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Richmond (T. B. Salmon)- — Cucumber and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is very yellow and backward. 

 Haying has not begun, and there is prospect of au average crop. 

 The acreage of forage crops will be increased in this locality. 

 There is the usual acreage of early potatoes, but the ground is too 

 wet to hoe them, and they look poorly. Dairy products bring 

 average prices, and dairy cows are plenty. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Strawberries are an average crop ; too earW to esti- 

 mate as regards raspberries, blackberries and currants; apples 

 average. 



Windsor (H. A. Ford). — No insects are doing damage at 

 present. Indian corn is backward, with about the usual acreage. 

 Haying has not commenced, and the crop is improving very fast. 

 There will be au increased acreage of forage crops. Early pota- 

 toes came up slowly, but will advance rapidly when the weather 

 clears. The price of dairy products is fully up to the usual aver- 

 age ; dairy cows about as usual in supply and price. Pasturage 

 is in fine condition since the rains. Strawberries are doing quite 

 well. 



Savoy (W. W. Burnett). — There is little trouble from insects 

 this year. Corn is looking badly, as it is backward and has a 

 poor stand ; acreage about as usual. Haying has not commenced, 

 and the prospect is for less than an average crop. • There will be 

 very little if any increase in the acreage of forage crops. The 

 acreage of early potatoes is somewhat increased, with the crop 

 looking finely. Not much market gardening is done, but gardens 

 are generally looking badly. Dairy products are a full average in 

 quantity and price, and there is a fair supply of dairy cows at 

 good prices. Pastures are doing finely since the rains. Berries 

 have suffered from the severe drought, but fruits and berries are 

 not much grown for market. 



Williamstown (S. A. Hicicox). — No insects are doing damage 

 at present. Indian corn is in bad shape, but the acreage is in- 

 creased 25 per cent over former years. Haying has not begun, 

 and the crop will be a poor one. The acreage of forage crops 

 will be increased this season. There is the usual acreage of early 

 potatoes, and the jiromisc for the crop is poor as yet. The pros- 

 pect for market-garden crops not yet harvested is good. Dairy 

 products are less than usual in quantity, and bring better prices. 

 The outlook for fruits and berries grown for market is normal at 

 this time. 



