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Apples are deficient; cranberries will give a good crop; other fruits 

 below normal. Pasturage is holding out well. Oats and barley have 

 done well. Market-garden crops are doing well, notwithstanding the 

 deficiency in rainfall, as the better methods of cultivation seem to 

 produce good crops. 



Kingston (George L. Churchill). — Indian corn is not up to the 

 standard of last year. There will be a small crop of rowen. Potatoes 

 are light, with some blight. There will be a fair crop of cranberries, 

 but not much fruit of any kind. Pasturage is rather short. Oats and 

 barley are not much grown. Celery and other late market-garden 

 crops are in very fair condition. It has been so hot and dry that 

 vegetation has been unable to start and grow as it should have done. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — Indian corn is in good condition. There 

 will be a fair crop of rowen. The prospect is good for late potatoes; 

 there is little blight and no rot. There will be but few apples and 

 pears; cranberry' picking has just begun, and an average crop may be 

 exi^ected. Celery and other late market-garden crops are in good 

 condition. 



Lakeville (Nathaniel G. Staples). — Corn is in verj^ good condi- 

 tion. Rowen will be a fair crop. The prospect is good for late pota- 

 toes; have not heard of any blight or rot as yet. Apples are scarce; 

 pears, grapes, quinces and cranberries fair. Pasturage is rather dry. 

 Oats are above the average. Celery and other late market-garden 

 crops are in fair condition. 



Mattapoisett (E. C. Stetson). — Indian corn is in very good con- 

 dition. Rowen is a little below the normal in yield. The prospect is 

 pretty good for late potatoes, although there is some blight and rot. 

 There are few apples; pears, peaches, grapes and quinces poor; cran- 

 berries medium. Pastures are in quite good condition for the time 

 of year. Oats and barley were fully up to the average. Celery and 

 other late market-garden crops are fully up to the average. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — Indian corn is looking well, above 

 the average. There will be an average crop of rowen. Potatoes are 

 looking very well, with little blight and rot as yet. Apples, pears, 

 peaches and quinces are nearly total failures; cranberries half a crop. 

 Pasturage is in better than average condition. Oats and barley are 

 above the average. Late garden crops bid fair to give good yields. 



Barnstable (John Bursley) . — Corn is growing very rapidly, and is 

 hea\^ in stalk. The prospect for rowen is very good, as copious rains 

 keep everything growing. Late potatoes promise a very fair crop, 

 with no blight or rot as yet. Apples and peaches will be very light 

 crops; grapes good; pears and cranberries only light to moderate 

 crops. Pasturage is in very good condition for the time of year. Oats 



