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No market-garden crops harvested as 3^et; carrots poor; cabbages 

 average; potatoes look well. There will be very few apples; some 

 pears; no peaches, plums or quinces. Feed in pastures is drying up 

 fast and farmers have commenced to feed at the barn. Rye, oats and 

 barley were good crops for forage. I have heard of no apple orchards 

 being set out. But few onions sown; apples dropping badly; beets 

 sown last week failed to germinate; prospect not good for squashes 

 and cucumbers. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Randolph (Rufus A. Thayer). — Gypsy moths and potato bugs 

 are doing some damage. Corn looks well; nine-tenths of the crop is 

 used for ensilage. The hay crop is a good average crop of good quality. 

 Corn, barley and millet are the principal forage crops grown. Market- 

 garden crops are in good condition; prices fair and yields average. 

 Apples promise well; pears good; grapes look well. Pasturage is 

 pretty dry, except on low land. Rye, oats and barley are good crops 

 and all used as forage. No ne\M apple orchards are being set out. 

 Rain is now very much needed. 



Norwood (Frank A. Fales) . — Potato bugs and elm-leaf beetles 

 are doing some damage. Indian corn has improved in the last month; 

 about 25 per cent of the crop is grown for ensilage. The hay crop is 

 about 75 per cent of the normal in yield and of good quality. Jap- 

 anese and golden millet and Hungarian grass are raised as forage 

 crops and are in fair condition. Market-garden crops are rather 

 backward, but are in good condition, with prices better than last 

 year. Apples, grapes and pears are looking well, but the weather is 

 dry for a good crop. Pastures are drying up. Rye and oats have 

 given good crops. No apple orchards have been set out in this town. 



Westwood (Henry E. Weatherbee). — Potato bugs are more 

 plentiful than usual. Indian corn is looking well, but is rather late; 

 very few silos in this locality. The hay crop is above the average in 

 quantity and quality. Fodder corn and Hungarian grass are grown 

 as forage crops and both are looking well. Market-garden crops are 

 doing well. Apples and grapes will be good crops. Pasturage is dry- 

 ing up. Very little rye and barley are raised in this vicinity. I do 

 not know of any new apple orchards being set out in this town. 



Foxborough (William E. Perkins). — The corn crop is below 

 normal in condition; about two-thirds goes into the silo. The hay 

 crop was above average in quantity and of good quality. Hungarian 

 grass, oats and peas, and millet are the principal forage crops grown, 

 and are suffering from drought. Market garden crops are suffering 

 from dry weather and have given short yields, prices about as last 

 year. The prospect is poor for fruit of all kinds. Pasturage is dry. 

 Rye, oats and barley are normal crops. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Insects have not been as troublesome as 



