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There is a good market for dairy products, and butter has been high. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Apples, pears and peaches will be 

 light crops. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Sherborn (N. B. Douglas). — Potato bugs have appeared, but no 

 insects are as yet very troublesome. Indian corn is very backward 

 and uneven ; acreage larger than usual. Very little hay has been cut, 

 and the prospect is that there will be a large crop, with much clover. 

 There is about the usual acreage of potatoes, which look well, though 

 backward. There is about the usual supply of dairy cows; prices for 

 dairy products a little better than last year. Pasturage is in very good 

 condition. Strawberries look well, but need rain. 



Framingham (J. S. Williams). — Potato bugs, cucumber beetles 

 and cut worms are troublesome. Both Indian and sweet corn have 

 been planted over, and both are looking poorly, although improving 

 with warm weather; acreage up to the average. Haying has begun 

 in a small way; grass very thick, and crop undoubtedly heavy. 

 Potatoes are backward, but it is far too early to estimate crop. The 

 yield of market-garden crops has not been large, but good prices have 

 been obtained, and the outlook is good. Milk brings rather more than 

 formerly, supply steady; price of cows normal. Pastures are looking 

 well at present. Apples and pears set well; outlook for wild berries 

 good; strawberries set heavily; raspberries and blackberries will 

 blossom profusely. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Brown-tail moth caterpillars and 

 curculios are doing some damage. Indian corn is looking sickly, and 

 is three weeks late; acreage slightly reduced. Haying has begun on 

 orchard grass and June grass, with prospect for a good crop. There is 

 about the usual acreage of early potatoes, but they are growing slowly. 

 Market-garden crops are not much raised in this locality. Milk is 

 in full supply, and dairy cows are high. Pasturage is getting short. 

 Strawberries promise well; raspberries just blossoming. 



Maynard (L. H. Maynard). — Brown-tail and gypsy moths are nu- 

 merous, and potato bugs and cut worms are also doing some damage. 

 Indian corn looks well, but is about two weeks late. Haying has not 

 begun, and the prospect is good for a large crop, with an unusual 

 amount of clover. The acreage of potatoes is about as formerly, but 

 the crop will be late. Market-garden crops are doing well, and bring 

 good prices. Dairy products are about as formerly; good dairy cows 

 bring good prices. Pasturage is in good condition. Fruit and berries 

 promise well, but are somewhat backward. 



Westford (J. W. Fletcher). — Corn is looking well, with about the 

 usual acreage. Haying has not yet begun, but the prospect for the 

 crop is good. Acreage of early potatoes about the same as usual, 



