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replanted ; and all is now very backward. No hay has been cut 

 as jetx, and the crop will be light on account of the early drought. 

 There will be a small increase in the acreage of forage crops. Po- 

 tatoes are looking finely. Garden seeds came up very poorly, and 

 had to be resown. Dairy products are about as for two or three 

 years past in quantity and price. Pastures were dried up until the 

 rains came, but are now reviving. We have had ten inches of rain 

 in the past ten days. Strawberries were a good crop, and rasp- 

 berries are looking well. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Warren ( W. E. Patrick) . — There is no particular damage from 

 insects. Indian corn is very yellow, and is not growing at all. No 

 haying has been done, and the crop will be late and small. There 

 will be an increase in the acreage of forage crops. There is about 

 the usual acreage of early potatoes, and the crop promises well. 

 Quantity of dairy products one-third less than usual, and price a 

 little higher; supply of cows more than meets the demand, but 

 prices are about the same as usual for good ones. Pasturage is 

 improving rapidly, but is not nearly up to the average. 



Spencer (H. H. Kingsbury). — Potato bugs are the only insects 

 doing damage. Less corn than usual was planted, and it is not 

 growing well, as the weather is too cold and the ground too wet. 

 No grass has been cut, but the prospect is good for an average 

 hay crop. There will be an increased acreage of forage crops as 

 the May drought called attention to the scant supply of fodder. 

 There is no change in the acreage of potatoes, and the crop is in 

 fine condition. Dairy products are scarce and high, as is also 

 dairy stock. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Wild blue- 

 berries and raspberries promise an abundant crop. 



New Braintree (C. D. Sage). — Potato bugs and spittle insects 

 are doing some damage. The acreage of Indian corn is about the 

 same as usujil, but it is looking poorly, much having to be re- 

 planted. No haying has been done, and there is the prospect of 

 a three-fourths crop. There will be an increased acreage of for- 

 age crops, if there is an opportunity to put in late crops. There 

 is about the usual acreage of early potatoes, and they are looking 

 fairly well. Quantity of dairy products fully up to the average, 

 prices a little above; cows the same. Pastures are in good con- 

 dition since the rains. There is very little fruit grown except 

 apples, and they promise half a crop. 



Oakham (Jesse Allen). — Tent caterpillars are doing some 

 damage, Indian corn is very backward. Haying has not begun. 



