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toes equal to previous years ; promise a full average crop. Dairy 

 products very nearly an average in quantity and price. Pasturage 

 good. Outlook for strawberries good. 



ChesJiire (L. J. Northup). — Potato and rose bugs are doing 

 the most damage. Indian corn is looking fairly well ; acreage 

 about as usual. Haying not commenced yet ; prospect good. 

 Early potatoes promise to be a full crop. Dairy products to date 

 are less in quantity, but prices are well sustained. Cheese sells 

 for more than formerly. Pasturage extra good. Strawberries 

 abundant. 



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Monroe (D. H. Sherman). — Potato bugs doing the most dam- 

 age. Indian corn looking very well. But little haying done yet. 

 Old mowings badly winter-killed ; less than an average crop. 

 Potatoes are looking well, but late. Quantity of dairy products 

 below average ; prices fully up to an average. Pasturage very 

 good. Strawberries very plenty ; blackberries blossomed well and 

 all wild berries promise well. 



Charlemont (H. S. Giles). — Potato bugs and striped squash 

 bugs doing the most damage. Indian corn is growing rapidly 

 now, but the general outlook is not up to previous years. Early 

 potatoes about an average acreage and promise a full average 

 crop. Dairy products about as in previous years. Pasturage 

 very good. Raspberries have winter-killed badly. Strawberries 

 plenty with an excellent growth. The hay crop not an average ; 

 well-cultivated fields will be good, while the poorly cultivated will 

 be thin and short. Rye is an excellent growth. The general out- 

 look is quite favorable. 



Colrain (A. A. Smith). — Indian corn looks finely; acreage 

 about as in previous years. Haying progressing poorly ; about a 

 two-thirds crop. Acreage of early potatoes a full average ; crop 

 promises well. Dairy products about as in previous years. Pas- 

 turage never better. Strawberries a bountiful crop and other 

 fruits about as usual. 



Conioay (J. C. Newiiall). — Tent caterpillars are very plenty, 

 and there is hardly a tree but has a number of nests. Corn back- 

 ward, but is coming along very fast now. There will be con- 

 siderable hay cut by the first of July ; the crop will not be as large 

 as usual. Not nearly as many early potatoes planted as last year, 

 and they are not quite up to last year's appearance. Dairy prod- 

 ucts about as last year. Raspberries almost a total failure. 

 Strawberries a good crop. 



Whately (Frank Dickinson) . — Potato bugs are our only insect 

 pest. Indian corn late and small, but coming on very fast ; 



