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of the crop is grown for ensilage. More than the usual amount of 

 forage crops has been put in, but they are pretty well dried up. 

 Market-garden crops all suffered from heat and dry weather and 

 prices have been high. Apples, pears, plums and grapes promise 

 fine yields. Pasturage is dry. Rye and the first sowing of oats 

 did well. Farmers are feeding the dry hay from their mows that 

 they do not usually touch until winter. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (E. Jasper Fisher). — Elm-leaf beetles, potato bugs 

 and currant worms are doing some damage. Corn is looking fairly 

 well; about 15 per cent of the crop is grown for ensilage. Hay 

 was not much more than half a crop, but was of good quality. There 

 is no increase in the acreage of forage crops and they are in poor 

 condition. Market-garden crops are light in yield, with prices higher 

 than usual. The prospect is fairly good for apples, pears, grapes 

 and cranberries. Pastures are pretty well dried up. Rye and oats 

 were smaller crops than usual. No new apple orchards have been 

 set out. 



Seekonk (John W. Peck). — Potato bugs and the giant tomato 

 caterpillar are doing some damage. The corn crop is 40 per cent 

 below the normal in condition; three-fourths of the crop goes into 

 the silo. The first crop of hay was nearly normal, low lands being 

 extremely good. There is about the usual acreage of forage crops, 

 but they are in poor condition because of drought. Early market- 

 garden crops were good, later ones very badly affected by heat 

 and lack of rain. All fruits started well but need plentiful rains 

 to mature. Pasturage is in very poor condition on old pastures. 

 Rye, oats and barley are about normal for grain and forage. Very 

 few apple trees have been set out this spring. 



Dighton (Howard C. Briggs). — Cut worms have done consider- 

 able damage. Indian corn is in poor condition; 25 per cent of the 

 crop goes into the silo. The hay crop is average in quantity and 

 quality. More forage crops than usual have been sown, but they 

 are in poor condition. Market-garden crops have made poor yields, 

 but have brought fair prices; potatoes are half a crop. Strawberries 

 were a good crop, with fair prices. Fruit has dropped badly, half 

 crops, except for gi'apes. Pasturage is in very poor condition. Rye, 

 oats and barley are average crops. Perhaps 20 acres of new apple 

 oi'chard have been set out. 



Swansea (F. G. Arnold). — Elm-leaf beetles and a small number 

 of brown-tail and gypsy moths have appeared here. Corn is looking 

 well, buts needs rain : there are only four silos in use in town. The 

 hay crop was not over two-thirds of the normal in quantity, but of 

 fine quality. Forage erojis are in good condition. Potatoes suffered 



