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and the crop is in good condition. There is an over-supply of milk 

 at present, and dairy cows are high. Pasturage is in fair condition. 

 Apples, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries promise well. 



Townsend (Geo. A. Wilder). — Xo insects are doing damage. In- 

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

 begun, and there will be only a light crop. More early potatoes than 

 usual were planted, but they were late in starting; now looking well. 

 Early market-garden crops are about as usual in yield and price. There 

 is no change in quantity and price of dairy products. Pasturage is in 

 fair condition. Fruits and berries are very late, and suffered from 

 frosts. 



' Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — The currant worm is the only insect 

 proving injurious at present. Indian corn is looking well, but is very 

 small for this time of year; acreage smaller than usual. Haying has 

 not begun, and the prospect is that the crop -ndll be below the normal. 

 Early jDotatoes are only raised for home use, and the prospect is that 

 they will be late. Asparagus is the only early market-garden crop 

 raised, and that has been light. The quantity of dairy products is 

 about the same as in former years, with prices a little higher; dairy 

 cows about the same as in former years. Pasturage is in fairly good 

 condition for such dry weather. Berries of all kinds are very late, 

 and promise only light crops. 



Billerica (Geo. P. Greenwood). — Cut worms, wire worms, striped 

 squash bugs, brown-tail moths and potato bugs are all doing damage. 

 There is a small acreage of corn, and it is in poor condition. Haying 

 has not begun, but the crop will be above the average with rain. There 

 is about the usual acreage of potatoes, and they are looking well. The 

 yield of early market-garden crops has been small, but prices have 

 been good. The price of dairy products is about 10 per cent higher 

 than usual. Pastures are in good condition. All berries are very 

 backward. 



Lincoln (C. S. Wheeler). — Gypsy moth caterpillars are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn looks poorly, and some fields have just been 

 replanted. A few fields of grass have been cut; crop about 90 per cent 

 of a normal crop at present. Early potatoes promise fairly well. Early 

 market-garden crops are below the average in yield, with prices good, 

 and the prospect is good for later ones. Quantity and price of dair}^ 

 products average; second-grade cows lower, good cows always in 

 demand at good prices. Pasturage is above the average in condition. 

 Strawberries suffered from late frosts, but promise a fair late crop. 



Wakefield (Charles Talbot). — Potato bugs, striped squash bugs 

 and gypsy moth caterpillars are doing damage. Very little Indian corn 

 is planted in this section. Haying will commence in about a week, and 

 the crop looks heavy. The acreage of early potatoes is fully as large 

 ■as in former years, and the vines are looking finely. Market-garden 



