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condition of pasturage is as bad as it can be. Rye, oats and barley 

 are very short crops. No new apple orchards have been set out. 



Danvers (C. H. Preston). — Corn is very uneven, but some fields 

 are good. The hay crop was very light and much of it overripe 

 when cut. More forage crops than usual have been put in, but 

 they are rather poor. Market-garden crops average poor in condi- 

 tion, but prices are very good. There will be some apples and pears ; 

 few peaches; grapes good. Rye, oats and barley are good crops as 

 forage crops. I know of no new apple orchards. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Cohasset (Ellery C. Bates). — Only a small amount of corn is 

 raised and none for ensilage, and it is in fair condition. Hay was 

 less than half a normal crop of good quality. There is a small crop 

 of early potatoes and prices are higher than usual. The prospect 

 for fruit of all kinds is fair. No new apple orchards have been 

 set out. All crops are suffering from want of rain. 



Randolph (Rufus A. Thayer). — Potato bug's are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is growing very slowly; two-thirds of the 

 crop is used for ensilage. Hay was about half a crop on high land 

 and a good average on low land. About the visual amount of forage 

 crops was put in and they need rain very much. Market-garden 

 crops are very light, but prices are good. Apples are dropping 

 badly; pears promise a fair crop; very few peaches. Pasturage is 

 very dry and poor. No new apple orchards have been set out. 



Canton (E. V. Kinsley). — Corn is in full average condition, 

 a trifle late but gTowing fast ; 75 per cent of the crop is grown for 

 ensilage or fodder. The hay crop was about 65 per cent of the nor- 

 mal, but of the best quality. The acreage of forage crops is in- 

 creased about a third and they are in very bad condition on account 

 of drought. Potatoes promise a very light crop; market-garden 

 crops short and prices very high. Apples, pears and grapes look 

 very finely; other fruits not grown. Pasturage is veiy short and 

 dry. Rye is a very good crop ; oats and barley two-thirds yields. 

 No new orchards have been set out. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Brown tail moth and elm leaf beetles 

 are doing damage. Indian corn is in very good condition; half the 

 crop is used for ensilage. The hay crop was 75 per cent of the 

 normal in yield and 90 per cent in quality. Market-garden crops 

 have been very much injured by drought. Apples promise a poor 

 crop; pears good; peaches light. Pastures are dried up. Rye, oats 

 and barley are 90 per cent of full crops. Nearly all crops have been 

 damaged by heat and drought. 



Foxborough (William E. Perkins). — Corn on low ground is 

 looking well, but the average is feeling the drought ; about two-thirds 



