very good. 

 Price of daily products is about the average. Not many cows for 

 sale and the demand is limited. Pastures have been very good, but 

 are getting short. Strawbemes are a short crop ; raspberries will 

 be a very small crop; currants and goosebenies good; plums and 

 peaches light. Frosts on the 10th, 11th and 14th did considerable 

 damage in places to corn, i^otatoes, beans, tomatoes and cranben'ies. 

 The hay crop will not be more than three-fourths of what it prom- 

 ised a month ago. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



West Falmouth (D. R. WiCKs). — Potato beetles are doing some 

 damage; insects are as plentiful as usual. Corn shows a very poor 

 stand but a large increase in acreage; most of it has been replanted. 

 Haying has begim, with promise of a bumper crop. About as many 

 early potatoes jDlanted as usual, bi;t the crop came up very irreg- 

 ularly. No early market-garden crops harvested as yet. Everything 

 is late, but beginning to show up better. The prices of dairy prod- 

 i;cts and of cows are higher than in foiTuer years. Pasturage is 

 holding out on some farms, but it needs rain. Gooseben-ies and cur- 

 rants not plentiful ; red raspberries promise well ; strawberries are 

 a good crop. Have not heard of any fi'osts. Season has been back- 



