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ing a fine growth, but the acreage is much less than in former 

 years. Onions are looking well. 



Berkley (R. H. Babbitt). — "White grubs and the pea louse are 

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

 will go into the silo. Hay was about half a crop, of good quality. 

 Corn fodder, millet and barley are the principal forage crops. 

 Potatoes are a light crop, with prices good. Apples fair; pears 

 good ; no peaches ; plums few ; quinces few ; grapes plenty and 

 cranberries average. Pasturage is in very good condition. Rye, 

 oats and barley are below average crops. Strawberries were a 

 very light crop. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — White grubs are working badly 

 on potatoes. Corn is looking well ; no silos in this locality. Hay 

 was from one-third to one-half of a normal crop, with the quality 

 not up to the average. Farmers are putting in fodder corn and 

 millet quite extensively and they are in good condition. Potatoes 

 are running small, but prices are fully up to the average. Very 

 few apples, pears or peaches ; plums and quinces fair ; a good 

 show of grapes. Pastures are in poor condition. Rye was a good 

 crop, oats and barley short. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland) . — Green flies and squash bugs 

 are doing some damage. Indian corn is in good condition and 25 

 per cent of the crop will go into the silo. Hay was about half a 

 crop, of very good quality. Fodder corn and Hungarian grass are 

 the principal forage crops, condition very good, rather more raised 

 than usual. Market-garden crops are looking fairly well, with 

 prices about average. The prospect for apples, pears and peaches 

 is poor. Pasturage is short, but is starting up green since the 

 rains. 



Bridgeioater (Rowland Cass). — Cut worms and white grubs 

 are doing some damage. Indian corn is in good condition, very 

 little used for silage. Hay was not over half a crop, of good 

 quality. Fodder corn and Hungarian grass for forage are in good 

 condition, oats below the average, more raised than usual. Pota- 

 toes are looking well. Apples are less than an average crop ; pears 

 good ; some quinces. Pasturage is in poor condition. Rye, oats 

 and barley are below the normal in yield. 



Kingston (Geo. L. Churchill). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn will be a small crop and two-thirds of it 

 will go into the silo. Hay was a half crop, of good quality. Corn 

 and millet are the principal forage crops raised and are looking 



