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All market-garden crops look well. The fruit crop will not be over 

 two-thirds that of last year. Pasturage is in very good condition. Rye^ 

 oats and barley are looking well. More apple trees are being set out 

 this year than for ten years previous. Orchards have been set out 

 in most cases by city men, who have bought old farms for this purpose. 



Plympton (Winthrop Fillebrown) . — Potato bugs, scjuash bugs, 

 gypsy moths and elm-leaf beetles are doing damage. Corn is in good 

 condition considering the dry weather. The hay crop exceeds that 

 of the past few j^ears in both quantity and quality. Forage crops are 

 in good condition. Market-garden crops are in need of rain ; prices as 

 usual. Apples will be a fair crop; other fruits deficient; cranberries 

 promise a good crop. Pasturage is holding out well. Rye, oats and 

 barle}^ have made excellent growth this year. One or two have set out 

 new orchards and a keen interest is being taken in the apple crop. 



Lakeville (Nathaniel G. Staples). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is in very good condition; a small part of the 

 crop only is grown for ensilage. There is quite an increase in the 

 quantity of the hay crop and it was of good quality. Corn, Hungarian 

 grass and millet are our principal forage crops. Market-garden crops 

 are looking well; few potatoes dug as yet; prices a little lower than 

 usual. Apples and pears promise light corps; other fruits medium. 

 Pastures are dry. Rye, oats and barley are in excellent condition. 

 About 10 acres of new apple orchard have been set out. 



Carver (J. A. Vaiighan). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is in good condition ; none grown here for ensilage. There 

 was a good crop of hay, which was secured in good order. Millet is 

 our principal forage crop. Potatoes are looking well, except on light 

 land. There are but few apples or pears and no peaches or plums. 

 Pasturage is dried up. Only a few apple trees have been set in the 

 last two years. 



Rochester (Geo. H. Randall). — Cut worms, potato bugs and elm- 

 leaf beetles are doing damage. Indian corn is in thrifty condition; 

 about half the crop is grown for ensilage and green feeding. The hay 

 crop is above the normal and of the best quality. Corn and millet 

 are our principal forage crops and the early planted pieces are in good 

 condition. Yield of market-garden crops good; prices somewhat 

 higher than usual, except for potatoes. Fruits are uneven and gener- 

 ally promise light yields; pears a little better than the others. Past- 

 ures are fed close and feed is short. Rye, oats and barley are good 

 crops. Very few apple trees have been set in the past two years. 

 Conditions are generally good for late potatoes and root crops. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (David N. Nye). — Indian corn is in good condition; none 

 grown for ensilage. Hay was about an average crop in quantity and 

 quality. Sweet corn and oats are our principal forage crops. Con- 



