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are doing some damage. Indian corn is looking well and there is an 

 average acreage. Haying is about half completed. Early potatoes are 

 in good condition and there is the usual acreage. Dry weather has 

 decreased the yield of early market-garden crops. Dairy products 

 and cows are average in supply and price. The weather has been too 

 dr}' for pasturage to do well. 



Bridgewater (R. Cass). — Cut worms, black and striped squash 

 bugs, and rose bugs are doing damage. Corn is small, but of good 

 color; acreage about as usual. Haying has begun and the prospect 

 is good for the crop. The acreage of potatoes is about normal with 

 prospect of a very good crop. Yield and price of early market-garden 

 crops a good average and prospects good for later ones. Dairy products 

 are good average, with good cows scarce and prices high. Pasturage 

 is in fairly good condition. A few strawberries are grown for market ; 

 also apples and a few pears in a small way. 



Halifax (Mrs. G. W. Haytv'ard). — Potatoes suffer from the beetle, 

 but not as badly as some years. Corn is looking well, more than 

 usual ha^•ing been planted. Hay is being cut on high land. Potatoes 

 look well, but the acreage of early ones is small. The quantity and 

 price of dairy products is about the same as usual. Pastures are in 

 good condition up to the present time. 



Plympton (Winthrop Fillebrown). — Potato bugs, cut worms, 

 squash bugs, and gypsy and brown-tail moths are doing damage. 

 The acreage of Indian corn is greatly increased and the crop is looking 

 very well. Haying is two or three weeks earlier than usual and there 

 is less than a two-thirds crop. Early potatoes are looking very nicely 

 and the acreage is about as usual. Early market-garden crops have 

 suffered from drought; prices about normal.- Dairy products are 

 about as usual, with prices advanced a little; price of cows increased 

 20 per cent. Pasturage has been good, but will suffer badly soon 

 without rain. All fruits and berries had a good bloom; fruit has 

 set well. Cranberries suffered badly from late frosts. 



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

 damage. Indian corn is looking well, with about the usual acreage. 

 Haying has commenced and there is prospect of a fair crop. The 

 acreage of early potatoes is about as in previous years. There is about 

 the same yield as usual of early market-garden crops with prices 

 normal. Cows are higher in price than last year; also dairy products. 

 Pastures are in good condition. Strawberries and currants are good 

 crops. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is looking well and more than usual has been planted. Haying 

 has begun on high land and the crop is light. There is the usual 

 acreage of earh' potatoes and the crop is looking well. Pasturage is 

 getting dry. Strawberries were not injured by frost when in bloom 

 and on moist land are a good crop. Cranberries on some bogs were 

 injured by late frosts, but an average crop may be expected. 



