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Oats and barley are usually cut green for fodder. Celery is small 

 and late; other market-garden crops small. On account of ex- 

 tremely dry weather in spring and early summer many seeds failed 

 to germinate and many young plants were burned off by the in- 

 tense heat and lack of moisture. 



Groveland (A. S. Longfellow). — Com has made a good growth, 

 but is a little below the average. There will be some rowen, per- 

 haps half a crop. The prospect is good for late potatoes, with no 

 rot as yet. There are very few apples; full crops of pears and 

 peaches. There is very little feed in pastures. Oats and barley 

 are only raised for forage crops. Cabbage is looking finely. 



Boxcley (D. H. O'Brien). — Indian corn is in fair condition. 

 The rowen crop is very poor. The prospect for late potatoes is 

 poor, though there is little blight and no rot. Apples half a 

 crop; pears fair; peaches, grapes and cranberries good. Pastur- 

 age is in very poor condition. Oats and barley are below average 

 crops. Celery and other late market-garden crops are poor owing 

 to lack of rain. 



Topsfield (B. P. Pike). — Indian corn is a three-fourths crop. 

 Rowen will be half of a normal crop. Late potatoes are looking 

 well and I have seen very little blight. Apples and pears half 

 crops; grapes a good crop. Pasturage has improved, but is still 

 very poor. Oats and barley were all cut for hay and were a short 

 crop. Celery and other late market-garden crops were short, on 

 account of dry weather. 



Wenham (N. P. Perkins). — I notice but little corn in this 

 vicinity, what there is is strong and healthy, with prospect of a good 

 crop. Rowen is now growing fairly well on new and well manured 

 land, with the prospect of half a normal crop. Potatoes are of 

 fair size, but not many in a hill; some blight, but no rot as yet. 

 On some farms apple trees are quite full, with prospect of a good 

 crop, while others have hardly enough for home use; but few 

 pears and quinces; some peaches and grapes. Pastures are some- 

 what improved of late, and stock cattle get a fair living, but milch 

 cows must be fed at the barn. Oats and barley for forage compare 

 favorably wiih former years. Farmers are taking extra care of 

 late crops, cabbage, carrots, parsnips, beets, etc., and hope to get 

 half crops if the season holds out well. Not much celery is grown 

 hereabouts. The onion crop is about a failure in this section, some 

 farmers losing their entire crop from the work of onion maggots 

 and cut worms. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Cohasset (Ellery C. Bates). — Indian corn is not grown. The 

 prospect is good for the rowen crop. Late potatoes promise well, 

 with no blight or rot as yet. The prospect is good for fruit of all 



