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Tomatoes and late sweet corn were damaged by frosts on the 15th 

 and 16th. Damage to all crops is placed at 10 per cent. 



Duxbury (Henry A. Fish). — Indian corn yield: as a grain 

 crop, one-half or less; as a fodder and ensilage crop, 75. Rowen 

 yield, 25. Fall feed is in poor condition. Farmers are showing 

 more interest in alfalfa growing, but only small patches are planted 

 here. Onion yield, 80. Potato yield, 80; quality, 95. Late market- 

 garden crop prospect: cabbage, 75; carrots and cauliflower, poor; 

 celery and parsnips, good; squash, very poor; very few turnips 

 raised this year. Fruit yield: fall apples, 50; pears, good; peaches, 

 very good; cranberries, 75. Rains came too late to do any good. 

 Frost on the 15th did most damage to cranberries. Per cent value 

 of crops damaged of value of all crops, 10. 



Hanson (A. W. Gorham). — Indian corn yield: as a grain crop, 

 90; as a fodder and ensilage crop, 100. Rowen crop is 25 per cent 

 of normal. Fall feed condition, 75. Per cent of fall seeding: grass, 

 110; rye, 90. More interest is manifested in alfalfa growing, but 

 none sown as yet. Yield of potatoes, 50 to 75; quality, 110. Late 

 market-garden crop prospect: beets, cabbage and squash, 100; tur- 

 nips, 50. Fruit yield: fall apples, 50; pears and peaches, 100; 

 grapes, 25; cranberries, 100. The recent rains arrived too late to 

 benefit anything but grass. Frosts, on about the 7th and 8th, in- 

 jured corn and squash to the greatest extent. 



Halifax (Mrs. G, W. Hayward). — The crop of corn is 75 per 

 cent of normal. Rowen yield, 50. Condition of fall feed, 50. A 

 normal amount of fall seeding of clover, grass and rye has been 

 done. Onion crop is 75 per cent of normal. Potato yield, 50; 

 quality, 100. Late market-garden crop prospect: cabbage, squash 

 and turnips, 50. Grass lands, particularly those just seeded, have 

 been most benefited by recent rains. Frosts did considerable damage 

 to cranberries, tomatoes, squash, corn and flowering plants. 



Lakeville (Nathaniel G. Staples). — As a grain crop, corn is 

 75 per cent normal; as a fodder and ensilage crop, normal. Rowen 

 yield, 50. Fall feed condition, 100. The usual amount of fall seed- 

 ing of grass has been done. Interest in alfalfa growing is increas- 

 ing; there are 10 acres in town, all sown this year. Potato yield, 75; 

 quality, 100. Cabbage prospect, 100; turnip prospect, 100. Fruit 

 yield: fall apples, 50; pears, 100; peaches, 125; grapes and cran- 

 berries, 100. Grass and turnips in particular, and all crops not 

 harvested in general, were benefited by the rains. Corn and toma- 

 toes suffered most severely from the frosts on the 8th and 9th. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — The corn crop is 75 per cent of nor- 

 mal. Rowen yield and condition of fall feed, 75. Per cent of fall 

 seeding: clover, 50; grass, 50. Yield of potatoes, 75; quality, 100. 

 Fruit yield: fall apples and pears, 75; peaches, 100; grapes, 50; 

 cranberries, 90. Recent rains have done most good to fall feed. 



