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better yields and brought higher prices than usual. The supply and 

 price of dairy products are the same as formerly. Pasturage is in verj- 

 good condition. Fruits and berries are going to give large crops. 



Kingston (George L. Churchill). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is late and there is only a small acreage. Not much 

 haying has been done, but the crop looks very fair. There will be no 

 special increase in the acreage of forage crops. Early potatoes are look- 

 ing well. Prices for market-garden crops good and prospect for later 

 ones very fair. Dairy products and dairy cows are the same as usual 

 in supply and price. Pastures are in very good condition. Strawber- 

 ries are the principal fruit crop grown. 



Rochester (Geo. H. Randall). — Onion maggots, cut worms, potato 

 bugs and Hessian flies are doing some damage. Corn is a week to ten 

 days late ; acreage less than last year. Very little hay has been cut as 

 yet, but there is a large crop in sight. The acreage of forage crops will 

 not be increased. Early potatoes look well, with about the same 

 acreage as last year. Early market-garden crops are growing well and 

 find ready sale; prospect good for later ones. Pasturage is in very 

 good condition. The strawberry crop is so large that prices hardly pay 

 expenses, many berries being left unpicked. Raspberries promise 

 well ; blackberries bloomed full. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Falmouth (Daniel R. Wicks) . — Potato bugs and cucumber beetles 

 are becoming abundant. No field corn is grown here, but more and 

 more sweet corn is planted everj^ year. Haying has not commenced as 

 yet, but a large crop is in sight. The acreage of forage crops will not 

 be increased as very httle stock is kept here. Acreage of early potatoes 

 about normal, and they are looking fairly well. ^' erj- few market- 

 garden crops have been harvested ; prices normal. Price of cows about 

 normal ; milk the only product sold and prices as last year. Pasturage 

 is good, but there is more water than fibre in the grass. Strawberries 

 are a fair crop; raspberries and blackberries very promising; currants 

 good; plums good; peaches fair; apples and pears set well; grapes 

 blooming well. 



Snndmch (R. F. Armstrong). — Potato bugs, tent caterpillars and 

 Hessian flies are doing damage. Corn is backward, and the acreage de- 

 creases every year. Haying has hardly begun, but there is prospect of 

 a good crop. There will be no increase in the acreage of forage crops. 

 The acreage of early potatoes is about the same as usual, and the pros- 

 pect for the crop is good. Dairy products are about the same as usual 

 in price and quantity; dairy cows out of sight. Pasturage was never in 

 better condition. Strawberries are plentiful, quality below the average ; 

 other small fruits not grown. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — Potato bugs, cut worms, army worms 

 and Hessian flies are doing damage. Indian corn is looking well, but 



