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some. Indian corn is looking well and three-fourths of the crop will 

 go into the silo. The hay crop was good both in quantity and quality, 

 and we had good weather for getting it. Oats and peas, barley, 

 Hungarian grass and millet are our forage crops and are looking well. 

 Market-garden crops are in fairly good condition; potatoes have 

 yielded well; prices somewhat lower than usual. All fruits have 

 improved during the month and the prospect is good if we have plenty 

 of rain. Pasturage is beginning to dry up. Rye, oats and barley 

 are good crops. I have seen a few new orchards of four or five acres 

 each, and some smaller lots, perhaps thirty acres in town. 



Berkley (Rollin H. Babbitt). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is coming along finely, but needs rain; very little will be 

 used for ensilage. Hay was an average crop of the best quality. Oats 

 corn and barley are our principal forage crops and all look well. All 

 market-garden crops are in need of rain; those harvested have been 

 fairly profitable. Apples will be a light crop ; a few pears ; no peaches ; 

 not many plums; grapes and cranberries promise fair crops. Feed 

 has been good in pastures, but rain is now needed. Rye, oats and 

 barley are about average crops. A few new orchards have been set 

 out this year, but the acreage is small. Our farmers are just begin- 

 ning to get interested in fruit raising. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — Asparagus beetles and cut worms are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is in very good condition and grow- 

 ing finely; not many silos in town. Quantity of hay crop above 

 average and quality good. Millet is our principal forage crop and is 

 in good condition. INIarket-garden crops, including potatoes have 

 been good, with prices lower than in former years. There will be a 

 poor fruit crop generally; quinces and grapes fair. Pasturage is in 

 good condition. Rye, oats and barley are fully up to the normal. 

 Quite a number of apple trees have been set in the last year, to replace 

 old trees. Raspberries are only half a crop, canes and leaves dying. 



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Norwell (Henry A. Turner). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is looking well and there is hardly any cut for ensilage. The hay 

 crop was about normal in quantity and of good quality. Very few 

 raise forage crops in this locality. Potatoes are looking well, but it is 

 early to judge as to the outcome. The prospect for apples is poor; 

 also i^ears, peaches and quinces. Grain crops are little raised here. 

 Very few apple trees have been set out here. 



West Bridgewater (Clinton P. Howard). — Elm-leaf beetles are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is very late, but is looking well; 

 one-third the crop is planted for the silo. There was a large crop of 

 ha}' and it was housed in the best condition. Corn, oats and lye are 

 our principal forage crops and a few sow peas with oats or barley. 



