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potatoes is about the same as usual, but they are not far enough 

 advanced to judge as to yield. Dairy products bring rather higher 

 prices than usual; cows about the same. Pasturage is good, but late 

 in starting. Apple trees bloomed very full, some blossoms still on 

 trees; too early to determine as to berries. Old mowings suffered 

 badly from late frosts. 



Leyden (Frank R. Foster). — Tent caterpillars are doing some 

 damage, but are not as plentiful as usual. Indian corn is very back- 

 ward, as May was too cold for it; acreage average. There will be a 

 two-thirds crop of hay, and haying will be two weeks late. There is 

 an average acreage of potatoes, but they are very backward. Market- 

 garden crops are not raised here. Dairy products average in quantity, 

 and bringing better prices than formerly ; new milch cows scarce, and 

 high in price. Apples ijromise an abundant crop. 



Gill (F. F. Stoughton). — Indian corn is very late, and that planted 

 early did not grow well. Haying has not begun, and there wiU be only 

 a light crop. Cream brings higher prices than in former years. Pas- 

 tures are in good condition. Raspberries and blackberries winter- 

 killed ; strawberries look well. 



Ashfield (Albert Howes) . — Potato bugs are beginning to appear. 

 Late-planted corn came up well ; acreage about 85 per cent of the 

 average. Haying has not begun, and the crop appears to be very 

 light. The acreage of early potatoes is fully up to the normal, and 

 they appear to be looking well. There is no market-gardening done 

 in this town. Quantity of dairy products normal, price higher than 

 usual; cows scarce and high. Pasturage is in good condition. Straw- 

 berries bloomed well ; plums and peaches scarce ; small fruits not much 

 raised. 



Deei' field (Dwight A. Hawks). — No insects are doing damage. 

 Corn is late, and not fully stocked, much has been replanted; acreage 

 about as usual. Haying has begun, and the crop is slightly above the 

 average. There is the usual acreage of early potatoes, and the vines 

 are looking well. Quantity of dairy products less than usual, and 

 prices about the same ; cows are high. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 Strawberries and red raspberries are very promising. 



Sunderland (George P. Smith) . — Cut worms and onion maggots 

 are doing some damage. Corn did not germinate well, and much was 

 planted over, so that the crop is very backward. Haying has not 

 begun, but better than an average crop is promised. Potatoes look 

 well, but are little grown for market. Market-garden crops are back- 

 ward, and prices are good. Price of dairy products and dairy cows 

 above former years; quantity same as usual. Pastures are in very 

 good condition, but will need rain soon. Strawberries are just begin- 

 ning to ripen; blackberries in blossom. Tobacco setting is nearly 

 completed, with prospects good. Onions, late, and many fields thin. 



Wendell (N. D. Plumb). — Tent caterpillars and potato bugs are 



