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PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Campello. — Corn late. Hay crop promises to be very good, 

 although little has been cut yet. Potatoes promise well. The 

 season is fully a week late, owing to cold spring. The straw- 

 berr}^ crop is vei'y good, and those who grow them are reaping a 

 harvest. 



Davis Copeland. 



Halifax. — There is very little lettuce grown in this town for 

 market. The principal crops are corn, potatoes and hay. The 

 corn crop is backward. Pearly potatoes look finely, late ones are 

 backward. The hay crop is above the average in quautit}^ and of 

 excellent quality. 



G. W. Hayward. 



Marshfiekl. — This season, like the preceding' ones, is somewhat 

 abnormal. It is humid and uncertain, and favors the production 

 of milk and garden vegetables. Corn is a little backward. The 

 marshes are looking well, and the general outlook is good. 



G. J. Peterson. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Barre. — Indian corn has improved very much in the past two 

 weeks, and is now about an average. The first two weeks of June 

 were very wet, but the last two weeks there has been no rain, and 

 it is very dry. Small grains are a failure on account of rust. 

 Some pieces of grass are better than last year, some not as good ; 

 on the whole, the quantity of the crop will be about the same as 

 last year. Potatoes promise well. 



J. L. Smith. 



Bolton. — Corn very backward. The hay crop will be more than 

 an average. It is quite dry here, although nothing is suffering, 

 excepting seeds just put in do not germinate. No squash bugs 

 yet, and early plants are looking well. Cabbages are looking 

 badlj% and are troubled b}' the maggot. Ensilage coi-n has started 

 well. Potatoes are looking nicely, although some pieces have not 

 come up well. 



H. F. Haynes. 



East Blackstone. — Condition of Indian corn as good as was ever 

 known. Hay crop large and good. Potatoes promise well, and so 



