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The rowen crop is above the average. Late potatoes will be a 

 good crop, with no blight or rot as yet. Apples a small crop ; 

 pears, peaches and graphs good ; also cranberries. Pasturage is 

 in good condition for the time of year. Oats and barley for hay 

 are not yielding as well as usual. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Norton (Wm. A. Lake). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen looks well, and there is the prospect of a good crop. 

 Potatoes are a failure in this section. There will be a light crop 

 of all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is in fair condition. Oats are a 

 failure, and there is no barley raised. I think that the interest in 

 poultry keeping is increasing among our farmers. 



Attleborough (Isaac Alger) . — Indian corn is in full average 

 condition. Rowen promises to give an average crop. There are 

 not many potatoes, either early or late. No apples ; pears plenty ; 

 grapes fair ; cranberries a small crop. Oats are a poor crop. Not 

 much interest is taken in poultry. Dry weather and fire worms 

 have injured the cranberry crop very much. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — Indian corn is in very good con- 

 dition. There is a large crop of rowen. Potatoes are drying up 

 rapidly because of blight, and some rot has appeared. Apples are 

 a small crop ; pears plenty ; peaches and grapes plenty ; cranberries 

 very few. Pastures are in very good condition. Oats have been 

 a failure, and barley is not much raised. The interest in poultry 

 is increasing, and the income from it is one-third that from the 

 dairy. Cabbages and turnips are doing well. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis) . — Corn has made a very rapid growth 

 during the past month, and is nearly up to the normal. Rowen is 

 not quite as promising as in some years. The prospect for pota- 

 toes is very poor in this section. Apples one-fourth of a crop; 

 pears 80 per cent; peaches 90 per cent; grapes 100 per cent. 

 Pasturage is rather short, unless we use mowings. Oats and barley 

 are much less than average crops. Poultry keeping is rather on the 

 increase, and the income from it perhaps one-third that from the 

 dairy. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — Corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen is just an average crop, the weather having been too dry 

 for its best development. Potatoes are poor and rotting badly, 

 with much blight also. Few apples and peaches ; plenty of pears, 

 grapes and cranberries. Pastures are in fairly good condition. 

 Poor crop of oats and barley. More people are going into poultry 

 raising every year, and I think there is more money received from 

 poultry and eggs in this town than for dairy products. 



