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equal to the average, and all are backward. Dairy products bring 

 fair prices; good cows high. Pasturage is making rapid growth, but 

 needs warmer weather for quality. Many strawberry blossoms failed 

 to set fruit, and the vines are rusting. Apples promise nearly a full 

 crop. 



Andover (Milo H. Gould). — Cut worms and striped squash bugs 

 are doing some damage. Corn is quite small, acreage about the same 

 as usual. Little haying has been done, but the prospect is good for 

 the crop. The acreage of forage crops will not be increased. Acreage 

 of early potatoes about the same as usual, and they promise well. 

 There will be an average crop of market-garden crops, and prices are 

 good. Quantity and price of dairy products about the same as usual; 

 also of dairy cows. Pasturage is in good condition. Strawberries are 

 doing well where not destroyed by cut worms last fall. 



Newbury (G. W. Adams). — Brown-tail moth caterpillars are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is in average condition, except that it is 

 a few days late. The prospect is good for the hay crop, but cutting 

 has not begun as yet. The acreage of forage crops will not be increased. 

 There is about an average acreage of early potatoes, with possibly a 

 very slight increase, and they are in good condition. Market-garden 

 crops are very late. Quantity of dairy products excessive and prices 

 low. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Except for apples the 

 outlook for fruit is far from good. 



Rowley (D. H. O'Brien). — Brown-tail moths, canker worms, 

 onion maggots, rose bugs and flea beetles are doing damage. Owing 

 to excessive rain, most of the corn has been planted but a short time, 

 and the acreage is smaller than in previous years. Haying has hardly 

 commenced, but the prospect for the crop is good. The acreage of 

 forage crops is to be increased. Acreage of early potatoes normal, 

 but a smaller crop than usual is looked for on account of heavy rains. 

 Early market-garden crops compare favorably with other years in 

 yield and price ; prospect good for later ones. There is little difference 

 in yield and price of dairy products with other years. Pastures are in 

 extra good condition. Apples medium, peaches good, pears scarce, 

 strawberries medium, blueberries good. 



Tops-field (B. P. Pike). — There are more or less gypsy moth cater- 

 pillars doing damage. There is very little corn raised except for the 

 silo. There is every prospect of a good crop of hay. The acreage of 

 forage crops will not be increased. The acreage of early potatoes is 

 about average and they are looking well. No market-garden crops are 

 in the market as yet. Quantity of dairy products full average and 

 prices same as last year. Pasturage is in very good condition. Straw- 

 berries good; wild berries looking well. 



