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ing well, but are late ; wild berries set full, and strawberries are 

 beginning to ripen. 



Bernardston (R. H. Cushman) . — Cut worms have been very 

 abundant, and potato bugs are doing some damage. Corn is late, 

 but there is a very large acreage planted. Early pieces of grass 

 have been cut, and a very light hay crop is in prospect. There is 

 a full average acreage of potatoes, and they are looking well. 

 Not so much butter, cream and milk are made as formerly, and 

 cows are not plenty. Pastures have improved during the month. 

 Apples will not be a heavy crop ; all berries promise large crops. 



Shelhurne (G. E. Taylor). — Corn is looking fairly well, with 

 the acreage perhaps larger than usual. Not much hay has been 

 Cut, and the prospect is for a short crop. The acreage of early 

 potatoes is as great as in previous years, and' they are looking 

 well. Dairy products are higher than of late, with good prices for 

 cows. Pasturage is short, but fresh; plenty, but with no surplus. 

 Apples promise an average crop. 



Ashfield (Charles Howes) . — The weather is too cold for in- 

 sects to work much. The acreage of Indian corn is greater than 

 usual, but it is backward. Haying will not commence very much 

 until next week, but there will be an average crop. The acreage 

 of potatoes is greater than usual, and a good crop is promised. 

 Dairy products are somewhat less in quantity than last year ; cows 

 not plenty, and higher in price. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 Strawberries are a fair crop. 



Wliately (Frank Dickinson). — Cut worms are working in some 

 fields. Indian corn is looking well, with an average acreage. 

 Haying will begin this week, with less than an average crop. 

 There is the usual acreage of early potatoes, and they promise 

 well. Dairy products are high in price ; dairy cows well up in 

 price, and few to be had. Feed in pastures is short, but fresh and 

 growing. There will be a full crop of fruits and berries. 



Montague (C. S. Raymond). — Potato bugs and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Corn is looking fairly well at present, but is 

 small for the time of year. Haying has not begun, but there will 

 be ouly a light crop. The acreage of early potatoes is somewhat 

 larger than usual, and they promise well. Yield of early market- 

 garden crops normal ; prices about as usual. Quantity of dairy 

 products above the average, and prices a trifle better ; cows in good 

 supply, at about the usual price. Pastures are not in very good 

 condition. Strawberries are a light crop ; currants promise well. 



Northfield (T. R. Callender). — Potato bugs are just begin- 

 ning to appear. Indian corn is backward ; acreage about 25 per 

 cent larger than usual. The hay crop will be much below the 



