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good crop ; some blight but no rot. The prospect for fruit of all 

 kinds is very good. Pasturage is in very poor condition and needs 

 rain badly. Oats and barley compare well with the crops of for- 

 mer years. Our farmers do not pay much attention to poultry. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. Winter) . — Corn has looked finely but now 

 needs rain, as the leaves are beginning to curl. Rowen will be 

 much below a normal crop, and high ground will yield very little. 

 Late potatoes are looking well, but need rain ; no blight or rot. 

 Apples have dropped badly and are a very light crop ; peaches, 

 which were fair in some places, are ripening poorly \, grapes full ; 

 cranberries reported fair. Pasturage is getting very poor, es- 

 pecially on high ground. Oats and barley both headed out well, 

 but are very light in straw. The income derived from poultry is 

 about equal to that from the dairy. 



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

 crop. There will be no rowen, owing to the damage to grass roots 

 from the early drought. Late potatoes are in good condition, with 

 no blight or rot. No apples ; grapes good ; cranberries fair. 

 Oats and barley are much below average crops. Pasturage is very 

 short. 



Raynham (N. W. Shaw). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 The prospect for rowen is very good. The prospect for late pota- 

 toes is good, with no blight or rot as yet. Apples are a half crop ; 

 pears three-fourths ; peaches one-eighth ; and grapes three-fourths. 

 Dry weather and white grubs have injured pastures. Oats and 

 barley are average crops. The income derived from poultry and 

 that from the dairy are about equal. White grubs are injuring 

 grass lands to a very serious extent. 



Dighton (J. N. Paul). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen is about half a crop and needs rain badly. Late potatoes 

 promise a good crop, with no blight or rot. Apples good ; pears 

 fair; peaches and grapes good. Pastures are in poor condition 

 and need rain. Much attention is paid to poultry, and the income 

 from it is nearly as great as that from the dairy. Strawberry beds 

 are looking well, but need rain. Onions have done very well, and 

 are a full average crop. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — Indian corn was never in better 

 condition. The rowen crop is very light. Late potatoes promised 

 a good crop, but some rot has appeared. Apples and peaches are 

 medium crops ; pears and grapes abundant ; cranberries scarce. 

 The season has been too dry for pastures, and feed is short. Oats 



