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potato bugs are doing some damage, but none very much. Indian corn 

 is very backward ; not much grown, less this year than usual. Haying 

 has not begun, but the crop is looking finely. Acreage of potatoes 

 much less than usual, and the crop will be very late. No market- 

 garden crops have been harvested as yet, except from glass. Prices 

 for dairy products higher during winter months than usual; now 

 normal. Pasturage is in good condition. Apples fair; pears one-third 

 crop; plums very poor; no peaches; strawberries looking w^ll; cur- 

 rants small crop; blackberries full bloom; raspberries fair bloom. 



Seekonk (John W. Peck). — No insects have done damage as yet. 

 Indian corn is in poor shape, as the weather conditions have been all 

 against it; very little raised except for silage. No hay cut as yet, but 

 prospect excellent if weather holds good for curing. Acreage of early 

 potatoes about as usual, and crop looking finely. Early market-garden 

 crops are excellent both in quantity and price. The supply of milk is 

 falling off now, prices about the same; good cows bring high prices. 

 Pastures are in excellent condition, but are beginning to need rain. 

 Strawberries are about half a crop ; blackberries and raspberries blos- 

 somed fairly. 



Dighton (J. N. Paul). — We have not been troubled much as yet by 

 insects. Corn is not looking well, much seed rotting in the ground and 

 having to be planted over; acreage about as usual. Haying has not 

 begun, and the crop will be light. Acreage of early potatoes about as 

 usual, and crop late, but looking well. Yield of early market-garden 

 crops below the normal, but prices good ; later ones look well. Prices 

 for dairy products are fully up to the average ; dairy cows not plenty, 

 and prices high. Pasturage is in good condition. Apples are looking 

 well; no peaches, plums or pears. The strawberry crop is fully two 

 weeks behind the normal; large quantity of fruit set, but rain needed 

 to mature it. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — There is very little damage as yet by 

 insects. Corn is of good color, but very small for the time of year. 

 Haying has not begun ; prospect for a very good but late* crop. The 

 acreage of early potatoes is about as usual ; prospects of the crop not 

 definite as yet. Market-garden crops are backward, and little has been 

 harvested. Dairy products are a little higher than usual, and dairy 

 cows a good deal higher. Pasturage is quite a little below the average 

 in condition. Straw^berries blossomed quite thickly, but very few have 

 ripened as yet; other berries much behind in bloom. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — Potato bugs and asparagus beetles are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is not looking well; acreage less 

 than half the usual amount, o-^dng to cold weather. Haying has not 

 begun, but a fair crop is promised. There is about the usual acreage 

 of early potatoes, and they promise well. The yield of early market- 

 garden crops has been fair, and prices above the average, with good 

 prospects for later ones. Milk and butter are higher in price than 

 formerly, also dairy cows. Pastures are in good condition. There 



