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Petersham (B. W. Spooner). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn came up very unevenly, and much has been replanted, 

 while the crows are pulling badly. There is no haying as yet, and 

 grass is looking fairly well. Since the warm weather potatoes have 

 grown finely; acreage about the same as usual. No market-garden 

 crops have been harvested as yet, and their yields are uncertain. 

 Dairy products are higher than usual ; good cows sell at from $40 to 

 $75. Pasturage is in good condition. Fruits and berries are little 

 grown for market. The ground is very dry, and rain is needed soon. 



Temfleton (Lucien Gove). — Potato bugs and currant worms are 

 doing a limited amount of damage. Indian corn is very backward, 

 and the acreage is less than usual. Haying has not begun, and rather 

 a light crop is in prospect. Acreage of potatoes about as usual; crop 

 very backward and uneven, with much seed rotted in ground. There 

 is no material difference in the quantity and price of dairy products. 

 Pasturage is not up to the average in condition. Strawberries are a 

 light crop; scarcely any raspberries; full bloom of blackberries; 

 blueberries full crop. 



Gardner (W. E. Knight). — No insects are doing damage. Corn is 

 three weeks late, with about the usual acreage. Haying will be two 

 weeks late, and the crop is below the average. Potatoes are not 

 grown for market here. I\Iarket-garclen crops are not raised to any 

 extent. Prices for dairy products are higher than usual; good dairy 

 cows are scarce, and higher in price than formerly. Pasturage is in 

 fair condition. Apples are below the average in promise. 



Westminster (Alden J. Foskett). — No insects are doing damage. 

 The season has been so late that corn is just coming up, and there will 

 be a small acreage. Haying has not begun, and the prospect is good 

 for a large crop. There is about an average acreage of early potatoes, 

 which are looking well except that they are late. Market-garden crops 

 are little raised. Quantity and price of dairy products about as in 

 23revious years. Pasturage is in very good condition. Apples promise 

 a large crop; all other fruits will be scarce. 



Princeton (A. O. Tyler). — Squash bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is backward, with about the usual acreage. Haying has not 

 begun, but the prospect for the crop is good if we have rain. There 

 is about the usual acreage of early potatoes, and they are in good con- 

 dition. Market-garden crops are not raised in this section. Dairy 

 products and dairy cows both command higher prices than formerly. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. All berries promise well; apples and 

 pears good ; no peaches. 



Bolton (H. F. Haynes). — No insects are doing serious damage. 

 Indian corn is very late, and generally poor. Haying has not begun, 

 but a full average crop is promised. Not many potatoes have been 

 planted, and few of them are out of the ground as yet. Asparagus was 

 about a fourth of an average crop; very little market gardening done 

 here. Cows are very high; prices for milk are not high enough to 



