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Eastham (J. A. Clark). — Rowen is badly in need of rain. 

 Late potatoes promise to be fair crops with no blight as yet. Ap- 

 ples fair ; grapes good ; and cranberries fine. Pastures are in 

 good condition. The poultry industry is a large one, much 

 greater than the dairy, and is increasing. Some fields of aspara- 

 gus are rusting badly. 



Wellfleet (E. S. Jacobs) . — Indian corn is not raised. Rowen 

 is a very good crop. Potatoes are above the average and no 

 blight or rot has appeared. Apples are much above an average 

 crop; grapes plenty; pears and cranberries below the average. 

 Oats and barle}' are not raised in this section. It is regarded as a 

 good investment to keep from 200 to 500 hens, but there are no 

 large poultry raisers in town. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Indian corn is below the 

 average. Rowen is in poor condition. The prospect for late 

 potatoes is good ; no blight or rot. Apples and grapes will give 

 good crops. Some pastures are badly damaged by the white grub, 

 otherwise condition good. Oats and barley are below average 

 crops. Poultry farming is a little on the increase, and the income 

 derived from it is about equal to that from the dairy. 



NANTUCKET COUNTY. 



Nantucket (Chas. W. Gardner). — Indian corn is in very fair 

 condition. There will be no rowen, as it has been too dry for it. 

 There will be a fair crop of late potatoes, though there is some 

 blight. Pasturage is in very poor condition at this time. Oats 

 and barley are about two-thirds crops. Some of our farmers have 

 large flocks of poultry, and they all pronounce them more profit- 

 able than the dairy. 



